2014

NY4155 : Flood wall art plaque - Judy the goldfish

taken 10 years ago, near to Carlisle, Cumbria, England

Flood wall art plaque - Judy the goldfish
Flood wall art plaque - Judy the goldfish
This is one of 40 plaques installed around the city's new flood walls in 2009 - for information see NY4056 : Flood wall art trail, Sands Centre .
The plaque is located on the post of a floodgate next to Carlisle United's football ground at Brunton Park (view of location here Link ). During the floods which devastated Carlisle in 2005, the pitch was deluged with several feet of water. As it was being pumped out, a goldfish was found swimming in a pool at the goalmouth. The fish was identified as Judy, washed out of a flooded house across the road. The little girl who owned it donated her pet as a mascot to the club, where it lived for another five years (see BBC news LinkExternal link ).
In December 2015, when the district was again severely flooded, history repeated itself - as the pitch was cleaned up three koi carp were found at the same place in the goalmouth, and a man came to reclaim them ( itv News LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) ).
We believe the artwork is by Liam Curtin.

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Geographical Context: Sport, Leisure other tags: Art Plaque Riverside Trail Public Art Flood Gate Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Carlisle United [12] Other Photos: · Floodwall art location, beside Brunton Park ·
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Rose and Trev Clough   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 14 September, 2014   (more nearby)
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Friday, 18 March, 2016
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 4170 5598 [10m precision]
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