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 Nelson Mandela - Trevor Huddleston Bust - Silver Street, Bedford, UK
N 52° 08.220 W 000° 28.030
30U E 673335 N 5779301
At the eastern end of Silver Street, at the junction with Bedford High Street, is a bust to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston. An inscription, attributed to Nelson Mandela, is carved into the plinth.
Waymark Code: WMQMH4
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/03/2016
Views: 2
The inscription carved into the Portland stone plinth reads:
No white
person has
done more for
South Africa
than Trevor
Huddleston
Nelson Mandela
The Virtual Library website tells us:
The Bust
Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998) was born in Bedford but left while still an infant. He went on to become an Anglican priest who spent most of his life serving poor people on the African continent. His work in black South African townships brought about his commitment to human rights and anti-apartheid activism, which led to South Africa' s first black President, Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) claiming that "No white person has done more for South Africa than Trevor Huddleston", which is inscribed in the plinth of this head and shoulder' s bust. He went on to become a bishop and finally Archbishop of the Indian Ocean. He was knighted in the last year of his life. On 7 April 2000 the retired Nelson Mandela, then an old man, visited Bedford to re-dedicate the Trevor Huddleston memorial bust, which had first been unveiled on 30 October 1999 by the Bishop of St Albans.
The Sculptor
Ian Walters (1930-2006) was a distinguished sculptor and committed socialist who is known especially for his statues of those associated with left-wing causes. These include the nine-foot statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square and the memorial to the International Brigades, who served during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, in Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, London.
Address:
Silver Street
Bedford
United Kingdom
Website: [Web Link]
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