Statue of Billy with Kes by Graham Ibbeson from a novel about a boy and a kestrel by Barry HInes who comes from Barnsley South Yorkshire England UK GB

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In 2021 A statue based on the main character from 1960's classic Kes has been unveiled in the author's home Hines, from Barnsley, published the story - of a boy who adopts a wild kestrel - in 1968, and it was adapted for the screen a year later from the book A Kestrel for a Knave . Turned into the film Kes by Ken Loach, it is ranked one of the greatest British films ever made, managing to capture, in the words of one critic, the harsh reality of working-class life with “poetic beauty and heartfelt honesty”.

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Size: 3733px × 5599px
Location: Barnsley South Yorkshire uk
Photo credit: © eye35 stock / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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