Durngate street and the sculpture of a Dorset shepherd and his dog
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The photograph on this page of Durngate street and the sculpture of a Dorset shepherd and his dog by David Smith as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © David Smith Taken: 27 Dec 2013
This sculpture is by John Doubleday. The plaque alongside includes a verse from "The Shepherd of the Farm" by William Barnes (a local dialect poet). "An' I do bide all day among, The bleaten sheep, an' pitch their vwold, An' when the evenen sheades be long, Do zee all a-penn'd an' twold"
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