New statue to mark Barnsley's mining heritage

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    #1 EastStander, Feb 27, 2012
    Sounds like a great idea, better if they put it on the Peel Sq plinth rather than outside the bus station, but still....a statue of a miner at the coal face....I think that's good. But no, it's a statue of a boy! It doesn't look like it's anything to do with mining!
    What a missed opportunity.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-17169979
     
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    #2 Jay, Feb 27, 2012
    I don't understand art

    because nothing about that represents mining to me. It looks like it belongs outside a nursery school. Either that or it's an advert for Tetris.

    It's not just that I don't like it, it actually makes me a little bit angry. I feel like a Daily Mail reader.
     
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    #3 Durkar Red, Feb 27, 2012
    I quite liked Martin Bullock,why not have a statue of him
     
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    #4 RichK, Feb 27, 2012
    Who is in charge of the project, Tracey Emin? Nobody will get it. Someone has had a shocker.
     
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    #5 BFC Dave, Feb 27, 2012
    £165,000 ! I'd like to know how much of the funding comes from the council
     
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    #6 'thereev', Feb 27, 2012
    the lot probably...it's probably another attempt by Mr Houghton's mob to attract people back into town after a series of lengthy meetings held in a top class hotel with no expenses spared.

    hth
     
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    #7 RichK, Feb 27, 2012
    You missed out the bit about them being clowns.
     
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    #8 'thereev', Feb 27, 2012
    Good point well made Mr P 72
     
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    #9 EastStander, Feb 27, 2012
    Most of the funding came from private industry. I think having a statue is a great idea......just not this statue.
     
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    #10 Extremely Northern, Feb 27, 2012
    Statue to mark bad Christmas jumpers.

    What an absolute pile of pig *****.
     
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    #11 Dragon Tyke, Feb 27, 2012
    WTF is THAT????

    absolutely nowt to suggest the heritage of the place at all. What MUPPET sanctioned that then.
     
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    #12 Plankton Pete, Feb 27, 2012
    Re: WTF is THAT????

    I think it must be a minor.
     
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    #13 RichK, Feb 27, 2012
    Re: WTF is THAT????

    Quality, lost in translation somewhere? Or a typo on a form?
     
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    #14 FlyingHour, Feb 27, 2012
    Re: WTF is THAT????

    :D
     
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    #15 Tyketical Masterstroke, Feb 27, 2012
    Are the square bits to represent buffering?

    What a bag o'bollcoks.
     
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    #16 WorsbroughRed, Feb 27, 2012
    Re: Are the square bits to represent buffering?

    This is ******* awful. Like someone said earlier it should have been a miner working at the face not a small boy that has nothing to do with our mining heritage. Waste of money. It's making me angry now, stupid council choosing that to represent mining.
     
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    #17 MrsHallsToffeerolls, Feb 27, 2012
    Re: WTF is THAT????

    Yes and he`s called Maurice.
     
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    #18 MarioKempes, Feb 27, 2012
    I thought this could be a very early April fools prank news story. What a complete and utter waste of money.
     
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    #19 'thereev', Feb 27, 2012
    that statement sums up the council as a whole really .... i won't add to it.
     
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    #20 SambaTyke, Feb 27, 2012
    Why is it that whenever we do something important, something that will be there for years, somehhing that NEEDS to be done right, we seem to have a mare in Barnsley? The statue only represents mining in the artistic mind of its creator, not the legions of ordinary folk who will see it daily. You need a guide to comprehend it's meaning. The bus station looked ridiculous at first, and still does in my opinion, that clock near Mandela gardens was bizarre and now we have a silly statue. Ah well.
     
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