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Six rectangular seats are carved in relief on each face with images commemorating the history of Doncaster; including railways, markets, horse racing and brass bands. Three cubic seats are carved in relief on each face with an image surrounded by circles containing verses from nursery rhymes.

Title

Seating

Date

1997

Medium

limestone

Measurements

H 53 x W 185.7 x D 71 cm

Accession number

DN1_SP_S013

Work type

Street furniture

Owner

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Custodian

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on the rectangular seats: PRINTING / OFFICE / STREET; DONCASTER / MARKETS / FRUIT / MEAT; DONCASTER / MARKETS / FRESH / FISH; FLYING SCOTSMAN; ST. LEGER / DONCASTER / SINCE / 1776; BRASS BAND; and on the cubic seats: SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE / A POCKET FULL OF RYE / FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS / BAKED IN A PIE / WHEN THE PIE WAS OPENED / THE BIRDS BEGAN TO SING / WASN'T THAT A DAINTY DISH / TO SET BEFORE THE KING?; MARY MARY / QUITE CONTRARY / HOW DOES YOUR/GARDEN GROW? / WITH SILVER BELLS / AND COCKLE SHELLS / AND PRETTY MAIDS / ALL IN A ROW; HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE / THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE / THE COW JUMPED / OVER THE MOON/ THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED / TO SEE SUCH FUN / AND THE DISH RAN AWAY / WITH THE SPOON

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