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The figures on Abington Street (known as Discovery) commemorate the Northampton-born scientist Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the DNA structure. [1, 2]
Created by sculptor Lucy Glendinning, the figures and their support represent: [1, 2, 3]

• The Double Helix: The soaring, curved plinths echo the twisting shape of DNA. [1]
• The Physics of Life: The structures are designed to represent Crick's description of DNA as a balance between large numbers and the energies of attraction and repulsion. [1]
• Optimism and Daring: The two identical, life-sized figures are captured mid-takeoff in bold, abandoned postures to symbolize the sheer daring, passion, and excitement of Crick's scientific work. [1]

I didn't know that Crick was born here.

Quote from: klondike on Today at 10:50:29 PMMy previous post is nothing to do with your question. It was a follow on to Macs about working for the gas board.No idea really. I imagine some council bloke wangled them as works of art and trousered a few bob when they were paid for.  There's a number of rather odd artworks around the town that make no sense to me but I'm just a philistine.

Bit odd if you ask me.  

Soon be another week done
Anything exciting have you done?
Has anybody braved the rain?
I didn't want a soaking again 
No, that wouldn't be much fun.


Time to get off to bed
Lay down an rest my tired head

My previous post is nothing to do with your question which I hadn't seen when I posted. It was a follow on to Macs about working for the gas board.

Quote from: Mups on Today at 10:08:39 PMKlondike,  what are those two peculiar nudes on top of those bent posts for?   

No idea really. I imagine some council bloke wangled them as works of art and trousered a few bob when they were paid for.  There's a number of rather odd artworks around the town that make no sense to me but I'm just a philistine.

Yes, all that is understandable,  but why nudes on 2 sticks?   Is that supposed to represent something?

Soon be another week done
Anything exciting have you done?
Has anybody braved the rain?
I didn't want a soaking again

The old buildings that the local gas works used as offices and maybe works still stand empty on the outskirts of the town centre. Across the road from those was a gasometer which I think was still used after the conversation to natural gas but was demolished at least a decade ago.

That site along with some houses that were compulsory purchased and demolished is still unused behind hoardings which have had a number of different development schemes advertised on them. None of the projects progressed beyond the planning stages. At one time they were covered in graffiti and I posted pictures here of that. Each new project leads to the hoardings being repainted and optimistic pictures of what is planned shown. Right now the graffiti is again accumulating.

Soon be another week done
Anything exciting have you done?

Klondike,  what are those two peculiar nudes on top of those bent posts for?   

Quote from: GrannyMac on Today at 08:27:30 PM£749 is the Average wage, not the minimum. 

I started work as a clerk in the Corporation offices after a year at Commercial college when I was 16 in 1962.  My pay was £16 a month.  After I was married in 1967, I became a wages clerk, in a Remploy factory.  We paid the employees weekly, in cash.  I worked out the overtime payments, deducted tax and NI, then calculated notes and coinage needed, and went to the bank, on my own, to collect it. It was put in envelopes and I would pay out on the factory floor.  I really liked that job, I only left to have my first child. No maternity leave back then.

Ah yes,  you are quite right,  sorry.