Sir Bobby Robson Memorial Garden, Gallowgate
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Description
"The business development company, NE1, converted the former Carnegie Electric Site, close to St James' Park at Gallowgate [[1567644]] into a pocket park as a memorial garden for the life and work of Sir Bobby Robson. The memorial sculpture by Graeme Mitcheson http://www.sculptingstone.co.uk/?tag=sir-bobby-robson-memorial was commissioned by Newcastle City Council [[2523006]]. Each of the five carved stones represents an era of Sir Bobby’s life [[2523365]] The memorial garden was unveiled on May 23 2011 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/sir-bobby-robson/2011/05/23/sir-bobby-robson-memorial-garden-opened-72703-28745346/ Sir Bobby Robson [[1150719]], born in County Durham, player and former Newcastle and England football manager, died in July 2009 aged 76 after a long battle with cancer [[1840540]] He established a charitable foundation which had raised more than £3m by April 2011 for cancer research in Newcastle [[1255340]] http://www.sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.org.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Bobby_Robson" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2011. -
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What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2522970
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 7 years, 6 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2011-07-26 -
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