The statues that bring us sunshine
Celebrity statues of late comedians like Laurel and Hardy are springing up in towns across the country.
Eric Morecambe's fun-loving spirit is kept alive by the larger-than-life statue of him which stands proudly on the seafront in his Lancashire home town, the inspiration for his stage name.
And Eric, who died in 1984, is now in good company.
In the 10 years since the statue was unveiled by the Queen, thousands of visitors have had their picture taken alongside the bronze monument.
The Eric statue is seen as such a key part of the rejuvenation of the seaside resort that a new project to regenerate the whole seafront area has been named after him.
Other towns have followed in Eric's footsteps in the hope of capturing a little of the Morecambe magic – and a slice of the lucrative tourist trade – with their own statues of local comic heroes.
They include Les Dawson in Lytham St Annes, Tommy Cooper in Caerphilly, Wales, and now Ulverston in the Lake District has a statue of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
For the full feature see Wednesday's Lancashire Evening Post
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