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Ross Lydall

Double Joy as second Brixton station statue joins first after 37 years

A new life-size bronze figure at Brixton railway station was unveiled today

(Picture: Joe Pepler/PinPep)

When a statue of Joy Battick was unveiled at Brixton rail station 35 years ago, it was one of the first public artworks in England of a black person.

On Wednesday, Ms Battick, 62, was reunited with her 26-year-old self when a second lifesize bronze, known as Joy II, was unveiled at the station.

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