Norman Painting His ashes were scattered at Painting's Plantation in Leamington Spa, with a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in May 2010. He left his recordings, scripts, books, papers and letters to Birmingham University Special Collections. Norman Painting Norman George Painting (23 April 1924 – 29 October 2009) was an English actor, broadcaster and writer. He played Phil Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers" from the pilot episodes aired on the BBC Midlands Home Service in summer 1950, after the series went national on the Light Programme on 1 January 1951, until his death in 2009, when he
The Archer (Lepcke) "Bydgoszcz Archers", in reference to the sculpture. The Archer (Lepcke) The sculpture The Archer stands in the Jan Kochanowski Park in Bydgoszcz, facing the Polish Theater. It is one of the oldest preserved sculptures in the city, realized by . The figure of "The Archer" is one of the most expressive symbols of Bydgoszcz. Four copies of the statue still exist in German cities. The statue has been designed by Berlin artist Ferdinand Lepcke. It is made of bronze and portrays a young naked woman, stretching a bow. The silhouette has classic proportions and athletic body. The character only wears