Minnie the Minx - Dundee, Scotland
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member creg-ny-baa
N 56° 27.644 W 002° 58.200
30V E 501848 N 6257360
Bronze statue of cartoon character Minnie the Minx, chasing Desperate Dan in Dundee city centre.
Waymark Code: WM17XT4
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/18/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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Minnie the Minx is depicted in a bronze statue in the High Street of the Scottish city of Dundee, chasing down the larger bronze of Desperate Dan and his Dawg with a catapult (missing strings), which was erected in 2001 at a cost of £72,000, cast at Powderhall Foundry as part of the Dundee Public Art Programme.

Minnie the Minx, real name Hermione Makepeace, is a cartoon character from the Beano comic, created by Leo Baxendale and first appeared in the comic on December 19th 1953. She was created as a female rival to Dennis the Menace, also donning the same red and black hooped jersey.

Character Type: Cartoon

Character originator: Leo Baxendale

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Address or Location:
High Street, Dundee DD1 1SG


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