Ian Walters sculptor

Tingle3

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I re-read some of Autobiography recently and noticed that Morrissey mentioned that Jake's father was a famous sculptor. That had previously passed me by.

This is perhaps a little tenuous to appear in a 'Morrissey' thread, but I was surprised to discover that Jake's father, Ian Walters, was the sculptor of the statue of Nelson Mandela in London's Parliament Square, which is impressive. He also sculpted the Mandela head sculpture located beside the Royal Festival Hall - perhaps more impressive still.

Morrissey described how Jake lived on the only detached house on Battersea High Street. More information about that here:

See also: http://www.batterseapowerstation.org.uk/news/ian_walters_07.08.06.html
 
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