Rearsby - Leicestershire - Pictorial Village Signs on Waymarking.com

Rearsby village sign on a small green on Brookside, displaying a montage of nearby village features, together with symbols for local activities.

The sign depicts St Michaels church in the background with the 1872 CofE village school. The main feature is Rearsby bridge crossing Rearsby brook. A small boy and his horse are in the foreground, fishing.

The sign was carved by artist Robert Lewis, and is dated 2007. (visit link)

"Robert Lewis was born in 1957 in West Kirby in the Wirral. His first recollection of an interest in woodwork was coming across an old biscuit tin containing carved puppet/marionette limbs and torsos in his grandfather’s garage. Having travelled with his father in the Royal Air Force, the family eventually settled in Suffolk where at the age of seventeen Robert was offered an apprenticeship as a woodcarver with Titchmarsh & Goodwin in Ipswich.

In 1981 Robert decided to work for himself in a bid to expand the variety of carving and to utilise his skills with more technically demanding projects.

During the mid eighties Robert was invited to tender for the restoration and refurbishment of No.10 Downing Street.

The sheer amount of architectural carving involved deemed it necessary for several woodcarvers to be involved.

At the end of the project Robert was invited to carve the Royal Arms (approximately one metre square) which now adorns one of the State Rooms and is one of his most favourite commissions to date."

SOURCE - (visit link)

Sign Date: 01/01/2007 Location: small green on Brookside Plaque: no Construction Material: wood Artist: Robert Lewis Web Address: [Web Link] Occasion Commemorated: Not listed

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