'Melly'
Drinking Fountain Project
The Friends of Liverpool
Monuments has acquired some funding and donations to
replace the missing heads to the following drinking fountains:
| Location | Type of Head |
 Wellington Monument |
Lion (The company Castle Fine Arts has been commissioned to cast this head) |
 Byrom Street |
Satyr (The sculptor Tom Murphy has been commissioned to create a model) |
 Great Howard Street |
Lion (The company Castle Fine Arts has been commissioned to cast this head) |
 West Derby Road |
Child (The sculptor Tom Murphy has been commissioned to create a model) |
 Salthouse Dock |
Women (The sculptor Tom Murphy has been commissioned to create a model) |
So far, we have had donations from; English Heritage, Graham Boxer, Patrick Neill, Robin Riley & Jenny Voce.
If we can get the funding/donations, we would also like to replace the heads to these 'Mellys':
| Location | Type of Head |
 Picton Road |
Tiger? |
 Prescot Road |
Tiger? |
 County Road |
Lion? |
If you would like to make a donation or help this project in anyway, please contact Patrick Neill at: liverpoolmonuments@gmail.com
My
definition of a Melly Drinking Fountain:
1. It is a simple Drinking Fountain made of red Aberdeen Granite
2. It appears on Charles P. Melly's list of 1858
3. It was erected by Melly or his son between 1854 & 1889