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Acrylic-bob

Acrylic-bob

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I spotted this the other day, almost hidden behind the lamp. It used to be a reclining woman carved in what looked to be either Limestone or Marble. She appears to have lost her head recently as well as acquiring a coat of paint. I can't say that it is an improvement.

It's hard to make out the shape in the photo so I did a rough outline in the second photo.
Still, any ideas who she might be, and where she might be found or why she is sitting there at all?
 

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i think it could be a woman at a weaving loom. but then im always wrong//
 
could the lamp be over a church door? if so is it not the body of jesus?
 
>>could the lamp be over a church door?<<

Brave try but, sadly, wrong. The only worship that goes on in here is strictly of the more venal kind.
 
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>>could the lamp be over a church door?<<

Brave try but, sadly, wrong. The only worship that goes on in here is strictly of the more venal kind.
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Thats a Strong word, Bob......you got any evidence of that? I'm sure we'd love the details.
 
Hmmm. Interesting point. I was using the word in the catholic sense of 'Venal Sin', meaning a minor misdeed and also alluding to the worship of Venus, vaguely. However, on checking the jolly old OED, I find to my consternation that the word means 'able to be bribed or corrupted' which is not what I meant at all! The word I should have used is 'Venial'. I am glad we cleared that one up, but it just goes to show, you can't be too careful. Thanks Tealeaf.

As a further clue, and to muddy the waters a little. Thomas Arne.
 
Cheers Bob...I'm glad we're back on the right track. I was absolutely certain that lamp and ornament did'nt hang outside the town hall....but you've definatly got my memory cells on overtime here...

Is that piccy taken outside the Warners arms, by any chance?
 
OK..i'm lost now.....was it Arne who wrote the version of "God Save the King?Queen".............if so, it's not outside the Kings/Queens pub in Accy, is it?
 
Your reference to Thomas Arne would suggest it is something to do with music. Is it a dance hall or old theatre perhaps. You'll have to excuse me, I don't know which, if any, of the old cinemas/theatres/dance halls are still standing. Maybe what was/is the Berkley?
 
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>>OK..i'm lost now.....was it Arne who wrote the version of "God Save the King?Queen"<<

>>Your reference to Thomas Arne would suggest it is somewhere to do with music.<<

Music is close-ish. But come on chaps, we are British, aren't we? (no pun intended)
 
Try this:

The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must in their turn, to tyrants fall,
Must in their turn, must in their turn, to tyrants fall,
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful, from each foreign stroke,
More dreadful, more dreadful from each foreign stroke
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down,
All their attempts, all their attempts to bend thee down,
Will but arouse thy generous flame,
But work their woe and thy renown.
To thee belongs the rural reign,
Thy cities shall with commerce shine
Thy cities shall, thy cities shall with commerce shine
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine.
The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair,
Shall to thy happy coast, thy happy coasts repair,
Blest isle! with matchless beauty crowned,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
 
Well you've lost me Bobby boy. Has it something to do with the British Legion or a Barracks somewhere?
 
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