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Title: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: infoman on August 28, 2023, 06:57:55 LIVE film footage being shown on Bank holiday monday on BBC1.
Was anyone aware that the Westbury white horse in Wiltshire, is also being cleaned up with proffessional abseilers being used. Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: Bmblbzzz on August 28, 2023, 10:05:37 Westbury or Uffington? They are separate horses.
Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: bobm on August 28, 2023, 11:02:49 The Uffington White Horse used to be in Berkshire. Then in 1974 it was moved to Oxfordshire in a deal which saw Berkshire gain Slough.
Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: ellendune on August 28, 2023, 11:20:50 The Uffington White Horse used to be in Berkshire. Then in 1974 it was moved to Oxfordshire in a deal which saw Berkshire gain Slough. They were robbed! White horse is far better than Slough! They also lost the ancient county town of Berkshire, which is Abingdon. As a resident of North Berkshire in 1974 I find it strange that I didn't feel any earth tremors from the movement. In some sense, however it is still in Berkshire since in my passport it says I was born in Berkshire. The rules state that if the a changed county then the county should be stated as it was when the person was born! Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: grahame on August 28, 2023, 12:29:45 The Uffington White Horse used to be in Berkshire. Then in 1974 it was moved to Oxfordshire in a deal which saw Berkshire gain Slough. It all gets very complex * The Wilts and Berks canal * The Berks and Hants railway * Portsmouth Arms * Barry Link Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: ellendune on August 28, 2023, 13:59:28 The Uffington White Horse used to be in Berkshire. Then in 1974 it was moved to Oxfordshire in a deal which saw Berkshire gain Slough. It all gets very complex * The Wilts and Berks canal * The Berks and Hants railway * Portsmouth Arms * Barry Link The only one affected by the change as I see it was the Wilts & Berks Canal - except that it officially closed 60 years before the change. The Berks and Hants Railway was not, as far as I can tell affected by any boundary chnages. I will need to have the significance of the otehr two explained to me. Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: Phil on August 28, 2023, 17:00:17 I was and am aware of Westbury's White Horse being repainted. I work for Westbury Town Council, and a committee that I clerk has been the driving force in badgering English Heritage to get it done - a lengthy process, and probably including some laundry that's not best aired on a public forum. I might just add that Westbury White Horse itself is owned by English Heritage and the land it stands on lies just across the border in a small neighbouring parish, so the whole thing is therefore technically none of our business, although try explaining that to the town's residents and I guarantee few will understand and still fewer have any sympathy...
Title: Re: Uffington white horse being chalked Post by: grahame on August 28, 2023, 18:06:15 Ah yes ...
https://bratton-parish.co.uk Quote The Westbury White Horse and the earthworks of Bratton Castle Iron Age hill fort are both in Bratton parish. To quote you, Phil ... Quote ... and I guarantee few will understand and still fewer have any sympathy... Perhaps I am one of the few ... though I am not one of Westbury's residents. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |