JIMI HENDRIX Isle of Wight Statue Tribute May Have To Be Removed

November 24, 2006

Clare Wall of Isle of Wight County Press reports:

Planners will soon have to decide whether or not the Jimi Hendrix statue (photo) outside Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater, can stay.

Managers of the attraction have advertised its planning application today (Friday, Nov. 24) to retain the bronze statue, its hardstanding and steps, which were unveiled in June.

In September Dimbola heard from the IW Council that it would have to apply for permission to retain the statue, even though initial assessments by the IW Council indicated it would be allowed to remain.

If councillors vote against retaining the statue, erected as a tribute to Hendrix's performance at the 1970 Afton festival, it will have to be removed.

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