The Debate for a memorial to Matt Monro

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The Debate for a memorial to Matt Monro

Post by Catherine M » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:44 pm

Article in Telegraph from 2004.

An interesting article from The Telegraph in 2004 by Anthony Peregrine
called Tales by the Riverbank correctly comments that if Matt Monro had been french, he would have had a square named after him.



http://www.Telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml

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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:13 am

Tried to find the page, but to no avail :(
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Post by Lena & Harry Smith » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:51 am

Robert, Go to the site and key in Anthony Peregrine's name in the search box and scroll to the second page and you'll find the article.. Tales Of The Riverbank there.
I read another of his tales there of when he returned to London for a visit after living in France for a few years, quite interesting and amusing. :lol:

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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:34 pm

Thanks L&H, I found it, but not that much about Matt :wink:
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Matt Monro Memorial

Post by Catherine M » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:50 am

Further to the arguement...

There is the Frank Sinatra school of Arts in the USA and the local post office in Hoboken now carries his name.

A 15 ft statue to Sammy Davis Jnr is currently under construction by a renowned artist.

Wouldn't it be lovely if a British Artist were to make a statue of Matt Monro
sometime in the future.

That is my point.

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Post by Marian » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:55 pm

I see there is also to be a statue of Brian Epstein in Liverpool.

Marian :D

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Post by ROBERT M. » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:37 am

And one of Dickie Bird in Barnsley :wink:
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