'LS Lowry' is Manchester pub's new regular

2011-02-21 15:46:22

21 February 2011 Last updated at 16:12 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Lowry statue installed at Manchester pub LS Lowry will now be a permanent fixture in the bar Continue reading the main story Related Stories Lowry statue to sit in city bar

Customers at a Manchester city centre pub are set to welcome a new regular - a life-size statue of artist LS Lowry.

The bronze statue has been created to sit at the bar of Sam's Chop House to mark the 35th anniversary of the painter's death.

It arrived at the pub off Cross Street on Monday after being created by sculptor Peter Hodgkinson.

Pub owner Roger Ward, who commissioned the work, said Lowry was a regular at Sam's when he worked nearby.

It was while the artist was employed as a debt collector at the Pall Mall Property Company building that he began frequenting the pub.

Hemingway statue

The statue, which weighs 300kg, was moved into place by a team of workmen on Monday and now has pride of place where Lowry stood as a customer.

Mr Ward said: "Lowry was a regular at Sam's for many years as his day job as a rent collector was based just around the corner at the Pall Mall Property Company.

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