Guest Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 it's being paid for by eurostar and the other companies that seek to gain from investment in the area. It's not money that could have or would have been diverted into the public coffers anyway. I still don't like it at all. Just saw on Granada news that 'The B of the Bang' is being taken down because it was too dangerous, pieces were falling off Reminds me of the fiasco with the Diana Monument in Hyde Park. Who will be the first eejit to climb up the horse and fall off I wonder? Maybe that would get it taken down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Don't know why they would want a norse there anyway - there are plenty scooped out in chalk around Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset hills etc. At least they are not imposing. Nice horsey - too big and out of character with the area. I prefer the bronze one in Windsor Great Park (with rider), much more subtle. And they can't call it an angel because it hasn't got wings - if it did it would be Pegasus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchens Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Not sure if this link will work http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=52359295976&ref=nf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Not sure if this link will work http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=52359295976&ref=nf oops, I've accidentally joined and accidentally invited everyone on my FB list to join too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hi How about a Giant Chicken near to Junction 11 on the M 40 ....... or.... on the roundabout on the A 361 Best regards Ian Ian & Valerie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 HiHow about a Giant Chicken near to Junction 11 on the M 40 ....... or.... on the roundabout on the A 361 Best regards Ian Ian & Valerie brilliant idea but I think it should be perched on Runcorn Bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Now you're talking, Ian - I like it a lot. Poet - Anywhere would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronmusgrove123 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 what will it be called? if its angel of the south then thats copying of us abit isnt it its just looks out of place no artistic value at least the angel og the norths original tbh the angel off the north is only nice on those lovly sunset postcards well its not to bad i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I lay money on it being called 'The Sloaney Pony' before long. Why oh why an inert-looking thoroughbred? Why not a New Forest Pony, a British Spotted, or a Suffolk Punch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Not sure if this link will work http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=52359295976&ref=nf oops, I've accidentally joined and accidentally invited everyone on my FB list to join too Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Rhapsody: I lay money on it being called 'The Sloaney Pony' before long. There, that's the best one! Nice new avatar by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/feb/11/ebbsfleet-landmark-sculpture I love The Guardian today. It's come up with several other big animals for other parts of the country. Very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 "The Badger of Bodmin" sounds like something mothers tell their children about to get them to go to sleep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 But if they have a cow in Kerry - it should be a black Kerry cow breed. I have to say the mouse is lovely and the squirrel, but the duck is the best - balanced to perfection. How about a hound for Dartmoor (the Baskerville one) - spent a sleepless night on there once - especially when my brother howled and we all laughed - my dad was not impressed and was really cross. I thought it should be "the beast of Bodmin" after all those reports years ago - something like a black panther? Ian - you should know??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 HiHow about a Giant Chicken near to Junction 11 on the M 40 ....... or.... on the roundabout on the A 361 Best regards Ian Ian & Valerie brilliant idea but I think it should be perched on Runcorn Bridge! Hi Has anyone though where the A 361 is or where is M 40 Junction 11 ???? The answer is ........ a well know place................ he is a clue down below of this page Best regards Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 THE OXFORDSHIRE HEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 They should have put up just the horse's bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Facing France? (I do have a bit of French blood in these veins!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Kents symbol is the White Horse - you see it everywhere! It's the Invicta white horse and represents heroism in battle or some such thing lost in time! ...it'll be just a few miles from me and to be honest is nearer London than Kent! A few years ago a white horse was cut intot he chalk downs near folkestone - which is best seen from the sea ! I think that is a better TBH. Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hi How about a Giant Squid near to the Channel Tunnel to remind folks you are going under the sea! Best regards Ian & Valerie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 How about taking the 'thing' Stratford was landed with (without consultation)a year or so ago - on one of the main approaches to the town......... An enormous Armillary ! - in the most land-locked county in the Country Apparently we council tax payers didn't have to pay for it but we are allowed the privilege of paying for the upkeep and also to landscape the area underneath ....much better suited to a coastal county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 How about taking the 'thing' Stratford was landed with (without consultation)a year or so ago - on one of the main approaches to the town......... An enormous Armillary ! - in the most land-locked county in the Country Apparently we council tax payers didn't have to pay for it but we are allowed the privilege of paying for the upkeep and also to landscape the area underneath ....much better suited to a coastal county Hi The roundabout object looks like a copy of a UFO that has crashed landed. If they want to see good round about art come to Blackpool A permanent public art installation to be unveiled in Blackpool is entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s largest disco mirror ball. The 20ft sphere, called ‘They shoot horses, don’t they?’ is the work of Manchester artist Michael Trainor. Trainor conceived the work three years ago as part of an ongoing regeneration project for Blackpool, but said the fact the artwork broke the world record was purely coincidental. The mirrorball, located on Blackpool’s South Shore Promenade, is covered in 47,000 mirrors, weighs 4.5 tonnes and rotates at 1 rpm. There are other art forms around the town most you can work out what they are, as you arrive at Blackpool along the M55 there is a S/S fun slide with 3 people sliding down it. It is to suggest ...... fun at Blackpool, Best regards Ian & Valerie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
