Trolley good show in making

Published: 11:18 AM May 10, 2006

Updated: 7:59 PM February 22, 2021

SCULPTURES made of shopping trolleys retrieved from rivers will be unveiled in Huntingdon tomorrow (Thursday). Artist Ptolemy Elrington has been commissioned by Anglian Water and has so far created a vole, frog and a dragonfly with a 6ft wingspan. These a

SCULPTURES made of shopping trolleys retrieved from rivers will be unveiled in Huntingdon tomorrow (Thursday).

Artist Ptolemy Elrington has been commissioned by Anglian Water and has so far created a vole, frog and a dragonfly with a 6ft wingspan.

These are the first of 10 sculptures which will tour the East of England on a roadshow travelling to Peterborough, Cambridge, Lincoln, Norwich, Colchester and Ipswich.

The structures will be used to head an educational campaign to invite people to adopt a stretch of local river.

Peter Simpson, chief operating officer of Anglian Water Services, said: "These sculptures are incredible works of art and an excellent way of highlighting the work we're doing and of getting more people involved."

INFORMATION: The sculptures will be on show in Huntingdon for one day at 12.30pm in Riverside Park. In August, they will be exhibited at the Rutland Birdwatching Fair in Rutland Water.