The Engineer 614 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 From the bank of England website: The next £20 note will celebrate Britain’s achievements in the visual arts and we would like the public to nominate who they would like to feature on the back of the £20 note. Visual artists include architects, artists, ceramicists, craftspeople, designers, fashion designers, filmmakers, photographers, printmakers and sculptors. The Bank will not feature fictional or living characters, with the exception of the Monarch, who appears on the front of our notes. Please make your nominations by 19 July 2015. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/nominationform.aspx I am going to nominate FREDERICK ROWLAND EMETT OBE Who's with me? I will broach this with intu management as well - maybe they can get a campaign going. If you nominate him, you can put up to 100 words in support. Here's what I wrote: Frederick Rowland Emett OBE (1906-1990) was a London-born cartoonist, artist, designer and engineer who drafted aircraft parts during the war. His cartoons regularly featured in ‘Punch’ magazine and he created much loved animatronic 'things' for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. His iconic 'Time Fountain' water clock has had pride of place in Nottingham since 1973. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 My nomination's in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Just looked on the Bank of England website. The public can only nominate (it's not an election by poll). There's an advisory panel who will create a shortlist based on the contribution made by each nominee and the Governor of the Bank of England will choose the winner. There's some stiff competition already including: Augustus Pugin Alec Issigonis Alexander McQueen Alfred Hitchcock Beatrix Potter Capability Brown Charles Rennie MacIntosh Charlie Chaplin Clarice Cliff Colin Chapman David Lean Francis Bacon Frederick Henry Royce Gerry Anderson Isambard Kingdom Brunel John Constable Josiah Wedgewood L. S. Lowry Laura Ashley Laurence Olivier Lucian Freud Mel Smith Peter Ustinov Reginald Mitchell Richard Attenborough Robin Day Ronald Moody Rowland Emett Stan Laurel Stanley Kubrick Thomas Chippendale Thomas Gainsborough Tony Hart Watson Fothergill William Friese-Greene William Heath Robinson William Henry Fox Talbot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I can't believe mick2me isn't there!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Watson Fothergill gets my vote ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Actually Reginald Mitchell gets my vote. Even though the first kill of a Spitfire was actually an RAF Hurricane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Not that we really get to vote but aside from Emett, I'd be torn between Stan Laurel (he still makes me laugh) and Watson Fothergill (I like fine brickwork and he was of course a local lad). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Why not have more than one £20 note. Have a whole series people could collect them? But why can't we have a 99p coin it would save getting the 1p change Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Aneurin Bevan (founder of the NHS) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nominees have to be Visual Artists; did Aneurin do any Welsh landscapes in his spare time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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