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The Gallery – Men – Son, Husband and Old Geezer

Trish Burgess Posted on11/05/201007/04/2016 The gallery 25 Comments

This photo is such a favourite of mine. Taken in Toronto, 2008, here you see my lovely boy, Rory, accompanied by his dad, and my hubby, Dougie. But who’s the old bloke beside them?

This sculpture of an old chap taking a rest sits on the end of a normal bench in the city centre. It made me chuckle, the thought of an assortment of people taking a seat next to him each day, sharing their sandwiches, having a chinwag, collecting their thoughts. You’d never feel alone if you took your seat here, though perhaps you’d be inclined to ask him to budge up a bit!

This is my entry for Tara Cain’s Gallery, the theme of which this week is MEN!

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25 Comments

  1. MrsW Reply
    11/05/2010 at 11:04 am

    We have a similar statue in our town – she's a bit ghostly tho – and despite her having been perched on a bench in the High Street for absolutely years I still often mistake her for a real person when she's got someone beside her – despite being similarly monochrome!

  2. TheMadHouse Reply
    11/05/2010 at 12:34 pm

    Love it, wow doesnt Rory have long legs, howw tall is he?

  3. Steve Reply
    11/05/2010 at 1:35 pm

    What is he doing with his that hand in his lap? Or is that just my imagination? 😉

  4. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    11/05/2010 at 1:54 pm

    Mrs W – I've never seen this sort of statue before; maybe it's more common than I thought!

    The Mad House – well this was two years ago when he was 12. He is now probably about 5'9 or 10 and yes it seems to be all in his legs.

    Steve – trust you to lower the tone! I think you'll find his whole body is a bit stiff… actually 😉

  5. The Dotterel Reply
    11/05/2010 at 1:58 pm

    I bet it is Trish… stiff, that is. I always wondered what they'd done with Lenin once they decided to remove him from his mausoleum…

  6. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    11/05/2010 at 2:38 pm

    @The Dotterel – who would have thought he'd have materialised in Canada?

  7. maggy Reply
    11/05/2010 at 4:20 pm

    loving the old geezer 😉 lovely photo of your men!

  8. christinemosler Reply
    11/05/2010 at 4:51 pm

    How fab! Can imagine him sitting there listening to everyone! Your men look very lovely!

  9. jfb57 Reply
    11/05/2010 at 5:30 pm

    Great! You must have known it would come in handy! What tales the old man could tell!

  10. If I Could Escape . . . Reply
    11/05/2010 at 5:35 pm

    Lovely photograph of your men, old geezer included!

  11. Expat mum Reply
    11/05/2010 at 5:49 pm

    There's loads of those statues in Chicago. My new (stupid) dog goes beserk when she sees them!

  12. deer baby Reply
    11/05/2010 at 6:29 pm

    Yes, he's taking up a lot of room on that bench. And sitting with your legs crossed for long periods of time is so not good for you. I remember my Dad sitting next to a waxwork of Marie Antoinette at Madam Tussauds and getting a fright. And being told off the security guard.

    My husband didn't want his photo on my blog. And I could only just persuade my son!

    Nice photo of your boys.

  13. The Moiderer Reply
    11/05/2010 at 7:22 pm

    I love Toronto and think I remember seeing that statue myself.

  14. Nova Reply
    11/05/2010 at 8:54 pm

    Hehe, great photo. :0)

  15. Troy Reply
    11/05/2010 at 11:25 pm

    Looking at the body language I would say that the old geezer is quite taken with your husband.

  16. susie @newdaynewlesson Reply
    12/05/2010 at 4:36 am

    OMG Steve you are just too funny!

  17. A Modern Mother Reply
    12/05/2010 at 5:52 am

    That's three very handsome men there!

  18. Claire Reply
    12/05/2010 at 8:29 am

    That old geezer is certainly working his catalogue model pose!

  19. PantsWithNames Reply
    12/05/2010 at 9:03 am

    Love it. I always enjoy those quirky sort of statues.

  20. veryanniemary Reply
    12/05/2010 at 12:41 pm

    It's like a weird 3 generational photo…It made me smile!

  21. Crystal Jigsaw Reply
    12/05/2010 at 12:46 pm

    I imagine you wouldn't feel alone sitting next to that chappy. Lovely photo.

    CJ xx

  22. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    12/05/2010 at 8:20 pm

    Glad to have made you chuckle!

    @expat mum – they're new to me. Is is a North American thing? And Scottish too according to @Mrs W.

    @Troy – oh god he does, doesn't he!

  23. heidi adnum Reply
    13/05/2010 at 3:21 pm

    Love this!

  24. B Shuh Reply
    18/05/2010 at 2:17 am

    The "old bloke" beside your husband is Glenn Gould, a Canadian pianist famous for his interpretation of Bach. The statue is place on the street in front of the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) building where one of the performing spaces is the Glenn Gould Theatre. Although an excellent pianist, Gould had a reputation for being a bit eccentric – You probably noticed that the statue portrays him sitting on a bench wearing a hat, coat and gloves — items Gould was almost never seen without, even on a hot summer's day. He wasn't that old – he died at aged 50 in 1982.

  25. Trish @ Mum's Gone to... Reply
    18/05/2010 at 6:30 am

    @B Shuh – Thank you so much. That's fantastic to discover my old geezer was a real person (and not that old either). I feel rather embarrassed that I took no heed to the building behind the bench. I'm delighted you took the time to pass on the information. The photo has taken on an extra special meaning now.

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