Tara In Her Trainers - Bury, UK - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

The River Irwell is approximately 39 miles long stretching from Deerplay Moor just north of Bacup in the Pennine Hills to Irlam to the south of Manchester. During the industrial revolution many mills and factories were built along the river’s route and it became very polluted with hardly any life left in it.

After the 1970’s when industry had declined various schemes were implemented to clean up the River and life has returned to it. In 1995 it was decided to develop a 33 mile sculpture trail along the river as part of a multi – million pound redevelopment scheme. It stretches from Bacup in the North to Salford Quays near Manchester.

Many of the sculptures have been made in collaboration with local people and designed to reflect the history of the particular site of the sculpture.

In this case Jalland’s shiny cheetah-like creature wearing trainers was created with the help of pupils from Radcliffe Hall Primary School and takes inspiration from Radcliffe's former paper-making and fabrication industries.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Tara In Her Trainers Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Mark Jalland Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2006 Materials used: Stainless Steel Location: Close Park

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