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Found this bit in the Birmingham Post...June 6/2008
Thomas Attwood statue to be moved from Sparkbrook
Jun 6 2008
A vandalised statue of one of Birmingham’s first MPs is to be restored at a cost of £70,000.
The 149-year-old statue of Thomas Attwood will be removed from Larches Green in Sparkbrook by the city council next week for refurbishment work and will eventually be relocated at a more suitable site.
The figure is made of Sicilian marble standing on a granite column set on a base of York stone and cost £900 to build when it was unveiled in 1859.
Attwood, a leading early 19th century campaigner for universal suffrage, became one of Birmingham’s first two MPs in 1832.
Ray Hassall, the cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture, said: “We have been extremely successful in the last few years in returning several major historic monuments to their original glory.
“The two remaining priorities for restoration are the statues of King Edward VII and Thomas Attwood. We now have the funding in place to move the statue of King Edward VII to Centenary Square so I am confident it will only be a matter of time before we are able to find a new home for Thomas Attwood.”
Thomas Attwood statue to be moved from Sparkbrook
Jun 6 2008
A vandalised statue of one of Birmingham’s first MPs is to be restored at a cost of £70,000.
The 149-year-old statue of Thomas Attwood will be removed from Larches Green in Sparkbrook by the city council next week for refurbishment work and will eventually be relocated at a more suitable site.
The figure is made of Sicilian marble standing on a granite column set on a base of York stone and cost £900 to build when it was unveiled in 1859.
Attwood, a leading early 19th century campaigner for universal suffrage, became one of Birmingham’s first two MPs in 1832.
Ray Hassall, the cabinet member for leisure, sport and culture, said: “We have been extremely successful in the last few years in returning several major historic monuments to their original glory.
“The two remaining priorities for restoration are the statues of King Edward VII and Thomas Attwood. We now have the funding in place to move the statue of King Edward VII to Centenary Square so I am confident it will only be a matter of time before we are able to find a new home for Thomas Attwood.”
