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The statue and pedestal are set facing the boating lake so that Snooks is framed by the view of the sea over the sea-wall. The first version of Snooks was stolen in February 2003 but replaced in September, although the sculptor had died in 1995.

Title

Snooks

Date

1961

Medium

bronze & stone

Measurements

H 45 x W 20 x D 40 cm;
Plinth: H 110 x W 33 x D 44 cm

Accession number

IP15_TJ_S040

Acquisition method

statue commissioned by the daughter and the wife of the memorial's subject; pedestal commissioned by the people of Aldeburgh

Work type

Statue

Owner

Suffolk Coastal District Council

Custodian

Suffolk Coastal District Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on collar: MRS SNOOKS CHIP WINKLER; on pedestal: SNOOKS / THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED / BY THE PEOPLE / OF THIS BOROUGH / TO Dr "ROBIN" / P M ACHESON / WHO CARED FOR / THEM FROM / 1931 TO 1959 / AND TO DR NORA / HIS WIFE / WHO DIED 1981 / STILL CARING (the second part of the inscription was added in 1981)

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