The Headington shark landed on the rooftop of a suburban home in Oxford in 1986 on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. In spite of applications for its removal at the time, the artwork remains as a protest some thirty years later. The fibreglass shark is 25 feet long and weighs around 500lbs was created by sculptor John Buckley, and commissioned by Bill Heine who owns the property.
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Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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Shraknado :O
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My thoughts exactly!!! 😀
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Well, what do you know… sharks can fly! And crash! 😆
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So interesting and eccentric!
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I had to share it finally 🙂
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A great trio Sue. Your haiku, the artists shark and the homeowners conscience
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They shark has long been a favourite landmark 🙂
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as if i didn’t have enough to worry about, now i have to keep an eye out for falling sharks, too?
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A bit bigger than you’d expect for a rain of fish… one could say it had been piscine down 😉
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lol
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Now there’s something you don’t see every day, a built up area with a free parking space.
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The rarity and weirdness of it cannot be overstated 😉
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I like it. Art as political protest. And also, weird.
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I like weird 🙂
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Wow! Thats excellent. 🙂🙃
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Thanks, Darren 🙂
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Well I never, how extraordinary… a commissioned shark lodger how crazy is that! Definitely attention seeking. Good one Sue. 🙂
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I’ve been meaning to get a picture of this for years 🙂
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I can see why!
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😀
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Every once in a while, you totally, totally surprise me, Sue. Sorry, that sounds like a Valley Girl. Count me amazed at this! Sharknado, indeed. What a striking and unusual way to mark the bombing of Nagasaki.
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And it has been there for thirty years too 😉
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Fantastic! 🙂
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🙂
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ROFL … I had to check … and there it is on google maps in all its glory! Who’da’thunk? 😀
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Yep 🙂 I remember the kerfuffle when the thing appeared thirty years ago. I was amazed to find it still in place.
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