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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Wait what are the rest of the three stories?
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I don't know, Batlord, but I expect that on the architect's drawing for the next floor up it says, "Space for big-assed arched ceiling to pub". So that just leaves two more floors.
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Originally Posted by Plankton
My guess is either a Brothel or the inner workings of that clock. It's an engineering gigastructural behemoth.
Who's that goat eared dude?
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Yeah, who knows, Plankton ? Did you catch the guy perched on the cornice playing pan pipes ?
Some great photos Diana. I really loved this one:-
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Originally Posted by DianneW
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Originally Posted by DianneW
What a sad state that people have to fight to keep these historical building from being demo'd...Was not expecting to see all that....
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Yes, very worrying that people actually planned to demolish a pub like The Blackfriar. The hero of the hour, Sir John Betjeman, later got his own memorial in St. Pancras, (the London station that owes its most recent fame to the Harry Potter movie franchise). The statue does a great job of catching the attitude that comes across in John B's poems; simple, almost bumbling, admiration:-