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Old July 14th 04, 07:24 PM posted to uk.local.london,uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Mike Hughes Mike Hughes is offline
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Default Paddington Bear at Paddington Station

In message , Al
writes
John Rowland wrote:

"Al" wrote in message
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And they put Eros back facing the wrong way too. *******s!


Didn't he used to point at Shaftesbury? Where does he point now?


As an aside, 'Eros' is actually the christian angel of charity rather than
the greek god.

He did use to face Shaftesbury Avenue, but now faces Lower Regent Street.


Just to add to your (correct) observations.

The statue was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert and is the first public statue
made from Aluminium.

To re-inforce the point (pun intended) there is *no* arrow in the bow to
signify 'the shaft is buried'

Mike

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