A MILLIONAIRE businessman is good with figures — he has 80 statues in his front garden.
Passers-by regularly check out the models of royals, politicians and superheroes.
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Mike Walsh’s ￡20,000 collection also includes a bunch of animals including camels and a hippo Credit: ？ Andrew Price / View Finder Pi
Mike Walsh’s ￡20,000 collection also includes a bunch of animals including camels and a hippo.
He kicked off with a giraffe 16 years ago, commissiuoning a sculptor to create a life-size model.
Property developer Mike, 56, said: “We get a lot of people pulling up after seeing Barack Obama or a giraffe peering over the hedge.”
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Mike kicked off with a giraffe 16 years ago, commissiuoning a sculptor to create a life-size model Credit: ？ Andrew Price / View Finder Pi 4
Passers-by regularly check out the models of royals, politicians and superheroes Credit: ？ Andrew Price / View Finder Pi 4
You can find statues of Barack and Michelle Obama in the millionaire's front garden Credit: ？ Andrew Price / View Finder Pi
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There are also two bomb disposal officers in honour of his brother Martin, who was killed by an IRA blast.
Grandad Mike, of Rhuallt, north Wales, said: “I’m always on the lookout for something new.”
We told yesterday how a mum has hundreds of gnomes in her garden at Yetholm, Scottish Borders.
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