Bruce Calvert
2008-11-09 05:02:28 UTC
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Yobs-deface-Stan-Laurel-statue.4672248.jp
Yobs deface Stan Laurel statue
Published Date: 07 November 2008
THERE was nothing fine about the mess caused by vandals during an
attack on a statue of Stan Laurel.
The bronze figure, created by South Shields artist Bob Olley was
unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, just 10 weeks ago.
Now vandals have daubed the tribute to the comic genius with a
graffiti moustache and obscenities.
The £37,000 statue stands on the corner of Theatre Corner, where
Stan's father Arthur Jefferson ran the Eden Theatre a century ago.
Tony Hillman, grand sheik of the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation
Society, said he failed to find anything funny about the attack.
He said: "I think it is absolutely disgraceful that such a well-loved
character has been targeted, especially after the trouble and expense
that the council has gone to."
A spokesman for Wear Valley District Council said the statue was
cleaned as soon as the vandalism was reported.
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Yobs deface Stan Laurel statue
Published Date: 07 November 2008
THERE was nothing fine about the mess caused by vandals during an
attack on a statue of Stan Laurel.
The bronze figure, created by South Shields artist Bob Olley was
unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, just 10 weeks ago.
Now vandals have daubed the tribute to the comic genius with a
graffiti moustache and obscenities.
The £37,000 statue stands on the corner of Theatre Corner, where
Stan's father Arthur Jefferson ran the Eden Theatre a century ago.
Tony Hillman, grand sheik of the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation
Society, said he failed to find anything funny about the attack.
He said: "I think it is absolutely disgraceful that such a well-loved
character has been targeted, especially after the trouble and expense
that the council has gone to."
A spokesman for Wear Valley District Council said the statue was
cleaned as soon as the vandalism was reported.
--
Bruce Calvert
Visit the Silent Film Still Archive
http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com