The Bronze Horse

September 2022: It stands just over eight feet high and is a Salford thoroughbred.The bronze sculpture of a horse has been stabled in an historic square.Embossed on it are messages from famous sons and daughters.Sayings from poet John Cooper Clarke musicians Graham Nash and Peter Hook (Hooky), Shaun Ryder, and actor Albert Finney adorn the work.Books weaved into the mane are a nod to England's first public library opening in Salford in 1850.The £50,000 sculpture has been installed in Bexley Square - famously the location of a violent clash on October 1st 1931 between police and some of a 10,000 strong crowd protesting against unemployment.