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Feb 06, 2022 09:15 |  #7456

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Feb 06, 2022 09:40 as a reply to  @ kenyc's post |  #7457

Bob Dylan!!!


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Feb 06, 2022 14:45 |  #7458

That's the first thing that came in to my brain cell to IP :-P Only the one I remember was Hendricx?

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Feb 06, 2022 16:53 |  #7459

Center Elie Momboisse at Portbail in France. It is now abandoned but until recently it was a holiday centre for children.

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Feb 06, 2022 18:52 as a reply to  @ King Kenny's post |  #7460

Like how the gate is being held together.


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Feb 07, 2022 02:59 |  #7461

I'm fascinated that there aren't any external shutters Kenny?

As for the gate? I think that it could be a statement of how green the owner is trying to be by using green string ;-)a I don't think it can be used very often?


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Feb 07, 2022 05:35 |  #7462

I've posted the watchtower picture in the songs and pictures thread here with 3 versions of the song, Bob's, Jimi's and Clapton/Kravitz.


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Feb 07, 2022 07:56 |  #7463

This is the front of the building. Sorry John, no shutters, but the windows are boarded up inside and much of the window glass is smashed. We are spoiled in France with so many abandoned buildings.

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Feb 07, 2022 09:40 |  #7464

That used to be a bonus for the British who wanted to renovate as the French would much rather sell the house that was rundown rather than sort it. Then they would buy a nice new Little Box Made of Ticky-racky. (thinks :rolleyes: I could write a song about that ? )

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Feb 07, 2022 12:35 |  #7465

"the French would much rather sell the house that was rundown rather than sort it"
and the inheritance laws causes many older homes to be left empty for years until they become inhabitable.


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Feb 07, 2022 14:26 |  #7466

Good old Bonie and his inheritance laws eh Kenny. All so the big landowners of his time couldn't challenge him :rolleyes:


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Feb 08, 2022 14:56 |  #7467

Watchtower (control tower) at a railway station?

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Feb 08, 2022 16:51 |  #7468

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I am wondering if it was built as a water tower for steam engines?


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Feb 08, 2022 16:56 |  #7469

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19342091 (external link)
I am wondering if it was built as a water tower for steam engines?

I'd thought same. Couldn't see pipe to actually fill the tank.



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Feb 08, 2022 17:00 |  #7470

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I am wondering if it was built as a water tower for steam engines?

I'd thought same. Couldn't see pipe to actually fill the tank.

I also looked for the pipes. Perhaps with the age of the tower they either fell off or were taken off for safety?


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