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The Edward Colston statue was removed from the harbour this morning. Despite only being in the water for a few days, mud had filled the inside and obscured the evidence of its journey into the harbour.pic.twitter.com/rQdyWds9zH
We spent the morning removing mud from its inside with a hose and extendable brush. The painted graffiti was particularly at risk from the cleaning so this was done very carefully to ensure it wasn’t washed off.pic.twitter.com/rRBRVl1VfS
The symbolism of his graffitti’d body has been preserved and the significance it has for us will be an important story to tell.pic.twitter.com/rMMSZtzqf0
We ended up with two surprise additions. Firstly a bicycle tyre which emerged from the harbour with the statue, and then the discovery of a clue to the people who first installed it in Bristol: A 1895 magazine rolled up inside the coat tails.pic.twitter.com/u1KdupWpkU
After careful cleaning and drying we found someone had handwritten the names of those who originally fitted the statue and the date on the inside pages.pic.twitter.com/mQshaoj2wi
Some more tit bits from Tit-Bits on this thread. 
We're here for the sassy Victorian women:
"Why am I a spinster? Because I have other professions open to me in which the hours are shorter, the work more agreeable, and the pay possibly better.” 
https://twitter.com/BristolUniLib/status/1271390287294877696 …
Did you get any photos of him when he was underwater?
No. Apparently there wasn't much visibility because of the silt.
What are the immediate plans for the statue now it's been recovered? 
(cc @DavidOlusoga )
There will be a display of some kind, but obviously our museum sites are closed at the moment.
I don’t think that memorials to a racist past should be tampered with! Bringing down a racist statute doesn’t overturn a racist system and structure. Rather it makes for a loss of a collective material cultural evidence needed for the interpretation/re-interpretation of the past!
It’s not lost though is it? The history has evolved and the statue is in a museum. What has been lost?
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