St Helens Central Station p-p-p-picks up a penguin!
A five foot high penguin has taken up residence at St Helens central Train Station. The penguin, named 'St Helend Glace', is one of two penguins donated to Merseytravel by St Helens Council and comes from the colony of beautifully designed penguins created by artists, schools and community groups during last winter's 'Go Penguins' festival.
Councillor Marie Rimmer, Leader of St Helens Council said: "The 'St Helens Glace' penguin is such an imaginative design that we wanted to share it with as many people as possible, so sighting it at the town's main station seemed like a really good way of showing it off to thousands of passengers each week."
Councillor Mark Dowd, Chair of Merseytravel, welcomed the arrival of 'St Helens Glace' and added: " We were proud to support this projct which drew together the themes of art and the environment in such an imaginative way. The 'Go Penguins' project caputured the public imagination so well last year and we hope that 'St Helens Glace' will prove to be popular with our passengers for years to come."
The second penguin, 'Dream', will be installed at St Helens Junction station.