Elephants - never forgotten

Wickham elephants
@p1kef1sh (45681)
February 26, 2020 3:03pm CST
Perched in the north aisle of St Nicholas church in Wickham, Berkshire, England there are these curious elephant heads. Made of paper mâché they were installed by a 19th century priest who had seen them in Paris and moved them to his church. I find them rather gloomy and certainly once seen they are not forgotten.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Feb 20
Elephant heads in an English church would certainly seem out of place.
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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27 Feb 20
I don't like them at all. They add spookiness to an already creepy church.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Feb 20
@p1kef1sh I can believe it.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47684)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Feb 20
But what do they have to do with christianity?
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p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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27 Feb 20
Not al lot, although elephants never forget of course. They killed dragons by stamping on them, so there's an allusion to good and evil in the symbolism.
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