VenerableBottyBurp wrote:
Secondly, this trait is gratuitously showing disrespect for hill figures as monuments. Some are only a few years old, Uffington is prehistoric, but every single one means rather a lot to countless millions of individuals and thousands of groups. Hill figures are used as symbols of region and county, local and community identity. Shops and businesses are named after them, and of course many are venerated in historic and spiritual ways. They are monuments and as such are part of our historic environment. Is it then right that these symbols that are so cared for and expensively maintained should suffer degradation and insult even when this is so called harmless fun for charity, as in the case of the red nose day horse ?
VBB:
Do you mind if we use this paragraph in some way? I can't recall seeing the Heritage aspect of this issue summed up in so forthright and succinct a way.
Reply | with quote | Posted by Cursuswalker 18th July 2007ce 15:02 |
Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 01, 2007, 13:28)- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (slumpystones, Jul 01, 2007, 15:43)
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- Any word? (Robert Carr, Jul 02, 2007, 17:11)
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- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 02, 2007, 23:03)
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- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 03, 2007, 16:53)
- FULL WRITE-UP (Cursuswalker, Jul 04, 2007, 11:12)
- The reaction starts... (Cursuswalker, Jul 04, 2007, 13:35)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 04, 2007, 14:20)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 04, 2007, 18:31)
- National coverage (Cursuswalker, Jul 05, 2007, 02:32)
- YET ANOTHER REQUEST TO HELP THE LONG MAN (Cursuswalker, Jul 05, 2007, 10:14)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 05, 2007, 13:44)
- COMPLAIN TO ITV (Cursuswalker, Jul 05, 2007, 14:48)
- CALLING HERITAGE ACTION! PHONE CONVERSATION NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 05, 2007, 17:34)
- Apology (Cursuswalker, Jul 05, 2007, 23:49)
- You Tube video (Cursuswalker, Jul 06, 2007, 17:05)
- You Tube film of the events of last Monday. (Cursuswalker, Jul 06, 2007, 17:08)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (JohnDee007, Jul 06, 2007, 20:01)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 07, 2007, 01:28)
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- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (JohnDee007, Jul 07, 2007, 10:20)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 07, 2007, 12:46)
- LONG MAN PETITION (Cursuswalker, Jul 07, 2007, 12:58)
- Re: LONG MAN PETITION (Littlestone, Jul 07, 2007, 17:23)
- Re: LONG MAN PETITION (tjj, Jul 07, 2007, 20:47)
- Re: LONG MAN PETITION (supercat, Jul 08, 2007, 04:19)
- Re: LONG MAN PETITION (Cursuswalker, Jul 08, 2007, 10:18)
- Re: LONG MAN PETITION (Cursuswalker, Jul 09, 2007, 15:53)
- Re: LONG MAN PETITION (Littlestone, Jul 11, 2007, 21:52)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (JohnDee007, Jul 07, 2007, 13:53)
- LEGAL MATTERS (Cursuswalker, Jul 07, 2007, 16:54)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 08, 2007, 12:54)
- Yet another local article: (Cursuswalker, Jul 09, 2007, 11:40)
- Write to them... (Cursuswalker, Jul 09, 2007, 16:39)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 09, 2007, 16:39)
- Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED (Cursuswalker, Jul 09, 2007, 20:06)
- LONG MAN WOMEN ALL PREGNANT! (Cursuswalker, Jul 10, 2007, 13:51)
- final count (Cursuswalker, Jul 10, 2007, 21:51)
- Link (Cursuswalker, Jul 11, 2007, 16:19)
- CAUTIOUS GOOD NEWS... (Cursuswalker, Jul 12, 2007, 18:08)
- STATEMENT FROM THE SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: (Cursuswalker, Jul 16, 2007, 13:26)
- sooo many signatories... (Cursuswalker, Jul 16, 2007, 18:49)
- NOW FOR ITV: (Cursuswalker, Jul 16, 2007, 21:19)
- Sussex Archaeological Society are okay by me... (Cursuswalker, Jul 16, 2007, 21:50)
- PLEASE THANK SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Cursuswalker, Jul 19, 2007, 10:57)
- New You Tube video (Cursuswalker, Jul 29, 2007, 19:55)
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