4032 x 3024 px | 34,1 x 25,6 cm | 13,4 x 10,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
27 ottobre 2017
Ubicazione:
Low Lights Car Park, North Shields, United Kingdom
Altre informazioni:
This symbolic statue called 'Fiddlers Green' represents the lost lives of fishermen over the past decades and was unveiled on Sunday 24th September 2017 at the Low Lights at North Shields Fish Quay, North Tyneside, Newcastle Upon Tyne in front of an invited audience. After a year long campaign to raise £75000 to make the memorial a reality through donations from local business and the general public to commission renowned sculptor, Ray Lonsdale to undertake the work. The sculpture is inspired by an image taken in 1959 by local photographer (Harry Hann) depicting a fisherman at the North Shields Fish Quay overlooking the fishing fleet in harbor. This impressive statue which stands 10ft 6in tall is so name after the ground the memorial stands upon. Which in 19th century maritime history 'Fiddlers Green' would have been a fishing wharf and for these fishermen there was never ending merriment when their boats were tied up in port. .
