tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573204733857001476.post6094357232230415796..comments2023-12-26T13:29:53.167+01:00Comments on Thanet coast life: They are Heraldic Dolphins not SturgeonsA J Ovendenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145698477921862643noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573204733857001476.post-75878116858775706132012-01-26T16:57:55.461+01:002012-01-26T16:57:55.461+01:00be interesting to find out, Tony if you do find Mi...be interesting to find out, Tony if you do find Micks stuff mail me cheers, DonDon Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573204733857001476.post-57793557854915798152012-01-24T13:59:22.420+01:002012-01-24T13:59:22.420+01:00Michael, to be honest I am not sure, Mick Twyman d...Michael, to be honest I am not sure, Mick Twyman did some research on them and produced an article for the Margate historical Society which I am trying to find. I do believe he made contact with a relative of the people who manufactured originaly made them.A J Ovendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145698477921862643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573204733857001476.post-82183552742775290592012-01-23T18:22:29.086+01:002012-01-23T18:22:29.086+01:00Tony I think the London ones date from the 1870s a...Tony I think the London ones date from the 1870s and designed to be about the first electric street lights in the UK at that time it would have been a coal fuelled steam generator fairly near to the lights, I wonder if the Margate ones also were also part of some very early electric lighting scheme.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573204733857001476.post-23857705423423001242012-01-23T17:18:24.173+01:002012-01-23T17:18:24.173+01:00I like them also Don, but if Margate is to move in...I like them also Don, but if Margate is to move in the cultural path everything most be accurate down the finest detail and kept to a high standard.A J Ovendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07145698477921862643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573204733857001476.post-8212917141829244092012-01-23T16:56:54.336+01:002012-01-23T16:56:54.336+01:00I like 'em whatever they are.I like 'em whatever they are.Don Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.com