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Chamberlain Square Place

Vivienne14 said:
What happened to the (Chamberlain ?) memorial (far right of this pic) ? Viv.

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Did we ever find out what happened to the George Dawson Memorial Statue?

I have just Read this wonderful article Called "The Lost Prophet" about George Dawson. Love this section from the 6th Page.

‘The time has come to give everything to everybody’, Dawson announced. ‘The day would come when a man would be ashamed to shut up a picture by Raphael or a statue by any great master in a private house.’ The ‘gifts of genius’ should be like ‘sunshine, open to all, for all, to be reached by all, and ultimately to be understood and enjoyed by all’.

So so true!

 
Charlie said:
Will you STOP posting these pictures Lyn? I just about manage to dry my eyes, and lo there's another one :blue:
Me me me Wendy .. I shall be going in May for my fifth/sixth visit to Krakow, marvelling at the wonderful architecture there. Liverpool's another city that preserved many of their old buildings, ok sometimes it was because they couldn't afford to demolish and rebuild after the war but thank goodness for it! Since then, the planners have realised the importance of keeping historic buildings and aren't making the mistakes that Birmingham planners made in the sixties (I hope
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Thank goodness Liverpool retained their old buildings,where else would Peaky Blinders be filmed?:confused:

Nodd KD
 
Janet Hunt said:
Did we ever find out what happened to the George Dawson Memorial Statue?

I have just Read this wonderful article Called "The Lost Prophet" about George Dawson. Love this section from the 6th Page.

‘The time has come to give everything to everybody’, Dawson announced. ‘The day would come when a man would be ashamed to shut up a picture by Raphael or a statue by any great master in a private house.’ The ‘gifts of genius’ should be like ‘sunshine, open to all, for all, to be reached by all, and ultimately to be understood and enjoyed by all’.

So so true!

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George Dawson statue is still in Birmingham Collection store, but his bust may be seen outside Shakespeare Memorial Library on the 9th floor of Birmingham Library.
 
This shows the site of the later named Chamberlain Square (apparently referred to as Squirt Square by some in later years - due to fountains ?). On this spot a performer would at one time entertain passers by. He was William Fenner who went by the professional name of "Herr Rennef" - reversed surname !

Viv.

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