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Statue

Keith Richards statue

Erection date: 9/8/2023

See the Jagger statue for details.

Site: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards - statues (2 memorials)

DA1, Lowfield Street, 1 - 3, One Bell Corner

Jagger is on the left and Richards on the right. The statue is entitled The Glimmer Twins, a nick-name/pseudonym Jagger and Richards adopted in 1968/9.

These statues have not been universally acclaimed - see the for example. They have also been unfavourably compared to some of the effigies at Madame Tussaud's, in the degree of resemblance they bear to the originals.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Keith Richards statue

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Keith Richards

Guitarist, singer and songwriter. Born in Dartford. He attended primary schoo...

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Dartford Borough Council

Formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Dartford, Swanscombe Urban D...

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Jeremy Kite

Councillor on Dartford Council.

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Mick Jagger statue

Mick Jagger statue

{Plaque in front of the statues:} "The Glimmer Twins" A work by Amy Goodman c...

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