Find of the Week

14 Jul 2010 02:24 #11 by PETERTHEEATER
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Thanks Colski, but neither fits the anticipated location; I need that notebook and I am still looking for it!. Meanwhile, enjoy Paul's image for it is probably the last man standing.

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14 Jul 2010 11:52 #12 by daveg4otu
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Presumably the design was named after this....

www.atlastours.net/iraq/ctesiphon.html

But I still don't know what they were used for - please?

:cry:

See my Hampshire,Dorset,Devon,IOW Airfields sites..
www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/

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14 Jul 2010 12:21 #13 by Paul Francis
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They were used for barrack huts, store buildings, churches and factory units - much the same as any hut design. This particular beast was I belive located on the War Office / MoD estate but had been used for grass drying purposes by a farmer who had the grass cutting contract.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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14 Jul 2010 18:34 #14 by Richard Drew
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Paul your reply box is full so I cannot contact you?

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14 Jul 2010 19:03 #15 by Paul Francis
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Please, if anyone guesses or knows the location of this structure would they not post its location anywhere on the forum as if there is too much interest in it, the building will be removed.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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14 Jul 2010 20:25 #16 by Dave Smith
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Just watched that BoB programme on Chan 5 and on an aerial view of Eastchurch there appeared to be a Ctesiphon. Did anyone else notice this?

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15 Jul 2010 06:14 #17 by PETERTHEEATER
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I assume that, due to the uniqueness of construction that such a structure would fall apart if any attempt was made to dismantle and relocate.

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15 Jul 2010 08:35 #18 by Paul Francis
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The building is very frail, with cracks running along the corrugations, its only the hessian holding it up in places.

You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!

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16 Jul 2010 08:36 #19 by PETERTHEEATER
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Thanks Paul, I wasn't suggesting that the survivor be relocated, just thinking through whether such a structure could be dismantled at all. It would certainly be necessary to strip and scrap the covering and re-cover the old framework with new fabric and concrete. The covering being unique would then be new and destroy the originality. I guess that's why so few (maybe one!) survive.

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16 Jul 2010 09:47 #20 by carnaby
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Just watched that BoB programme on Chan 5 and on an aerial view of Eastchurch there appeared to be a Ctesiphon. Did anyone else notice this?

Yes I did, Dave. However I was so incensed with the appalling number of errors in this documentary I forgot about it. More to follow when I've finished the list :twisted:.

Graham

Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite :twisted:

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