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Kevin Baumber / Welderbeasts

After a career at the cutting edge of hologram development, where he combined his love for art and science, Kevin Baumber decided it was time for a change – and he now makes breathtaking animal sculptures, affectionately known as Welderbeasts.
Kevin played a key role in developing the small shiny holograms we see on passports, credit cards, banknotes and other items, but became disillusioned with the corporate world.
He set up Welderbeasts – to draw on his multiple talents, under a new mantra of making interesting things for interesting people.
Using the welding skills he’d learned through other hobbies, Kevin began creating large-scale sculptures of animals from sheet steel, which are proving a wonderful talking point for the gardens, public places or indoor environments where they are on display.

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05. High Street (Crowngate)

This entry to the Crowngate Shopping Centre is referred to as the ‘Bull Entry’. Many people assume it has something to do with an old cattle market, perhaps where the bulls were brought in from the High Street.

In actual fact, the name is taken from the presence of an old inn that once stood near this site known as ‘The Bull’ (sometimes referred to as ‘The Bull and Sun’). Alongside the inn a narrow alley ran, offering access to a suburb of slum dwellings. This alley was referred to as ‘Bull Entry’.

Most of the ancient houses in the area occupied by the shopping complex were cleared in the 20th century. At its heart stands the only substantial remnant of this ancient area, Huntingdon Hall, built as a Methodist church in the 18th century by the Countess of Huntingdon.