The strangest thing I've seen in Petersfield is the statute of King Billie on his white charger. The inscription on the plinth says that it was commissioned by a wealthy citizen who attributed his good fortune to the Protestant faith and the rule of parliamentary law that he believed flowed from William's consolidation of power during the War of the Kings. Wikipedia says that there are only four similar statues in England and that Loyalist pipe bands show up at the one in Petersfield every 12 of July to celebrate William's victory over James. My friends in Petersfield, Liana and Philip, assure me that Wikipedia has it wrong and I have nothing to fear from a Loyolist mob rampaging through the streets of Petersfield. If only the people of Ardoyne were so lucky.
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