Wellington Monument
As a kid in the eighties, I used to mess around by the Wellington Monument, back then it was like a jungle all around it, and you couldn't really see it properly unless you were right in front of it. A group of volunteers did a brilliant job of clearing a lot of the bushes back, so now you can see it better from a distance which I think is how it should be seen. We were told as kids that a workman accidently dropped his lunch into the monument when it was being built!
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RE: RE: Wellington Monument
My grandfather's cousin, Harry Hills, was Clerk of Works when the statue was erected in 1875. Our family history always said it was his lunch that ended up in the horse, 'fed' to the horse by one of the workmen who said 'Ah, poor b*****, 'e looks 'ungry!'
Comment from Fiona Birchall on Wednesday, 13th April 2011.