Quirky local landmarks
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You're having a laugh.The_President said:Rotunda in Ha Ha Road
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The Ha-ha in Ha-Ha Road
It can still be seen separating the Royal Artillery Barracks and Woolwich Common.1 -
If we're going that far afield, this bloke in Margate. Weirdly, I never notice it driving in to the town, only when leaving.Carter said:The statue of Sir Thomas Waghorn in Chatham. He points towards the river and sits upon a bit of land opposite Wickes.
It's a local rites of passage to put a cone one his head, the weaker among the medway youth claim a cone over his pointing arm as a victory but it has to be head or nothing0 -
He's looking out to Nayland Rock I believe.AddicksAddict said:
If we're going that far afield, this bloke in Margate. Weirdly, I never notice it driving in to the town, only when leaving.Carter said:The statue of Sir Thomas Waghorn in Chatham. He points towards the river and sits upon a bit of land opposite Wickes.
It's a local rites of passage to put a cone one his head, the weaker among the medway youth claim a cone over his pointing arm as a victory but it has to be head or nothing
No idea why!
EDIT: Decided out of curiosity to try and find out why and found this:
http://www.margatehandbook.co.uk/?page=articles&article=1073 -
One outside the Odeon in Well Hall also .Oggy Red said:
Also, there used to be a blue police box on Welling Corner when I was a kid.captainbob said:
Was that where there used to be a police box (Tardis) and, if so, was it there for him?nth london addick said:The guy that used to direct the traffic on the ramps of the Blackwall Tunnel south bound
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Severndroog Castle , recently restored and back open to the public , I remember it costing sixpence to get in , great views from the top .
http://www.severndroogcastle.org.uk/
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Back in the day you could see Windsor Castle from there on a clear day.fadgadget said:Severndroog Castle , recently restored and back open to the public , I remember it costing sixpence to get in , great views from the top .
http://www.severndroogcastle.org.uk/
No idea whether or not that is still the case. Wouldn't surprise me if a tower block or two have sprung up in the interim though.1 -
Always thought it was Bruce Forsyth.AddicksAddict said:
If we're going that far afield, this bloke in Margate. Weirdly, I never notice it driving in to the town, only when leaving.Carter said:The statue of Sir Thomas Waghorn in Chatham. He points towards the river and sits upon a bit of land opposite Wickes.
It's a local rites of passage to put a cone one his head, the weaker among the medway youth claim a cone over his pointing arm as a victory but it has to be head or nothing1 -
If anyone else has a personal interest in this, please message me. The 2 Brockman men on board were related to my maternal great grandmother, and I have done a lot of research into contemporary accounts of the Surfboat Disaster in the course of family history research.LenGlover said:
He's looking out to Nayland Rock I believe.AddicksAddict said:
If we're going that far afield, this bloke in Margate. Weirdly, I never notice it driving in to the town, only when leaving.Carter said:The statue of Sir Thomas Waghorn in Chatham. He points towards the river and sits upon a bit of land opposite Wickes.
It's a local rites of passage to put a cone one his head, the weaker among the medway youth claim a cone over his pointing arm as a victory but it has to be head or nothing
No idea why!
EDIT: Decided out of curiosity to try and find out why and found this:
http://www.margatehandbook.co.uk/?page=articles&article=1071 -
Was a awsome poolmattaddick said:
Yes and I seem to recall they closed it in 1977 exactly a year after that long, hot summer. It was a great example of Art Deco. Didn't it briefly become a skateboard park?mistrollingin said:Still visable in Danson Park,a low wall that formed part of the open air swimming pool that was a big part of my youth in the 1960's.
How Bexley Council got away with demolishing that beautiful Art Deco building I'll never know.
Used it when it Did become a skate park
But was never going to compete with Greenwich park
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Very funny.The_President said:Rotunda in Ha Ha Road
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Been quite a serious accident tonight in Blackheath, the tea hut has been badly damaged hopefully there's no casualties.0
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Oh shit I was going to go there for breakfast an all.0
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Lady taken to hospital,broken bones I think.
But the hut will have to be rebuilt.
See separate thread.0
