Great news,let's hope the council are sensible and approve the planning application now.:celb (23):
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Great news,let's hope the council are sensible and approve the planning application now.:celb (23):
Another vid.Made by a mate of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_kRO...elated&search=
Heres a few photos I took at the begining of November. The statues and the beach itself make it very easy to take great photos with little effort. Almost as if they had been put there so people could experiment photographing them. It would be a real shame if they went any where. I tried to go and see them again today, but couldnt get more than 200m from the carpark because of the winds.
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3218/sidemantw5.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/893/brownmandz6.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8255/blackmanot8.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8...esunsetec3.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/323/sunsetwbv2.jpg
:handclap: Lovely
ON CROSBY beach they are frozen figures but on the internet, the 100 Gormley statues have taken on a life of their own. As campaigners prepare to jump the final hurdle in their fight to keep Antony Gormley's Another Place installation on Merseyside for good, the iron men are becoming superstars on the internet.
Proof of their popularity is now beyond doubt - after fans of the sculptures placed more than 10,000 pictures of the statues on internet picture site Flickr.
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Hello everyone. I'm new to this excellent site and this is my first posting.
I grew up in Crosby and this beach was one of my favourite playgrounds. Back then, very much more shipping passed close by en route for the docks of Liverpool and the beach was littered with their flotsam and jetsam, not to mention a generous coating of filthy oil- we kids were constantly in trouble for coming home covered in the stuff! The beach also extended much further north in my childhood- construction of the modern extension to the docks known as the Seaforth Container Terminal- visible in the background of a couple of these pictures- was commenced when I was a pupil at Waterloo Grammar School, just down the road. Prior to that, that part was a great area of rolling sand dunes littered with pyramid-shaped 'tank traps' and pill boxes- leftovers from the war- and a great playground for us!
We queued up for the opening of Crosby Swimming Baths next to the beach and subsequently went there often. This, I notice, has since been replaced.
One of the few blessings of the radical decline in the trade to the Port of Liverpool is that Crosby beach, as myself and my family (some of who where visiting here from their home in Australia) encountered it when we first came to see Another Place, is that it is very cleaner than I remember it. Wonderful, too, to see so many visitors from all over the world, drawn here by Anthony Gormley's figures, enjoying it too.
But, then, Crosby beach was always 'another place' for me!
Here are a few images you may like:
Another Place
A fine collection of pictures, Knowhowe.
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ANTONY GORMLEY’S famous iron men statues should be allowed to stay on Crosby beach for good, council planning officers said last night. more
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Was just reading that. Glad to see there's some sensible people in positions of power :handclap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
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Originally Posted by scouse smurf
Obviously not a decision Taken By Liverpool city Council...They would have been well Bulldozed if anything to do with them.
Post your pice here :PDT11
ANTONY GORMLEY’S iron men moved a step closer to staying in Merseyside for good as councillors agreed to give them a permanent home on Crosby beach. more :handclap: :PDT11
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I've got some more to post later in the week. I'm so glad they're staying.
Me too :PDT_Piratz_26:
Great pics, can they be photographed from the pavement or whatever
Not that I know off. You have to park and walk a bit to get to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by steveb
OK thanks, will have to have a look, what road is it so I can set my sat navQuote:
Originally Posted by petecarr
Did my knee in so can't walk far at present
Google Maps has a nice map. You go down Cambridge Road and park, then walk around the marine lake and then across the beach a bit. Its about a 10-15 min walk I think, but I wasn't timing.
Looks like this might be closer to the beach.
Peter those HDR pic's are out of this world!
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/225/ironmanoc1.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4803/seazc4.jpg
Those statues look like they got biscuit size boobs.:unibrow:
South Road is better.Quote:
Originally Posted by petecarr
Better how? Thats basically where I parked and it was a bit of a walk to the statues. I thought the area by the swimming pool further up might be closer since there are 100 statues they must go quite far.Quote:
Originally Posted by stan
What I meant to say was to park by Crosby baths.I'm watching my auction on ebay at the moment and was a bit distracted.
they are interactive too:)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/billo/barb1.jpg
Why does that statue have biscuit shaped nipples on the chest and thighs?
in case he fancies a snack when theres no one around.
Haha, they must be chocolate digestives then If there sticking to his chest!Quote:
Originally Posted by bigpab
Spotted this one in the Liverpool Echo on line version:
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/l...name_page.html
"The meeting also agreed plans for a series of life-sized statues created by Antony Gormley - best known for creating the Angel of the North in Gateshead."
What about Gormley's Crosby beach statues !!!
Taken last november
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs12/300...y_laylaxbx.jpg
I took these back in February...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/239/5...a602ad8b28.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/5...bbfe0bf208.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/235/5...d2e8d25e9a.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/5...612e7508d8.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/5...3b256d2eef.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/5...b2373ae750.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/5...fc482913d8.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/249/5...30e0ba440d.jpg
Nice one iain :handclap:, I like the 2nd one with silhouettes of people the best.
Thanks Barry, I've been playing about with that pic, tried cropping it a few different ways, but can't settle on one. I think I'll leave it as-is.
Brilliant iain..well done.:handclap:
Thanks Gerard :PDT11
I like that one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by baztop3
They are all nice though.
Nice photos Iain :handclap:
Went this morning my homies.
Went for black and white because of the weather.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1109/...3774cc3b_o.jpg
Theres another one on my flickr except it has bird poo on It.
Why did Gormley design a penis on them!:PDT_Xtremez_42:
Nice, Max.
Chris
This is one I've posted before so some of you have already seen it. Taken last year sometime.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...nda/Crosby.jpg