Naked park ladies get cleaned up
Historically the six naked ladies who started life as escorts for Queen Victoria have been known locally as the “Titty Lizzies. They originally adorned the forecourt of the Town Hall in South Shields alongside Victoria’s statue when it opened in 1910, before all six of them were removed to the South Marine Park in 1951, two subsequently returned to the Town Hall in 1983.
Now as part of the restoration of the South Marine Park, four of the ladies are in Nottingham for a makeover and will return painted in a different colour and equipped with a working lamp in their hands too. Apparently black is not a good colour to show off the form of statues, so that is why they may change.
I hope they go for a nice well tanned Mediterranean bronzed look!
