Gaol Street hippo Oakham Rutland

Barnsdale Lodge Hippo Stolen Reward offered for safe return

                                                                       Hippo Stolen

Director Ed Burrows of Barnsdale Lodge

 is offering a reward

for the safe return

of his baby hippo named Dale

Dale was stolen last night

The theft is the second in a week

The large hippo is named Barny

reward offered is

£250

If you have any information please contact

Ed Burrows

http://www.barnsdalelodge.co.uk/

or contact 

Rutland Radio

www.rutlandradio.co.uk/pages/contact

Rutland Hippo Stolen

Have you seen this Hippo

The Hippo was one of the first to be placed on

show for the

Rutland Festival

The hippos were purchased with Arts Council Money

such a waste.

This Hippo was placed on the

Stamford Road

 round about

on Monday

Before hippo was stolen it was

photographed by

local photographer

Mr Morgan

click to see full size image

www.flickr.com/photos/nico/4705601889/

£20,000/week for plastic toads…and you thought your city gov’t was nuts.

A (city) council is to spend £200,000 on 65 giant fibreglass toads to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of poet Philip Larkin. The over sized amphibians will be displayed at locations around Hull for 10 weeks later this year, reports the Daily Telegraph.

“This project is designed to spark interest in Larkin’s poetry among people who are made curious by the unexpected presence of their local toad,” says a Hull City Council report.The move is intended to honour Larkin’s two poems, Toads and Toads Revisited. The poet completed many of his most important works while working as a librarian at Hull University.

one blogger questions?

Did Hull Council have a competition for "How we can waste money in the most ludicrous ... obviously has so much money it can spend £200000 on plastic toads

Rutland has Hippo's. Sponsorship is not going well.

I have put a suggestion forward for the use of a Hippo and was told yes its possible if they can find a sponsor to pay £2000!

I am not a artist, but what real artist is going to want to create a work on a hippo and have a sticker stuck on their work sponsored by HSBC bank or the like.

I can't see how any small company based in Rutland could even consider spending £2000 in this present climate.