Wallace and Gromit to get their own statue!
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, following the Academy Award for Curse there was talk about the creation of a statue in their hometown of Bristol to commemorate the duo. Well it’s going to happen!
BBC.CO.UK: Wallace and Gromit to get statue
Bristol City Council has backed plans for the monument, which will be funded by public subscriptions.
The statue is the idea of local councillor Terry Cook, who wants to see Wallace and Gromit, and their makers Aardman Animations, recognised.
Thanks to Jafar from India and my regular contributor Daniel Brett for letting me know about this!
Other items in the news:
Wallace and Gromit visit city hospital
Wensleydale is big cheese at cheese awards
Wallace & Gromit & Simpsons Win Reuben Award
Wrong Trousers day was celebrated on June 23rd, here are a couple articles about it:
‘Cracking Day’ For Wrong Trousers
Wrong Trousers . . . but a right load of cash
And finally, I was very amused when I stumbled upon this article: Making a pot of tea, by text messaging
The ReadyWhenUR kettle, devised by British tea maker PG Tips and U.K. cell phone network Orange and loosely inspired by invention-happy characters Wallace & Gromit, boils hot water upon receiving a text message that reads “switch on.” It’s that simple.
Fantastic!