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nigelswift Jan 17, 2004 06:54:17
Replying to Pete G

Let me get this right, National Trust sanction stupid decoration of ancient monument, someone removes it and the POLICE are called in?!!

Did we slip into a parallel universe and no-one told me?

Do I recall that NT said they'd certainly "learned" from the Uffington fuss?

If anyone gets their collar felt they could contact English Heritage's Christopher Welch, Inspector of Ancient Monuments, who wrote to me about Uffington: "We were not aware of any intention to create this image at Uffington: had we been consulted we would have raised concerns about the effect upon the setting of a nationally important monument."

On the other hand, if anyone really did contact the police they'd probably be greeted with a fair bit of contempt.

And yes, I reckon it was "shock" advertising. They'd have known very well what effect it would have had.

T The Sizewell Bee
The Sizewell Bee Jan 17, 2004 16:42:56
Replying to nigelswift

I know I'm not the brightest of people, but what does this sort of advertising aim to achieve? What sort of potential buyer is it trying to attract? Those who like ancient sites are against this sort of advertising and likely to not buy the product because it's been advertised like that. Those who don't give a shit about the ancient sites aren't likely to see the advertising or take much notice of it if they do.

Is this sort of thing a case of "any publicity is good publicity" because they know its gonna be reported in the news?

Yours,

Mrs Thick of Kidbrooke

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