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Councillor Terry Stacy looks on as local children unwrap The Neighbours statue |
It’s a wrap! Children unveil restored statue at ceremony
THEY have survived for 50 years sat side-by-side on a bench outside the homes in Highbury Quadrant – until someone came along and wrapped them in brown paper.
The beloved statue of The Neighbours was swathed in wrapping paper on Sunday so resident children could help unveil the restored statues in an unwrapping frenzy worthy of Christmas morning.
The ceremonious unravelling took place at a special fun day to mark the statue’s 50th anniversary.
Islington Council leader Terry Stacy, and members of Homes for Islington, who helped fund the restoration, were there to see the project completed.
In 1959, artist and refugee Siegfried Charoux was commissioned to create the sculpture for the grounds of Highbury Quadrant, which was built as a model estate five years earlier.
It has long been admired by residents, who launched a campaign to repair it last year after it developed a hole in the shoulder of one of the figures.
Aside from the unveiling, there was much more fun to be had.
Crafty kids whipped up a colourful glittery array of headgear for the statues in the hat-making contest, while George Fiawoo from the Kekeli Dance Ensemble told stories and taught the kids how to drum.
There was also an exhibition of the estate’s history. |
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