Old Birmingham

The Forward Statue which was destroyed by fire in April 2003. A £200,000 fibre-glass statue was known locally as the Lurpak sculpture because it looked as if it was made out of butter. It was sculpted by Birmingham-trained Raymond Mason and erected when the square was completed in 1991. It cost £250,000 to construct and depicted famous Brummies, including Joseph Chamberlain and University of Birmingham founder, Josiah Mason.

When this picture was on Panoramio....Thanks to guilbert53 on the Birmingham History Forum, this chap is now "in storage" (the whole fountain) at the Dollman Street Museum Stores.

The Forward Statue which was destroyed by fire in April 2003. A £200,000 fibre-glass statue was known locally as the Lurpak sculpture because it looked as if it was made out of butter. It was sculpted by Birmingham-trained Raymond Mason and erected when the square was completed in 1991. It cost £250,000 to construct and depicted famous Brummies, including Joseph Chamberlain and University of Birmingham founder, Josiah Mason.

When this picture was taken in the summer of 1991 the Hall of Memory was in lovely clean condition. Many I have seen since look very grimey!

A scan of a slide taken by my late uncle. The Rotunda was completed in 1965.