A new statue of Victoria Wood looks more like these 11 people than it looks like her
When Victoria Wood was a child, her crippling shyness prevented her from speaking to the staff at her library about joining, so she would sneak books out to read and return them the same way. In a touching move, her home town of Bury plans to erect a memorial statue of the much-missed comedian near the library, but the sculpture approved by the council has split the internet, with many asking the question “Who is that?”
This is the likeness, created by Graham Ibbeson, the sculptor who produced the statue of Eric Morecambe for his home town.
And this is, as though we need reminding, how she really looked.
These 11 people have all been suggested as the real subject of the statue.
1.
https://twitter.com/chinnyhill10/status/1088897764132618241
2.
"I've got an old one of Peter Beardsley out the back, will that do?" https://t.co/2SMNGn27g3
— Adam Macqueen (@adam_macqueen) January 25, 2019
3.
Why they building a statue of Emo Phillips?
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) January 25, 2019
4.
This is dreadful, it looks more like Tim Burgess https://t.co/hKDzCttp6v
— JB Barrington (@JBBarrington) January 25, 2019
5.
Why are they honouring Victoria Wood with a statue of Grayson Perry?
— Sue (@Sue_Pook) January 25, 2019
6.
Looks like wendolene from Wallace and gromit !!
— Tarquin Radox (@_Radox_) January 26, 2019
7.
Keep the mould, for when Stu Francis dies
— Gastown Gordon (@GJohnstone2) January 26, 2019
8.
Looks more like Micheal Fabricant.
— Roger (@Plankton1975) January 26, 2019
