Stirling Council recently announced a search for individuals named William Wallace to help open the new bridge next to the city railway station. Being the helpful lot that we are at Web Wise Business, we decided to provide some assistance.

 

With camera in hand, we set off on the hunt for 21st Century Braveheart's also named William Wallace!

 

The new 100m bridge has been designed to link the city centre to the new, multi-million pound, Forthside waterfront development. With over 40 acres of flats, restaurants, a hotel and cinema, the development aims to regenerate the banks of the River Forth.

 

A council spokesman said: "William Wallace is a revered local and national historical figure and is synonymous with the Battle of Stirling Bridge. It is hoped that, in the year of the Homecoming, a new breed of Wallaces can help celebrate the opening of a bridge that will link historical Stirling to 21st-century Stirling."

 

The bridge opens on 2nd of May 2009, with all welcome, regardless of which side you were on in 1297!

 

 

 

P.S. - A big thank you to all those who took part in the video, and to Stuart Cassells of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers for the accompanying music!

 

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