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No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space.
Andrew | 12.04.16 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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There used to be a HG Wells mural in his birthplace, Bromley, which featured his portrait and the alien machine. Unfortunately the materials used became weathered and worn, and the wall (in Market Sq) now commemorates another local, Charles Darwin. http://www.thebattens.me.uk/brompic11.html
RogerW | 12.04.16 - 8:22 a.m. | #
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How exciting. I'm boating to Woking this summer (provided there's enough water in the canal) for the Historic Narrow Boat Club's 50th anniversary rally. I haven't read the War of the Worlds so that will be my holiday reading and hopefully I'll have time to have a look around the town as well.
Sarah | Homepage | 12.04.16 - 8:55 a.m. | #
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Oh what a fun post! The double concept album was my introduction to WotW, and the recurring theme music still sends shivers down my back!
I shall definitely do this!
Cornish Cockney | 12.04.16 - 9:08 a.m. | #
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It's clear the Martians got as far as Woking Town centre as there are almost no buildings left over 40 years old. The devastation was complete.
More seriously as Woking got rid of all it's heritage in it's big suburban expansion in the 70's no on is raising to much fuss that they seem determined to do it again.
It's strange to see a town of 100,000 people being swamped with proposals for 30 and 40 storey apartment blocks.
It may have something to do with all the mainlines expresses that stop here before going to London. There's a non stop train to Waterloo every 5 or 10 minutes throughout the day
Rational Plan | 12.04.16 - 9:29 a.m. | #
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I think Woking's tried quite hard to improve the centre in recent years - it's much better now and has a decent library.
Nicks | 12.04.16 - 9:34 a.m. | #
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@ RP and Nicks: I came across a similar thing when I recently visited Camberley for the first time in a long while: it came as a real surprise to see how much it had changed.
RogerW | 12.04.16 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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Hate the buildings, love the sculpture!
Chris | 12.04.16 - 12:01 p.m. | #
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many years ago my firm was advising a large company on possible towns to move their head office to, and one of the places was Woking. I pointed out to my boss that the Martians had chosen to move there, but he didn't feel that this was relevant.
amber | 12.04.16 - 12:17 p.m. | #
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I think that Woking is one of those rare beasts in Surrey, and that's pro growth. it helps that it had no heritage to protect and a poor shopping centre. But the council is has invested it's own money in a new shopping centre (and bringing Marks back to the Town).
In Contrast to Slough where they bask in the vast number of jobs in the Trading estate and have let the town centre collapse, while the owners of old shopping centres only want to stick flats on top and not properly redevelop the Shopping Centres. They demolished a lot of old offices in the Centre and have discovered no one wants to rent offices in the Town centre anymore because the Town centre has gone so downmarket that a lot of the chain shops have fled and all that left is wig shops, pawnbrokers, and indoor markets carved out of old large stores.
Rational Plan | 12.04.16 - 12:35 p.m. | #
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Disappointed that the Martian Fighting Machine is only approximately 1/4 scale - Wells described them as 100 feet tall - the height of the train shed at St Pancras, and 50% taller than the Angel of the North.
timbo | 12.04.16 - 1:29 p.m. | #
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I really liked the statue of The Time Machine that they did next year, but I haven't seen the one of The Invisible Man.
Solar | 12.04.16 - 7:07 p.m. | #
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All I can hear is Richard Burton.
mclm | 12.04.16 - 8:06 p.m. | #
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And South Kensington is singled out for special treatment by Herbert because of fact No. 6 here
https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/news/nine-amazing-facts-about-imperial
Tunnel Bore | 12.04.16 - 10:12 p.m. | #
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What a lovely gesture by Paul Weller!
whiff | 13.04.16 - 2:15 a.m. | #
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