Road Block. Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and his Grey Man of Ditchling. 7 July 1994. The 500ft high cartoon of the then Prime Minister John Major alludes to the ancient chalk figure of the Long Man of Willmington, carved into the Sussex Downs near this site. This more temporary figure was laid out to Bell's design by landscape artist Simon English and members of Friends Of The Earth in protest at plans for a dual carriageway road to be built through the Sussex downs. The Grey Man alludes to the satirical Spitting Image puppet of Major, which was always painted a dull grey and earned him a ni
Road Block. Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and his Grey Man of Ditchling. 7 July 1994. The 500ft high cartoon of the then Prime Minister John Major alludes to the ancient chalk figure of the Long Man of Willmington, carved into the Sussex Downs near this site. This more temporary figure was laid out to Bell's design by landscape artist Simon English and members of Friends Of The Earth in protest at plans for a dual carriageway road to be built through the Sussex downs. The Grey Man alludes to the satirical Spitting Image puppet of Major, which was always painted a dull grey and earned him a nickname which stuck. 7 July 1994 Picture by Roger Bamber
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