Sculpture by Ted Roocroft (1918-1993) in the Roman Fort Gardens, Castlefield, Manchester. The artist was was a pig farmer turned sculptor and was known for his animal sculptures. It was deliberately mounted low to be “accessible to the public”, so inevitably it became damaged. Roocroft died in 1993, but his work was repaired by two […]
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