Eric Morecambe

Eric Morecambe mid-skip, one hand waving and binoculars around his neck, on the promenade in Morecambe, Lancashire, with the bay stretching out behind. Graham Ibbeson sculpted the bronze in the comedian's familiar Bring Me Sunshine dance, and Queen Elizabeth II unveiled it on July 23, 1999. The town had a personal claim: he was born John Eric Bartholomew in Morecambe in 1926 and borrowed its name for the stage.