Vimto Monument

As a student who frequently uses the Sackville Street building of the University of Manchester, this monument adds a bit of colour to the Sackville gardens outside, and the park surrounding it is worth a sit or a lie in the summer sun (if we get any)!

The fact that the Mancunian powers-​that-​be woke up one day and decided to commemorate Vimto (arguably the king of all ‘mixed fruit’ cordials) with its very own monument fills me with boundless joy. So much so, I’ve even got a photograph of myself doing a thumbs up by this statue.
Seriously, the only way this monument could be any better is if it actually dispensed Vimto (Hot Vimto for the Winter months, Fizzy Vimto for the Summer months). If the person with the ability to make this happen is reading this, come on then, hop to it!

As an alternative to beer, the ‘temperance drink’ under the odd name of Vimto was first mixed by John Nichols in Granby Row in 1908. The sculpture by Kerry Morrison (1992) is now popular with students, children, and photographers.