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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

The rhino and camel sculptures in the Arndale loved by kids in the 80s and 90s

If you were a kid in the 80s or 90s no trip to town was complete without a visit to the wooden rhino or camel in the Arndale. Unlike most public art the distinctive sculptures were designed to be played with - and were a welcome distraction for children being dragged round the shops by their mums and dads.

Many a Mancunian kid will have fond childhood memories of climbing inside the rhino's mouth or clambering on the back of the camel - a two-humped Bactrian camel to be precise - outside Currys to pose for a photo. The animals were the work of artist and designer Peter Hand.

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