Local sculptor Peter Hodgkinson has been at Preston Markets to oversee the installation of the new Wallace and Gromit bench.

Market trader Sheridan’s Bags and Bags took to social media to share their excitement and photos of Peter’s visit.

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The bench will celebrate the animated duo’s Preston-born, Oscar-winning creator Nick Park.

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Peter has worked on the project with Nick and the team at Aardman, the Bristol-based studio behind the Wallace and Gromit film franchise.

Based on the pair as they appeared in The Wrong Trousers, the bench is being produced in bronze at the Castle Fine Arts Foundry in Wales.

Sheridan’s said: “We can’t wait to see the finished product when it’s unveiled right here, outside Preston Market on Friday 10 September.”

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