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« : April 25, 2006, 07:02:52 AM »


A Lord of the Rings sculpture planned for Birmingham is to be moved so it does not distract drivers.
The 20ft (6m) statue is being proposed by the great-nephew of JRR Tolkien who wrote the popular fantasy trilogy.

The sculpture by Tim Tolkien would depict the character Treebeard from the books and is planned for Moseley Green, close to where Tolkien grew up.

Mr Tolkien said it could be placed among trees instead of on the pavement so it is hidden from motorists.

JRR Tolkien was born in South Africa on 3 January, 1892 but moved with his family to Wake Green Road in Moseley at the age of three.

His great-nephew said a tribute to the author had been planned for a long time.

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"It has been part of a process I have been involved in for quite a few years," he said.

He said many options had been looked at but the sculpture of Treebeard was inspired by the idea that Moseley Green was once an open space.

"It is about bringing the forest or the green back into Moseley town," he added.

Another sculpture by Tim Tolkien, of a number of joined rings, can be seen in a nearby pub.

 
JRR Tolkien is said to have been inspired by his childhood memories

The idea for a tribuite first came to light in the late 1990s when people living in Moseley said they would like to celebrate the area's connections with JRR Tolkien.

Tim Tolkien first put forward plans for the sculpture about one year ago.

The new plans for the statue will go before council planners following earlier objections from highways officials and other objections.

Last year a Birmingham nature reserve that is thought to have inspired parts of Tolkien's novels was renamed The Shire Country Park, after the place where hobbits dwell in Middle Earth.

It includes Moseley Bog, which dates back to the Bronze Age, and is thought to have inspired the "Old Forest" in the books.

Sarehole Mill, near the family home and now a museum, is viewed as being the "great mill" of The Shire.

The 96ft (29m) high Perrot's Folly and the nearby Waterworks Tower, in Edgbaston, are also seen by many as the real-life counterparts of the Two Towers of Gondor.
 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/4891762.stm



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« #1 : April 25, 2006, 07:12:13 PM »

I could understand if the statue appeared to be stepping out onto the road - some dozy motorist might panic and swerve - but as Treebeard appears to be dropping some litter into a bin, how is that distracting?



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« #2 : May 02, 2006, 02:11:25 AM »

Move it? Move it?
They can move it to my garden if they like - it looks amazing!!

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« #3 : May 02, 2006, 12:25:11 PM »

Hold on, now you have me confused.   :8o

That statue looks like it exists already, whereas in the article it says it is a proposed statue?  So which?

Anyway, I think it looks marvellous and I am sure it would be a distraction wherever they put it, so why not put it where it shall be seen by everyone?  Never mind moving it away from the road, I think they should put it in the middle of a roundabout all of its own!!   :D

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« #4 : May 08, 2006, 09:58:17 PM »

I didn't think it was made yet, and I didn't think it was going to be by a road either. I was reading some stuff about it last year and I didn't think it was going to be by a road.

And as far as I know, it hasn't been made yet. It's going to be covered in leaves and every person can buy a leaf and it would have their name on it. The idea is that Tolkien fans can play a part in the statue, but also raise money towards the planned Tolkien Centre.


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« #5 : May 08, 2006, 11:49:26 PM »

thats a mock up pic.  It will be placed, or it is planned to place it, in a public garden, which is a small triangular gardeny thing, which roads run all around.



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« #6 : May 08, 2006, 11:54:05 PM »

I was going to say, I thought I remember being told it was in some sort of place which involved green.

They wanted to put it in the middle of the Shire Country Park, I think.


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