Eye-catching sculptures raising smiles on path at a specialist hospital
Patients and staff at a Shropshire Hospital are having cause to smile an a special pathway in the grounds.
For eye-catching Minion sculptures have been placed around the Path of Positivity thanks to a link up between the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital near Oswestry and The British Ironwork Centre.
The Minions, which are made of recycled metal and rest upon recycled barrels, are currently on loan to the hospital and will be replaced with permanent sculptures once completed.
The yellow Minion characters including one dressed as a nurse, have been put in place on the pathway that was created in 2021.
A special, 2m-wide footpath, built when people had to observe that distance between each other during the Covid pandemic, honours the legacy of lockdown hero centenarian Captain Sir Tom Moore by providing a place of wellbeing for patients and staff.
The wheelchair-friendly path provides a calming space for staff members to enjoy their lunch or a place where they and patients can take a walk or a break outdoors.
Trees have also been planted along the route, some as part of the Queen's Jubilee Green Canopy.
The path can be used by all, including those using crutches and frames.
A spokesperson from the British Ironwork Centre said: "We think the Minions look amazing and we are glad they are putting smiles on the faces of both patients and staff."
