Queen Victoria by grayfo
People can?t fail to notice the three metre high white Sicilian marble statue of Queen Victoria outside the Town hall.Of course there are many such statues of this most popular queen in Great Britain and the Commonwealth. There she stands holding the orb and sceptre and looking very elegant.
She is the ?Queen and Empress? with the added words ?She wrought her people lasting good?. The statue was created by Albert Toft and unveiled on 11 October 1902, paid for (£1,400) mainly by public subscription.
In 1942 a stray German bomb fell near her, the blast moving her very slightly on her plinth, no doubt she was ?Not amused?.
