Over 100 youngsters take part in community project to design a giant mosaic in Meols Park

Dec 7 2011 by Lorna Hughes, Wallasey News

MORE than 100 youngsters took part in a community project to create a giant mosaic in Meols Park.

The colourful floor mural in the park’s seating area is made up of 11 mosaics in an outer circle and eight inner sections representing the history of Meols and the area as it is today.

The designs include an RNLI lifeboat, a Viking longboat and warrior and wildlife on nearby Hilbre Island.

A central circle depicts the logo and name of the Friends of Meols Park, the group behind the project.

Pupils of Great Meols Primary School, and members of a local Rainbow and Brownie group were among those who worked with an artist to design the mosaics.

Roy Shuttleworth, secretary of the Friends of Meols Park, said the result was “fantastic”.

He said: “We had scores of children involved in the project by running workshops at Meols Park bowls pavilion, Great Meols Primary and St John’s Church hall in September and October.

“All the segments were completed in five days.”

The mosaic was made using durable swimming pool tiles which were fixed on to concrete paving slabs with tile cement and grout.

The pieces were displayed in St John’s Church before being installed in the park last month.

The project was funded by a grant from Wirral Council and fundraising events organised by the Friends together with donations from Regal Fish & Chips and Smarties Play Group in Meols.