Desperate Dan
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Desperate Dan
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 6 May 2002
The cartoon character strides the streets of Dundee, home of his creator, newspaper publishers D C Thomson. I have been told that the citizens of Dundee were asked if they would like a statue of Winston Churchill, but they said they would prefer Desperate Dan.
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Image Location
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Latitude
56.460689
Longitude
-2.970046