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Wow, things are moving fast on here.
The Cranbrook Banqueting Suite is where Alfred Hugh Harman started his photographic company, later known as Ilford.
It was originally named Britannia Works but in 1900's he wanted to change the name to Ilford Ltd & the council objected. When they finally gave in, he had to use a comma before Ltd so it became Ilford, Ltd for 50 years.
They must have only had a 50 year agreement as in was dropped in the 50s.
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Taz had gone…Sorry for bumping you, I hope you didn't travel too far to get it.
I wanted to do this tag a couple of years ago, there was a link between this & a tag in a cemetery in King Cross if I remember rightly, I never got round to doing it, so glad @oat44 did.
@dicki It's about 2 mins from the Temple. If you head towards the back of the house, you get to the Ornamental pond & the Groto is there. Although, you get a better view of it on the opposite bank.
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Old: The Temple, Wanstead Park
It was first mentioned in the Doomsday Book, was a hunting lodge for Henry VII & then in 1775 was transformed into a grand mansion. Fast forward 90 years & it was left to a Catherine Tylney-Long, making her the richest woman in England, unfortunately for her, she made the mistake of marrying the wrong man, who then went about draining her funds & racking up a debt of £250,000 in just 10 years. To escape their debtors they did a runner to Italy but things only got worse for Catherine, with her husband being unfaithful.
She came back to England ashamed & ruined & had no choice but to sale the Estate to clear the debts. The house didn't generate any interest so it was pulled down for the timber & fabric. A house that cost £360,00 to build was sold for just £10,000.
The Temple is what remains of the building & there's also a grotto which looks like it's had some restoration work done to it since I last saw it. I used to play on the derelict grotto as a kid.
This was the estate in it's heyday
New:
The town & company...although the council weren't happy
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getting warm
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Old: The Stephen Lawrence Centre
Brookmill Rd SE8
New: There have been many pointless deaths reaching this equator line
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South Woolwich makes more sense, see you there
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Are you going along the greenway to Woolwich?
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New clue (not for Phil):
The three little pigs will be happy
@Rod_Munch I rode it in reverse this year, had to take my daughter swimming, so couldn't sleep in on Sunday. It's fun watching all the cyclist heading to Dunwich but about 1am I saw the last person & was 40 miles from London & it suddenly becomes really dark and you feel very alone.
I quite enjoy the solitary feel but riding through endless tunnels of trees where it's almost pitch black isn't much fun on your own. I definitely prefer riding London to Dunwich but it was a bonus getting to sleep in my own bed without having to plan the return journey.