Cursuswalker
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Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED
Jul 04, 2007, 18:31
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Just in case they do use the footage:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs/specific/?itemid=286480
It has to be broadcast first.
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Pilgrim
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Re: FULL WRITE-UP
Jul 04, 2007, 21:11
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Cursuswalker wrote:
Excellent post, Cursuswalker. Huge vibes to you and your friends for making that stand.
I couldn't get that link to work, by the by. The one to the blog page is thus:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/weblog/
Peace to You
Pilgrim
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Rockrich
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Re: Long Man of Wilmington - URGENT HELP NEEDED
Jul 04, 2007, 23:15
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tiompan wrote: Whilst no fan of Trinny and her chum or tv in general it looks like I'm on me own in thinking the final effect was quite funny , not good messing up a nice hillside with 17 th C hill figure though .
Nah G, made me laugh, even more so when they drafted blokes in. Should have got permission to do whatever though.
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Cursuswalker
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National coverage
Jul 05, 2007, 02:32
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National coverage in the Independent:
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2737140.ece
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VenerableBottyBurp
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Re: National coverage
Jul 05, 2007, 08:52
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Cursuswalker wrote:
Have I missed something here - who are Sussex Past ?
VBB
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slumpystones
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Re: National coverage
Jul 05, 2007, 09:29
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Cursuswalker wrote:
No mention of sticks in the ground or wet muddy bootmarks. And notably no response by the TV company to the accusation of a sacred site being desecrated. They pick the easy question to answer and ignore the other.
And I got banned from the ITV message board. Dunno if it was my username [Bints-r-us] or the way I expressed myself, but I suspect it was a combination of the two ;)
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nigelswift
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Re: National coverage
Jul 05, 2007, 09:43
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I saw it. It was a great posting, vintage stuff.
I do think there's a case for criticising T and S and the TV company's current stance as much as what they have done. An apology and an admission of a mistake would be good - and a decision to scrap the footage to avoid copycatting elsewhere. Seems like they just can't possibly be wrong according to them.
"Ban the footage" would be a good continuing call else the thing will settle down and they'll have got away with it.
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Cursuswalker
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Re: National coverage
Jul 05, 2007, 10:12
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VenerableBottyBurp wrote: Cursuswalker wrote:
Have I missed something here - who are Sussex Past ?
VBB
It's the commercial name for Sussex Archaeological Society.
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Cursuswalker
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YET ANOTHER REQUEST TO HELP THE LONG MAN
Jul 05, 2007, 10:14
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Sorry to go on:
We still need more responses in the local rag top make sure it stays front page. This paper is widely read by exactly the people we need on side:
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news?articleid=2997769
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=509&articleid=3004102
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tiompan
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Re: YET ANOTHER REQUEST TO HELP THE LONG MAN
Jul 05, 2007, 10:23
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Old hat , not very funny and only archaeology but the first bit of this might interest some .
http://www.reading.ac.uk/bulletin/pdfs/407.pdf
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