Hi Guys,
The oldest Statue is the Queen Victoria, unveiled on11th January 1901 Just Eleven days before she died, at that time the Square was actually
Called Council House Square and was renamed in Honour of the late monarch on the 7th February 1901
The statue is not the original 1901 version, which was made of marble and deteriorated owing to air pollution in1951 as Part of the Festival of Britain
Celebrations it was recast in Bronze and unveiled on the 9th of June1951. Vicky was removed to a works in Telford and given a brush down to remove
Forty years of pigeon,droppings she was returned in time for the Square,s reopening in1993.
Astonian,,,,,
The oldest Statue is the Queen Victoria, unveiled on11th January 1901 Just Eleven days before she died, at that time the Square was actually
Called Council House Square and was renamed in Honour of the late monarch on the 7th February 1901
The statue is not the original 1901 version, which was made of marble and deteriorated owing to air pollution in1951 as Part of the Festival of Britain
Celebrations it was recast in Bronze and unveiled on the 9th of June1951. Vicky was removed to a works in Telford and given a brush down to remove
Forty years of pigeon,droppings she was returned in time for the Square,s reopening in1993.
Astonian,,,,,