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THE BATH CHRONICLE
THURSDAY AUGUST 7 2008
Miners really dig latest pigs
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to spring up in the city
King Bladud’s pigs are flying into the mines.
higher than ever in the city as the The stabilisation project, which
firm behind the Combe Down began in 1999 to safeguard 700
Mines Project sponsors its very homes in the area, is on schedule
own porker. to finish early in 2010.
Engineers on the £160 million Cllr Symonds said: “Ten years
mines stabilisation project ago there was little prospect of
reckon theirs is the highest in the any stabilisation of the mines, yet
city. here we are nearing the end of
The pig, named Rocky, has been the project. I take my hat off to
located on top of one of the all those who have got us to this
concrete silos at the work site, stage.
and is 540ft above sea level. “There has been nothing but
It is sponsored by Hydrock, the praise from residents for all
company responsible for pouring those involved in the project
millions of cubic feet of foam team.
concrete into the mines to make “They have treated people with
them safe. sensitivity and respect and have
Project management firm Davis always been willing to get
Langdon, meanwhile, has involved in the life of the village.
sponsored Dig My Pig, which can “Sponsoring the pigs is just
be seen outside the Co-op in The the latest example of this
Avenue. involvement.”
Cllr Roger Symonds (Lib Dem, The pigs are due to be auctioned
Combe Down) said the pigs after the King Bladud’s Pigs
illustrated how the workers had Project comes to an end.
been a part of the community for Alan Francis, from Davis
the past nine years. Langdon, said: “My company has
On Monday, project managers been pleased to support the
along with residents gathered at Bladud’s Pigs project and if the
the Firs Field site to celebrate the pig is not sold at auction we
installation of the pigs, which would be happy for it to be sited
also marked the milestone of 14 somewhere in Combe Down on a
YELLOW FELLOW: Dig My Pig with, from left, Alan Francis, of Davis Langdon, Cllr Cherry Beath, Hydrock project million cubic feet of foam permanent basis, perhaps in Firs
manager Rob Narbett, Cllr Roger Symonds, and Mary Sabina Stacey, the council’s project leader PICTURE: Kevin Fern concrete having been pumped Field.”