A statue for Mr Cryne - An alternative view...

I’ve been thinking long and hard about this and reading a lot of what’s been said.

It seems that neither Mr Cryne nor his family would see a statue being erected of Mr Cryne himself as being as all in keeping with their world view so therefore I got to thinking about how we could still honour Mr Cryne without in effect going against his and his families wishes which surely no one would want.

My suggestion would be to erect a statue of his favourite player or players (Wilf Bartrop?) with a simple plaque of dedication to Mr Cryne being placed on it.

Thoughts?

 

I think a painted mural, incorporating Mr Cryne, Norman Rimmington & some of our legendary players would be pretty cool. There is a great mural of Dennis Lilley on the wall outside the WACA in Perth....

 

But the feeling is that something with Mr Cryne’s image on isn’t appropriate...

 

Personally I think Mrs Cryne and James should be consulted and whatever their wishes
are, that should be respected. We don't want to do anything that could be interpreted as
being insensitive towards the great mans memory.

 

Exactly what I was saying

 

Something like the 343 memorial wall in NY that can be added to over the years.

 

Celtic one for their founder

 

And finally the new one down at Hillsborough, possibly do a similar Toby Tyke one...

 

Somebody mentioned the other day naming a stand after him. I think the Academy would be quite fitting as it fits with reputation of giving people a chance and giving the club a future etc.

 

I think we should have a statue of Reverend Preedy. Do we have anything mentioning our founder at all at Oakwell?

 

Yes, they would have to be happy with it. If it commemorated a bunch of former players / people connected with the club I thought that may be better received. Just a thought really & something that woulndn't cost the earth either to do.

 

If the family don’t wish to have a memorial we must respect their wishes .
It was more thinking that it was the fans request rather than an official commission.
However I still like the idea of a statue of the the Rev on corner of Ponty with maybe a plaque mentioning Patrick

 

Desk with a frame on it. Would look great in a museum at the club.

 

Is name alone is tribute and will be past down in Barnsley football club history with the likes of the Reverend Tiverton Preedy, Tommy Taylor and Ronnie Glavin as a great.

 

From reading a lot of Patrick’s enjoyable Facebook posts it’s clear the history of the club was really important to him - I think a club museum in his memory would be a good idea but I guess it comes down to those who know him best - his family.

 

He was a man who always came across as someone who didn't want to be in the limelight and a modest human being who wasn't the most comfortable being the centre of attention. He loved the very fabric of the club, its history and its traditions. He dedicated his later years to the stewardship of the club but also was a keen collector of Barnsley memorabilia and was trying to bring all of our FA Cup winning medals back together. A museum would be a fitting tribute.

 

Why not look to so this.

With the above suggestion of dedicated to plaque as above.

 

I think this is a great idea a room of museum memorabilia named in his honour, sounds good.

 

The Legends Suite

 

Nice idea.