Two further artworks recalling Sunderland's shipbuilding heritage are to be proudly installed in the city.
Artist Ray Lonsdale, the man behind Seaham's Tommy statue and the newly installed Gan Canny piece in Keel Square, has two more stunning tributes to the city's industrial past which will stand among contemporary developments, each carefully crafted out of corten steel.
The two pieces will be placed to overlook the River Wear after work concludes on a number of significant new developments that are underway on the north and south side of the river. One piece is a large sculpture with two shipyard workers having their lunch together and captures the mood of people in the city as the industry came to the end of its life. The other piece, Launch Day, features a little girl sat with her grandfather overlooking the River Wear, hearing stories of what it was like to work in the shipyards.
