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14 December 2019, 11:30 - 12:00

Over the last 50 years, Milton Keynes has developed an excellent reputation for Public Art development, with over 220 Public Artworks across the city.

"Public Art in Milton Keynes is about inviting the vision, creativity, and skills of artists, to engage people freely with the place, in a well-considered way."

A quick short meet to introduce you to one of MK's sometimes forgotten pieces of artwork. The usual chatter and socialising are encouraged.

When: Saturday 14th December 11:30 to 12:00

Where: Meet next to the artwork "Meet the Ancestors".

Who: Geocachers near and far, new and old, everyone is welcome!

 

Meet the Ancestors: Bill Billings, 2007

Two new people took up residence Secret Garden in 2007.  There on the site of the living room of one of the original houses that occupied the site sit an old couple watching the television.  The houses were demolished in the late 60s – and it seems almost as if the couple were turned to stone when the demolition took place nearly 50 years ago, because the TV is not a modern day flat screen, but an old 9 inch. This scene is the creation of a group of Art students from Radcliffe School, assisted by artists Bill Billings and Paul Smith, and commissioned by Wolverton Secret Garden Society.

Sadly it was the last piece of art work that Bill Billings was involved in before his death in December 2007.

Ref: Wolverton Secret Garden Website

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