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Wick'S Lowry Link Celebrated.

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| September 27, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK))

Ls Lowry's connection to Wick is being celebrated in the multi-million-pound revamp under way on a historic but neglected part of the town.

The famous artist produced several oil paintings following a visit he made with his aunt to the royal burgh in 1936.

One of his works features the Black Stairs, a stone staircase which runs from the town's youth club down to Bank Row.

The painting is owned privately but was recently put on display at a public exhibition in Sunderland.

The stairs are badly rundown and their reconstruction forms part of a GBP740,000 scheme due to go ahead as part of the …

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