Thame Landmark Back In Town

A THAME landmark, which had been stolen twice from its plynth, has been replaced at last.
The second edition of the statue of a boy, holding a large fish and standing on the back of a turtle, was spotted in the window of a London antique dealer by a Thame resident who works in the City, after being stolen for the second time.
Now returned to its rightful place as part of a fountain in Thame’s Memorial Garden, the sculpture was officially unveiled on Saturday (May 14) by the Mayor of Thame, Cllr David Dodds. The guest of honour was Mrs Phyllis Quainton, who was only nine years-old in 1926 when the original statue for officially inaugurated.
The sculpture, which was made by Faith Winter, was given to the town by a member of the Thame family Pearce (a cousin to the Pearce Wool Stapler family), when he emigrated to Australia and wanted a lasting memorial to his family in the town.

Photo courtesy of The Thame Gazette

ED. The Statue is of course, the logo of ThameNews.Net, by kind permission of the artist, so we are all especially delighted to see it back once more!