Enemy Spies

I was visiting the McLean Museum in Greenock today. Not surprisingly, shipping features in its impressive collections, including this warning intended to prevent enemy spies capturing details of British warships. My espionage credentials are ok, I think, so I ignored it.

James McLean, a local timber merchant, funded the museum, and laid a memorial stone on 23rd September 1875. The Museum opened on 3rd November 1876 and although illness prevented McLean from being there, he recovered sufficiently to visit the Museum and inspect its contents before his death in January 1877. (Source: museum web site).

The McLean has an astonishing fine art collection.