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Squirrel statue emerges outside Proud partner of
Haydon Wick Parish Council offices

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The Squirrel statue at previous site (left) and now with Haydon Wick Our Statistics
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offices in Thames Avenue. Parish councillor Richard
The statue was carved from a tree Hailstone said: “We felt it a shame
which originally grew in Trent Road to allow the statue to be left
field and when the tree died due rotting. We wanted to make this
to damage in the 1970s, the trunk sculpture visible again and what
was sculpted into a squirrel as better place for it than outside our
part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee offices for all of our parishoners to
celebrations in 2002. enjoy.”
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