Concrete artworks saved from demolished car park

Four sculptures have been saved from the side of a 1960s multi-storey car park that is being demolished.

The concrete artworks by local artist Harold Gosney have been removed from the Abbey Walk site in Grimsby.

The local civic society has been campaigning to save the sculptures which were inspired by drawings from car handbooks.

North East Lincolnshire Council said the panels would be stored until a decision is made on what to do with them.

There were 40 concrete panels on the structure, each featuring one of four designs in a repeated fashion.

Councillor Stewart Swinburn said there had been "some minor damage to one of the panels" and to the edges of the others.

"We said that we would try to save one of each of the four designs, and that was the aim of the day," he said.

"It's brilliant that the contractors have managed to get these out pretty much in one piece."

A specialist contractor used a concrete saw to remove the two-tonne panels, which were then loaded onto pallets, the council said.

Swinburn added: "The next steps will be to look at where we can display these reliefs.

"We have had several suggestions from local people, we just need to work through these and other suggestions to understand what may be feasible."

The car park in the town centre opened in 1969 and closed in May 2024 after the council said it discovered structural defects.

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