Edition 5 - Your MAGhull - Flipbook - Page 23
Friends of Maghull & District Volunteers
New Maghull Art Installation:
Celebrating & Inspiring Community
Kindness.
On the 27.11.23 Maghull9s inspirational third
public sculpture was unveiled by the Friends
of Maghull & District (FOMD) at their
four-year transformative crowd funded
Woodend Community Woodland Project, at
the junction of Liverpool Road South and
Northway (L31 7BG).
The refurbished floral art iconic lambanana
provides a cheerful uplifting welcome to the
southern entrance of Maghull and is
complemented with a plinth and a rockery
surround, punctuated with plants and flower
shaped plaques (recorded in perpetuity on
www.fomd.co.uk) highlighting acts of
community kindness, initially born out of
outstanding kindness throughout the
pandemic, but will be refreshed to highlight
and inspire current and future acts of
kindness. Consequently, the installation has
been named as 8CK9 - Community Kindness.
The unveiling was officially undertaken by
Cllr Ken Hughes (Mayor of Maghull), Cllr June
Burns (Mayor of Sefton) and Mrs Hannah
Eborall (Head of Art at Maghull High School)
and attended by over 100 guests who have
been involved in the Woodend Project.
Dr Frank Sharp (FOMD) said, 8We hope this
living legacy will celebrate all the good things
we do to help each other and inspire more
people to undertake acts of community
kindness to make a positive difference and
make us so proud to call Maghull our
home9 (Woodend Project, Volunteering,
Information at www.fomd.co.uk).
Pictured Amee Burns and Hannah Eborall
Maghull High School
Thank You: Cllr Marion Atkinson (local Cllr
and new leader of Sefton Council) for
negotiating the support of Bryn Richards (Aldi
Real Estates Director for neighbouring stores)
who in turn generously funded the art
installation, a beautiful boulevard of 12
standard laburnum trees (plus a further 23
wisteria trees) and the Coronation picnic area
whilst also supporting our local food bank
every week. Lisa Williams-Equizi for
heart-wrenchingly selling and discounting the
art installation. Mark Barker (MB Auto Body
Repairs) who professionally renovated,
primed and lacquered this unusual bodywork
repair! Amee Burns and Hannah Eborall
(student and teacher Maghull High School &
pictured) for their stunning talented floral
painting. Mr Aidan Delaney (MV Kelly Civil
Engineering Contracts Manager) and his team
for the free plinth base slab, walls, and
rockery topsoil. Cllr Ken Hughes (stonemason)
for sourcing the top plinth, rockery and
immeasurable support throughout. Andrew
Morgan (Anwyl Homes Land Director) for the
£1000 worth of logs for the children9s nature
corner. FOMD volunteers, St. George9s and
Hudson primary schools and Bumbles
Nursery for their huge support throughout.
By Dr Frank Sharp
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