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Re: Lego event in Glasgow
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Mon, 25 Oct 1999 18:04:06 GMT
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In article <FK60MI.DnC@lugnet.com>, Stu C. <9404660c@student.gla.ac.uk>
writes
An update of sorts:
The shop's name is Ottakar's.
The model is of the McIntosh Rose (no idea what this is, any suggestions?).

Possibly to do with John Rennie McIntosh (of Hill House, Helensburgh
fame). Most of his "artwork" has a pink rose in the theme.

On the other hand, this could be a bit of a tenuous link.

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  Re: Lego event in Glasgow
 
I got more of the low-down from staff in the Ottakar shop today. The rose is indeed the Charles Rennie McIntosh version referred to previously. DK and Lego are running the show, so the lassie didn't know what the free gifts were to be, though she (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: Lego event in Glasgow
 
An update of sorts: The shop's name is Ottakar's. The model is of the McIntosh Rose (no idea what this is, any suggestions?). A meet may be a bad idea, as that day is when England beat... sorry, play Scotland at Hampden in the Euro qualifiers, and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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