please empty your brain below |
Don't want to quibble (OK, I do!) but surely the biggest explosion in the UK took place at Fauld, Staffordshire, in 1944. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fauld_explosion
Tony |
The ExCel centre is one of the few places I have visited in the last few years. I arrived via London city airport and stayed at the Holiday inn near the ExCel centre. I did not know what I was missing. |
The name of the King George V Dock indicates that it was VERY late 19th century! It was built between 1912 and 1921. |
‘my older readers might love’ .........cheeky.
No I was not aware of the Music Hall. Have now booked a matinee for songs from both world wars, fancy coming? |
I particularly like that there is a typo in the Royal [me] Dock section. |
"middle-of-nowhere place". Bet my parents have been though! Not many things they haven't done in London, including visits down sewers and being escorted onto a tube train, via the drivers cab, in the middle of a tunnel, complete with hard hats and flourescent jackets!! |
My, one learns something new every day here - re. Itchycoo Park.
It's not often that I think of the words "Manor Park" (or indeed "Little Ilford") alongside the word "beautiful". Wow |
But did you visit Ronnie Lane, E12 (the street) dg? Just north of Little Ilford Park, not terribly inspiring but a nice and appropriate tribute. |
I don't like Newham-I have to work there sometimes. But your posts still manage to make it sort of interesting. When I saw the word Newham I thought...not sure I want to read this but you always manage to make the posts work.
It looks like the person on the bench doesn't have any shoes on. |
the Royal Victoria Dock bridge is actually incomplete- along with the high deck, it was supposed to be a transporter bridge- this sort-of explains the odd arrangement of the access to the steps and and lift. Don't think there's any active plans to complete it though.
It makes a fantastic specating gallery during the London Boat Show- at the weekends, escpecially the second one, there's various on-the-water displays including sailing racing. Very odd to see sailing from above. Horrible place to sail, mind, as I've experienced. |
the Western end of the docks are due to be a "Green Enterprise District" - a certain German engineering firm are building a big pointy ("iconic", natürlich) glass building, which appears to be pitching itself as something of a visitor attraction. |
I have always understood that Itchicoo Park refers to Wanstead Park , access off Northumberland Avenue (not Wanstead Flats). Wanstead Park has two ponds so fits the bill better than Little Ilford Park. |
I'm sorry but by picking Itchycoo Park and then crossing out the word "pretty" is a rather dumb thing to do.
You seem to want to mock Newham as others do and no wonder it gets a bad reputation. There is loads of history in Newham probably more than most London Boroughs and there are "pretty" places, try the gardens in West Ham Park for instance. |
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