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King Bong* — King Kong on the News

Get the Flash Player to see this content. From MACE: “Tony Maycock interview with Mike Shanley, Birmingham garage owner, who has bought the statue of King Kong to stand it in his car sales forecourt.” a clip of ATV Today 18/09/1972 Remarkably hash tone for such a fluffy news item ‘doesn’t King Kong Kars sound a bit crap’? I’m paraphrasing. *okay it’s ATV Today, and not News At Ten. This is Trevor McDoughnut…

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King of Kong

King of Kong

A local, erm, enthusiast is campaigning for the King King statue late of the Bull Ring Markets (and some car place, and Dudley Zoo apparently) to be returned to tower over Brum. That’s despite him saying: “apparently poor old King Kong has recently been melted down by his Scottish owners” — or is he in Penrith? An enduring image, isn’t it.

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“Birmingham Gateway” have your say.

When you say “Birmingham Gateway” to me I have a vision of looming gates halfway between something from King Kong and the Swords of Qādisīyah, also called the Hands of Victory which stand in Baghdad. The truth, as always, is far less dramatic than the stuff that goes on in my head. Following on neatly from the awesome find by Karen’s Mum at a car boot sale the council are asking for people to have their say on the proposal for the new “gateway” where New Street Station currently sits. The online questionnaire is available 12th – 23rd October 2009 by clicking ‘have your say’ on http://www.newstreetnewstart.co.uk. The exhibition will be available on the station concourse at the following times: Thursday 15th October – 10am-7pm Friday 16th October – 10am-7pm Saturday 17th October – 10am-1.30pm Make sure that you take this chance to let the people who’re running the project hear what you think.

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Kong lives

Kong lives

Kong (2), originally uploaded by allybeag. The old statue of King Kong that people in Birmingham periodically decide they miss is still towering over markets the length and breadth of the country. allybeag on Flickr has found him in Penrith. She’s even done the research that I’m too hungover to attempt: “He was designed by one Nicholas Munro in 1972, and made his first public appearance at the Manzoni Gardens near Birmingham’s Bull Ring Shopping Centre, where he stood for about 6 months before being sold to a local car dealer by the name of Carl Racey. Mr Racey changed the name of his business to King Kong Motors and displayed the statue at his premises at the Camp Hill Flyover. Not long after this, however, Mr Racey sold the statue to Spook Erection, a company that organises various street markets, and in particular, the infamous and sadly-missed Ingliston Market just outside Edinburgh. Here he stood for maybe 30 years, providing a useful focal point for lost children, until the market closed down, leaving many of his fans wondering what had happened to him: there were even suggestions that he’d been melted down! I was delighted to find him...

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