Kenny Dean to take his place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square (From Daily Echo)

Kenny Dean to take his place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square

11:34am Friday 18th September 2009 in

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IT is an occasion when men are famed for forgetting to send even a card.

But one Hampshire man is pulling out all the stops for his wife on their 16th wedding anniversary tomorrow.

Kenny Deane, from Littleton in Winchester, will build a bride and groom Lego model during his hour on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth.

Rather than send his wife a card, the 47- year-old freelance copywriter and marketing consultant decided to create a one-metre high statue from the plastic building bricks.

Bizarrely enough, he has been chosen to take his place on the plinth exactly 16 years – to the hour – since he married Lesley.

They tied the knot in Hertfordshire at 2.30pm on September 19, 1993.

The 47-year-old will appear on Anthony’s Gormley’s plinth from 2pm to 3pm. “It’s amazing – I couldn’t believe it,” said Mr Deane of the remarkable coincidence.

Mr Deane, of Main Road, will take his wife and children – Henry Beaufort pupils Lauren, 15 and Mason, 13 – up to London with him.

He added: “It just fits so well and it’s a nice way of thanking my wife publicly for the last 16 years.”