Hay-on-Wye festival Gavin & Stacey postbox topper vandalised
A Gavin & Stacey themed postbox topper, which appeared in Hay-on-Wye to mark an appearance by the stars of the show, has been vandalised twice in a week, its creator has said. Last week, the postbox - painted gold in honour of Paralympics discus champion Josie Pearson - was decorated with two crocheted figures of the main characters from the hit TV comedy.James Corden and Ruth Jones, who wrote and starred in the show as Nessa and Smithy, were at the Hay Festival talking about their new book.There was concern when the postbox topper disappeared this week, but its creator Reet Prendergast said it was being repaired after being damaged for a second time on Wednesday.
Passers-by spotted the woolly figures of Smithy and Nessa had vanished, leaving just the two posts where they once stood and Nessa's catchphrase, "oh, what's occurring", embroidered below.
Hay-on-Wye, which sits on the Powys-Herefordshire border, has become synonymous with books and its literary festival has been running since 1988.Jones and Corden's book When Gavin met Stacey and Everything in Between: A Story of Love and Friendship, is due out in October.The first series of Gavin & Stacey aired in 2007, but the series officially ended with a grand finale Christmas Day episode last year and became one of the most watched scripted TV shows of the century.
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