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Protect from Injury that which was erected for the public good

22/8/2017

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At the junction of Cirencester and London Roads in Cheltenham is a Victorian Drinking Fountain. It carries - as you might expect of pious Victorians - a carving of Christ with the woman at the well and the inscription "Praise God from whom all blessings flow".  What I especially like about it is this further inscription on its north face: "The Public are expected to protect from Injury that which was erected for the public good".  It made me think of the NHS. It is a remarkable and marvellous conception, a credit to the United Kingdom and its people.  And one being injured by muddled public policy and the interested of private providers and their shareholders. 
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