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A HATCH ON a Swedish church tower inadvertently left open for some three decades resulted in 2 tons of pigeon droppings amassing in the tower.
The church’s property manager says the layer of droppings was 30 centimetres deep when it was discovered during a May inspection of the Heliga Trefaldighets Kyrka (Holy Trinity Church)in Gavle, 170 kilometres north of Stockholm.
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Lennart Helzenius said that church staff had been shocked by the sheer number of bags of excrement cleaners were removing from the tower.
He said the droppings filled 80 bags in the first round of cleaning, and then just as many in the second round.
Helzenius says the hatch had probably been left open since the 1980s.
Wednesday 27 November, 2024
Wednesday 27 November, 2024
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A HATCH ON a Swedish church tower inadvertently left open for some three decades resulted in 2 tons of pigeon droppings amassing in the tower.
The church’s property manager says the layer of droppings was 30 centimetres deep when it was discovered during a May inspection of the Heliga Trefaldighets Kyrka (Holy Trinity Church)in Gavle, 170 kilometres north of Stockholm.
Lennart Helzenius said that church staff had been shocked by the sheer number of bags of excrement cleaners were removing from the tower.
He said the droppings filled 80 bags in the first round of cleaning, and then just as many in the second round.
Helzenius says the hatch had probably been left open since the 1980s.
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