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20-08-2017, 09:10 PM
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I suppost the weirdest place I have been to is on the roof of Hampton Court Palace. During some of their events they have extra telephone work installed. Its a huge place and when I went there no one seemed to know the telephone cable routes or junction points.
This was/is typical and you can spend days finding out when the job is timed for about 3 hours.

So I was left to "TRY" and find then for myself, a hopeless task believe me, and this included trying to find junction points on the roof.
Needless to say I spent an afternoon with no success, a typical BT mismanagement of sending an engineer to an out of area place to do work
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20-08-2017, 09:20 PM
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I don't know, there have been many places over many years, a Blues Party, early 80's, Handsworth, two of us, the other one a Gobby Minder, situation got a bit reckless.
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20-08-2017, 09:36 PM
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Lot's happened, you just have to sort out if any of it is something to be proud of.
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20-08-2017, 10:57 PM
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Here....
https://www.madametussauds.com/londo...t/our-history/
a long time ago though.

And here.....
https://www.jersey.com/jersey-war-tunnels
also a long time ago.
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20-08-2017, 11:08 PM
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Re: Weirdest place you have been to?

Did visit the war tunnels under Dover Castle but photography was not allowed
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20-08-2017, 11:25 PM
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The weirdest place for me was the German Underground Hospital in Jersey .... a stark reminder of the occupation of the island during World War 2. It was unbelievably cold inside with haunting German music playing continually.
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21-08-2017, 12:08 AM
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australia - everything is upside down - very hard to concentrate and get ya balance right!
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21-08-2017, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by realspeed ->
Did visit the war tunnels under Dover Castle but photography was not allowed
I used to work in those tunnels - in the cross channel cable repeater, where we had the best tea room in the country high on the cliff with views over Dover Harbour.

Underneath us was the Regional Seat of Government code named "Dumpy" where we used to maintain the teleprinters. Now that was an eerie place, ready to house hundreds of people at very short notice but not a soul anywhere

That was in the early 1960s. BTW my Official Secrets Act papers expired in about 2001 so I can say what I like about it.
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21-08-2017, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce ->

That was in the early 1960s. BTW my Official Secrets Act papers expired in about 2001 so I can say what I like about it.
Apologies for going slightly off topic,
When I worked for M.O.D and signed the Official Secrets Act I was told it was in perpetuum. Are there different versions of the act, Bruce? I've never really thought about it before.
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21-08-2017, 07:51 AM
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In Alaska I sailed so close to glaciers I could reach out and touch the blue ice, will never forget that. Walked on glaciers too. I don't suppose that was weird though more beautiful than weird.

I once stayed in a chateau in France it was owned by a very respectable looking French couple. imagine our surprise that all the ceilings in the bedrooms were covered in very explicit pornography... Very weird
 
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