Ernie Wise statue divides opinion in Morley!

[DiRTYToRque]

Wise's widow Doreen Wiseman agreed to fund the £8,000 stone statue after an application for lottery cash for a £38,000 bronze version was rejected in 2008.

how much was the estimated cost for dear Compo's statue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west ... 549577.stm

[despondent]

You could knock one up in fibreglass for a fraction of that price, they did that with the lion atop Lion Buildings.

[DiRTYToRque]

yes despondent agreed.

but the point here being the grand sum of £200,000 was being put forward for the statue in holmfirth

[MrAngry]

Please get your facts right DirtyT and please dont bring up the idea of a statue of your pal again I think we have all had enough of the promotion of El Supremo.

See Examiner link :

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-we ... -25491831/


It quite clearly states that £200,000 was put forward for a revamp of the area and the statue being the centrepiece but you know that very well dont you?

[DiRTYToRque]

its called rope a dope.....

it would be interesting to know how much of the budget was towards revamping the area and how much percentage wise towards the statue.

maybe we can revamp other areas for £200,000 and stick statues of El Supremo whoever that maybe as centre pieces.

and if i knew the true cost i would nt be asking now would i ?

[despondent]

For me you could melt down that statue of Wilson, its hideous.