Show on mapThis piece seems to be known simply as ‘Redcar Figures Sculpture’ by J Tweedy in 1999
There’s a mermaid, lifeboatman and Captain Cook (a tenuous link, his sister and father have Redcar connections)
A pirate complete with parrot, hook, eye-patch and peg-leg ? (i’ve never heard of any association of Redcar with pirates real or fictional)
Finally theres a genuine piece of Redcar history with Gertrude Bell on a camel.
Historically relevant or not, I do love this piece.
This has been referred to as ‘Cinema Centenary sculpture’, but given that it’s the second of two works on this theme this may not be the name that was envisaged by the designer (the first has the name ‘Showtime’, on the side of the Regent)
See http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/9687/