Sculpture

[Ems]

This is a sculpture representing the ships that used to trade uo and down the coast of Wales and used Aberporth beach for unloading coal and lime making the village a busy little port during the 19th century.

[tesarver]

Thanks for sharing

Tom

[Trev B]

Nice set, Interesting. Is there a reason for it being built in two sections.

[Ems]

Thank you both. There probably is a reason for the two sections but I can't remember. I'll make enquiries. The stone in the middle is carved with images of herring for which Aberporth was once famous. The stones around the base have the names of the ships which traded out of the village carved in them. One of them belonged to my great grandfather.

[Brian Sugden]

Excellent set, especially #2 with the Welsh flag in the background.

[ST-EOS]

Excellent set, especially #2 with the Welsh flag in the background.

I agree with Brian ^ well captured Emyr

[Ems]

Nice set, Interesting. Is there a reason for it being built in two sections.

Apparently it was made in two halves for the carved stone to sit in the middle.

Emyr

[Trev B]

Apparently it was made in two halves for the carved stone to sit in the middle.

Emyr

Thanks Emry, thought that might be the case.

[John Liddle]

An attractive set Emyr.

[Colin W]

Nice group of photos, the sculpture looks really interesting.