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@geordiebird wrote:
nowt wrong with the angel.
its a great site when you’ve been away from the north east and you see it on your way home, just like the tyne bridge.if you go past penshaw monument ya gone too far :lol:
I visited the Angel earlier this year.
Zipping up the A1 en route to the Metro centre (never got there but thats another story) when there in the distance there she was in all her glory.
Must be a southern thing (or just me) but I was in awe of her. God was I disappointed though – what a wasted money spinning oportunity for the North East!
The parking is hardly suitable, a lay by with a ice cream van in the middle of it. Not a tea room or coach park in site – just think of the hundreds of people who must of driven on by coz there was no where to park.
What made me chuckle the most was the ever present Americans who thrust their camera in Netty’s hand & asked him to take a photo of them next to the angel. Ffs he would of needed to be stood in the Boro to get the perfect picture! It’s flippin huge! :roll:Still I have seen her, one more place off of my places to go list. :D
sarah you are absolutely right!!
parking is ridiculous, you can get about half dozen cars in! no loos, cafe or even somewhere to sit!
mind you last time i took the kids there was noone else there, it was january and it was freezing!@pete wrote:
When asked the sculptor, Peter Gormley answered: “People are always asking why an angel? The only response I can give is that no-one has ever seen one and we need to keep imagining them”.
well shyte imagination there Peter cause it’s bloody ugly =;
Took a lot of effort to design that.. Probably sat at his table, with coloured pencils and traced it from a magazine!
I think they call it “ART”
It looks more like the other one….. Paul.
I live 10 mins (if that) away from it. When I first saw it I thought it was hideous. But now I really, really like it, it’s iconic. One of the intentions of it was to get everyone talking about Gateshead when it started it’s huge regeneration project and put it on the map and, if I may add, it’s done that.
Gotta agree with Pete thou GB, for me, pensha means I’m home :lol:
pfft dee :lol:
hey i should pop over for coffee sometime!
bf lives about 5 mins from angel :DIf large means iconic then i’m fast becoming iconic dont make me pretty though :lol:
You think you got it bad,how about this foooka that’s outside the Crown courts in Middlesbrough town centre,not sure if the purpose of it’s to make ya think ya sober when really ya walkin slightly wobbly legged after ya have had a few :D
For the record,i think the Angel is quite impressive.
@geordiebird wrote:
pfft dee :lol:
hey i should pop over for coffee sometime!
bf lives about 5 mins from angel :DI tell ya whjat GB, if we ever get to meet for this coffee we’ll be pensioners, you’re welcome at my gaff anytime!!!! Just commented on FB about a re-union lol!
Pete me dear, you’re iconic to me :wink:
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