Jolly Fisherman Models
A MODEL of the Jolly Fisherman could be obtained in town shops in 1994 — thanks to local amateur artist and sculptor Diane Brealey. Mrs Brealey found that a small statuette of him could not be obtained in the town’s shops, so determined to change things.
“We all love the Jolly Fisherman — he is Skegness,” said Mrs Brealey.
The Mayor of Skegness, Coun John Shaw, had been very enthusiastic when he was presented with the first one. He had chosen one with a light blue sweater because he was a Manchester City supporter, she said.
In November of 1993, the town council gave her the go-ahead to produce the statuettes, so she employed a sculptor to create a mould to produce the fine alloy Jolly Fisherman figurine.
She has formed a company with the name of Martin’s Miniatures Ltd. She presently supplies two shops in Lumley Road — the House of China and Lowndes — but hoped to expand to other shops.
Picture: Diane Brealey, left, and daughter, Debbie, display two of the Jolly Fisherman models, with the Jolly Fisherman in Compass Gardens, Skegness, in the background.
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Do YOU have one of Diane’s Jolly Fisherman models?
Hi there yes we have ( two ) of them but in the picture they look coloured ours are not coloured one has its pipe and the other has lost his pipe on the bottom of the statues woodwn plinth it reads ( A FINE ART MINIATUE Hand crafted by Diane Brealey 4 Scarborough Avenue Skegness Linc’s PE25 2SY ” The Jolly Fisherman” Skegness produced under licence – all copyright reserved )on a Gold coloured label.
Best regards,
Mark & Sue.
picture will be put on my Facebook.
Thanks for that, guys, can’t wait to see the picture!