Three local celebrities
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Three local celebrities
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 29 Jun 2014
Three metal cutout figures at the north end of the Itchen Riverside Boardwalk. They commemorate three "local heroes" - from left to right, Jane Austen (nineteenth century novelist who lived at Winchester for part of her life), Matt le Tissier (Southampton and England footballer) Pete Waterfield (diver, Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist, connection with the locality not known) A pity about the blue plastic bag.
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