Boost for Salter Statues Campaign
A £5,000 donation boosts the campaign to replace stolen Salter statue
A local charity that was set up to raise money to replace a statue of Quaker Alfred Salter that was stolen in 2011 has been boosted by a donation of £5,000 by Ladbrookes.
The statue of Alfred Salter was created in 1991 and located near Bermondsey Wall East in South East London. It showed a kindly Alfred Salter in old age waving to his daughter, Joyce, who was leaning against the Thames wall with her cat nearby. The statue of Alfred was stolen in November 2011.
The Salters, Alfred and Ada, who were both Quakers, spent their life in public service working to alleviate poverty in Bermondsey and to improve social conditions. Joyce, their only child, died from scarlet fever in 1910. The statues were produced in recognition of their enormous contribution to the community.
The new statues of Alfred Salter and his wife, Ada, will be produced by sculptor Diana Gorvin, who created the original statue of Alfred. They will be installed alongside the originals of their daughter, Joyce, and her cat, which were not stolen in 2011.
The Salter Statues Campaign was set up by a group of local residents, after the theft of the Alfred Salter statue, to raise funds to commission new statues of Alfred Salter and his wife. For every pound raised by the charity Southwark Council is contributing a pound.
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