SJ9295 : Beavers
taken 4 years ago, near to Denton, Tameside, England
One of the community hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail in the window of the library.
If you take a moment to look at Denton's coat of arms, you'll notice an animal you may not at first associate with the town. The beaver sitting at the top of the crest symbolises the hatting industry, which Denton was the centre of in the early 1900s. Inspired by this cute creature, local artist Victoria Ward worked with the local Beavers group to get inspiration from the activities they enjoyed doing.
This is Victoria's first time painting a sculpture as part of a sculpture trail. She is normally busy working with communities across Greater Manchester and the North West working on projects involving painting, sewing and sculpture. Working on this project has boosted her skills and confidence and she hopes to work on more sculpture trails in future.
1st Denton Scouts operates Beavers for children aged between six and eight. Every week, they gather in groups called Beaver Colonies to hop, skip and jump their way through lots of different games and activities, completing awards such as Book Reader and Photographer, both can be seen in the hat design.
Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail comprised 5 giant hats and 10 community hats hidden around Denton Town Centre. Inspired by the town’s hatting heritage they were on display from 19th February to 13th March 2022.
Hats Off to Denton was organised by Tameside Culture, part of Tameside Council and funded from the England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the Welcome Back Fund.
Denton Lads' club was founded in a row of cottages on Peel Street. Needing enlarged premises a new building was built in front of the cottages and became the south wing of the final building. Councillor Edwin Oldham JP laid the foundation stone of the extension, the north wing, which was to house the library, on the 27 February 1897. On completion of the extension and other alterations, William Mather MP opened the new Free Library and Technical School on the 18 January 1900. To commemorate the Festival of Britain in 1951, the hall on the ground floor of the south wing was reconstructed and named the Festival Hall. For more details see Link
The Festival Hall is currently used as an events venue.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council announced "Denton Library is to relocate to Denton Town Hall as part of a wider programme to reduce the number and costs of Council-owned buildings. Tameside Council's priority is to save services over buildings in its challenge to meet £142m Government funding cuts to its budget. Denton library is moving as part of this strategy and will in fact be going back to its original roots as the service started life in a room in the town hall in 1888. To enable this work to be done the current library facility will close completely on Saturday 6 December 2014 at 3.00pm and re-open on Monday 5 January 2015 in the town hall."
The library service has now moved SJ9295 : Entrance to Denton Town Hall/Library/Police Point.
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- Grid Square
- SJ9295, 874 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 1 March, 2022 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SJ 9249 9537 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:27.3018N 2:6.8737W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SJ 9249 9538
- View Direction
- Southeast (about 135 degrees)
