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I do not know much about the present Queen. I know she was born in Mayfair because I have seen the building. I was wondering how many things in England have been named after that woman, and I was surprised at how many it was. Is it general obsequiousness that causes this? They do the same thing in North Korea.
England: Queen Elizabeth Country Park England: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland England: Queen's Gardens, Croydon England: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London England: Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London (formerly the Clock Tower housing Big Ben) England: The Queen's Terminal, London Heathrow (also known as Terminal 2) England: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool England: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London England: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London England: QEII Pier, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Dock, Eastham, Merseyside England: Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Molesey, Surrey England: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Oldham England: Elizabeth Gate, the main entrance into Kew Gardens, London (formerly the Main Gate) England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, Leicester England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Pavilion café, Queens Park, Bolton England: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn England: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City England: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham England: Statue in the Garter Robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury England: Equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor England: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in the Garter Robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, A282 road, between Thurrock and Dartford England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead England: Queensway, Birmingham England: Queensway, Stevenage England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, Surrey And finally: England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London England: London Underground's Jubilee line England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_Elizabeth_II |
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On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 5:48:13 PM UTC+1, Offramp wrote:
I do not know much about the present Queen. I know she was born in Mayfair because I have seen the building. I was wondering how many things in England have been named after that woman, and I was surprised at how many it was. Is it general obsequiousness that causes this? They do the same thing in North Korea. England: Queen Elizabeth Country Park England: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland England: Queen's Gardens, Croydon England: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London England: Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London (formerly the Clock Tower housing Big Ben) England: The Queen's Terminal, London Heathrow (also known as Terminal 2) England: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool England: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London England: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London England: QEII Pier, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Dock, Eastham, Merseyside England: Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Molesey, Surrey England: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Oldham England: Elizabeth Gate, the main entrance into Kew Gardens, London (formerly the Main Gate) England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, Leicester England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Pavilion café, Queens Park, Bolton England: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn England: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City England: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham England: Statue in the Garter Robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury England: Equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor England: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in the Garter Robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, A282 road, between Thurrock and Dartford England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead England: Queensway, Birmingham England: Queensway, Stevenage England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, Surrey And finally: England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London England: London Underground's Jubilee line England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_Elizabeth_II I have no objection to naming things after the Queen, but I still wish that Crossrail had not been renamed. |
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09:48:12 on Sun, 30 Apr 2017, Offramp remarked: Picking just one: England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn That's named after her mother. To even the score, there's Elizabeth Way (an early 1970's inner ring road) in Cambridge, named after her. -- Roland Perry |
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Offramp wrote:
I do not know much about the present Queen. I know she was born in Mayfair because I have seen the building. I was wondering how many things in England have been named after that woman, and I was surprised at how many it was. Is it general obsequiousness that causes this? They do the same thing in North Korea. England: Queen Elizabeth Country Park England: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland England: Queen's Gardens, Croydon England: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London England: Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London (formerly the Clock Tower housing Big Ben) England: The Queen's Terminal, London Heathrow (also known as Terminal 2) England: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool England: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London England: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London England: QEII Pier, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Dock, Eastham, Merseyside England: Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Molesey, Surrey England: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Oldham England: Elizabeth Gate, the main entrance into Kew Gardens, London (formerly the Main Gate) England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, Leicester England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Pavilion café, Queens Park, Bolton England: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn England: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City England: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham England: Statue in the Garter Robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury England: Equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor England: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in the Garter Robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, A282 road, between Thurrock and Dartford England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead England: Queensway, Birmingham England: Queensway, Stevenage England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, Surrey And finally: England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London England: London Underground's Jubilee line England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_Elizabeth_II I dare say some of those without an explicit II may have been named after previous Queen Elizabeths. In any case, she's been monarch for well over 60 years, and a lot of stuff has been built in thst time. And, is the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier not on the list? |
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"Offramp" wrote in message ... I do not know much about the present Queen. I know she was born in Mayfair because I have seen the building. I was wondering how many things in England have been named after that woman, and I was surprised at how many it was. Is it general obsequiousness that causes this? They do the same thing in North Korea. England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn No that one's named after her mother However the Queen's building at the University of East Anglia is named after Elizabeth II, she opened it in the 90s (before 96 as that's when I started there) James |
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"Offramp" wrote in message ... England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London Which presumably will become the King's (or President's) Gallery, at some point in the future. Just as around 1700 Queen's Counsel will become King's Counsel, at around the same time. michael adams .... |
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On Mon, 1 May 2017 00:25:09 +0100, "michael adams"
wrote: "Offramp" wrote in message ... England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London Which presumably will become the King's (or President's) Gallery, at some point in the future. Just as around 1700 Queen's Counsel will become King's Counsel, at around the same time. michael adams And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. |
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:48:12 -0700 (PDT), Offramp
wrote: I do not know much about the present Queen. I know she was born in Mayfair because I have seen the building. I was wondering how many things in England have been named after that woman, and I was surprised at how many it was. Is it general obsequiousness that causes this? They do the same thing in North Korea. England: Queen Elizabeth Country Park England: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland England: Queen's Gardens, Croydon England: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London England: Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London (formerly the Clock Tower housing Big Ben) England: The Queen's Terminal, London Heathrow (also known as Terminal 2) England: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool England: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London England: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London England: QEII Pier, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Dock, Eastham, Merseyside England: Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Molesey, Surrey England: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Oldham England: Elizabeth Gate, the main entrance into Kew Gardens, London (formerly the Main Gate) England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, Leicester England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Pavilion café, Queens Park, Bolton England: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn England: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City England: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham England: Statue in the Garter Robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury England: Equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor England: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in the Garter Robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, A282 road, between Thurrock and Dartford England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead England: Queensway, Birmingham England: Queensway, Stevenage England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, Surrey And finally: England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London England: London Underground's Jubilee line England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_Elizabeth_II Are there really so few? |
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On 2017\04\30 17:48, Offramp wrote:
I do not know much about the present Queen. I know she was born in Mayfair because I have seen the building. I was wondering how many things in England have been named after that woman, and I was surprised at how many it was. Is it general obsequiousness that causes this? They do the same thing in North Korea. England: Queen Elizabeth Country Park England: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland England: Queen's Gardens, Croydon England: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London England: Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London (formerly the Clock Tower housing Big Ben) England: The Queen's Terminal, London Heathrow (also known as Terminal 2) England: Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, Liverpool England: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London England: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London England: QEII Pier, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Dock, Eastham, Merseyside England: Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Molesey, Surrey England: Queen Elizabeth II Hall, Oldham England: Elizabeth Gate, the main entrance into Kew Gardens, London (formerly the Main Gate) England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, Leicester England: The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Pavilion café, Queens Park, Bolton England: Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn England: Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City England: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham England: Statue in the Garter Robes, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury England: Equestrian statue, Windsor Great Park, Windsor England: Statue of Queen Elizabeth II in the Garter Robes, Runnymede, Surrey, to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta England: Golden Jubilee Bridge, London England: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire England: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, A282 road, between Thurrock and Dartford England: Queen Elizabeth Road, Nuneaton, main boundary road for Camp Hill adjoining to Tuttle Hill and Bucks Hill England: Queen Elizabeth Bridge, A322 Windsor By-pass, Windsor England: Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge, Tyne and Wear Metro, between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead England: Queensway, Birmingham England: Queensway, Stevenage England: Elizabeth Way, Hilperton, Wiltshire England: Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire England: Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, London England: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, West Sussex England: The Queen's Church of England Primary School, Kew, Surrey And finally: England: Coronation Capsule, one of the capsules on the London Eye, London England: London Underground's Jubilee line England: Crossrail's Elizabeth line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_Elizabeth_II What about Sweaty Betty? |
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On Monday, 1 May 2017 01:30:29 UTC+1, Nobody wrote:
And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. I thought snailmail was doing fairly well. I get a lot of post every day, and not just junk, Amazon, Ebay, magazines, statements... |
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:48:12 -0700 (PDT)
Offramp wrote: From: Offramp Subject: Things Named After The Current Queen Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:48:12 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: G2/1.0 Newsgroups: uk.transport.london lots of Cocks! |
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In message , at 16:18:08
on Mon, 1 May 2017, remarked: This one is reckoned to be the oldest in use,About 30 minutes drive from here. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513653 I find it quite refreshing in a way that it is almost buried in a Dorset hedge rather than in some prettyfied tourist area of one of the UK's Capitals or tourist towns such as Bath or York amongst the black and gold painted litter bins. I was surprised when on a visit to St Ives, Cornwall, for a week recently to find they don't really believe in street letter boxes. All those around were linked to post offices. I actually asked where there might be one near the bus station, across from where we were staying, and was told that only post offices had them. In one case that was by the previous site of one that has moved. Yes, it's often possible in smaller tons to see where the Post Office used to be, on account of having (often a two-slot) pillar box on the street outside. Outside what's now a charity/mobilephone/sandwich/... shop. -- Roland Perry |
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In message , at 11:08:45 on
Mon, 1 May 2017, remarked: And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. There are still lots with "VR" on them! This one is reckoned to be the oldest in use,About 30 minutes drive from here. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513653 I find it quite refreshing in a way that it is almost buried in a Dorset hedge No longer: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...cle-2594153-1C BC852C00000578-883_634x463.jpg rather than in some prettyfied tourist area of one of the UK's Capitals or tourist towns such as Bath or York amongst the black and gold painted litter bins. -- Roland Perry |
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wrote in message ... In article , (Nobody) wrote: On Mon, 1 May 2017 00:25:09 +0100, "michael adams" wrote: "Offramp" wrote in message ... England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London Which presumably will become the King's (or President's) Gallery, at some point in the future. Just as around 1700 Queen's Counsel will become King's Counsel, at around the same time. And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. There are still lots with "VR" on them! -- Colin Rosenstiel This should link to a photograph of a pillar box next to a tree which I took 4 years ago. Although Tinypic has been rubbish of late. Doubtless this has already appeared on numerous London Blogs etc. etc.. I'm always meaning to do a follow up. Any local resident intending to stay around could have produced a nice animation with a weekly snap. Maybe somebody has dunno. http://tinypic.com/r/uri48/9 michael adams .... |
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On Tue, 2 May 2017 09:09:16 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 16:18:08 on Mon, 1 May 2017, remarked: This one is reckoned to be the oldest in use,About 30 minutes drive from here. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513653 I find it quite refreshing in a way that it is almost buried in a Dorset hedge rather than in some prettyfied tourist area of one of the UK's Capitals or tourist towns such as Bath or York amongst the black and gold painted litter bins. I was surprised when on a visit to St Ives, Cornwall, for a week recently to find they don't really believe in street letter boxes. All those around were linked to post offices. I actually asked where there might be one near the bus station, across from where we were staying, and was told that only post offices had them. In one case that was by the previous site of one that has moved. Yes, it's often possible in smaller tons to see where the Post Office used to be, on account of having (often a two-slot) pillar box on the street outside. Outside what's now a charity/mobilephone/sandwich/... shop. True, and not just in smaller towns. In my London suburb, the post office used to be a double-sized shop; there still is one, but it's now just a counter in a convenience store a few shops along. The double-slot post box hasn't moved, and it's now outside the Polish food shop that occupies the old post office site. |
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(Recliner) wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2017 09:09:16 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 16:18:08 on Mon, 1 May 2017, remarkedrive from here. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513653 I find it quite refreshing in a way that it is almost buried in a Dorset hedge rather than in some prettyfied tourist area of one of the UK's Capitals or tourist towns such as Bath or York amongst the black and gold painted litter bins. I was surprised when on a visit to St Ives, Cornwall, for a week recently to find they don't really believe in street letter boxes. All those around were linked to post offices. I actually asked where there might be one near the bus station, across from where we were staying, and was told that only post offices had them. In one case that was by the previous site of one that has moved. Yes, it's often possible in smaller tons to see where the Post Office used to be, on account of having (often a two-slot) pillar box on the street outside. Outside what's now a charity/mobilephone/sandwich/... shop. True, and not just in smaller towns. In my London suburb, the post office used to be a double-sized shop; there still is one, but it's now just a counter in a convenience store a few shops along. The double-slot post box hasn't moved, and it's now outside the Polish food shop that occupies the old post office site. London suburbs are just the size of places that lost their Crown Post Offices years ago. The Putney one was rebuilt while I was growing up but is now a shop with only sub-post offices serving the place. But there still are pillar boxes all round the area, unrelated to current or former post offices. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On 02-May-17 1:22 PM, Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2017 09:09:16 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 16:18:08 on Mon, 1 May 2017, remarked: This one is reckoned to be the oldest in use,About 30 minutes drive from here. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513653 I find it quite refreshing in a way that it is almost buried in a Dorset hedge rather than in some prettyfied tourist area of one of the UK's Capitals or tourist towns such as Bath or York amongst the black and gold painted litter bins. I was surprised when on a visit to St Ives, Cornwall, for a week recently to find they don't really believe in street letter boxes. All those around were linked to post offices. I actually asked where there might be one near the bus station, across from where we were staying, and was told that only post offices had them. In one case that was by the previous site of one that has moved. Yes, it's often possible in smaller tons to see where the Post Office used to be, on account of having (often a two-slot) pillar box on the street outside. Outside what's now a charity/mobilephone/sandwich/... shop. True, and not just in smaller towns. In my London suburb, the post office used to be a double-sized shop; there still is one, but it's now just a counter in a convenience store a few shops along. The double-slot post box hasn't moved, and it's now outside the Polish food shop that occupies the old post office site. Our local PO is now the HQ of Radio Jackie. |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\05\02 22:59, wrote: Phew , I half expected to open that and find that it had been demolished by an errant road sweeper or worse been uprooted and swiped for some town or city's twee improved pedestrian area with newly laid cobbles and reproduction Edwardian lampposts till I noticed the 2014 date. Either a thing looks nice or it doesn't. Why was it okay for Edwardians to make things that looked nice but it's not okay for us? The people who make beauty in the age of ugliness deserve praise, not criticism. They do, but producing pastiche Edwardian stuff is worthy of much less praise than producing good original designs. Modern stuff often is, but need not be, ugly. |
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On Tue, 2 May 2017 23:48:20 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\05\02 22:59, wrote: Phew , I half expected to open that and find that it had been demolished by an errant road sweeper or worse been uprooted and swiped for some town or city's twee improved pedestrian area with newly laid cobbles and reproduction Edwardian lampposts till I noticed the 2014 date. Either a thing looks nice or it doesn't. Why was it okay for Edwardians to make things that looked nice but it's not okay for us? The people who make beauty in the age of ugliness deserve praise, not criticism. They do, but producing pastiche Edwardian stuff is worthy of much less praise than producing good original designs. Modern stuff often is, but need not be, ugly. Depends. Modern buildings are IMO range from the uninspired to the pig ugly. Even the shard doesn't really do it for me - a 3 year old can draw a giant glass pyramid, where is the inspiration and fine detail? And as for the identikit office blocks, rabbit hutch houses and industrial estates the less said the better. OTOH cars are looking pretty good these days, its hard to find a really ugly one anymore, and tech stuff also looks pretty smart to me. -- Spud |
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In message , at 08:27:15 on Wed, 3 May
2017, d remarked: OTOH cars are looking pretty good these days, its hard to find a really ugly one anymore Plenty of them are really ugly. The Nissan Joke, for example. -- Roland Perry |
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On Wed, 3 May 2017 10:13:06 +0100
Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 08:27:15 on Wed, 3 May 2017, d remarked: OTOH cars are looking pretty good these days, its hard to find a really ugly one anymore Plenty of them are really ugly. The Nissan Joke, for example. Well alright, I didn't say there weren't any. But everyday car design (obviously not ferraris etc) went down the toilet from the mid 70s to about the late 90s but in the last 15 or so years its improved immensely IMO. -- Spud |
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On Wed, 03 May 2017 10:04:38 +0100, wrote:
On Wed, 3 May 2017 00:25:14 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\05\02 22:59, wrote: Phew , I half expected to open that and find that it had been demolished by an errant road sweeper or worse been uprooted and swiped for some town or city's twee improved pedestrian area with newly laid cobbles and reproduction Edwardian lampposts till I noticed the 2014 date. Either a thing looks nice or it doesn't. Why was it okay for Edwardians to make things that looked nice but it's not okay for us? The people who make beauty in the age of ugliness deserve praise, not criticism. Was there an age of beauty? Every era has a proportion of both pleasant and nasty ambiences. We often forget the latter, Terminal stations were fairly unpleasant places with the fug of numerous steam and later diesel locos exhaust filling the air but a single celebrity steamer into such a station now brings out nostalgia most of which is now inherited memories rather than first hand experience. Agree things should look nice but just loosely copying Edwardian street furniture sometimes looks a bit contrived, it needs the area covered in Horse muck to be realistic. There is plenty of good modern design around. Anyway the Gist of my post was that something genuine and still in its original location may have been swiped for use elsewhere to add something authentic amongst all the replicas. G.Harman You might enjoy this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtTaAZMgDPI --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Wed, 3 May 2017 00:25:14 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote: On 2017\05\02 22:59, wrote: Phew , I half expected to open that and find that it had been demolished by an errant road sweeper or worse been uprooted and swiped for some town or city's twee improved pedestrian area with newly laid cobbles and reproduction Edwardian lampposts till I noticed the 2014 date. Either a thing looks nice or it doesn't. Why was it okay for Edwardians to make things that looked nice but it's not okay for us? The people who make beauty in the age of ugliness deserve praise, not criticism. We agree on this. Not everything the Edwardians built was beautiful. Not everything thing built since the 1960s is ugly. But, the balance is sure in favor of the Edwardians. |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\05\02 22:59, wrote: Phew , I half expected to open that and find that it had been demolished by an errant road sweeper or worse been uprooted and swiped for some town or city's twee improved pedestrian area with newly laid cobbles and reproduction Edwardian lampposts till I noticed the 2014 date. Either a thing looks nice or it doesn't. Why was it okay for Edwardians to make things that looked nice but it's not okay for us? The people who make beauty in the age of ugliness deserve praise, not criticism. Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. Less well known is that the key engineer who worked on it was Brunel. No, not I K Brunel, but his son, Henry Marc Brunel. |
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On Sat, 6 May 2017 23:20:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\05\02 22:59, wrote: Phew , I half expected to open that and find that it had been demolished by an errant road sweeper or worse been uprooted and swiped for some town or city's twee improved pedestrian area with newly laid cobbles and reproduction Edwardian lampposts till I noticed the 2014 date. Either a thing looks nice or it doesn't. Why was it okay for Edwardians to make things that looked nice but it's not okay for us? The people who make beauty in the age of ugliness deserve praise, not criticism. Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. Less well known is that the key engineer who worked on it was Brunel. No, not I K Brunel, but his son, Henry Marc Brunel. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. -- Spud |
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On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100
wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! -- Spud |
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On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! That's when the money ran out. It had been intended to be 150' taller than the French original. All part of Watkin's Metroland vision. Wembley Stadium's Twin Towers were later built on top of the old tower's foundations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watkin%27s_Tower |
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On Mon, 8 May 2017 08:20:15 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:
On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! The "Metropolitan Tower" was a project of Sir Edward Watkin of the Metropolitan Railway, Great Central Railway, and the Southeastern Railway. It did indeed run out of money after reaching the first stage as illustrated. There was also a question of the stability of the ground under one of its legs. After demolition, the site was used for the "British Empire Exhibition". Today, I believe, there is a soccer pitch on the site. :-) |
Things Named After The Current Queen
On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:30:37 +0100, e27002 aurora wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2017 08:20:15 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! The "Metropolitan Tower" was a project of Sir Edward Watkin of the Metropolitan Railway, Great Central Railway, and the Southeastern Railway. It did indeed run out of money after reaching the first stage as illustrated. There was also a question of the stability of the ground under one of its legs. After demolition, the site was used for the "British Empire Exhibition". Today, I believe, there is a soccer pitch on the site. :-) Wasn't the "Neverstop Railway" one of the great attractions at the Exhibition? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:37:50 +0100, Optimist
wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:30:37 +0100, e27002 aurora wrote: On Mon, 8 May 2017 08:20:15 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! The "Metropolitan Tower" was a project of Sir Edward Watkin of the Metropolitan Railway, Great Central Railway, and the Southeastern Railway. It did indeed run out of money after reaching the first stage as illustrated. There was also a question of the stability of the ground under one of its legs. After demolition, the site was used for the "British Empire Exhibition". Today, I believe, there is a soccer pitch on the site. :-) Wasn't the "Neverstop Railway" one of the great attractions at the Exhibition? Indeed, it was. Somewhere, I have seen a picture of King George V and Queen Mary riding on it. |
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On 2017\05\08 09:37, Optimist wrote:
On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:30:37 +0100, e27002 aurora wrote: On Mon, 8 May 2017 08:20:15 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! The "Metropolitan Tower" was a project of Sir Edward Watkin of the Metropolitan Railway, Great Central Railway, and the Southeastern Railway. It did indeed run out of money after reaching the first stage as illustrated. There was also a question of the stability of the ground under one of its legs. After demolition, the site was used for the "British Empire Exhibition". Today, I believe, there is a soccer pitch on the site. :-) Wasn't the "Neverstop Railway" one of the great attractions at the Exhibition? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_MlWL7YKM |
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On Mon, 8 May 2017 14:33:29 +0100, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\05\08 09:37, Optimist wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 09:30:37 +0100, e27002 aurora wrote: On Mon, 8 May 2017 08:20:15 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! The "Metropolitan Tower" was a project of Sir Edward Watkin of the Metropolitan Railway, Great Central Railway, and the Southeastern Railway. It did indeed run out of money after reaching the first stage as illustrated. There was also a question of the stability of the ground under one of its legs. After demolition, the site was used for the "British Empire Exhibition". Today, I believe, there is a soccer pitch on the site. :-) Wasn't the "Neverstop Railway" one of the great attractions at the Exhibition? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_MlWL7YKM HS2 eat your heart out! --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Mon, 8 May 2017 08:26:17 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote: wrote: On Mon, 08 May 2017 00:33:07 +0100 wrote: On Sun, 7 May 2017 16:44:31 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: Fashions change, of course. For example, the late Victorian Tower Bridge is now highly regarded as one of London's icons, but was much criticised when built. The Eiffel Tower was widely seen as hideous when it was built but now its the de facto symbol of France. However I'm probably in the tiny minority who think its detractors were right - it is butt ugly and looks like an electricity pylon on steroids IMO. You'll be glad the English one was stillborn then. http://spiritofmirko.com/wp-content/...tower_1900.jpg I presume there would have been more to it than that? Unless thats all they could afford! That's when the money ran out. It had been intended to be 150' taller than the French original. Oh. And here's me thinking... another coal-miners' attack of English Disease likely shut down the steel industry. |
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On Monday, 8 May 2017 14:33:30 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote:
Wasn't the "Neverstop Railway" one of the great attractions at the Exhibition? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_MlWL7YKM I am surprised that the corkscrew effect isn't used more often to transport people small distances, particularly as an escalator in a confined area. |
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Offramp wrote:
On Monday, 8 May 2017 14:33:30 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote: Wasn't the "Neverstop Railway" one of the great attractions at the Exhibition? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_MlWL7YKM I am surprised that the corkscrew effect isn't used more often to transport people small distances, particularly as an escalator in a confined area. It looks like a sort of Archimedes Screw, but it's really a worm drive. It's often used in screw jacks and I think in some low rise elevators as well. |
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