Situated prominently at the south end of the High Street in an enclosed space with colourful planting. (In the background to the right here you can see the Deco hairdresser’s I featured in an earlier post.)

This is a close up. The finial is unusual:-

And this the reverse angle showing a bit of the High Street:-

The coat of arms on this side of the memorial has the wording, “Let the deed skaw.” According to this website that is the motto for Fleming of Clayquhat, Perth. I’m at a loss to know what exactly “skaw” means.

Biggar is in Lanarkshire, 11 miles or so south of Lanark, far enough away from a really big town to have retained many of the sorts of shops which have disappeared from many High Streets. Most of them seemed independent/local. Not many chain shops anyway.

I spotted two deco influenced buildings. The first was a hairdresser’s.

This close up from a different angle shows the detailing. Horizontal lines, angled frontage. Windows have been replaced but not too unsympathetically.

The second was an extension to a bank. Well, no longer a bank but instead it houses several small businesses. Nice frieze above the door.