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Six Sacred Sites | RoadPeace -
ONE IN A MILLION Jimmy Symonds addressed the subject of the shrines which mark where road deaths have occurrred. He recalls an actual dialogue he had whilst having his hair cut before the talk he gave at the RoadPeace Annual General Meeting. Scene: In an east Oxford hairdressers, a Wednesday morning, summer 2006, where the artist has just been explaining his Art and Sacred Places commission. Bright sunshine pouring through windows onto magazines. Sound Effects: The snip of scissors through hair Hairdresser: Actually, Sir, it's a strange thing. You see my dear father was killed in a traffic accident in 1962. Artist: How awful. I am so sorry. Hairdresser: St Peter's Day 1962. He died on St Peter's Day. Snip Artist: When is St Peter's Day? Hairdresser: 29th June. The strange thing about that terrible day was when he was killed my brothers and I were choirboys and we were singing at St Peter's Church. I often think about that. Artist: What a dreadful coincidence. Snip Hairdresser: Well, Sir, with the scale of road deaths, I suppose coincidence doesn't really come into it, does it? Snip, snip
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