Quoth Julian in the thread "Kilts and Military Uniforms":

"Talking about Scotty from Star Trek( I just loved the original Star Trek) the town of Linlithgow a few miles from Edinburgh has been logged as the birthplace of Scotty. Now we have the councillors of Linlithgow erecting a statue to their most famous son who has not even been born yet!"

Check this out:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/IARIV.html

...I just have to go to their town festival.

I love the fact that the citizens of Holmforth, the town used in Last of the Summer Wine, are putting up a statue of Compo as well...

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AA