Portrait bench will celebrate St Helens icons Johnny Vegas and Steve Prescott

9:33am Wednesday 2nd January 2013 in News

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A PORTRAIT bench that will celebrate St Helens icons Steve Prescott and Johnny Vegas will be created in a park.

St Helens Council has approved plans for the bench, which will include silhouetted artworks of Prescott, the highly respected endurance athlete and fundraiser, and Vegas, who is continuing a successful career in comedy, radio and television.

The creation, to be located at the Score in Sherdley Park, will also include a glassblower to mark the town’s industrial heritage.

Comments(22)

pitbullboxing says...
9:58am Wed 2 Jan 13

I thought we had no money?

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sherlock1 says...
4:18pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Not surprissed to see Pitbull moaning I think it's a fantastic idea

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Bane666 says...
6:10pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Great idea until it gets vandilised!!!

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smith&weston says...
7:10pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Some where for the smackheads to sit and shoot up then.... that's if they can shift the underage drinkers off it first.

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pitbullboxing says...
2:20am Thu 3 Jan 13

Nice to hear from you holmes - now that your all grown up that is.

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moonman77 says...
1:59pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Why do you lot always moan and take the negative road whenever somebody tries to get something positive for St Helens? If we gave in to all the Vandals, Drug Abusers, Alcoholics etc then nothing would happen.

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jumper says...
2:49pm Thu 3 Jan 13

It is a good idea, but what pitbull says is what we here all the time,we got food banks,have ago at them who is creating them

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pitbullboxing says...
3:15pm Thu 3 Jan 13

I moan because the council says there is no money to keep leisure centres such as Sutton open - and then spend money on a park bench so simple people like you two can be amused and go and vote for them. Soylent green.

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frankly says...
7:25pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Vegas , an icon, you must be joking. ! ! !. All for himself, now Prekky is worth one, but not in a place like the park out in the open, stick it in town for better security

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pitbullboxing says...
8:06pm Thu 3 Jan 13

Will it include a tub of lard to commemorate Rimmer and Grunewald?

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smith&weston says...
11:58pm Thu 3 Jan 13

moonman77 wrote:
Why do you lot always moan and take the negative road whenever somebody tries to get something positive for St Helens? If we gave in to all the Vandals, Drug Abusers, Alcoholics etc then nothing would happen.
It's a seat for sticking your backside on... has it come to this that the provision of a seat is seen as ' positive " ?

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frankly says...
9:12am Fri 4 Jan 13

Plenty of seats near Maries Palice i/e The Town hall. On that note, you never see much litter/graffiti near those seats,but of course Queen Marie can see whats going on there from her ivory tower overlooking her subjects, either visiting the library or the court

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frankly says...
9:13am Fri 4 Jan 13

Palace

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jumper says...
12:48pm Fri 4 Jan 13

Opinions not moaning I am with you what come s first food banks are doing the places up it has got to be priorities

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moonman77 says...
3:04pm Fri 4 Jan 13

smith&weston wrote:
moonman77 wrote: Why do you lot always moan and take the negative road whenever somebody tries to get something positive for St Helens? If we gave in to all the Vandals, Drug Abusers, Alcoholics etc then nothing would happen.
It's a seat for sticking your backside on... has it come to this that the provision of a seat is seen as ' positive " ?
It’s what’s on the seat that’s positive. It’s who and what represent this town. It doesn’t matter where and what it’s on, it’s just someone trying to do something different and contemporary. I think it should be applauded, not ridiculed and decried by people not willing to stick their head above the parapet.

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pitbullboxing says...
3:51pm Fri 4 Jan 13

Or people who think the money could be better used? It's easy to see why they remain in power.

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sherlock1 says...
3:55pm Fri 4 Jan 13

So pitbull because I don't agree with you i'm simple?

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pitbullboxing says...
4:47pm Fri 4 Jan 13

Where do I say that? Am I a moaner because I think the money could be better used?

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pitbullboxing says...
4:49pm Fri 4 Jan 13

The council could nip to tesco and spend this money on food for the food bank - there would still be other benches.

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susan23 says...
7:49pm Fri 4 Jan 13

Actually, it does not say that The Council are funding the benches - it just says The Council have approved the plan.

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pitbullboxing says...
8:24pm Fri 4 Jan 13

I thought about that Susan - so maybe they aren't - but it doesn't say they are not funding it either. Makes you laugh though that they say there is no money - and yet we can make a bench. If the council or whoever is doing this want to help out maybe they could donate the money to a food bank instead.

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jumper says...
3:12pm Sun 6 Jan 13

Socialist country we should be spreading the wk hrs out with the wages bit of maths including the intregation of the benefits. We may not need as many food banks!! 2013.

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