Spare a thought for poor Canterbury..
- 5 October 2010 16:2573839It's a hard life for our fellow citizens in Canterbury. Just look at the way they
are living...such miserable squalor...houses leaning sideways. Doors tilting to the right and unbelievably small too. Its a shock to the sensibilities. How can we let them live like this, why dont we do something to fix their plight. Start up a collection, pass the hat round.
Guys like Big David Hannent and Andrew Stucken would need a never ending supply of plasters for their foreheads...as it would be a long life for them of head butting the door frame, and trying to remember to duck after late nights of revelry in the local pub.
Even Charles Dickens himself was drawn to remark upon it all ...
"It is a very old(odd) house indeed and bulging out over the road!"
Living here could result in the occupier having a serious balance problem, perhaps eventually leading to vertigo itself, a very nasty complaint indeed and not something that can be cured by putting a poultice on it.
It surely is an oddity of extreme bewilderment that tourists want to go and look at such monstrosities...how they can bypass our very own maze of proliferating concrete in St James's..well I just don't know. We have such a carpark to die for...all made with reinforced concrete and a magnificent example of 20th century vision. I mean...that house in Canterbury has been there since 1647 and clearly needs demolishing. What about Elf and Safety for a start!?email: dover7@msn.com - 5 October 2010 16:5773840I think I`ll take my chances in your building Paul.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered. - 5 October 2010 19:1273859Well done Colin for matching our picture was fascinated to see it on our wonder around the back streets of Canterbury, as said you really could not afford to be six foot tall, truely an amazeing building there to see in all its glory since 1647
- 5 October 2010 19:2473861the one sure way of making sure that the king's english is safe from demolition is to stick a couple of mobile phone masts on the roof.
- 5 October 2010 19:4073862I saw or heard about that crooked pub some year`s ago Jan, and Paul`s picture jogged my memory. There`s some lovely old building`s (and shops) in Canterbury, and I used to wander round there alot in years gone by, though not much recently. Lovely place.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- Brian Dixon
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5 October 2010 19:4473863and not forgetting the solar panals and wind turbines.just to alluminate you. - 5 October 2010 20:5573873I would treat the object shown in post 1 with respect: it is written: enter by the narrow gate!
I would add: the road to Rome is wide, and many go that way. So let's keep a sqaure formation around our Kentish Burgh of Canterbury, which has many pleasant secrets to reveal!
Also, on this subject, the first church built by the Anglo-Saxons is in Canterbury, constructed before - yes, before - Augustine made his appearence from Rome!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 5 October 2010 21:2373878i believe that is an english heritage site available only to members.
- 5 October 2010 21:5573885They have got better public house information than we have.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 5 October 2010 21:5873887you obviously know market square very well ian.
- 5 October 2010 23:3173899Colin - is the Crooked House pub somewhere near Coventry/Birmingham area?
Some years ago I was with friends staying near Dudley and visited such a pub in the area.
I feel sure it is the same one..---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 6 October 2010 15:0073925Yes it is Kath, near Dudley. The brother in law`s family are all from that area, which is possibly where I`ve heard of it before. Interesting to note that on a couple of occasions, the local council wanted to demolish it due to the subsidence, however, common sense won the day and it`s now a popular tourist attraction.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
