Under Seige

Took a wander, with camera, around the immediate area of The Mercat Bar today - the place is like a war zone, under siege by the tram works, held back by barricades - all to the detriment of our and others businesses.

The massive piece of works at the junction of
Dewar Place is reputed to be one of the biggest and complicated pieces of linkage and refurbishment taken on anywhere in Scotland.

I heard this morning that the Police attended in response to the alarm call to R S McColl's last Friday morning, and while the Police were at the front door the intruders were within, ransacking the offices, and who then left via the rear doors, a fact not discovered till 6 a.m. when the staff arrived !!!!!