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Portrait bench at Sleaford

This picture is of the Potrtrait Bench in Sleaford. It features Mark Gould and Nev Crane who are local cycling celebrities and Oliver Harding who won a competion to be immortalised in steel.

Gary Barlow - Back for good

Gary Barlow is back on his home patch - and for good.

He is one of the subjects of the latest Portrait Bench to be unveiled by Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity. The bench, which has been placed by the River Dane, adjacent to the Memorial Hall in Northwich, Cheshire, also features marathon champion, Paula Radcliffe and figure of a salt worker.

The figures are life size and made of steel and are designed to rust, naturally, over time to become a golden brown colour much like the Angel of the North.

As with all characters, associated with the Portrait Benches, the subjects are chosen by the local community in which it is installed. The Bench will be officially unveiled later this month.

Seeing is believing? Not

Reading email newsletters this morning I see that "news from all quarters indicates a positive mood amongst steel makers in Europe" whilst, at the same time, "there is talk of redundanies at Tata in Corby and at Ruuki in Finland". Obviously NOT positive indications from all quarters. However, this situation seems to me to be typical of the information we are fed. I would imagine that the talk of redundancie has some substance, so what is positive about that.
Who are the experts?, can they be trusted? (was it not experts that got us into this mess in the first place?). There was a time when we could make serious decisions based on what we were reading but these days we can only look at our own business and make decisions on what we can see on our own doorstep. The bigger picture is proving too big for everyone. who is paying wages to these 'experts' - and why?

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