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Postby Pgcc93 » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:31 pm

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Nearly been there on a few occasions 8O :oops: ::):

Not seen any stories in the papers recently re: kids getting impaled on spikey raillings, usually through the oxter IIRC 8O Ouch :!:
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Postby crusty_bint » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:44 pm

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Maxwell Park train station
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Maxwell Park ...park gates
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Postby Fossil » Mon Apr 26, 2004 8:54 pm

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Postby nuttytigger » Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:29 pm

there are some very interesting railings in hamilton, at hamilton college the railings from the hamilton palace, the real one not the nightclub ;)

but the dead brainy builders put them on upside down!!!

will get some pics tonight for you, they are on bothwell road in hamilton.

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Postby DMcNay » Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:56 pm

nuttytigger wrote:there are some very interesting railings in hamilton, at hamilton college the railings from the hamilton palace, the real one not the nightclub ;)

but the dead brainy builders put them on upside down!!!

will get some pics tonight for you, they are on bothwell road in hamilton.

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I've heard that upside-down story before, but I don't think it's true. They look the right way up to me.

Did you know that apart from that wee lodge they moved, those railings are the only bit of the Palace left?
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Postby monthebiffy » Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:22 pm

I went to Hamilton College, and I was told they were upside down too.. didn't take much notice of them though, they looked alright to me :wink:
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Postby nuttytigger » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:50 am

yep!!

its true they are upside down, it was in the advertiser a wee while ago :)
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Postby DMcNay » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:04 am

nuttytigger wrote:yep!!

its true they are upside down, it was in the advertiser a wee while ago :)


Can you paste thearticle in here?

It's not that I don't believe it but.......actually, I can't finish that sentence. I don't believe it.
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Postby nuttytigger » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:09 am

i'm trying to find a link for it, but the local paper doesnt seem to have any ******* links to archives GRRR!!!
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Postby DMcNay » Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:24 am

Old picture:

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Both the same. I win! :) :wink:
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Postby nuttytigger » Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:53 pm

if you look closely then you will see that there are some leaves on the fence in a pattern, but the leaves are growing down the way - no unless i didnt do biology for 3 years you should know that leaves grow up. the ones on that are just completely the wrong way round
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Postby DMcNay » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:07 pm

The original point was that they had been put *back on* upside-down. The original black and white photograph proves that this isn't the case.

As for the leaf pattern growing down there are other parts of the design that would look wrong the other way round.
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Postby crusty_bint » Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:22 pm

I've heard the rumours before and didnt know what to make of them... I think somebody's grannie/granda made it up just for something to talk about! 8O They seem fine to me

On inspection, it's distinctly heavier in design at the bottom; the first clue. The decorative motifs employed in the casting are quite clearly the right way round: The trefoil frieze along the top are 1 above 2, the five-petalled rose forms a pentagram, next are the bell flower garlands (which do look a wee bit like they're upside down... but they're not :wink: ), notice the collar with the volutes scrolling downwards with more bell flowers garlands hanging from them and forming a mouchette around a scallop shell.

Case closed methinks ::): :D ::): :D ::):
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Postby Fossil » Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:36 pm

crusty_bint wrote:I've heard the rumours before and didnt know what to make of them... I think somebody's grannie/granda made it up just for something to talk about! 8O They seem fine to me

On inspection, it's distinctly heavier in design at the bottom; the first clue. The decorative motifs employed in the casting are quite clearly the right way round: The trefoil frieze along the top are 1 above 2, the five-petalled rose forms a pentagram, next are the bell flower garlands (which do look a wee bit like they're upside down... but they're not :wink: ), notice the collar with the volutes scrolling downwards with more bell flowers garlands hanging from them and forming a mouchette around a scallop shell.

Case closed methinks ::): :D ::): :D ::):

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Postby crusty_bint » Fri Apr 30, 2004 5:44 pm

Some people will never know big yin :wink:
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