It had to happen eventually, but how much is too much? It seems, at over 200 years old, the second biggest and one of Wiltshire’s most iconic white horses, The Alton Barnes White Horse has been defaced with the St. George’s Cross….
As the clouds cleared this morning, All Cannings parish clerk noticed something different about the hill figure of Milk Hill. It seems it’s unfortunately been a victim of the patriotic media-hyped frenzy of painting the St George’s Cross on any white surface.
Photoshopped images of the cross painted onto the Westbury White Horse appeared on social media at the beginningof this fad, only to be quickly denounced as fake by residents. But, as far as we know at this time, this one is sadly genuine.
The Patriots wanted to fly the flag, and no one minded, most supported the idea despite unveiled evidence many had done so to deliberately upset foreign visitors and immigrants. The irony here being, the only folk this will upset will be locals.
That backfiring, they then took to painting the cross on roundabouts, zebra crossings, and signposts. This aggravated some, calling it vandalism and pointing out the costs to councils to repaint them and possible dangers they might cause. Now, it seems gravestones and other sentimental objects are being targeted as this frenzy competitively builds into mayhem.
But to deface our treasured monuments is surely a step too far, and far from patriotic, don’t you think? If you genuinely love “Englamp” you would surely respect its history and monuments.
Time to crawl back into your cages and declaw. Rainfall washed their pathetic stunt away, so the last laugh is on the culprits!
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