What’s that coming over the hill?!

For In Retrospect Issue 11, a family visit to a childhood haunt prompted me to write my latest article on the history of a beloved and unique aspect of our countries landscape: The chalk hill figures of southern England.

Growing up in the south of England, I distinctly remember as a child being delighted at the existence of a very unique part of our landscape, the giant chalk hill drawings that I believed, until recently, had been there for centuries.

In the countryside, a short drive away from us, there are two of the most distinct examples of this, the very ones I remember from my childhood and on a trip out to see them recently I happened to read a little bit of the history of one of them, only to discover that, rather than being the ancient figures I believed them to be, this particular one was created in 1924! Not only that but the story behind its creation was particularly amusing.

You can read the full article here: https://inretrospectmagazine.com/article/whats-coming-hill/

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