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"+1 from me for John Lawler, try and take a look into his workshop, it's a remarkable hoard of all sorts. Did a great job on  an old chair with sentimental value."

"I have to say, sitting in the garden about 100 yards, or the metric equivalent,  from the so called "fun fair" it seems to be very much less irritating than previous years and seems to be rather poorly attended. Maybe they will find…"

"If you stroll up my street you'll be kept busy!!!"

"I found one the other day and removed it , fiving it no more thought until today. Just strolled up the street to see whether any pattern emerged to the distribution. First thing was that houses with secondary exterior doors, those placed at the…"

"Thanks Hugh.   One year from breaking the soil to turfing over !  That seems a real achievement to me considering plant available in those days.  But many fine projects were achieved in Victorian times......."

"It was dug out between 1868 and 1869, Guess where all the earth they dug out ended up?"

"Oh wow...........impressive indeed !  Wonderful brickwork back in the day.  Anywhere state how long it took from start to finish, number of navvies involved and if they were brought in specifically for the works ?  Must have created…"

"One final link - I added a comment on another thread earlier which reveals where in Harringay all the spoils from digging out the reservoir ended up."

"That looks to be quite something!"

"That sounds about right Hugh, I do not see Thames Water's PR dept looking likely to pick up organising tours in a hurry! It did make me think of the Byzantine Cistern in Istanbul, should anyone visit there! This you can get into, and well worth…"