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'The end is where we start from'

Jill Tweed (b.1931)

Wellington Avenue, Aldershot, Surrey

'The end is where we start from'
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A charging horse on a Bailey bridge, symbolising the connection between the town and the Royal Engineers and cavalry regiments.
Title

'The end is where we start from'

Date

1994

Medium

bronze

Accession number

GU11_ML_S231

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

20th April 1994

Access

at all times

Inscription description

THE END IS WHERE WE START FROM / THIS SCULPTURE BY JILL TWEED / WAS UNVEILED ON 20TH APRIL 1994 BY / COUNTY COUNCILLOR MIKE HANCOCK CBE / LEADER OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL / THE SCULPTURE DEPICTS A CHARGING HORSE / ON A SECTION OF BAILEY BRIDGE AND / SYMBOLISES THE LINKS BETWEEN THE TOWN / OF ALDERSHOT AND THE ROYAL ENGINEERS / AND CAVALRY REGIMENTS. IT IS ON THE SITE / HISTORICALLY RECOGNISED AS THE GATEWAY / BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN TOWNS OF ALDERSHOT.; plaque: IN THE VICINITY OF THIS SITE WAS / ESTABLISHED IN 1854 THE FIRST / MILITARY CAMP IN ALDERSHOT. THE CAMP WAS THAT OF A SMALL PARTY / RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SURVEY AND / PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR / THE CONSTRUCTION OF / “THE CAMP AT ALDERSHOTT”

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Located at

Wellington Avenue, Aldershot

GU11 1HU

Set in a green area, in the centre of Princes Gardens.

Artist or maker

Jill Tweed

b.1931

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