Fighting Rams

Still on the sculpture trail today, out in the sun and the wind. 
This is 'Fighting Rams', a piece made by Jonathon Cox in 1995.  It was sited in Castle Square in Sheffield, the open space that has replaced the famous (or infamous) 'Hole in the Road'.  (For anyone not from Sheffield, I recommend Googling Hole in the Road, a classic piece of English postwar planning, and a real 'Marmite' example).
Anyway, back to the Rams.  The entry on the local Sheffield Hallam University sculptures database includes the lovely comment that it is "a popular piece with children who can often be seen climbing onto it. The artist was brought up on a working farm on the North Downs. His father was still working with sheep there when this piece was made."
Those days seem to have gone. The piece survives, but is now sandwiched between a large council Information sign and some railings.  But I looked at the Rams, and thought that - with luck - they will outlive the ugly sign, and welcome climbing children back again someday.

And then, as I was walking back to the car, I saw two small children spot another sculpture that's on a nearby pedestrianised street (Fargate). It's a bench with curling arms, on which ears of wheat are carved. The two kids were entranced, comparing the curly arms to tails, and tracing the carving with their fingers. Their mum encouraged them to climb up and explore.

If you build it, they will come. At least, they will if you don't put too many obstacles in the way.