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Originally Posted by Freycinet
"The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus was erected in 1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. During the Second World War, the statue atop the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain was removed and was replaced by advertising hoardings. It was returned in 1948."
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My question is: Where was it moved? It had to be somewhere. Somewhere potentially vulnerable to bombing...