A MUCH delayed project to get Compo a permanent new home in his beloved Holmfirth is back on the agenda.
A statue of the loveable rogue made famous by late actor Bill Owen could become the centrepiece of a new Holmfirth Heritage Garden sometime next year after a Kirklees Council spokesman confirmed that plans were underway.
Bill Owen, star of the hit TV series Last of the Summer Wine, died in 1999 but a bid to install a statue of him has been stalled since it was first mentioned in 2000.
A £34,000 appeal for a bronze statue was launched in 2003 but organisers, the Holme Valley Business Association, were unable to find a suitable sculptor.
Ambitious plans for a multi-themed garden at the site of the Victoria Gardens were submitted in April last year but nothing has been heard since.
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