A street monument/scupture in Accrington

[cashman]

i think the flower towers look great, but at this point in time, things are/should be all about prioritizing, look nice is fine when plenty of brass about in my view.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

Try to keep to the thread Neil. You're taking it on the downward path.

Nice one Bob

[Bob Dobson]

Neil You have failed to spot my humour -I saw it funny that you, who rightly castigates those who go off-thread, did himself go off-thread by talking about flags instead of sculptures . My posting said IF we were to acquire a sculpture, what form would it take. I did mention the difficult times we are in. In my later posting aimed at you, I added a sentence about a path, which was a reference to the flags you were talking about.You didn't spot this link, and as a result thought I was not liking being disagreed with. If that were the case, I wouldn't post, as there are those who constantly disagree with me.

Back to basics - this thread asked 'If we were to get a sculpture, what form would it take?'

[katex]

Like the idea too of acorn plus hind. An oak tree complete with acorns, resident squirrel and Hind, standing majestically, at the base.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Kate, I might have liked the shuttle....but in general I haven't seen much in the way of street art that made me think 'Wow....wouldn't that look good in Accrington'.
And the flower towers are OK I suppose, they are detracted from by the shoddy state of the resin floor covering on Broadway. I know the flower towers are dotted about the borough.....but those on Broadway make me think of a lady who has put on lipstick without first washing her face.
The fabric of the infrastructure of the town needs to be worked on.......foundations need to be laid before you can really start to add decorations.

I am not saying don't have public art.......what I am saying is make sure the priorities are dealt with beforespending great sums of money on stuff that isn't essential. (haven't we been here before? A couple of times?)

[mobertol]

I have a very nice cast iron plaque just inside the front door which a friend brought me over -it says Accrington 1900 and features a pair of clogs in the center and in the background are various factories, smoking chimneys and the viaduct -these are very representative of the towns history and could be worked into a nice sculpture, i would also add in some of the cobbled streets and finally the water which was originally so important to the industrial revolution -I think it's important to celebrate the hard-working people who spent their lives in the mills, factories and mines and shaped the town as it is.

[shillelagh]

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[Neil]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

Neil You have failed to spot my humour -I saw it funny that you, who rightly castigates those who go off-thread, did himself go off-thread by talking about flags instead of sculptures.

I cant just post smilies its against the rules so I had to write this drivel as well

[Neil]

Originally Posted by cashman

i think the flower towers look great, but at this point in time, things are/should be all about prioritizing, look nice is fine when plenty of brass about in my view.

If we want people to visit Accrington so it wont die, which in my opinion it will, we have to have it looking attractive. Yes the paths need to look good I agree but arty stuff can be funded from outside HBC with maybe a small amount of match funding. We missed out with the panoptican because of short sited residents and councillors and no doubt no one will bother to look for funding for something like this.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Neil, do you really think that the Panopticon would have brought people to the town?

There needs to be something more than sculpture to get people to visit the place.

I don't go to Bury/Manchester/Ramsbottom....or any other place, purely to look at street art.

[Bob Dobson]

The Eric Morecambe statue in Morecambe has been a big draw for the 'lost resort'. The Angel of the North is too. My favourite, though I cannot say that people visit just to see it, is the stainless steel helter skelter at the end of the M55 at Blackpool.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Neil, do you really think that the Panopticon would have brought people to the town?

There needs to be something more than sculpture to get people to visit the place.

I don't go to Bury/Manchester/Ramsbottom....or any other place, purely to look at street art.

I dont think it would bring in lots of people no but it would have given us some publicity at least. I thought it was stupid back then but knowing more about the way funding works I think it was a mistake. I dont say that because I class Gayle as a friend these days eirher before anyone suggests it.

I like driving into town and seeing the new Tesco and train station. It makes it look modern and inviting. Coming in up blackburn road makes me want to turn round and go to blackburn.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Neil

I like driving into town and seeing the new Tesco and train station. It makes it look modern and inviting. Coming in up blackburn road makes me want to turn round and go to blackburn.

i will oppose any change at all to Blackburn Rd in that case.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

there is ...

That's brill Jen, think the white effect gives it that extra oomph

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

If we want people to visit Accrington so it wont die, which in my opinion it will, we have to have it looking attractive. Yes the paths need to look good I agree but arty stuff can be funded from outside HBC with maybe a small amount of match funding. We missed out with the panoptican because of short sited residents and councillors and no doubt no one will bother to look for funding for something like this.

Panopticansstart talking about the P word and we might, I say might just tempt Gayle back to the site