{"id":504833,"date":"2026-03-31T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/504833\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:10:09","slug":"edith-rigby-and-richard-arkwright-sculptures-join-harris-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/504833\/","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":504834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-504833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}