26th January 2014 - Scarborough Giant

Last shot to bring my main album up to date. Hopefully I will be able to take some shots tomorrow!!

This giant sculpture is sitting on a huge bench on Scarborough seafront. I thought it looked funny with Barbara and Finlay in the shot.

A friend has Googled this sculpture and tells me it is called "Freddie Gilroy and the Belson stragglers" A giant steel structure made by Ray Lonsdale an artist from County Durham. The sculpture is based on a retired miner who turned out to be one of the first soldiers to relieve the Bergen-Belson Concentration camp at the end of World War 11.

[SIMMY]

Blimey, that a big guy.

[Gayanne Campbell]

Awesome! Wonderful detail in this sculpture. Barbara should have climbed up into his lap, but she might have needed a ladder.

[Taffy]

Barbara and Finlay convey the perspective viewers need to have the sense of scale of that sculpture. It's quite humongous!! Well captured.

[carol white]

Great contrast,a super shot!!

[Graham Thresher]

A brilliant shot.

[Sally Ings]

What an amazing sculpture. Must be quite impressive to see and experience!

[Katia]

Wow! That´s one big sculpture! :)

[Andrina]

Its huge isn't it! I took a photo of Liam sat on the bench beside him last year for my album. I like the way this shows how big the sculpture is.

[Henri Russell]

Great shot. The sculpture looks real.

[Stephanie Swift]

What a huge and beautiful sculpture. Finlay is about the size of one of its feet! The story behind it is very interesting. Liberating the camps and realizing what had gone on in them must have been a harrowing experience. I have read that soldiers who took part in these liberations found them a huge reinforcement to their feelings that the war had been worth fighting.

[Lisa Poland]

Wow! Fabulous picture and story!

[Kay Hodges]

Great capture

[Ruby]

Nice capture

[Nita]

A fabulous sculpture, what a great story behind the monument.

[Ross Walker]

The disproportionate sizes are amusing.

[Sarah Munnings]

So glad you have Barbara and Finlay in shot to give perspective :)

[Ann Stenson]

This is so cool Pam.. :)

[Paula W]

How interesting, definitely needed Barbara and Finlay for perspective, the sculpture and story are very interesting indeed.

[Phillip Chilton]

Ha that is huge, iPhone 5 is really sharp here

[Michelle C.]

Love the perspective you give in this shot! What a great sculpture and find!