The Elwick Etchings
On a very cold, sunny morning at Elwick Place in Ashford on Saturday 15th December 2019, crowds of people gathered to celebrate the unveiling of Strange Cargo’s new public artwork, The Elwick Etchings.
The piece was commissioned by Stanhope plc and is a collection of remembrances about Ashford's historic Cattle Market, which is the important local site where Elwick Place now stands. More than 100 of the contributions shared with Strange Cargo by the Ashford community, including stories, poems and local people's histories about the surrounding Ashford area, have been permanently etched into 101 large granite paving slabs and set into the public walkways of this impressive new town centre destination for everyone to read and enjoy.