Life in Beckworth » Barbara Hepworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ooops http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/town-council/ooops/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/town-council/ooops/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2015 11:51:30 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=5952 Continue reading →]]> Hello all. Last night’s Bonfire night was a roaring success, so many thanks to all who could be bothered to come along. It may have been very poorly attended and a scaled down event compared to previous years, and lacked a bonfire, but thanks to a discarded sparkler setting alight the uninsured priceless 1957 Barbara Hepworth sculpture “Two Very Big People’s Heads” we had a real fire to throw an effigy of Guy on to after all. Great stuff. G. Grimsby. Mayor

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(Above) The priceless Barbara Hepworth sculpture on fire last night

]]> http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/town-council/ooops/feed/ 0 New Sculpture Unveiled http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/mayor-gary-grimsby/new-sculpture-unveiling/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/mayor-gary-grimsby/new-sculpture-unveiling/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 16:04:57 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=1135 Continue reading →]]> Hello all. I’d just like to tell you about today’s momentous unveiling of Beckworth’s latest bit of public art. It was a low key event at the artist’s insistence, hence the publicity blackout, but was unveiled by art lover, and local celeb, Piers Morgan, who popped back from America to do the honours. Commissioned on behalf of the town council, by Piers, it was created by famed sculpture, and news reader, Trevor McDonald. The piece, entitled Peace, was 3 years in the making but I’m sure you’ll agree it was well worth the wait.

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Standing over 40 feet in height and made of bronze (painted black to look a bit like rubber) it replaces the priceless Barbara Hepworth scupture that was stolen from the park and melted down to be made into corrugated-roofing by Eastern Europeans roofers. A snip at £4.5million+VAT it will surely become as popular as our old Hepworth was and has pride of place near the children’s swings and slide. A very proud Mr Donald was quoted as saying “i’d like to see the b*****ds try and steal this!” Thanks. G. Grimsby. Mayor

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