Canaries in the Park (1)
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Canaries in the Park (1)
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 5 Dec 2013
Part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail. In 2010, artist David Appleyard designed and created 121 canaries to commemorate Whitefield Park's 121 years existence at that time. The canary theme was chosen because the park once housed an aviary of exotic birds. The canaries are in various colours, representing the colours of the sweets once produced by Hall's sweet works which stood opposite the park on the site that is now the car park for the Morrisons supermarket.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.551619
Longitude
-2.293832