Time To Erect A Statue Or Two.

[trambo]

With so many statues under threat is it not time we erected one and I have just the spot. The rather bare area at the Wroxham bridge pilot point. I nominate Harry Blake for creating the popular Broads holiday and maybe Broads Direct could have one of John Lyons, Blakes' first yard, at their day boat reception giving Harry a wave across the river.

Fred

p.s. Subject to a full search of their political, sexual and nose-picking preferences.

[Tempest]

I think this would look great outside Roy's and keep the loud minority happy

🤣😂

[grendel]

well i am not overly happy with the symbolism of all those arrows focused inward.......

[Islander]

Let's see what people can read into this.

SNOWFLAKE

OK, I'll go back to rubbing down my varnish 

Colin

[Ray]

Cast this in bronze perhaps.

 

 

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[NorfolkNog]

I think we should erect a statue for Ramjet  

[grendel]

was he a Bussard Ramjet?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet

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[C.Ricko]

22 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:

I think we should erect a statue for Ramjet  

he should not be forgotten 

 

[floydraser]

3 hours ago, Islander said:

Let's see what people can read into this.

SNOWFLAKE

OK, I'll go back to rubbing down my varnish 

Colin

It's what Bill used to call Eddie in Love Thy Neighbour. And as far as I know, no-one complained?

[VetChugger]

Wonder how a Gofundme caper would progress for a statue of Ramjet???

[CambridgeCabby]

A bronze statue of Alfred and Albert Roy would be most appropriate in Wroxham 

[MauriceMynah]

1 hour ago, CambridgeCabby said:

A bronze statue of Alfred and Albert Roy would be most appropriate in Wroxham 

Better if they put in Hoveton :-)

 

[CambridgeCabby]

1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said:

Better if they put in Hoveton :-)

 

True , I investigated a while ago why it was Roy’s of Wroxham as opposed to Roy’s of Hoveton since their Wroxham presence wasn’t until the garage opened as a Roy’s in 2011, I was told that when they first started in 1895 the goods were delivered by train , and in their wisdom the railway decided to call Hoveton station Wroxham station so the goods were addressed to The Roy’s Brothers , Wroxham station , Wroxham, Norfolk this was then was shortened to Roy’s Wroxham and it stuck .

Whether that is true or not I do not know 

[FairTmiddlin]

The original shop was opened in Coltishall

So they did start in Hoveton 4 years later. Yes you are right about the name coming from parcels.

History is Here

https://www.roys.co.uk/history