Tome Leaper donates memorial statue 'Tom' to the Musee de Peche at Concarneau.

Photo with thanks to the Facebook page for the Musee de Peche, Concarneau.

Local sculptor Tom Leaper has donated the model memorial statue to the fishing museum in Concarneau, Brittany.  The town is twinned with Penzance. Tom is seen here alongside the statue in the museum, those with keen observational powers will have spotted the tins of Cornish Pilchards on the shelves in the background! 

"Friday evening, in the Fishery museum, some representatives of the Twinning committee Penzance-Concarneau proudly offered a bronze statue representing a fisherman throwing a rope. Some other representatives of the M’Bour (Senegal) twinning committee with Concarneau, and from the local fishermens' association also attended the ceremony. Jean-Jacques GOUSSET, from the museum, underligned the symbolic nature of the statue, “the way to represent the fisherman is highly human, it is a respectful gesture for all fishermen who daily risk their life. “tThe towns of M’Bour, Penzance and Concarneau are joined together thanks to this symbol” said the spokeman from the fishermen association.

The statue was created by Cornish artist Tome Leaper from Newlyn.