A VERY GOOD UPDATE, to the story about the Peter and Helen Cushing Bench
at Cushing's View in Whitstable. Also news on the brass plaque and the
reason why it went missing. I am SO happy to know, it's disappearance
was NOT down to an act of vandalism and theft. These details were
printed on the Canterbury Council News site today . . . This is good
news, thank you Canterbury City Council!
WORK TO RESTORE Peter Cushing’s memorial bench in Whitstable is about to get underway. The
city council has commissioned artist Will Glanfield to carry out the
project. He originally made the seat, which is located at Cushing’s View
on the seafront behind Keam’s Yard car park, in 1990 and will be
restoring it using original Jarrah timber. A few weeks ago, a member of
the public contacted the council to say the bench’s plaque had gone
missing. The council had begun making arrangements for a replacement
when Peter Cushing’s former personal assistant, Joyce Broughton, got in
touch to say the original plaque had been handed into Whitstable Museum.
The council believes the screws had rusted and the plaque had become
loose, prompting a member of the public to remove it and hand it in. And
when an officer met Joyce at the bench to collect it, the need for the
restoration work to the bench itself became clear.
Peter Cushing on the day of the grand opening of Cushing's View on the sea front at Whitstable, Kent.
THE BENCH WILL BE REMOVED in the next week or so and repairs are
expected to take around a month. The bench’s dedication plaque will also
be reattached. Chairman of the council’s Community Committee, Cllr Neil
Baker, said: “We know how important Peter Cushing’s bench is to the
people of Whitstable. The last time it was removed for repairs, there
were concerns it had been taken away forever, so we want to be clear
this is only temporary and that it will be back in a little while,
looking better than ever. “It’s particularly good that we’re using the
original artist, Will Glanfield, for this project. He will treat the
bench with the tender loving care it deserves and we know he’s going to
do a great job.”
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