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    Exclamation 'Missing piece' from St George's Hall gets first airing

    A FULL-SIZE drawing of the ?missing piece? in one of Liverpool?s most iconic buildings is due to go on display later this year.

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    I can remember the "missing piece" vividly , it was like the inlays that one saw on the ancient Greek and Roman temples. It just disappeared,one week it was there and the next it was gone. When I visited St.Georges Hall last year I asked about it and the guides had not got an idea of what had happened to it. It would be great to sse that empty pediment filled once again.
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    Fairly recently,
    There was a photo,probably in the "Echo", of a full size fibreglass moulding, of the frieze! I thought that would look better than it does now,with nothing,and until a real reproduction(?) can be made! It's sad that Liverpool neglected so much of it's past, but I suppose that's easy to say now!

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    A tour guide mentioned to me that it had something to do with the slave trade so was politically incorrect and that's why nothing was done with it.
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    I remember asking a few months ago if anyone had a picture of the original and I noticed the other day I had a photo of my wall with it on !!!

    Sorry if it's not too clear and also if there's any copyright problems with me posting it


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    Blurred, but fantastic

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    I've always thought that it looked blank without the Frieze and I was disappointed after the refurbishment that it hadn't been replaced.

    I had also asked a couple of years ago about whether they were going to replace it but no one knew anything about it back then. Later on during a tour of the Conservation Centre when I saw them working on something similar I asked them as well but they didn't know anything either.

    Hopefully this is good news that finally something might be done to replace it.

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