Some people may remember a forums discussion about a photo of Enid taken at Gillian's wedding, which had a cheeky statue in the background. Here's the discussion, slightly shortened:
Poppy wrote:Me and my mum have just been looking through some pictures of the Enid Blyton exhibition on google images, excited that we are going back for another look soon. There was one lovely picture of Enid that came up, but unfortunately the background wasn't so nice... Take a look and see what you think...
Tony Summerfield wrote:... for Poppy's benefit I will say that the photo of Enid that she likes was taken at Gillian's wedding in 1957. I believe that I included a photo of the wedding in a recent Journal, which shows Enid in that outfit.
Daisy wrote:Looking at the picture, Poppy, I don't think anything in particular. The picture is familiar to me though. What strikes you about it?
Katharine wrote:No, I couldn't see anything particularly noteworthy about the photo either.
Poppy wrote:Look to the left of Enid.
Tony Summerfield wrote:I see what you mean, not really a wedding outfit!!
Anita Bensoussane wrote:More a birthday suit really!
Eddie Muir wrote:My thought too, Anita!
Well, Tony and I thought the statue was likely to be in the grounds of St. James's Church so we decided to try tracking it down on a day trip to London in September 2014 (I've been meaning to get these pictures up ever since then - sorry it took so long!) and we were delighted to find it almost immediately! We couldn't photograph it from exactly the same position because a market was set up in the churchyard, meaning the statue couldn't be viewed from all angles, but here it is:Moonraker wrote:Isn't she wearing the Emperor's new clothes?
And here's Tony with the statue in the background:
Other statues and monuments in the churchyard:
This is supposed to be Jesus but it looks more like D. H. Lawrence to me!:
Inside the church. Some pews are reserved for homeless people to sleep on at certain times.
In Piccadilly: