Headington's shark gets the bends | |
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| | Click on the pictures below to see some extraordinary images of the infamous Headington shark. They've been taken with a special panoramic lens. The full images have not been cropped or stretched in any way. |
| | SHARK FACTS | | Bill Heine, an American who came to Oxford to study at Balliol College, installed the shark in his Headington home on 9 August, 1986 - the 41st anniversary of the Nagasaki atom bomb. He said that it was "saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki." Oxford City Council tried to make him remove it but the Environment Secretary, Michael Heseltine, ruled that it should stay. The name on the door of the house is: Untitled, 1986. Bill Heine is now a BBC Radio Oxford presenter. Guests often comment on the shark, unaware that they're speaking to its owner.
Hear Bill's phone-in programme on weekdays between 12:00 and 14:00, on 95.2FM. |
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