Praise Be! Dame Thora Hird statue set to be erected in Morecambe
(World News UK)

When she was just eight weeks old, the legendary late British actress Dame Thora Hird made her stage debut during a play at Morecambe´s Royalty Theatre. `I was...the illegitimate child of the village maiden, who was played by my mother,` she once told The Independent. `It was the only part I´ve ever got through influence.` Almost 110 years on, the Lancashire town - where she was born and lived until she was 28 - looks set to honour its most famous daughter. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now A campaign has been launched to erect a statue to the three-time Bafta winner there. Morecambe Heritage, a local history group, said it had...