Memorials in Manchester
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Memorials in Manchester
Dedication Monument Lincoln Square
Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 5LN
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The dedicated Manchester statue of President Lincoln in Platt Fields was near to Platt House on a platform for numerous visitors to observe and stand...
(Dave Smith,
09-06-2010)
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1 Balloon Street
Manchester, Greater Manchester M60 4EP
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The role of Robert Owen (1771-1858) in the history of Manchester and The Co-operative Group is impossible to underestimate. A native of Wales, he...
(juliedelvaux,
19-02-2010)
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Church Street
Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 1PD
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Anyone who visits Northern Quarter, or walks past Affleck's Palace or down Tib Street, will be amused by this creation. How would one describe it? To...
(juliedelvaux,
21-02-2010)
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1 review
Memorials in Manchester
Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, Greater Manchester M1 1RG
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The native of Bury, and the son of a rich calico manufacturer, Sir Robert Peel was the 19th c. Prime Minister whose long-lasting mark on the British...
(juliedelvaux,
22-02-2010)
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Memorials in Manchester
St Peter's Square
Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3DF
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Adrift is a 1907 group by the Irish-born sculptor, John Cassidy (1860-1939). The monument used to be in Platt Fields Park (just like Abraham Lincoln...
(juliedelvaux,
28-02-2010)
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Memorials in Manchester
Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, Greater Manchester M1 1RG
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This monument to James Watt is not as allegorical as the one in the antechamber of the Manchester Town Hall. The legendary physician is merely seated...
(juliedelvaux,
26-03-2010)
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Memorials in Manchester
Barbirolli Square
Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3AB
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An 18-ton polished marble by the Japanese artist Kan Yasuda graces the space between 100 Barbirolli Square and the Bridgewater Hall. The sculpture...
(juliedelvaux,
06-04-2010)
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Memorials in Manchester
Albert Square
Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 5PE
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One of the Albert Square statues, the John Bright monument commemorates the native of Rochdale, a Quaker, one of the members of the Anti-Corn Law...
(juliedelvaux,
11-04-2010)
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Memorials in Manchester
Thomas Street
Manchester, Greater Manchester M4 1ER
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For the lack of better word, I call this composition "The Monument to Cleanliness". There is no plaque gracing the pedestal, on which is mounted a...
(juliedelvaux,
01-03-2010)
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Memorials in Manchester
Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester, Greater Manchester M1 1RG
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The statue of the victorious hero of Waterloo has been standing in approximately the same place (near the corner of Portland St) since 1856. These...
(juliedelvaux,
02-05-2010)
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