A statue of Noddy has been saved from being thrown away after a council bought it for £500.
Did they have a whipround in the council chambers, I wonder, or did they just dive into the Bank of Taxparer again?
For more than 20 years the Enid Blyton character has sat in his car outside the toy shop Piccola in Epping, Essex. After the shop's owners decided to retire and close up, Epping Town Council acquired the figure so it could remain part of the town.
Why? I mean, I would have paid £500 to have it dumped!
Cherry McCredie, the town's mayor and Epping Town councillor, said: "All High Streets are changing and independent shops are departing. To lose the much loved Piccola as the owners of Noddy were retiring was bad enough, but to lose dear Noddy was even worse."
Get a fucking grip woman! You don't even know where you're going to put the thing?
Piccola had been on Epping High Street for the past 58 years. McCredie added: "At the town council meeting, [on] 14 January, we will be discussing plans for his new site, maybe even a great unveiling!"
Noddy's new location in the town is yet to be revealed by the authority.
Maybe they should make it Mayor?
H/T: IanJ via email
7 comments:
I'm surprised that thing didn't need a prohibitively expensive permit to be on the high st.
If they're going to have a grand unvielling, they should charge a pound each to come see it. Try to make some of their money back
Well I think it's a grand thing for the council to do. I'd be pleased if we had something like that in my town. Probably a great tourist attraction. You're just an old grump, IanJ.
Five hundred quid doesn't seem like much to preserve a small piece of the past, especially when considering other monumental waste. Of taxpayer's money.
Drummer Carl Palmer used to have a picture of Noddy in his car on his drum kit. There is an ELP tribute band called Noddy's Puncture who might have liked this item as some kind of mascot.
Stonyground.
https://noddyspuncture.co.uk/
I can't believe you haven't gone anywhere the near Bradford City of Culture! £500 for a Noddy statue? Look up Bradford Live if you want to marvel at Clowncil waste...
Dundee has Desperate Dan, his dog called Dawg, and Minnie the Minx.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.hwpphChY9gh2A0Hc5jymEQHaGg%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=d803f97b8b328f93eff5b1ce724b8705481d499e143b53e70b0b06a3c5ca8ae2&ipo=images
And Glasgow has Lobey Dosser. Where it of Calton Creek - a surreal part of Glasgow.
https://equestrianstatue.org/lobey-dosser/ Famous for having a two legged horse.
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