Sculpture: Gracielas Ainsworth
Date: 2009
Location: On the wall of Tennents’ brewery at the site of Miller’s former house in 4 Ark Lane, Dennistoun.
Description:
Born in Glasgow, Wiliiam Miller lived most of his life at No.4 Ark Lane. While working as a wood turner and cabinetmaker he also became an accomplished poet and songwriter, having works published in various magazines and also a collection of nursery rhymes and poems.
He died in Glasgow and was buried in the family plot at Tollcross. A public subscription erected a monument to his name in the Glasgow Necropolis and a bronze plaque was mounted on a wall near where he lived to commemorate his life and his most famous nursery rhyme. Wee Willie Winkie.