Watch Out for the 9 O’clock Horses
Created by: Christina Wigmore
Sponsored by: uptonsteel
Location: Great Central Square
Overview
The design of abstract ghostly horses and a child shouting a warning is based on a Victorian era Leicester folk tale parents used to get children into bed and asleep by 9pm. Before drainage and waste disposal, night soil men came into the city to collect waste to use as manure on farmland – but a local bye-law stated they couldn’t come into town until after 9pm. The tale warned that children wandering the streets after 9pm would be taken away by the horses to work as labourers!
Location
Great Central Square
Meet the Artist
Christina Wigmore
Christina Wigmore is a Leicester-based textile and mixed media artist and printmaker inspired by local landmarks, people, places and stories behind objects that people keep for sentimental reasons. She has many years of experience of developing and delivering community arts projects and enjoys the challenge of creating quirky and vibrant designs and artwork that tell a story.
Meet the Sponsor: uptonsteel
uptonsteel
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