tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post4772432022913998530..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: Madame Tussaud’sBrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-61479576467315516932007-04-24T22:36:00.000+01:002007-04-24T22:36:00.000+01:00And why not, Monix. After all, the Royal Greenwich...And why not, Monix. After all, the Royal Greenwich Observatory moved from Greenwich to Herstmonceux, Sussex after the war, due to light pollution. That's sufficient precedent.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-50178896113131659522007-04-24T21:51:00.000+01:002007-04-24T21:51:00.000+01:00If only someone had asked, I would have let them r...If only someone had asked, I would have let them re-site it in my Devon garden!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-27410802347437833632007-04-24T20:25:00.000+01:002007-04-24T20:25:00.000+01:00The Planetarium had to close down because the ligh...The Planetarium had to close down because the light pollution was too severe in central London. You couldn't even see the Milky Way anymore.Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-15030197596393437862007-04-23T22:51:00.000+01:002007-04-23T22:51:00.000+01:00Science is being dumbed down in public venues. The...Science is being dumbed down in public venues. The Science Museum of Minnesota is a joke. Awhile back they had one exhibit where some person created bronze statues from full body casts of ordinary people of various shapes and sizes, mostly fat and unattractive. The exhibit had post it notes with which people were encouraged to write down how each body form made them feel. What this had to do withDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-6342234807930785702007-04-23T21:03:00.000+01:002007-04-23T21:03:00.000+01:00It closed last year, Martpol. I didn't see anythin...It closed last year, Martpol. I didn't see anything about it in the news and there wasn't a day of national mourning.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-79690630575986405462007-04-23T19:25:00.000+01:002007-04-23T19:25:00.000+01:00What?! The Planetarium no longer exists?What?! The Planetarium no longer exists?martpolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508497057736355841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-80688129555274326602007-04-23T17:14:00.000+01:002007-04-23T17:14:00.000+01:00Or impose state line and time zone rules on themse...Or impose state line and time zone rules on themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-71797673571070825292007-04-23T17:10:00.000+01:002007-04-23T17:10:00.000+01:00The great big green dome that used to be the Plane...The great big green dome that used to be the Planetarium is now just part of the Tussaud's entry ticket. You watch an amusing but frivolous Aardman animation in it.<BR/><BR/>Peter: exactly right. The plebs first took over the English seaside resorts, then as they got richer and flights cheaper they took over the beaches of Spain and Portugal. The beautiful people now have to go into outer space Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-53533166220215394782007-04-23T11:08:00.000+01:002007-04-23T11:08:00.000+01:00There is a progressive slide down the socio-econom...There is a progressive slide down the socio-economic scale for this kind of popular attraction. Think of Blackpool. A hundred years ago, well-heeled gentlemen took their fiances to fun-fairs and amusement arcades like Coney Island, but now they are pretty much for bikers and the sporadically employed (and married). Maybe in a hundred years the yobs and chavs will all be going on eco-tours to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-38058378502151983772007-04-23T10:43:00.000+01:002007-04-23T10:43:00.000+01:00Last time I went, I was most impressed by how Quee...Last time I went, I was most impressed by how Queen Victoria looked like an elderly man in drag.<BR/><BR/>People got Madame Tussaud's because there's nothing else quite like it.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230724707928518879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-25296440857483385342007-04-23T10:04:00.000+01:002007-04-23T10:04:00.000+01:00I always thought its purpose was to be next door t...I always thought its purpose was to be next door to the Planetarium but I see that wonderful experience has been replaced by the 'Stardome' which sounds as bad as the waxworks.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.com