Meet the Ancestors - The Secret Garden - Wolverton, UK. - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

In a deeply wooded section of the park, sit an old couple watching TV.

"The houses on this site were demolished in the late 60s – and it seems almost as if the couple were turned to stone when the demolition took place nearly 50 years ago.

In fact this scene is the creation of a group of Art students from Radcliffe School, assisted by artists Bill Billings and Paul Smith.

On Tuesday 30th October 2007 at 1pm the Mayor of Milton Keynes, Mike Barry, met these new residents at a special ceremony attended by representatives from the funders – Creative Partnerships and the Baker Tilley Fund at Milton Keynes Community Foundation- local firms who helped with free donation of materials – MADCAP, Avanti tiles, Places for People and P Bird and Son- and members of the Wolverton Secret Garden Society who commissioned the work.

Sadly it was the last piece of art work that Bill Billings was involved in before his death in December 2007." Text Source: (visit link)

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Meet the Ancestors Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Art students from Radcliffe School, assisted by artists Bill Billings and Paul Smith. Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 30th October 2007 Materials used: Cement Location: In the Secret Garden - Wolverton - Bucks.

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