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Strange goings on in Devizes

9:57am Wednesday 23rd July 2008

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People in Devizes have been surprised to see what appear to be two coffins slipping into the Crammer.

Part of the bank of the pond has subsided and this week two wooden caskets were seen protruding from the earth. An investigation is being carried out.

Today drivers were also surprised to see a giant sculpture on the nearby roundabout that seems to have been put up without warning.

The strange looking alien with a giant red mouth is close to a pretty floral decoration of a canal boat created by town council gardeners.

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weirdbeard, Chippenham says...
2:55pm Wed 23 Jul 08

Just another day in Devizes. This is what happens when the army experiments on civilians.

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bsby666, devizes says...
4:01pm Wed 23 Jul 08

When are they going to fix that? its been like that for months now and more to the point how are they going to fix it?

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Don, Devizes says...
4:33pm Wed 23 Jul 08

bsby666 wrote:
When are they going to fix that? its been like that for months now and more to the point how are they going to fix it?
First, they've got to agree who actually owns it. Not as easy as it appears.

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DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
6:57pm Wed 23 Jul 08

Anything to do with the cheap booze in Morrisons?

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Philippa, Devizes says...
7:34pm Wed 23 Jul 08

The sculpture is great. Looks like an end of term prank but fun nevertheless.

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formerdriver, Swindon says...
9:01pm Wed 23 Jul 08

it did occur to me when the bank first collapsed that maybe this would happen but when I walked past I thought, nah all the graves are too far back. my guess is that before the wall was put up the bank was held back with wood and thats what is being seen coming out of the collapsed bank. coffins ppff I ask you!

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shed, vale of pewsey says...
9:54pm Wed 23 Jul 08

open the box, if there are bones inside, its a coffin, simple

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Noel Woolrych, Devizes says...
8:06am Thu 24 Jul 08

This was just a prank by individuals wearing size 11 trainers (foot prints in the silt). Dealing with issues surrounding graveyards is a difficult and sensitive issue requiring permission to exhume interred remains. There are legal, historic & safety issued to be considered. There are no buried remains anywhere near the wall. As for the wall itself, we have know for a long time that it was unstable and we are still trying to find out exactly who owns it. The Public Cemetery was closed by Queen Victoria in the 1880's. It will also cast between £60K & £100K to repair.
Come along this Sunday when we reopen the Church and have a chat about it.
Church Warden.

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weirdbeard, Chippenham says...
4:58pm Thu 24 Jul 08

A prank?

They bought two coffins for a prank? Good on them.

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Grant, Marlborough says...
12:37am Fri 25 Jul 08

"£60K & £100K to repair"
What?
I can do it for 5k
Gizza Job?

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