AN appeal has been launched to raise £40,000 for two sculptures in a North-East town.

Craig Knowles, a member of the Strarta, a group of North-East sculptors, was selected by Scarborough Civic Society to create the works of art, which will feature a diving belle in Victorian bathing dress on the harbourside, and a bathing belle.

They will be positioned outside the Brunswick Centre, in Westborough.

Brian O'Flynn, chairman of the society, said: "The figures will be traditional in design and represent Scarborough's beauty."

He said plaques would be put up at each sculpture, listing the donors.

Published: 23/12/2004