1978The story of the pigs begins as Richard Cowdy is asked by Dr. Arnold Hare, the chairman of Calne Civic Society, to produce a sculpture to replace a tree which had been destroyed outside of The White Horse.
July 1979The full size version of the sculpture took Richard Cowdy 8 weeks.
Michael Hadrell assisted Richard Cowdy to install the sculpture, which was cemented in place.
The cost of the sculpture, £148, to cover the metal, was covered by the Civic Society.
The sculpture was unveiled by Lady Lansdowne, with a speech by Cllr Frederick Eley, the Calne Town Mayor as the time.
1/10/2017-2/10/2017
Calne pigs wrenched off their plinth overnight by use of a vehicle in 2 minutes and 45 seconds.
4/10/2017
The owner of Ronson Reclaim, a reclamation yard in Gloucestershire, called the police to report that he had purchased the pigs before realising the statue was the one stolen from Calne.
6/10/2017
The statue was picked up by Calne Town Council. Work on the plinth commenced soon after by Calne Council Ground Staff who upgraded the method of fixing the statue to the plinth. The base of the statue was repaired by Andy Blackford of Blackford Engineering free of charge.
10/11/2017
The Calne Pig statue was back in place and unveiled by Tony Trotman, Mayor of Calne, at 4pm. The unveiling was completed with masses of applause and the pig was climbed upon my multitudes of childen, as he had been so many times in the past. This presentation featured a specially written piece of music performed by Calne Folk and Acoustic Group after the speech by the Mayor.
