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rosco

Pig head relocation

Any of you heard about this before? http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/co...ies/calne_stone_pig_gallery.shtml

Where do you think they should go?
Top Dog

On buildings what best represent Calne.i.e Town hall,calne heritage museum.
Clunk

Around the Library to replace that hideous head
iamelliot

am I right in thinking these are the stone ones from the old Harris' factory and not the brass ones in phelps parade?
Top Dog

yes it is the stone ones from harris factory not the brass ones.

Am i the only person who likes the head?
The cost was far to much but i do think  that it is original for are town.what sort of of statue would you prefere?


:wink:  :wink:
Clunk

Top Dog wrote:
I think it is hideous. I could knock something like that up in a day for a couple hundred quid for the stainless.
Local lass

isnt it ment to represent saying goodbye to the old calne and hello with the new?
Biggles

ok time to be controversal
i think  the statue sums up NWDC and a lot of their decisions very well, EMPTY HEADED lol
Chepfer

Nice one biggles... Good job NWDC will be no more in just over a years time then !

Or maybe not , me thinks.

I like the head, it has a sister, exactly the same on the banks of the Thames in London !
GTB

I like the head. It always reminds me of the statue of liberty in the Planet of the Apes for some reason.
Bear

The pigs heads have been stored in the council depot for nearly 20 years no one has missed them so just dump them. Harris's can only be remembered as a working factory by people over 30 now so lets just leave it in the past where it belongs
GTB

But Harris's had such a big impact on Calne for over 200 years.
rosco

GTB wrote:
But Harris's had such a big impact on Calne for over 200 years.


I agree, it would be ashame to just throw them away: after all, without its history, Calne would be a very much poorer place.
Local lass

Bear wrote:
The pigs heads have been stored in the council depot for nearly 20 years no one has missed them so just dump them. Harris's can only be remembered as a working factory by people over 30 now so lets just leave it in the past where it belongs


harris was such a big inpact on calne.it shouldnt be forgotten i for one would be gutted if they ever got rid of the pigs .in phelps parade.
although we shouldnt dwel on the history of calne we should honer it.the pigs head should be placed on the buildings such as the town hall.
iamelliot

It seems strange that they've been kicking about in a store room for 20 years, whilst a whole selection of new buildings have gone up, especially on the old Harris site. If they're really that important to the town, they should have been incorporated into these somehow.

Not sure what they could be used for apart from that.. part of some kind of floral display on a roundabout maybe? mount them with the "welcome to Calne" signs? make bacon out of them?
Local lass

does anyone know where the pigs heads ended up?
Attrebates

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does anyone know where the pigs heads ended up?



I saw some stone pig's heads in the Heritage Centre the other night.  Would these be the very same ones?
soiley

i think they should be part of the new development
Peter Dolman

The head should be donated to some island in the Bristol Channel, it may just be loved by more people.
Local lass

Peter Dolman wrote:
The head should be donated to some island in the Bristol Channel, it may just be loved by more people.


why?the heads belong to calne is part of calnes history.
Chepfer

I think theres about 20 of them !

They're in the town hall somewhere i think !.

I do like the idea of using them for the entrance to the town.

Better as part of the new devlopment though !

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