please empty your brain below
If the guide/expert had come up with that story anywhere else, I, as an accredited cynic, would be the first to scoff.
But on 'Planet Thanet', as even the locals call it, the implausible is always possible.
have you been stranded in margate?
a) checking the make-up of the mortar binding the shells to the walls with known historical methods, and
b) comparing the decorative patterns used with historical designs extant elsewhere
I bet a couple of academics from the local Uni could sort it all out in half a day, but I guess that would dispel the air of mystery that hangs around the place, and it would probably find Mr Twyman at the end of the dole queue, so best not I suppose.
All very mysterious...
"Why can't the shells be carbon dated?
Because they are covered in soot – ie carbon – from the gas lamps used to light the Grotto in Victorian times. Carbon dating was attempted, but the results proved too unreliable because of these carbon deposits.
And you either believe that or you don't
and Dreamland is/was BemBon???
(My mother grew up in Ramsgate and I still have relatives on the Isle of Thanet, so I'm loving these blog posts - thanks so much. Does Dreamland still exist? I spent a birthday party there was on the plastic icerink when it was still called BemBom Brothers - aaah happy days!)
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