The Cock o’ the Steeple.Sunlight catching the  weather vane cockerel on Falkirk

The Cock o’ the Steeple.Sunlight catching the  weather vane cockerel on Falkirk Steeple.  The Steeple is an important part of Falkirk’s history and the weather vane cockerel has watched over the town from its lofty perch for many years. The weather vane is made of brass and measures 3 feet 4 inches wide by 2 feet 2 inches high. It was last removed in 2016 during the local landmark’s   £750,000 restoration project. When the Steeple was hit by lightning on 17th June 1927 the weather vane was flung from the Steeple into the court at the rear of 104 High Street which was then Wilson and Thomson Grocers. Following this the vane was restored and placed back on the top of the Steeple spire. According to some records the vane bears the date 1814 indicating that it is the original weather vane from the current Steeple.The poet Robert Buchanan wrote a series of articles in the 1870s for the Falkirk Herald called ‘the Cock o’ the Steeple’ in which he addressed the folk of the town and made a number of comments about individuals and events. After some repairs in 1869 he wrote: “Thank ye bairns! I feel kinna firmer on my perch noo, and can turn my neb to a nor’-easter wi’ a feeling o’ security I haena kent for a lang time.” -- source link

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