MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE WORLD WIDE ROBIN HOOD SOCIETY
“TAKE A PHOTO AT THE ROBIN HOOD STATUE ON ITS SPECIAL 70TH ANNIVERSARY DAY!”
At 11.30am on Sunday July 24th it will be 70 years since Nottingham’s world famous Robin Hood Statue was unveiled on Castle Road by the Duchess of Portland.
To mark the occasion, the internet-based World Wide Robin Hood Society has compiled an on-line factsheet that provides some fascinating background information about the Statue’s 70 memorable years and which can be accessed on their website at www.robinhood.info .
Chairman of the WWRHS, Bob White, said “In a leading travel and tourism publication, a feature writer once stated, “Be sure to have your photo taken next to the Robin Hood Statue at Nottingham Castle. You know you want to!” - and what more historically significant a day to do so than on the Statue’s 70th Anniversary!”
The Society is also encouraging the general public to send in pictures, along with any past memories associated with the Statue when perhaps visiting the Castle with friends and relatives? Send them via the website to ……………………
Mr White said “When it was the Statue’s 50th Anniversary in 2002, Susan Neal, the daughter of Philip Clay, the local businessman who originally commissioned it and presented it to the City of Nottingham, said she remembered the day very well. “Although I was only a young girl at the time, I remember thinking how marvellous it was that my father was giving something so splendid to Nottingham.”
Aileen Fabris, now living in Canada, was at Guilford School, Basford, one of the schools privileged to be invited to the unveiling ceremony and she recalled it being a really sunny day and the pupils being allowed to take their blazers off because it was so warm!
Bob White commented, “The initial response to the Statue factsheet has been really enthusiastic, so over the coming months, the World Wide Robin Hood Society will be exploring the possibilities of raising funds for the installation of a graphically enhanced and attractively illustrated version to be appropriately displayed somewhere close by the Statue.”
Further information or comments, e-mail Bob White at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone on (0115) 9523183 or 07504 852731