This striking sculpture called Jete can be found at 48 Millbank, not far from Tate Britain. Enzo Plazzotta based the figure on David Wall who became the youngest male Principal in the history of The Royal Ballet.
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Throwback Thursday: Jete by Enzo Plazzotta
Throwback Thursday: The Royal Liver Building, Liverpool
The Royal Liver Building is a Grade I listed building at Liverpool’s Pier Head. In 1907 the Royal Liver Group decided it needed a new headquarters and the Pier Head was chosen with building beginning in 1908 and the official opening taking place in 1911.
Categories: England, Liverpool, Merseyside
Tags: architecture, clock, liver birds, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: John Donne Statue, St Paul’s Cathedral Churchyard, London
This statue of the poet John Donne can be found in the Churchyard of St Paul’s Cathedral. It was sculpted by Nigel Boonham in 2012.
Categories: England, London
Tags: john donne, Nigel Boonham, photo post, st paul's cathedral, statue, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Victoria House, London
Victoria House is a Grade II listed building designed by Charles William Long next to Bloomsbury Square in Holborn. It was built in 1926 for the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society which was founded in 1843 as a burial society (providing voluntary subscriptions for the funeral expenses of members) and is now better know as LV=.
Throwback Thursday: The Lloyd’s Building, London
The Lloyd’s building, sometimes referred to as the Inside Out Building, for obvious reasons, is the headquarters of the insurers Lloyd’s of London.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, history, lloyd's building, photo post, war memorial
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Throwback Thursday: Victoria Square, Birmingham
This large public square in front of Birmingham Council House is, unsurprisingly, named after Queen Victoria. Prior to 1901 however it was known as Council House Square. A parish church was on the site first, from 1813, followed by Birmingham Town Hall (1832-1834) and then the current Council House. One of the central features of the Square is this statue which I was amused to discover on researching this post is known locally as “Floozie in the Jacuzzi”. Now a flower bed it was part of a water fountain up until 2013 when irreparable faults led to the water being permanently turned off.
Categories: Birmingham, England, West Midlands
Tags: fountain, statue, Victoria Square, water fountain
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Throwback Thursday: Town Mission Ragged School, Nottingham
The Town Mission Ragged School in Brook Street in Nottingham was built in 1858. Ragged schools were developed from an idea of John Pounds, a Portsmouth shoemaker, who believed that poor children should have basic schooling rather than being sent out to work. The Earl of Shaftesbury then formed the Ragged School Union in 1844.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: history, local history, nottingham, nottinghamshire, photo post, ragged school, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday: Awakening Statue, London
This statue of a female nude called Awakening can be found in Ropers Garden on Chelsea Embankment. She was sculpted by Gilbert Ledward in around 1923.
Categories: England, London
Tags: art, gilbert ledward, photo post, statue, Throwback Thursday
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Snow – January 2021
I love snow. Nothing quite makes me smile like wandering through snow taking photos, even if it’s cold and I’m being battered on all sides by wind. Obviously with lockdown I couldn’t travel far but when it snowed here on Sunday I did have a good wander around my neighbourhood and get my exercise in for the day.
Throwback Thursday: Climbing Boys, Sculptural Lamp Post, Chelsea Embankment
Dating from 1874 this granite green painted plinth with a design of oak leaves and acorns with two climbing boys is just by Albert Bridge on Chelsea Embankment in London.
Categories: England, London
Tags: architecture, Chelsea, Chelsea Embankment, lamp post, photo post, Throwback Thursday
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