Main Street Mayo Statue Demolished Re-Erected 1964

1964 A foggy day and a lorry driving in the middle of the road caused the statue of Lord Mayo to be knocked off his pedestal.

The statue of Mayo dominates the central reservation of Main Street and is the fine marble statue of Richard Southwell Bourke, sixth earl of Mayo, M.P. for Cockermouth 1857-68. The statue was erected after Mayo was assassinated in 1872, whilst visiting the Andaman Islands as Viceroy and Governor-General of India.

read Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bourke,_6th_Earl_of_Mayo

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Main Street Lord Mayo knocked off his pedestal and decapitated by a lorry in fog 1964 (1) p3
Main Street Lord Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by a lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Lord Mayo knocked off his pedestal and decapitated by a lorry in fog 1964 (10) p3
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Lord Mayo knocked off his pedestal and decapitated by a lorry in fog 1964 (4) p3
A foggy day and a lorry driving in the middle of the road caused poor Lord Mayo to be dethroned and decapitated. Assasinated in his Andemans and now beheaded in Cockermouth, read Wikipedia.
Main Street Lord Mayo knocked off his pedestal and decapitated by a lorry in fog 1964 p3
Main Street Lord Mayo knocked off his pedestal and decapitated by a lorry in fog 1964 p3
Main Street Lord Mayo knocked off his pedestal and decapitated by a lorry in fog 1964 p3
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 5 November 1964
Main Street Mayo decapitated and knocked off his pedestal by Tyburn tanker lorry in fog 1964
Main Street Mayo re-erection of body by crane (4) p3
Main Street Mayo resurrection by crane which was explained by Donald Walker of Walker Brothers that the crane was the most powerful crane in Cumberland at that time
Main Street Mayo re-erection of body by crane (5)
Main Street Mayo re-erection of body by crane
Main Street Mayo re-erection of body by crane p3
Main Street Mayo resurrection of body by crane – the largest crane available in Cumbria in 1964 which came from Walker Brothers builders.
Main Street Mayo resurrection by crane
Main Street Mayo resurrection by crane
Main Street Mayo resurrection of head by crane
Main Street Mayo resurrection of head by crane

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