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King Charles Road is actually named after one of the last battles of the Civil War, the unlikely-sounding Battle of Surbiton, which resulted in the defeat of the local Royalist forces under Lord Frances Villiers (who also has a local road named after him).
Timbo | 08.05.23 - 8:08 a.m. | #
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Waitrose Surbiton stands on the site of the Odeon cinema the frontage of the cinema still exists.
John | 08.05.23 - 8:16 a.m. | #
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The clock tower on the green in Northolt never fails to give me that lovely villagey vibe.
Cottonsocks | 08.05.23 - 8:18 a.m. | #
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I'm with Mr Parish.
And that apostrophe made me scream.
The Surbiton tower is lovely.
Joho | Homepage | 08.05.23 - 9:39 a.m. | #
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In Hanwell, what is the purpose of the blue and white post with a bite out of it?
mikeS | 08.05.23 - 9:47 a.m. | #
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Could be a water fountain. Can think of a few people for whom the drip on the top would be a suitable memorial
Keith | 08.05.23 - 9:50 a.m. | #
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Interesting that none of them used numbers.
Still Anon | 08.05.23 - 10:21 a.m. | #
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Thanks for your Coronation reportage.
It's been more interesting than much of fawning overblown guff on tv, online and in the papers.
Frank F | 08.05.23 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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It would be quite a rush to find a suitable location, and then design and build a clocktower between the death of the previous monarch and the Coronation of the next one. I can't imagine any councils doing it now, unless it was something they had planned for years for their town centre.
Planting a tree is much easier. There's a lovely 1953 Coronation Oak in Cockernhoe just outside Luton, for example.
Mikey C | 08.05.23 - 11:04 a.m. | #
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Bexleyheath Gala Day sounds rather exciting but alas it appears to be no more.
ap | 08.05.23 - 11:09 a.m. | #
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Talking about life in general as opposed to your blog, I've rather enjoyed the Carolean distractions.
Now back to the regular gloom and doom!
Cornish Cockney | 08.05.23 - 11:42 a.m. | #
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Seems civil pride and local councils budget discretionary spending may not be what they were. Barely a commemorative tree.
Horsham town centre has,however, gone full bunting for the weekend . A permanent commemoration will be the old projecting H Samuel clock in West Street which has been refurbished to be renamed the Coronation Clock.
Rod | 08.05.23 - 12:00 p.m. | #
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I suppose public timepieces have become less necessary since George VI's day as we all have reliable watches and/or, more recently, phones.
Jonathan Wadman | 08.05.23 - 12:47 p.m. | #
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Nobody's suggested there might be more than four coronation clocktowers, so I've removed "at least" from the opening sentence.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.05.23 - 9:00 p.m. | #
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I remember being very underwhelmed by the coronation stone when I walked by it on the London Loop.
Tom | 08.05.23 - 9:04 p.m. | #
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Sorry, but I think there is at least one more coronation clock tower within the current boundaries of London.
A clock tower was erected at the gate of the Maxim Nordenfeldt Gun and Ammunition Factory in Crayford in 1902. The factory is no longer there, but the tower still is, now at the entrance to the Tower Retail Park. Built by Dartford Rural District Council, with the cost "raised by subscription", the plaque says. And it is within the London Borough of Bexley now.
As well as a clock commemorating the 1902 coronation, the structure is, er, a "sewage lift station" and the louvred belfry appears to be a sewer vent. I'm sure the King was delighted to be commemorated in such a practical manner.
Andrew | 09.05.23 - 1:27 a.m. | #
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There is a clock on a stick by the bus stop at Moor Lane / Church Lane in Chessington. I've never known why.
Basil Jet | 10.05.23 - 4:07 a.m. | #
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