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Mermaid Statue in fountain on Lord Street in Southport, England

There is a mermaid statue in a fountain on Lord Street in Southport, which is on the west side of England near Manchester.   map

Southport's Mermaid Statue
Southport's Mermaid Statue. Photo © by Ian Thomas.

There is a plaque by the fountain which gives its history.

LORD STREET TOWN TRAIL
MERMAID FOUNTAIN
THIS EXOTIC FOUNTAIN
WAS COMMISSIONED BY WALTER CONNARD (1859-1946)
TO STAND IN FRONT OF HIS PALLADIUM PICTURE
PALACE WHICH OPENED IN 1914.  HE HAD EARLIER
STARTED HIS JEWELLERY BUSINESS IN 1883 WHICH
HIS DESCENDANTS CONTINUE TO RUN, THE
OLDEST FAMILY FIRM ON LORD STREET.
SOUTHPORT CIVIC SOCIETY

Southport's Mermaid Statue.  Photo by R L Colton.
Southport's Mermaid Statue. Photo © by Ian Thomas.
Southport's Mermaid Statue. Photo by R L Colton.

References:
● The Mermaids of Earth coffee-table book: See page 33 in the book about this sculpture.

Mermaids of Earth coffee-table book

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