The Seaton Seaside “chickens”

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Much furore about a new sculpture erected on Seaton seafront a few days ago as part of its Jurassic Coast arts interpretation. Many people have remarked that it looks like two chickens heads, with some even saying that the noise of the wind passing through the sculpture even sounds like chickens clucking!

The saga began long ago in 2014 when the controversial sculpture was first mooted, when, in September 2014, then Mayor, Tony Woodman and Councillor Val Christmas voted against the project, which was carried by a majority of Seaton Town Council:

http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/33584/21/1/seaton-oppositiongrows-to-proposed-jurassic

A photograph of the sculpture was published in the Midweek Herald on 8 April 2015:

http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/controversial_waves_sculptures_get_the_go_ahead_1_4025621

where it was reported that a survey of 200 people asked if they liked the design overwhelmingly approved of it.

The two newspaper reports seem not to have been seen by many people in Seaton who have taken to social media to violently disagree about the merits of the artwork.