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The sculpture captures two draymen, one on the reins atop the cart and the other feeding one of the dray horses. The cart is laden with Vaux beer barrels on the back, bottles and crates, as well as workday items such as a bucket and shovel for muck. Keel Square is the site of the former Vaux Brewery, and is part of major redevelopment in that part of Sunderland.

Title

Gan Canny

Date

2022

Medium

Corten steel

Measurements

H 300 x W 245 x D 670 cm

Accession number

SR1_HJC_S072

Work type

Equestrian

Owner

Sunderland City Council

Custodian

Sunderland City Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

located on the base of the dray, above the offside front wheel, the artist's signature 'Ray Lonsdale'

Inscription description

located on the offside of the dray, to the right of the signature: ‘Gan Canny’ / Gan canny with the sugar lad / when it’s me that’s got the reins, / don’t want the streets of this old town / awash with glass and beer stains. / Don’t want the old folk crying / as the Samson swills the lanes, / don’t want the young ones singing / about Double Maxim in the drains

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