{"id":22121,"date":"2017-11-21T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T12:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=22121"},"modified":"2017-11-21T12:27:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T12:27:25","slug":"barry-christ-mess-sad-tree-replaced-mockery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/21\/barry-christ-mess-sad-tree-replaced-mockery\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ-mess as Barry&#039;s sorry tree is mocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A SECOND Christmas tree has been put up in Barry&#8217;s King Square after the original threadbare conifer was mocked by residents.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vale Council received so many tweets after the first 40-foot tree was e<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rected last Thursday morning that it was removed just hours later.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the tweeters was Coun Ian Johnson, who captured the tree on his way to work.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22128\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22128\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-293x292.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-500x499.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-390x390.png 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM.png 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22128\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-293x292.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-500x499.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM-390x390.png 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-20-at-1.27.50-PM.png 548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> The original tree met a hostile reception on Twitter. Photo: Ian Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs Wales\u2019 largest town, you would expect that Barry would have a Christmas tree designed to impress. I am surprised nobody realised there was a problem before it was put up at full height,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not the first time Barry\u2019s festive preparations have attracted controversy. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2006, vandals destroyed its centre-piece tree.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Four years later, against the backdrop of the Great Recession, a small artificial tree was placed in King Square.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAt least in 2010 we still had a decent tree alongside the joke one. Now the actual tree has become the joke. It\u2019s mad,\u201d said passer-by Genna Fuller. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Jonathan Bird,<\/span>\u00a0the c<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ouncil cabinet member for regeneration and planning, responded: \u201cThe Barry town centre Christmas tree arrived on Thursday morning and once put on display was clearly not of sufficient standard.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe council took the immediate step to remove the tree and the suppliers sent a replacement on Saturday morning.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SECOND Christmas tree has been put up in Barry&#8217;s King Square after the original threadbare conifer was mocked by residents. Vale Council received so many tweets after the first 40-foot tree was erected last Thursday morning that it was removed just hours later. 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