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  • Headington Shark

    The Shark became the most famous resident of Headington when it landed in the roof of 2 New High Street (see map) on 9 August 1986.This ordinary home (built as a semi-detached house in about 1860 but now attached by a link to a second house to the north) suddenly became the centre of world... more

    Reviewed by Rogue298 Mar 20 2006, 07:17pm ( 12 reviews ) • headington.org.uk

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  • Rated by helderdarocha on Aug 07 2006, 8:21am

    Beware the flying sharks!

  • Rated by Sue-L on May 06 2006, 4:35pm

    This is definitely NOT something one sees every day.

  • Rated by Innomen on Apr 17 2006, 10:35pm

    Lovely. I'm with Lisuebie on this one. It's nice to see some snotty ass council of callow fossils denied their desire to destroy everything creative and amusing.

  • Rated by TX-Jimyster on Apr 15 2006, 4:45pm

    In 1986 a unique shark attack occured! Funny article, but really happened.

  • Rated by Rogue298 on Mar 20 2006, 7:17pm

    The Shark became the most famous resident of Headington when it landed in the roof of 2 New High Street (see map) on 9 August 1986.This ordinary home (built as a semi-detached house in about 1860 but now attached by a link to a second house to the north) suddenly became the centre of world attention, and the headless shark still excites interest today.Bill Heine commissioned the shark and still owns the house. An American who studied law at Balliol College, he was running two Oxford cinemas at the time, but since 1988 he has been better known as a Radio Oxford presenter. When pressed by journalists to provide a rationale for the shark, he suggested the following:'The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation.... It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki.'The headless sculpture, with the label "Untitled 1986" fixed to the gate to the house, was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Created by the sculptor John Buckley, it is made of fibreglass, weighs four hundredweight, and is 25 feet long.

  • Rated by MrsA on Mar 20 2006, 6:34am

    This is a hoot!

  • Rated by Lisuebie on Mar 20 2006, 6:11am

    I am positively envious. I wish my home town had citizens with the guts, money and wit to embellish their houses so extravagantly. I am also comforted that somewhere in the world the conservatively cautious committee loses and the determined individual wins. Yeah! By the way, I found this at jackpot's page- thanks!

  • Rated by Jackpot on Mar 19 2006, 12:36pm

    Oxford, my Oxford. City of dreaming spires and perspiring dreams.