'Another Place' statues by artist Antony Gormley on Crosby Beach, Merseyside, England (@ Neale Clarke/age fotostock)

'Another Place' statues by artist Antony Gormley on Crosby Beach, Merseyside, England (@ Neale Clarke/age fotostock)

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• It looks like the sun\s setting on this upstanding individual\s attempt to do a full monty.""But what\s flashing past him today?
• William Gladstone, John Peel, Ken Dodd, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are among the famous sons to hail from this part of the UK.""The guy pictured has got a lot of competition around here
• The iron men in this installation are cast replicas of artist Antony Gormley\s own body.""Swimming might be out of the question for him - but what about paddling?
• These figures can be found spread across a three kilometre stretch of the coastline.""They\re here year-round, whatever the weather