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The trail commemorates the fact that Edward Lear wrote his world-famous poem – The Owl and the Pussy-Cat – during his time living at Knowsley Hall.
I was pleased to catch the shadows too.
The owl sculpture is titled ‘Colourful History’, and has been designed by St Helens-based graffiti artist Simon Daly.
It aims to encapsulate important parts of Knowsley whilst showing a complete contrast between areas of Knowsley’s landscape and heritage.
The cat sculpture, ‘Pea Green Love’, is designed by award-winning artist Lynn Hollingsworth.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43188/the-owl-and-the-puss...
I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
II
Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
III
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
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The ‘Welcome Wanderer’ phrase, featured on all four signs, is a nod to William Shakespeare’s relevance to Prescot and the new Shakespeare North Playhouse.
This is the Warrington Road sign – the old BICC cable drums have influences this design and some of the decorative cut patterns reference elements of the drum.
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Front view with Prescot Iron building behind, back view looking to dance school.
By Amanda Quellin
This design is a fun twist on Prescot and Knowsley's link with watchmaking and clockmaking, referencing Salvador Dali's melting pocket watches in his painting The Persistence of Memory.
On the owl and the pussy cat trail.
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We haven't found all of them.
"Cool it with a baboon's blood"
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The steel animal sculptures have been created by father and son artists Brian and George Fell.
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By Donna Newman
Inspired by William Shakespeare and his links to Knowsley; this fun sculpture sees the owl sculpture cleverly transformed into the Bard himself. Depicted wearing a ruff and traditional Elizabethan clothing, the artist has referenced the play in the scroll and quill painted on the reverse of the sculpture along with the comedy and tragedy masks associated with the theatre.
On the owl and the pussy cat trail.
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