My friend Shirley Pace, who has died aged 89, made her most public mark as an artist with two bronze sculptures of dray horses, somewhat larger than lifesize. Jacob (1987) is in Bermondsey, south-east London, on the site of the former stables of Courage’s Anchor brewery. Drummer (2014) is on the site of the former Eldridge Pope brewery in Dorchester, Dorset.
Born and brought up in Worthing, West Sussex, Shirley was the daughter of Elizabeth (nee Martyn) and Arthur Blasdale. He was not only a chemist and estate agent but a composer, and encouraged her outstanding soprano voice.
