Photo: Margaret Ferguson Burns Wikimedia Commons
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Sculptor: Tim Chalk (b.1955)
Founder: Powderhall Bronze
Materials: Figures in bronze; doorframe in Jesmonite; base in concrete (casting by Creagh Concrete)
Unveiled: 21 March 2014
Dr Helen Crummy
Dr Helen Crummy (1920-2011) was a social activist, writer and the founder of the Craigmillar Festival Society in 1962. The bronze statues of Crummy and her son (2013-14) are mounted on a concrete base with a Jesmonite doorframe, the sculpture was unveiled on 21 March 2014. For full description and discussion see Ray McKenzie, Public Sculpture of Edinburgh, vol.1, LUP 2018, pp. 310-12.
Location: In front of the East Neighbour Centre, Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland.