She said they said “represent a real connection to Glasgow’s history and culture”
The sculpture, which featured three young lads trying on their mothers’ shoes, was created by local resident Liz Peden and unveiled by the First Minister in 2008.in the 1960s, the three bronze figures each wore shoes of chrome.
“It looks like they’ve had to manipulate it off so it must have been a wee bit harder work than they anticipated. At that point I imagine they made too much noise and somebody must have seen something, somebody must have heard something, because they never took the third one.”ÓDoibhailein said that many Gorbals residents had been noticing the theft when he went past on Monday morning.
She told our sister title, The National:"It is deeply disappointing to see two of the three iconic Gorbals Boys bronze sculptures so horribly vandalised. A Police Scotland spokesperson said:"Around 11.25am on Monday, 6 February, 2023, officers received a report of the theft of a sculpture from Cumberland Street, Glasgow. Enquiries are ongoing."Three young local lads – Lee Barton, Joe Ridge, and Nicky Giblin – were used by Peden as models for the sculptures.
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