Nat's statue unveiling

[thebish]

^ That's a lovely image

cracking picture!!!

[ChrisC]

I didn't take the picture by the way! Just sharing

[LeverEnd]

It was an nice little ceremony. Sculptor went on a bit too much about himself as well as Nat but he's done a cracking job so well done to him.

[Bruce Rioja]

It's fantastic. The sculptor has somehow managed to encapsulate Nat's strength of persona, pride and decency into it as well as his physical attributes and likeness.

[General Mannerheim]

Popped up to have a look today, it's actually really impressive. Looks great, and well pleased the brick I bought is right next to Anelka's!

[ChrisC]

Popped up to have a look today, it's actually really impressive. Looks great, and well pleased the brick I bought is right next to Anelka's!

Lucky you

Can the bricks still be purchased General?

[General Mannerheim]

yeah they are still available but they only lay them in phases, not sure how regular, probably every 6 months or summat.

[Bruce Rioja]

yeah they are still available but they only lay them in phases, not sure how regular, probably every 6 months or summat.

You need an , after the E in LOVE

Actually, noticed that quite a few of them with gold lettering are beginning to wash out. Not sure if there are any plans to rectify this.

[TANGODANCER]

Just used that as a wallpaper Chris. Hope you don't mind. I'm going up on Tuesday to thave a look and take some pics, but I doubt I'll better yours.

[thebish]

^ pssst - he won't mind! as he said - it's not his pic!

[Lord Kangana]

Is that your dog general?

[SmokinFrazier]

That's an excellent statue. Whoever did that made a cracking job of it, unlike the clown who did the Dibnah one in town.

[Bruce Rioja]

That's an excellent statue. Whoever did that made a cracking job of it, unlike the clown who did the Fred Scuttle/Cosmo Smallpiece one in town.

Just corrected that for you, Frazier.

[General Mannerheim]

Is that your dog general?

It's my dog in the picture, not the name immortalised in the brickwork..

[SmokinFrazier]

That's an excellent statue. Whoever did that made a cracking job of it, unlike the clown who did the Fred Scuttle/Cosmo Smallpiece one in town.

Just corrected that for you, Frazier.

[Andy Waller]

I can see a "lucky rub of Nat's boot" becoming a part of the pre-match ritual....

[Gary the Enfield]

I like the statue. The only thing I'm pissed off at is that I bought a brick for my Mum and Dad and they got an invitation to the unveiling as a bonus for buying the brick. Unfortunately they brought the unveiling forward from Tuesday to Saturday. My mum is quite ill at the moment and was unable to attend on Saturday but she would have been okay tomorrow (she's on cyclical medication).

[Nottingham_Blancs]

It's a super statue, top marks to the club for the way it's been done.

I'm sure if you have a long zoom and shoot the image from a distance you can get Nat with Winter Hill in the background.

I like the idea of a a 'lucky rub' of Nat's Boot as a match day ritual

They have a statue of Brian Clough in Nottingham City Centre ....I rather sadly say 'alright Brian' whenever I walk past him !!!

I might do the same for Nat..a simple 'alright Nat'

My image of Nat



A couple of images of Cloughie

[Bruce Rioja]

The unveiling ceremony was carried out in a most professional manner including speeches by Eddie Davies, Garty, the sculptor, Nat's son and the Mayor of Bolton, concluded in prayer by the club Chaplain. Why anyone thought that it'd be a good idea to have a grown man dressed as a pantomime lion there is anyone's guess. Fine for kids' parties, not at all suited to a ceremony such as this. Surely the opportunity to get rid of this embarrassing anachronism presented itself pre-season when McGreavy, the drummers and the likes were given the order of the boot?!

[BL3]

If we're going to have a mascot, surely it should be a pig? Or a dinosaur wearing a sash...

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