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Ben Brierley Statue |
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The original Ben Brierley statue at Queens Park, Rochdale Road,
Manchester |
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The original Ben
Brierley statue at Queens Park was erected in Brierley's honour soon
after his death. It was vandalised some time in the 1990's and the
top section was taken to storage to Heaton Park boathouse.
In the mid 90's the boathouse was destroyed in
an arson attack which left the statue badly damaged. Today only the
plinth remains. The plinth was used to assess the scale of the
original statue, which together with the plaster cast bust at
Failsworth Library helped the artist to scale the new statue. |
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Making the new Ben Brierley
Statue, with Artist Denise Dutton |
The
statue, which is cast in bronze, followed a time consuming process
which involved the artist, Denise Dutton creating a mould using
clay, which is then shaped. The clay is then wrapped in latex to
create a mould where the bronze can be cast into.
The whole process
takes time, patience and a lot of skill. |
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Presenting the new Ben
Brierley Statue to the people of Failsworth |
The statue was
only placed less than 24 hours before the official opening, and the
cement (shown above) was still being poured the day before.
Thankfully it all
turned out OK and as the crowds gathered Councillor Jim McMahon and
John Crompton, Chairman of the Failsworth Historical Society
presented the statue to the people of Failsworth - and gave a
bouquet of flowers to Denise to thank her for such an excellent job!
The
presentation was a joint celebration for the statue and for the
£400,000 makeover of Failsworth Pole Gardens. |
To see the
impressive photos of the gardens, past and present simply go back to
the photo archive main menu.
If you have any
photos related to Ben Brierley please email
jim@failsworth.info
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