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History Forum / General / British History / April 2008Pure Urban Myth Concerning London Bridge In Arizona
"Brian Sharrock" <b.sharrock@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:AHfPj.21391$B83.6611@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >{The story is that the buyer assumed he was purchasing the > iconic "Tower Bridge" rather than the rather flat and > boring 'London Bridge'.} -------------------------------------------------------------- <http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.169982.0.how_london_bridg e_was_sold_to_the_states.php> ...And it's just another flat and boring British pub story designed to convince the gullible, simple-minded and unsophisticated Brits that Americans are gullible and none-too-smart -- easily deceived by allegedly much smarter and more sophisticated Europeans. Pure Urban Myth... But beloved by the Poguenoscenti and British schoolboys, including Pogue Sharrock and Pogue Hogg...as well as The Poguettes. DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas Veni, Vidi, Calcitravi Asinum >>{The story is that the buyer assumed he was purchasing the >> iconic "Tower Bridge" rather than the rather flat and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > But beloved by the Poguenoscenti and British schoolboys, including Pogue > Sharrock and Pogue Hogg...as well as The Poguettes. So why did they buy it? It's a rather undistinguished piece of Victorian municipal engineering.  SignatureWilliam Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. >>>{The story is that the buyer assumed he was purchasing the >>> iconic "Tower Bridge" rather than the rather flat and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >It's a rather undistinguished piece of Victorian municipal engineering. ITYM "Georgian" or "Williamite". The bridge-which-was-sold was John Rennie's one, built from 1824 (George IV) to 1831 (William IV, a former RN frigate captain, giving us - thank $DEITY - some naval content). It was widened later, but that was Edwardian work. The Victorians seem to have left the thing alone. Not one of Rennie's more spectacular works, mind. As to "why did they buy it": presumably someone suggested - without saying as much - that it was Peter de Colechuch's bridge. These things have been managed before. Washington Old Hall was restored with US money after people failed to mention that the building dated from a few hundred years after the Washington familhy had done the decent thing and buggered off out of the neighbourhood... SignatureAndy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair) > >>{The story is that the buyer assumed he was purchasing the > >> iconic "Tower Bridge" rather than the rather flat and > >> boring 'London Bridge'.} > > -------------------------------------------------------------- <http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.169982.0.how_london_ bridge_was_sold_to_the_states.php> > > ...And it's just another flat and boring British pub story designed to > > convince the gullible, simple-minded and unsophisticated Brits that [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > So why did they buy it? To make money. > It's a rather undistinguished piece of Victorian municipal engineering. If you ever find yourself in Arizona stop by and see the wonders of marketing. They've built a Disneyworld like English town on an island in lake Havasu and you get to cross the London bridge to get there. It¹s very bizarre finding this oasis of make-believe London in the middle of a desert. Joe Very pleasant drive to get there and no uppity and/or ragamuffin Brits, with their palms out, to deal with along the way. DSH > If you ever find yourself in Arizona stop by and see the wonders > of marketing. They've built a Disneyworld like English town on an [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joe > Very pleasant drive to get there and no uppity and/or ragamuffin Brits, with > their palms out, to deal with along the way. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > Joe Very pleasant drive from where? Vegas? (150 miles) , LA? (350 miles of desert) , Phoenix? (200 miles). Lake Havasu is in the Colorado River valley, the lake is a part of that river. If you want humidity without owning a steam bath the Colorado River valley in Arizona is your place. The weather people will tell you it's 5 %, that is at the airport and measured by a inanimate meter. cite from a chat group: Don't fool yourself about the heat here. I live in Bullhead City/ Laughlin. We have basically the same temps as in Lake Havasu. We may not have the humidity, but I will guarantee you the heat will knock you off your rocker Make sure you come and visit during July/August before making any permanent plans. We are looking at moving to Texas soon, we visited there in July and WELCOMED the lower temps and humidity...we thought it was great compared to here and we have lived here for 19 years! http://www.city-data.com/forum/arizona/53226-lake-havasu.html On Apr 23, 4:09 am, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Very pleasant drive from where? Vegas? (150 miles) , LA? (350 miles of > desert) , Phoenix? (200 miles). Lake Havasu is in the Colorado River > valley, the lake is a part of that river. If you want humidity without > owning a steam bath the Colorado River valley in Arizona is your > place. The weather people will tell you it's 5 %, that is at the > airport and measured by a inanimate meter. That was my immediate reaction. It's roughly 3.5 hrs. from here through the Mojave Desert. BB I guess everybody has some mountain to climb. It's just fate whether you live in Kansas or Tibet... > Very pleasant drive to get there and no uppity and/or ragamuffin Brits, > with their palms out, to deal with along the way. Still having trouble with that visa David? What a shame... 'undesirable alien' does sum you up however. On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:27:38 +0100, "The Great Hermaphrodite" <panther@excelsior.com> wrote: >>{The story is that the buyer assumed he was purchasing the >> iconic "Tower Bridge" rather than the rather flat and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >But beloved by the Poguenoscenti and British schoolboys, including Pogue >Sharrock and Pogue Hogg...as well as The Poguettes. Hines is posting the same ballocks now for the fourth time. Is he aiming for a new Usenet record? Or trying to bore us to death with his dreigh and dreary battology? James Indeed. "Brainless twit"... DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas >>> I should have remembered that London Bridge is now in Arizona. >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > with mock-Tudor shopping mall. Rennie's London Bridge has become Arizona's > second-biggest tourist attraction, after the Grand Canyon. > >{The story is that the buyer assumed he was purchasing the > > iconic "Tower Bridge" rather than the rather flat and > > boring 'London Bridge'.} > -------------------------------------------------------------- <http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.169982.0.how_london_ bridge_was_sold_to_the_states.php> > ...And it's just another flat and boring British pub story designed to > convince the gullible, simple-minded and unsophisticated Brits that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > But beloved by the Poguenoscenti and British schoolboys, including Pogue > Sharrock and Pogue Hogg...as well as The Poguettes. So you'd rather have the USites actually WANTING to buy London Bridge? Twit! Surreyman >So you'd rather have the USites actually WANTING to buy London Bridge? I thought someone[s] had to be nuts. Events seem to confirm this. Casady, from Iowa > >So you'd rather have the USites actually WANTING to buy London Bridge? > > I thought someone[s] had to be nuts. Events seem to confirm this. > > Casady, from Iowa that bridhe has made the purchaser scads of money. so who exactly was the fool? |
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