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Old July 14th 04, 07:38 PM posted to uk.local.london,uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Paddington Bear at Paddington Station


"Mike Hughes" wrote in message
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In message , Al
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John Rowland wrote:

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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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at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England


Just a thought if EROS is facing the wrong way does that mean that you have
to propell slowly??? ;-)

Jim


 
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