This sculpture created by the artist Shane A. Johnstone was first erected in 2005. Though it was initially met with disdain by locals, the statue has now become a beloved part of the Morecambe Promenade. It was erected to commemorate the 24 cockle pickers who lost their lives in a terrible incident in 2004. The piece is known as “Venus & Cupid”—and subtitled “Love, The Most Beautiful Of Absolute Disasters.” Facing out to sea over Morecambe Bay, it is an interesting sculpture that depicts a seated woman waving a child…
