Vampire Bunny Of Newcastle Upon Tyne

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The Demon Bunny of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.  This is Collingwood House on Dean Street, rear entrance.  Built in 1901, there are no other statues on the structure.  This has been painted and the ears replaced.


He overlooks a place called Amen Corner that was a cemetery.  The building is referred to as the Cathedral Buildings like we are supposed to understand that it is part of the built up area around St. Nicolas Cathedral.  There was a Roman fort guarding a river crossing here.


In the eighties he was repaired and his ears were replaced to give him more of the appearance of a hare.


Tinseltoon by Christopher Goulding.  The statues of Newcastle come to life one Christmas Eve.  Grainger the Cat is witness to all this brouhaha.  This is the Vampire Bunny.  Art by Chris Mabbott.


Amen Corner.


Nice.  Collingwood House, part of Cathedral Buildings, was built back in 1901 by architects Oliver, Leeson and Wood.  The theories behind the rabbit's creation are tenuous at best.


Coincidence?  You decide!


Godspeed, little rabbit. 
 
(December 5 2022).  I am talking to an incredible photographer and all around John Bull who takes photos in the Newcastle area-

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...and he sent me this: 


I just love the global village.

Comments

  1. The Elfin OctopusApril 9, 2020 at 8:58 PM

    I loved this! You always teach me something new!

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    1. Billy D BunnyApril 10, 2020 at 10:48 AM

      Wonderful! to your first sentence and Nonsense! to the second one.

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  2. chaosfive55April 9, 2020 at 9:21 PM

    Hares are quite bad-ass in British occult folklore...wasn't the Irish Pooka in rabbit form? To say nothing of Harvey!

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    1. Billy D BunnyApril 10, 2020 at 10:45 AM

      I've had this blog over 7 years and only a few months ago did I realize that I was writing about a demon rabbit that only I could see. What a coincidence!

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  3. Foxy FlapperApril 10, 2020 at 8:25 AM

    That is one awesome bunny! Nice doorway too!

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