Having been pilloried for a decade i suppose that the only decent thing to do is throw the long suffering Cumbernauldians a Civic Pride Award, demonstrating if nothing else just how impartial such awards are. Various other communities including Dunoon agonise about why they should be characterised as a dump, and what they can do about it. They could start by recognising the elephant in the room, which is that many decent small scottish towns were destroyed by ill considered public and private development, particularly poor quality housing which gives them the character of sink estates. You can plant all the crocusses you like and it won't change that. What is needed is some buildings they would genuinely be proud of and I'm afraid that the current raft of timber clad rectangles are just more of the same old tat.

Is the art installation,in The Clydesdale Bank still there ?. I created it. John
H.