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Title
Memorial to Don Lock
Date
2021
Medium
Caithness flagstone
Measurements
H 198 x W 288 x D 20 cm
Accession number
BN11_LS_S194
Acquisition method
funded by public donation
Work type
Sculpture
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
30th October 2021
Access
at all times
Inscription description
outline of a cyclist with the poem: THE TURN OF THE WHEELS / THE HISS OF THE TYRES / CRANK / SPROCKET / SPINNING / VISTAS RIDE / THE PUSH AND PULL / WIND / AND SUN / PEDALS / TURNING / RHYTHM / BUZZ AND SNICK / THE RUSH OF THE AIR / FRIENDSHIPS / THE WARM EMBRACE / FREEDOM OF / TIME AND SPACE / TIME TO / UNWIND / LEAVE STRESS / BEHIND / LIVE LIFE .; plaque: THIS STONE SCULPTURE HAS BEEN ERECTED TO / COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF DON LOCK AND HIS LOVE / FOR CYCLING. IN JULY 2015 DON LOCK WAS KILLED IN AN / UNPROVOLED KNIFE ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 79, / 2 WEEKS AFTER HAVING BEEN GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR / FROM PROSTATE CANCER. DON HAD BEEN A WORTHING RESIDENT FOR OVER 55 / YEARS AND A MEMBER OF WORTHING EXCELSIOR / CYCLING CLUB ALL THAT TIME TOO. AS A MEMBER, / AS WELL AS ORGANISING, SUPPORTING AND BEING A / LONG TERM MEMBER OF THE CLUB COMMITTEE HE HAD / RACED COMPETITIVELY WELL INTO HIS 70’S AT / DISTANCES FROM 10 MILES TO 100 MILES AS WELL AS / 12HR AND 24HR LONG RACES. AT THE TIME OF THIS / STONE BEING PLACED (2021), HE WAS STILL A / HOLDER OF THE CLUB RECORD OF 429 MILES FOR THE / 24HR. AS WELL AS HIS CYCLING, DONWORKED FOR LOCAL / SOLICITORS MILLER PARRIS FOR OVER 40 YEARS / PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT THROUGH HIS / WORK TO MANY PEOPLE. WHEN DON WAS KILLED THERE WAS AN / OVERWHELMING EXPRESSION OF SHOCK AND DRIVE TO / RAISE FUNDS FOR SOME TYPE OF MEMORIAL. THIS / WAS NOT JUST FROM LOCAL PEOPLE, BUT FROM THE / WHOLE COUNTRY AND ABROAD, FROM ALL WALKS OF / LIFE AND A MASSIVE AMOUNT FROM THE NATIONWIDE / CYCLING COMMUNITY. MANY PEOPLE STARTED MAKING / DONATIONS , FUND RAISING EVENTS WERE HELD AND A / LARGE DONATION FROM THE WORTHING EXCELSIOT / CYCLING CLUB CULMINATED IN CREATING THIS / SCULPTURE OF SUBSTANCE AND MEANING. THE FAMILY OF DON LOCK THANK EVERYONE FOR THE / AMAZING SUPPORT THEY RECEIVED THROUGH SUCH A / DIFFICULT TIME AND HOPE THAT THIS SCULPTURE / WILL PROVIDE INSPIRATIONS FOR MANY PEOPLE AND / FOR MANY YEARS, TO TAKE UP CYCLING, EXPLORE THE / COUNTRYSIDE AND CREATE MANY FRIENDSHIPS ALONG / THE WAY. DON LOCK – 1936-2015
Merton Street, Worthing
BN11 2BG
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