Post by Dick Glasgow on Sept 20, 2015 0:02:16 GMT
"Blind Johnnie's Monument Stranraer!
John Alexander known as Blind Johnnie was what is called in Dumfries and Galloway a Worthie ,These were people who were often disadvantaged but whom local communities valued and looked after.
Blind Johnnie's street music was much enjoyed by the folk of Stranraer, He was often heard playing the recorder or his squeeze box .These now both rest in the nearby Stranraer Museum . Johnny died at the age of 70 on March 26, 1905.
Back in 2012 Stranraer folk were given their say on which character from the towns history should selected for a new piece artwork for the town and they chose him."
John Alexander known as Blind Johnnie was what is called in Dumfries and Galloway a Worthie ,These were people who were often disadvantaged but whom local communities valued and looked after.
Blind Johnnie's street music was much enjoyed by the folk of Stranraer, He was often heard playing the recorder or his squeeze box .These now both rest in the nearby Stranraer Museum . Johnny died at the age of 70 on March 26, 1905.
Back in 2012 Stranraer folk were given their say on which character from the towns history should selected for a new piece artwork for the town and they chose him."
Here's a Photo of ~ Blind Johnnie's Concertina
"If you stroll through the graveyard of Inch Church, near the entrance to Castle Kennedy at Stranraer, your eye will be drawn to the cemetery's most impressive monument. This is a polished granite column that obviously commemorates someone important.
That person is not one of the Earls who lived across the road but penniless Blind Johnnie. The inscription on the memorial explains that it was erected by public subscription in memory of John Alexander, afterwards known as Blind Johnnie, who died at the age of 70 on March 26, 1905."
See - Blind Johnnie's music memorial
Photos of the Concertina Sculpture!
Listen to a Folk Song dedicated to Blind Johnnie
Cheers,
Dick