barrettkeller 79 Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 My vote would be for a - long-overdue - statue of the late John Neville, placed in the area outside of the Playhouse. Apart from being a fine actor in his own right, he really put Nottingham on the map in the 60s as far as quality dramatic productions were concerned, and attracted a stream of talented actors to work with him: Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Peter Ustinov, Ronald McGill, Michael Crawford, Leo McKern, Edward Woodward, T P McKenna, John Shrapnell, Barry Foster, Bill Maynard, Derek Godfrey, Ann Bell...and many more 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MapperleyMan 122 Posted March 25, 2016 Report Share Posted March 25, 2016 Torville and Dean! I knew when I started reading this someone would have said Torvill and Dean. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Richard Beckinsale or Sue Pollard...someone who made us laugh and brightened our day. Having said that it will probably be the manager of a local tiddleywink or yo yo team. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Sillitoe would be my first choice. It need not be ostentatious. In a street close to Leicester Square in London there is a statue of Charlie Chaplin outside of a stage door. Its not in the square itself, but off a side street. It is more impressive because you dont expect it to be there at all. Its subtle. Possibly a statue of Sillitoe at a bus stop, leaning up against a pub wall, or somewhere banal and ordinary, not in a place of prominence. Benjamin I am with you on the road of statues. In a flight of fantasy I would like a new Arkwright Street rebuilt with shops and a new (well, old) road connecting Trent Bridge with the city. Lined with statues of course. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Statues can be so touching (as the one of Sirrel and Wheeler,).........somehow the one of Jackie Milburn in Ashington really moved me,when I came across it a few years ago when doing some work up there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 On the subject of statues,why is there one of Fergus O'Connor in the Arbo? Thought he was Manchester based? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 My choice would be DH Lawrence although Alison (#7) comes a close second. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 The coppers that nabbed the Yorkshire Ripper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 On the subject of statues,why is there one of Fergus O'Connor in the Arbo? Thought he was Manchester based? For some reason, he became a Chartist MP for Nottingham in the 1840s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terence12 725 Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 in london there is a tomb to the unknown warrior, everyone knows it, and it is for all the war dead, in Nottingham i think there should be a statue of a person without a face, this to commemorate the true heroes of he city, its own people, workers, leaders, councillors etc. all who have contributed, through the years for the betterment of the city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 iandawson The coppers who caught the Yorkshire Ripper were from Sheffield. Possibly you mean PC White and McKenzie who caught the Black Panther? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Dennis McCarthy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Leslie Crowther Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Bendigo is long overdue for a statue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Agree Deepdene boy...............at the bottom of Kings Walk or Exchange Walk where he was born or lived...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Bendigo used to have a statue on top of the Bendigo Pub Sneinton, also there is something dedicated to him on Victoria park. If any statue's are needed I think it should be statue's of children out side school's. It make you slow down when you see them, if you have never seen any of these statue's then take a drive up to Rise Park. I think when you see them, they do make you slow down and think of children coming out of school. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 I agree with you as well Mary.............forgot about the Sneinton one,is it still there ? and theone on Victoria park is a lion I believe,and the little statues of kids were a good idea........they have them on Percy street as well................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 When I visit the Bulwell Cemetry to see my foster boy and my wife's parents, there are statues of children near a school. They are placed on the pavement and they do have an affect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morton40 22 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Alvin attended Margaret Glen Bott didn't he? yes from about 1959 to 64 i think Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Benjamin There is already a very expressive and impressive statue to Harold Larwood in Kirkby. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Correct Sir.................forgot about that Mercury..................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Well, we could have a statue of Cpl Bill Bartle, the first Nottinghamshire soldier to land in Normandy on D Day. MC and bar. Took a lot more bottle to land and fight on D Day and afterwards than it did to manage a football team. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Different times and situations MD. Who knows how other people would have reacted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Jake Bugg / Stuart Pearce / Stan Collymore Regards the Bendigo statue http://www.bendigofund.co.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Anyone going to Ilkeston Town market place today to see the unveiling of the Donald Trump statue? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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