Send pictures to us
Send us your pictures and video by text, email or by uploading. Click here to find out how. »
|
|
|
|
Sites for giant Spitfire memorial earmarked
12:29pm Tuesday 1st January 2008
Comments (16)
A SHORTLIST of three sites for Southampton's answer to the illustrious Angel of the North has been selected.
While the possible locations are being kept secret for now, planners say the monumental Spitfire sculpture will greet millions of visitors to the city each year.
Standing upright on its tail, the Spitfire of the South could stand up to 100ft tall and transform the city skyline.
Two of the identified locations are on the city's northern edge, while a third lies within Southampton City Council boundaries.
The chosen location will have to meet a set criteria that include maximum public visibility, a site of geographical prominence, a site with an extended sight line, a recognisable gateway feature and in close proximity to a major road network or junction.
While support for a memorial to the great Second World War fighter plane is growing, the ambitious design has received a mixed reaction from the public since it was unveiled a month ago.
The Spitfire Tribute Foundation - made up of business leaders, council, military and the media, and including the Echo - this week unanimously backed the initial concept.
The tribute to designer RJ Mitchell and his Spitfire would also include a visitor centre and observation area.
Funding for the metal structure will be sought from government bodies, private business sponsorship and public subscription, both in Britain and throughout the Commonwealth.
The council has already earmarked £70,000 to investigate the design, planning and feasibility.
However, no further taxpayers' money will be used to pay for construction.
Your Say YourDaily Echo
Graham Smith, Southampton says...
1:18pm Tue 1 Jan 08
Denzil, Romsey says...
1:34pm Tue 1 Jan 08
King Mush, Woolston says...
1:49pm Tue 1 Jan 08
Denzil wrote:Cheapskate! Happy New Year Denzil you old troll!
How about an ice rink?
I bet you have just broken your NY Resolutions and carried on into 2008?
Mind you - how about having an ice rink then build a Spitfire modelled surface cleaner that can zip round the rink as waiting skaters sing WW2 songs?
Oh - and a Happy New Year to everbody else.
Denzil, Romsey says...
1:51pm Tue 1 Jan 08
King Mush wrote:I was joking! Happy new years mush.
Denzil wrote: How about an ice rink?Cheapskate! Happy New Year Denzil you old troll! I bet you have just broken your NY Resolutions and carried on into 2008? Mind you - how about having an ice rink then build a Spitfire modelled surface cleaner that can zip round the rink as waiting skaters sing WW2 songs? Oh - and a Happy New Year to everbody else.
R.J Mitchell, Woolston says...
2:43pm Tue 1 Jan 08
I am turning in my grave.
Council WORKER, Southampton says...
3:04pm Tue 1 Jan 08
hdc, at home says...
4:07pm Tue 1 Jan 08
here ill do it for free its c***
Shazza, says...
6:14pm Tue 1 Jan 08
la la, southampton says...
7:23pm Tue 1 Jan 08
Becky B, Woolston says...
8:58pm Tue 1 Jan 08
King Mush, Woolston says...
12:52am Wed 2 Jan 08
la la wrote:Dammit old bean. You mean you never saw the Spitfire VTOL prototype that was developed right here by the banks of the Itchen??
prefer to see spitfire at an angle not straight up it will look wrong I saw plenty of these flying during the war years, but not one sat on its tail
Sat on its tail and ready to shoot straight up without needing an airstrip.
Got as far as Radstock Road.......
Robert, says...
4:15am Wed 2 Jan 08
It pursues its high-speed vertical course in the direction of the ground and after a further mini-second it's become a crater in which it's swallowed up forever and ever.
Cynic, Southampton says...
11:48am Wed 2 Jan 08
Denzil wrote:Good idea. Build a 600 foot Spitfire of the South on top of an ice rink. The fuselage could accomodate a lot of flats. The propellor could be a revolving restaurant & viewing gallery. Each wing could house a walkway & platform for bungy jumping, hang gliding, parachuting, etc. They could even hang advertising or festive lights for religious occasions of all creeds, that would be visible from miles around, and just think of the magnificent helter skelter or flume that would be possible.
How about an ice rink?
Benji, Soton says...
12:06pm Wed 2 Jan 08
"Southampton's answer to the illustrious Angel of the North"
It should read
"Southamptons blatant copy of the Angel of the North"
King Mush, Woolston says...
8:54pm Wed 2 Jan 08
Cynic wrote:Nice post! Good ideas and worthy of consideration at the next council meeting.
Denzil wrote: How about an ice rink?Good idea. Build a 600 foot Spitfire of the South on top of an ice rink. The fuselage could accomodate a lot of flats. The propellor could be a revolving restaurant & viewing gallery. Each wing could house a walkway & platform for bungy jumping, hang gliding, parachuting, etc. They could even hang advertising or festive lights for religious occasions of all creeds, that would be visible from miles around, and just think of the magnificent helter skelter or flume that would be possible.
Happy New Year to you as well.........
In this section
- Teenage boy seriously hurt after "free running"
- Court told of bloody scene following stabbing at party
- Bogus workmen steal OAP’s cash
- Car dealer denies £500K VAT fiddle
- Detectives given more time to quiz murder suspects
- Owner of giant dog spoken to by police
- Allotment land solution to burials
- Binmen to spy on your rubbish
- Give us a vote on fluoride
- Police will target yobs
Sponsored Links
|
|
Local Advertisers
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
Harry Remmington, New Forest says...
1:01pm Tue 1 Jan 08