The Calne Town Walking Football Club badge shows a football and a pig with wings.

As a football club, the ball needs no explanation whatsoever, but the flying pig does raise questions. 

So...

This Little Piggy

The town is credited with being the home of the Wiltshire Cure, a technique for curing bacon and ham, developed in the 18th century by the Harris family who were based in Calne until the 1980s.

To commemorate the Harris pork factory a couple of brass pigs, created in the 1970s by sculptor Richard Cowdy, have pride of place in the town centre. The statue was stolen in 2017 and, much to the delight of the people of Calne, found and returned soon after.

The town’s coat of arms also shows two rampant boars which were added in 1950. The boars represent the pork industry that supported the economy of the town for 200 years. 

And there are a number of pigs heads dotted around the town, found in the masonry and at the Heritage Centre, remnants from the Harris buildings.

Gives You Wings

So, with the history of the town and the adynaton “When pigs fly” in mind, CTWFC pays homage with our very own smiling, flying pig... Pigasus.

Our pig has nothing to do with the physique or eating habits of our players, but symbolises hope and the belief that anything is possible - despite disability, capability, and ageing.

And as Steinbeck said about his own version of Pigasus, “earthbound but aspiring... not enough wingspread but plenty of intention.” 

   Porcos Volant