Dread Nowt
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Dread Nowt
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 27 Nov 2012
This 25ft high polished steel sculpture of a battleship depicted sinking into a lawn is a familiar sight outside the Collyhurst Road factory of H Marcel Guest paintworks, a mile outside the city centre, having been installed there in 1994. The ship is made of thin mild steel plates. it was originally sculpted by Manchester artist Jonathan Woolfenden and given the title “Nothing to Worry About (Dread Nowt)”. Its design is loosely based on the Dreadnought-class battleship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought ) and its name is an outrageous pun on this. Originally presented in 'raw steel' (Image]), protected from corrosion by HMG's high performance coatings, the sculpture was painted with a giant cross of St George to show support for England in the World Cups of 2006 http://www.hmgpaint.com/press-releases/manchester-firm-flies-the-flag-on-giant-steel-sculpture and 2010 http://www.hmgpaint.com/press-releases/hmg-paints-fly-the-flag had giant cross of St George. This year (2012) it has carried the Olympic Rings.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.497474
Longitude
-2.22707