tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post926397063277101078..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Going PottyPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-40735951684365522632009-02-12T12:38:00.000+00:002009-02-12T12:38:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bucks Retronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518558456508724139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-28249474204975390252009-02-12T12:36:00.000+00:002009-02-12T12:36:00.000+00:00Sadly,fibreglass fakery does not seem to be confin...Sadly,fibreglass fakery does not seem to be confined to chimney pots:I know of a substantial Hertfordshire country house ,presumably listed ,and now serving as a management college , where a spire, which I think used to surmount a clock tower was removed only to be replaced by such a replica,and what I suspect was the original was standing (and decaying )in a field alongside the road from Hemel Hempstead to Leighton Buzzard with a For Sale ticket on it 4 or so years ago. It may still be there.It would make one hell of a dovecote!<BR/>What price the preservation of historically important buildings and associated traditional crafts with which to maintain them,eh ?Bucks Retronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518558456508724139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-12646653936501364642009-02-12T11:09:00.000+00:002009-02-12T11:09:00.000+00:00Oh Toby, what a lovely image. I shall go and huddl...Oh Toby, what a lovely image. I shall go and huddle myself over a glowing brazier immediately and roast my chestnuts.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-36991515685531962572009-02-12T10:14:00.000+00:002009-02-12T10:14:00.000+00:00I watched, sipping hot tea, as our builder careful...I watched, sipping hot tea, as our builder carefully removed one of our chimney pots 27 years ago as it was surplus to requirements. It is now overflowing with Snowdrops and I can see it from where I sit, huddled over the electric fire.Toby Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982935561221527990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-43723799704224947422009-02-12T08:21:00.000+00:002009-02-12T08:21:00.000+00:00Elsewhere on this blog I've talked about the inimi...Elsewhere on this blog I've talked about the inimitable illustrator Tony Meeuwissen, and he once did a Christmas stamp that was three terracotta chimney pots decorated as the Three Kings. With the pointy crowns that chimneys sometimes have. Brilliant.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-60861635038046024992009-02-12T03:25:00.000+00:002009-02-12T03:25:00.000+00:00Ha, Thud. I seem to remember 'Bob the Builder' hel...Ha, Thud. I seem to remember 'Bob the Builder' helped on the top of your Victorian beauty.<BR/>I even like the pots as jardinieres<BR/>on the ground...very 70's I know!Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-27307173100167139342009-02-11T12:30:00.000+00:002009-02-11T12:30:00.000+00:00Chimney pots! Dontcha just love 'em. As you say, f...Chimney pots! Dontcha just love 'em. As you say, frighteningly large on the ground, perfectly proportional on the rooftop. And all so different. The home of those two bizarre marionettes of childhood TV. Flobadob!Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-48690779451023144762009-02-11T00:38:00.000+00:002009-02-11T00:38:00.000+00:00Working on stone or brick stacks with their collec...Working on stone or brick stacks with their collections and accretions of pots in all their varieties is a joy...really!Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-8915653640702697122009-02-10T12:11:00.000+00:002009-02-10T12:11:00.000+00:00You're right. What I like about them is the fact t...You're right. What I like about them is the fact that they're so small and in proportion as you look up at them, enormous terracotta giants when they're on the ground next to you.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-21406906078735016472009-02-10T12:01:00.000+00:002009-02-10T12:01:00.000+00:00We've still got ours, despite a firebomb landing o...We've still got ours, despite a firebomb landing on our neighbour's roof during the Blitz. What I like about them is that they are covered in decorations that can't even be seen unless you're crawling about on the roof.TIWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723235843548373098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-35180115835304799352009-02-10T11:36:00.000+00:002009-02-10T11:36:00.000+00:00Excellent concept Diplo. We obviously must talk, b...Excellent concept Diplo. We obviously must talk, but we won't say anything about it to anybody just yet.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-82768141453672906372009-02-10T11:29:00.000+00:002009-02-10T11:29:00.000+00:00How about - moulded fake brickwork/stonework chimn...How about - moulded fake brickwork/stonework chimney stacks in fibre-glass c/w pot, so light they can be planted onto a cheap truss roof without the need of a supporting chimney structure - don't laugh it's true!!!!!!!!!Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.com