{"id":374344,"date":"2026-03-31T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/374344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:04:09","slug":"edith-rigby-and-richard-arkwright-sculptures-join-harris-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/374344\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Rigby and Richard Arkwright sculptures join Harris Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were funded by businessman Wilf Boardman, who has been campaigning for a statue of Arkwright since 2013, and said it was &#8220;deeply satisfying&#8221; to see his dream realised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Arkwright&#8217;s pioneering work in mechanised spinning helped shape the modern industrial world,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This long-overdue recognition ensures his legacy is properly celebrated for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Adrian Phillips, chief executive at Preston City Council said: &#8220;The Harris plays a vital role in sharing Preston&#8217;s stories, and these new sculptures are a fantastic addition to the collection.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They were funded by businessman Wilf Boardman, who has been campaigning for a statue of Arkwright since 2013,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-374344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}