Almost £100,000 needs to be raised for the bronze sculpture that will be in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
The bronze statue will be a life-sized figure of Britten as a boy sitting on top of a wooden groyne
A fundraising campaign for a statue to commemorate composer Benjamin Britten in the town of his birth has started. Almost £100,000 is needed to be raised for the sculpture of the composer as a boy, that will look out to sea at Lowestoft, Suffolk.created the one of Diana, Princess of Wales, at Kensington PalaceBroadcaster Zeb Soanes, who came up with idea during lockdown, said it would "inspire the town's children".
Britten, who died in 1976, was born at what is now a guesthouse at 21 Kirkley Cliff Road on 22 November 1913 and the statue will be placed near that address. Mr Soanes said the Britten as a Boy project wanted the statue to not only commemorate the "town's greatest son" but also to "inspire the town's children to achieve their ambitions".
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