Mad Hatter having a cup of tea

This week’s photograph shows the Mad Hatter having a cup of tea next to Greyfriars Bobby’s drinking fountain.

The Mad Hatter usually stands outside Backtracks, 17 Brougham Street, Tollcross, Edinburgh which specialises in recording equipment. ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was first published in 1865 two years before Greyfriars Bobby received his new collar from the Lord Provost.

Written by Lewis Carroll, the book caused a sensation when it appeared on the bookshelves and quickly became a best seller. Although it’s not known if the author visited Greyfriars Kirk when he came to Scotland in September 1871 a few months before Bobby died, he paid a visit to the home of the Dunfermline - born artist Sir Noel Paton whose work he greatly admired.

Like Eleanor Atkinson’s novel ‘Greyfriars Bobby’, Alice in Wonderland’ is still  as popular today as when it was first published.

The photograph of the Mad Hatter was supplied  by Tommy Robertson of Backtracks.