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Milngavie underpass murals
The mural was created in 1993 by Calum Mackenzie and resembles a 20 page photo album of a family doing the West Highland Way. The album depicts the two week long, 92 mile journey from Milngavie to Fort William by the fictional Paxton family who travelled here by rail from their home in Bangor, North Wales.
MacKenzie commented, ''The son collects postcards and beer mats as souvenirs. The family met Jimmie Macgregor, whose face is featured in the mural. The Ford car was taken up Ben Nevis as a publicity stunt early in the 20th century. The father is an artist and the mother and daughter are interested in botany. Their first stop was at the Carbeth Inn, where Benny Lynch was in training nearby for his world boxing championship fight. Rob Roy McGregor is also featured, plus Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Local wildlife, in the form of midges, is also depicted''.
See also the nearby Gavin's Mill underpass murals Link .
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