Ulverston statue date getting closer
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I attended a meeting of the Ulverston County Square Development group on Thursday, 17th January. The purpose of the meeting was to finalise the delivery, funding, project management and timescales of the necessary work planned to be completed for the redevelopment of the County Square. An integral part, of course, includes the siting of the Laurel and Hardy statue. As you all know, this has been a long and frustrating process to get all the funding (£500,000) in place and secure agreement with all concerned parties as to how the County Square will look after the restoration. The planned timescale for the work is from January till March, 2009, with a provisional unveiling being set for April, 2009. The group will convene again in a few weeks time to select final detail design options such as shape and colour of the paving and other fixtures. The statue of the Boys will be positioned (with its own working street light) outside the Coronation Hall. The traffic island currently in the square will be reduced in size and the plan is to have a tree planted in the centre. I, of course, suggested a laurel. I have been asked to supply famous Laurel and Hardy quotations which can be carved into the stonework surrounding the statue. So can all interested parties get their thinking caps on and send me their ideas for the quotes that we want reproduced in the stonework by the statue. I have requested a small plaque with the words "Presented to the people of Ulverston by the Sons of the Desert", followed by a few words describing our love for the Boys, but we can think about the final wording later. So, thinking caps on, recall a few quotations you'd like to see by the Boys. Oh yes, and just one other thing, we're still £10,290 short of the £58,500 needed to pay for the statue, so PLEASE, PLEASE keep on fund-raising. If you have any questions or other issues (or funds) please contact me.
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