NOTTINGHAM`S ROBIN HOOD STATUE.
Was unveiled on 24th July 1952 by the Duchess of Portland, Ivy Cavendish - Bentinck, of Welbeck in Nottinghamshire. The 2.1 metre high bronze statue was sculpted by James Woodford RA, a former student of the Nottingham school of art and made by Morris Singer & Co of Basingstoke, Hampshire. It is estimated that the statue should last for 6,000 years.
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BRADFORD WAR MEMORIAL.
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CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER.
Captain George Vancouver ( 22nd June 1757 - 10th May 1798 ) was an English Officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his 1791 - 95 expedition, which explored and chartered North America`s Northwestern Pacific coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia. This statue of Vancouver is located in front of Vancouver City Hall, in King`s Lynn, England, his home town.
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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
Captain James Cook ( 1728 - 1779 ) was a British Explorer, Navigator, Cartographer and Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. This statue of Captain James Cook is in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
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COVENTRY BOY.
This boy has no name but represents all boys of all time who are proud to belong here reaching out as always from rough spun to close weave for family and for city. This statue is in Coventry, England.
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GANDHI.
Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujaret, western India and trained in law at the inner temple, London. Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community`s struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers and urban labourers to protest against excessive land - tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women`s rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, but above all for achieving self rule. Born 1869 - Died 1948 aged 78. Cause of death - assassination by shooting. This statue is in Hull, England.
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HERBERT INGRAM.
Herbert Ingram ( 1811 - 1860 ) was a British Journalist and Politician. He is considered the father of pictorial journalism through his founding of the Illustrated London News. He was a Liberal politician who favoured social reform and represented Boston for four years until his early death in a shipping accident. Ingram was born at Paddock Grove, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the son of a butcher. After being educated at Laughton`s Charity school and free school in Wormgate ( a street in Boston ), he was apprenticed as a fourteen year old to town printer Joseph Clarke. When Ingram finished his training he moved to London where he worked as a journeyman printer. This statue of Ingram is in Boston, England.
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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH,FRGS RN was a British Navy Officer and explorer of the Artic. Franklin also served as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen`s Land ( now Tasmania ) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the northwest passage in the Canadian Artic. The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy. Born 1786 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. Died 1847 aged 61 at sea, near King William Island, Canada, aboard HMS Terror. This statue is in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
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THOMAS SHEPPARD.
Thomas Sheppard ( 1766 - 1858 ) was a Politician in England. He was elected at the 1832 general election as the member of parliament ( MP ) for the newly enfranchised borough of Frome in Somerset, standing as a Whig. He was re - elected in 1835 as a conservative and held the seat until he stood down from the house of commons at the 1847 general election.
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F.W.WEBB.
Chief mechanical engineer, London and North Western Railway Company, October 1871 to June 1903. Presented to the Webb Orphanage by his old friend Sir Henry, B. Robertson, Pale. Corwen, April 1912.
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SCRAMBLE.
Scramble is a replica of a bronze section from the Battle of Britain Monument. The Battle of Britain Monument is located on the embankment of the river Thames in London, opposite the London Eye.
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HONOUR GUARD SCUPTURE.
The honour guard was designed by award winning sculptor Zenos Frudakis. It depicts the colours Flight of the United States Air Force Honour guard. The United States Honour Guard is the official ceremonial unit of the United States Air Force. Its mission is to represent US Airmen to the American public and the world. The colours flight displays and guards the American Flag, the US Air Force Flag and flags of visiting countries at air force and other events. The eight foot high bronze figures in the sculpture reflect the diversity in the US military observed by Frudakis. It is composed from left to right of one Caucasian man, one African-American man, one Hispanic man and one Caucasian woman. The two central figures are flag bearers; one holding the US flag and the other an Air Force flag complete with battle streamers that represent every campaign the US Air Force has taken part in. The two other figures are the weapons bearers who guard the flags. The sculpture is a version of the original honour guard created by Zenos Frudakis for the National Air Force Memorial in Washington, DC. The memorial honours the millions of men and women who have served in the United States Air Force and its predecessors. The Honour Guard was generously donated to the American Air Museum and the Imperial War Museum by Sarah and Ross Perot, JR.
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This is really neat! Of course everybody has heard of Robin Hood. Several movies about him and his merry band of outlaws. And of course, Captain Cook. It's a shame that his misunderstanding of the culture of the Hawaiians led to his death as well as some others of his landing party. Kamehameha and his warriors killed him and I think it was 5 others. Something like that. I am presuming that Captain Vancouver is who Vancouver, British Columbia is named after? Interesting Honor Guard statue. I think pretty much everybody has heard of Gandhi. He was a great man. The rest of the statues are quite nice and interesting to say the least. I like them. I had heard of the Franklin expedition and the Terror. Must have been a horrible ending those men endured. UGH. Freezing, starving, and everything else thrown in. Not the way I would want to go. Great photos as always my friend and darned good subject matter.
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