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War Memorials: Boldmere Swimming Club
 

Boldmere Sculpture
Boldmere Sculpture

This 80cm tall memorial stands in the reception area of Wyndley Leisure Centre's Swimming Baths, having previously stood in Sutton Park. Showing an adult teaching a child to swim, it was sculpted by Benjamin Creswick in 1920, and cast in the back garden of his home, 'Elmwood', in nearby Jockey Road.

Creswick (1853 - 1946) came to Birmingham to work at the School of Art, as Master of Modelling and Modelled Design, from 1889- 1918. He exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Arts in 1914 and was responsible for a number of architectural sculptures, which can still be seen on Birmingham buildings.

The inscription on the memorial, all in capitals, reads:

"This statue which formerly
stood in Sutton Park, was
presented to the borough in
1921 by the Boldmere Swimming
Club in memory of club members
who fell in the 1914-18 war"

The memorial is accessible to the public, whenever the swimming baths are open.

Boldmere Swimming Club still exists.



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Last updated - Wednesday 8 August 2007 Return to Top | Printer Friendly