Elephants are people, one day this will be thought self evident to all
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Broadway Market in Hackney lacked a certain something until it had a concrete pachyderm.God’s Own Junk Yard has a fan.Some elephants lurk, but don’t pounce. This is one of those in HackneyChilling at Camden LockA day at the Business Design Centre in Islington, unfortunately that’s about as long as lasted before it was wrenched from it’s place, never to be seen again!This elephant has turned her back on the world of the Olympic Games.Impassive by the canal in Hackney WickThe root plate of a fallen tree makes a nice backdropIf you go down to Highgate Woods today.. might just see this elephant.Another lurking elephant.Seeking solace with religion is not everyone’s cup of tea, only one will remain.Madonna and Child in Hackney WickSome lovely person has put garlands around this one in Highgate WoodsLooking out to see in GuernseyBlending in with the pink granite of GuernseySt Sampsons Harbour in GuernseyTurning the colour dial to 11 in WalthamstowDown by the canal, so peaceful.Near Regent’s Park in London, this one didn’t last.Why not have an elephant on Brick Lane?Southampton Civic Centre in September. I can’t imagine it is still there but just don’t know. If you go there, let me know.Find a vacant plinth near King’s Cross and wallop! An elephant appears, as if by magic.The boys are back in town, that’s Bristol in this case. And it’s a city, get your facts straight Elephantman!King’s Cross elephant has been producing, now they own it!Highbury Barn. These are elephants, could be Gooners but hard to read their impassive countenances.Madonna and Child Hackney Wick, different angle.Shepherds Bush, they said, put one there please, so I out two. Sadly, these have now both vanished. Lasted less than a week.Mum enjoys the early morning canal view, child watches activity on the street.Ok, maybe they weren’t chilling so much in Camden Lock as they now have an odd coloured baby.Madonna and Child in Camden LockGrief stricken Madonna is now without Child in Camden Lock; who would do such a thing?Why have one elephant in Brick Lane, when you can have three?Highgate Village. Lovely spot, not everyone liked it there though, as it has now vanishedEarly experiment, street elephant No.2.Street elephant No.2 took early retirement. They subsequently had a steel rod inside of them and were put in places where they couldn’t be so easily kicked over.Street elephant No.1 in Leonard’s Circus, Shoreditch, which vanished very quickly, was replaced by this one, which lasted less than a week. It was fallen and battered, but not gone. It can now be seen in Walthamstow.Sadly departed of Hoxton Market, though it lasted about seven months, not bad for an early one so easily accessible.Rip roaring and ready for actionOld St Roundabout, now recycled to Camden after being found on its side.The longest survivor, there Since Dec 2015, what a trooper!This one lasted about a day! Lesson: don’t mess with the parks people!Grey Elephant, formerly residing on Clapton roundabout, location now unknown.
