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Newton Aycliffe
Durham, County
North East England

St. Cuthberth's Way / Central Avenue

Aycliffe Angels

Phil Townsend
2000

Description

Relief of two female workers in their 1940s working dress, one, a supervisor, listening to the concerns of a younger shop floor worker as she reads a letter from the battlefield.

Inscription(s)

AYCLIFFE ANGELS

Information Sign

THIS AYCLIFFE ANGELS SCULPTURE
IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO WORKED IN THE
AYCLIFFE MUNITIONS FACTORIES

the sculpture was commissioned
by the town council, funded by
tallent engineering ltd
and the mayor's appeal fund,
councillor mrs. angela fleming, mayor 1998-1999
great aycliffe town council

Sculptor

Phil Townsend, English sculptor - North Pennine Sculpture - from Eggleston, County Durham (Website).

Locatie (N 54°37'6" - W 1°34'17") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbne006; Photograph: 29 July 2019
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