* GEORGE PARSONAGE MBE (b 1944 - ) MOTORBIKE sculpture, on wooden plinth 31cm high at highest point including plinth. Note: Glasgow born sculptor working exclusively with materials retrieved from the Clyde, such as supermarket trolleys, motor cycle parts, machinery and other discarded items. He graduated from Glasgow University in 1967, becoming an art teacher at Whitehill School for twenty-one years. Sculpture is his second vocation. His first is life saving; as head of the Glasgow Humane Society, the oldest life-saving society in the world (est. 1790), a post which he inherited from his father in 1979. Based at Glasgow Green, the society is responsible for rescuing people from the River Clyde. It has been widely reported that George has saved the lives of over 1500 people. Of his sculpture, he never exhibits his work and declines commissions, but the proceeds from the sale of his work benefits Macmillan and other charities. George Parsonage is viewed as a hero by many Glaswegians, and by those who owe their lives to both him and his family in days gone by. He was awarded an MBE in 1999 and The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.