Nice local news article about Blackheath Hospital (or “Hogwarts” as it has been referred to in the past) being used to CAT scan Ancient Egyptian Mummies here. There are some more detailed images of tiny mummified remains being scanned here. What a bizarre job that lady has!
Sorry I haven’t posted more lately – I’m hoping [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 27, 2009
Hogwarts and the Ancient Egyptian Mummy…
March 18, 2009
Google Street View comes to Blackheath
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So, it’s finally happened. Those mysterious looking black VW Beetles have finally dumped all their data into the Google Hive Mind, – lo and behold – we have Blackheath in glorious pseudo-3D almost QuickTime VR Panoramatastic streetview!
The screenshot (from Google) doesn’t do it justice. Click on the link, and have a look for [...]
March 12, 2009
Ferrets on trains
Hello Blackheath… Been suffering a bit of Blogger’s Block lately – although this message from Mrs Bugle made me smile:
“Watching the man with the beaver on the train. “
Glad to see that the eccentrics of Blackheath are still doing their bit.
All the best to all of you – keep an eye out here, and when [...]
March 8, 2009
Peter Horse
Completely bizarre, but quite funny blog post about Blackheath…
“A wise man once commented that any pub with ‘Railway’ somewhere in its title is almost certainly a complete dive.”
http://peterhorseface.blogspot.com/2009/03/estate-agents-description-of-blackheath.html
March 5, 2009
Have you lost your rail ticket?
Matt says:
Community service time! I found an oystercard just down the road from the Hare & Billet today. I’m going to hand it in at Blackheath Station tomorrow morning, but I thought it might be worth advertising the fact it’s been handed in, here. There was a photocard with it – is there any chance [...]
March 5, 2009
The Dead Zone
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Here’s a thing to try if you’re coming back to Blackheath from London by train in the rush hour. Station yourself next to someone jabbering away on their mobile phone, and watch what happens between Lewisham and Blackheath. I guarantee you that their call will drop, just before you get to the square-looking [...]
March 4, 2009
Landboarding – Grass not Snow
This looks like fun, if a bit risky… The Polish writing on the page says “Try to beat speed of sound on the grass”, according to Google Translate. It claims to have been shot in Blackheath, but it looks like Greenwich Park to me.
March 3, 2009
Madame Chocolat wrapping up
Just noticed that the ominous looking “SOLD” sign above Madame Chocolat has finally kicked into action. The sign on the front of the shop reveals that they are shutting up shop, but will still be available for catering, and other things. Which is a shame. I hope the replacement is as quirky and interesting as [...]
March 2, 2009
The mysterious volcano of Blackheath
Twitter user @beglen sent a message to my twitter account, asking if I had seen the “bubbling heath”… Intrigued, I went to take a look at the flickr page suggested, and sure enough, there is a mysterious venting of gas from the depths… I believe the photos are near the Hare & Billet [...]
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