tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post7943431113836137574..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Random statue 11: James WalkerCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-36230598595267206042011-02-26T11:34:11.405+00:002011-02-26T11:34:11.405+00:00It would have been even better if I had said that ...It would have been even better if I had said that the obituary was on The Independent rather than The Guardian but never mind! My brain had obviously developed a bit of a lean itself yesterday :-)Andiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342690442454499340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-694548843872026342011-02-26T11:19:38.087+00:002011-02-26T11:19:38.087+00:00Thank you, Andie! I didn't know that the statu...Thank you, Andie! I didn't know that the statue had developed a lean, what a great story! Thank you also for the information about the sculptor.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-69203471863462664512011-02-25T12:51:14.636+00:002011-02-25T12:51:14.636+00:00Hi Caroline. I'm still enjoying your blog via...Hi Caroline. I'm still enjoying your blog via Google Reader - keep up the good work! I live a stone's throw away from this statue, on the other side of the Moby Dick pub and can just see it from my spare room window. Years ago it acquired a tilt like the Tower of Pisa and was like that for a couple of years before it dawned on someone that it was a bit of an offense to the splendid engineer to have him falling over one degree at a time! I've got a picture of it in full lean-mode somewhere.<br /><br />It was created, by the way, by Michael Rizzello OBE, who also did the sculpture of the docks as they were in 1896, at the top of Stave Hill in the ecological park, a short walk from Greenland Dock. If anyone's interested there is information about him on his 2004 The Guardian obituary:<br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-rizzello-542963.html.<br /><br />Best<br />AndieAndiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342690442454499340noreply@blogger.com