内容摘要：Ron Delnevo, from the Payment Choice Alliance, said leisure centres, parking services, and catering on public transport were among the many services that may no longer accept cash.

Ron Delnevo, from the Payment Choice Alliance, said leisure centres, parking services, and catering on public transport were among the many services that may no longer accept cash.

Born Ian Fraser Kilmister in Burslem in 1945, Lemmy first found fame as a member of rock band Hawkwind.Following his sacking after being arrested for drug possession, he became in 1975 a founding member of Motörhead, which he led for four decades until his death.

Mr Edwards, who has created sculptures of people including The Beatles, Bob Marley, Sir Alex Ferguson, Muhammed Ali and the Bee Gees, said Lemmy was his hero when he was growing up."Lemmy's such a big part of my life," he explained. "He deserves a statue in his birthplace. So it's really meaningful to me."It's really the pinnacle in a lot of ways."

His statue, funded by the Kilmister estate, is inspired by Lemmy's performance with Motörhead at the Heavy Metal Holocaust festival at Vale Park in 1981.It depicts him striking an iconic pose, singing up towards the microphone.

Mr Edwards began by modelling it in clay, before a wax cast was made at Castle Fine Arts Foundry in Wales.

"It's made in, I think, 14 sections. And it's quite a feat to get it back to how I had it originally modelled in clay," he said. "But I've been working with these guys for 25 years now and I couldn't be more pleased.""There's a massive stigma around ketamine. It isn't spoken about enough."

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