Hiya nelsbelsQuote:
Originally Posted by nelsbels
I can't find a date for the memorial but it was sculpted by J Alan in granite to the designs of the firm Willink & Thicknesse
Mandy :)
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Hiya nelsbelsQuote:
Originally Posted by nelsbels
I can't find a date for the memorial but it was sculpted by J Alan in granite to the designs of the firm Willink & Thicknesse
Mandy :)
good work Ged :PDT_Piratz_26:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Ta :PDT11
Thanks for that Ged, my 10 year old grandson is doing an essay of his own choosing, ie, Florenc Nightingale & i took him down to see her monument ,he asked when it had been erected ,hence my enquirey, as it is very hard to park in that area i took a quick photo of him standing by it & we left without reading what was written on the sides, nelsbels
Until just now, I never really thought about it, but the Nelson Memorial is 1814.
I mean the ones in the streets, or on buildings.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/...b0b084d8_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/...66e4b316_o.jpg
I took a close up that momument last year...although not from the 'like he's sitting on the loo constipated' angle lol
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ture1145-1.jpg
there's some fantastic detail on there.
Sitting on the loo, constipated. :handclap:
I thought it was Despair. :PDT_Piratz_26:
It's beautiful work, though, and looks so modern.
Not sure how true it is but I heard on the Roger Phillips phone-in last year that it had been vandalised by members of the black community who said that Mary Seacole should be honoured in the same way if not even more. That may need clarifying.Quote:
Originally Posted by nelsbels
Mary Who?
She was a black woman who did much the same as Florence N in the Crimea. She's commemorated by a street name off Lodge Lane.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
See
http://www.jamaicans.com/culture/hal...ffamemar.shtml
It's right that she should be equally recognised.
It's just that I don't think I'm alone in not having heard of her.
On the other hand, everybody's heard of F N.
"Lady With the Lamp".
You're quite right Philip but that was their whole argument. Suppressed coverage or something. Media/historical bias. A cover up/Conspiracies.
Perhaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
But they didn't come much bigger than FN.
She was even consulted by major architects on how hospitals were to be built.
P C is a strange thing, sometimes.
The cause isn't advanced by defacing statues.
Yes. She was consulted regarding the Royal Infirmary I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Yes, she was by Alfred Waterhouse. I have a booklet I must post up on the Royal Infirmary thread though I think Snappel may have already done it actually.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/...f47d4889_o.jpg
Raphael`s statue outside the Walkers looks like he`s a candidate for the Conservation Centre to have some transplants done.
I wonder if anyone 'nose' if any plans to restore it are 'afoot' ?
Great photo:handclap:
lol ! :handclap:
I used to play on that (and his neighbour Micky Angelo) but it wasn't me who damaged it - honest. :ninja:
The statues either side of the door to SGH had big black stains down the front, and I was surprised that they managed to clean them.
The stone used on this side of W B St is very soft.
Look in front of the Sessions House.
VANDLE!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
Nope and I wasn't even a vandal either. Well, we needed somewhere to sneak behind during hide n' seek you know ;)
So, you noticed! :PDT11Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
If a word is mis-spelled (mis-spelt?) it cannot be used in a libel action.
That's ko then :PDT11
ps. How did you find out :002:
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Originally Posted by gregs dad
A sad looking picture but well shot, gregs dad. :handclap:
Chris
ha,ha. I must remember that :unibrow:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
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Another vandal like Ged, climbing over the Kings Regiment statue in St John`s Gardens to have a go of the drum.
Your sidekick certainly earns his pocket money, GD. :handclap:
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Ariels looking like rocket launches by a sphinx on the roof of the Liverpool University building
Huskissons memorial in St James Gardens and better view of his statue Duke St
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Picture063.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Picture004.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture2170.jpg
Blitz statue, St Nicks
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1771.jpg
in Cotton Exchange courtyard
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1748.jpg
these 2 and the 1 on the pavement outside where on the original building before it was pulled down
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1753.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1752.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...icture1143.jpg
from their website
http://www.cottonexchange.co.uk/Pics/CX12Sepia300.jpg
The building with the Sphinx is the Ashton Building I do believe. Opposite the Harold Cohen Library, and this last year had a massive refurb worth millions. It houses the Department of Computer Science now, and I *think* those rocket launchers are cooling for the servers.
[IMG]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...x/P1020737.jpg[/IMG]
This brought a smile to my face as I thought of "A dicky bird told me" and
"There`s a bluebird round my shoulder"
Cracking shot Joe...as ever.
Which University building is that GD?
Sorry - should have read further - contributor says it's the Ashton building.
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Originally Posted by gregs dad
[IMG]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...x/P1020677.jpg[/IMG]
And here`s the other book end on the building.
You must go through some shoe leather Quincy and Gregs dad.??
Brill photos as per usual.:handclap::handclap:
not really, I'm transported around in one of these!Quote:
Originally Posted by John(Zappa)
http://www.toysoldiers.com/products-...untry/ae01.jpg
and then I wake up lol.