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Jan n Neil May 28th 2011 11:54 pm

Hotel Grand Chancellor
 
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Pic in the paper today from ChCh. The lean is real. I was going to use this hotel later this year for a 300 delegate conference, that thought does keep me awake at night sometimes :(


Jan

Persephone May 29th 2011 3:38 am

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I think that picture is taken from St Asaph street/Manchester St which is where the slip and lean is most apparent. It looks perfectly normal when you look at it from the west!
It is quite surreal to look at and I must admit it does look worse when you see it for real compared with photos. It should be pretty much gone in about 10 months if they get a move on. Can't say I'll be sorry to see it go, it is quite spectacularly ugly:eek: If I had to express a preference for leaning towers I have to say that I much prefer the one in Italy...

BEVS May 29th 2011 6:42 am

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I've climbed that Pisa tower . Spectacular.

The GC need's Fred Dibner & to get a move on..

Jan n Neil May 29th 2011 7:18 am

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They DEFINITELY need to get a move on, that concept was also in todays paper.......

Jan

simonsi May 30th 2011 9:43 am

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 9394852)
The GC need's Fred Dibner & to get a move on..

They can´t just drop it, it leans towards/over the Chch central telephone exchange which is still working (and is supporting many lines to businesses and residences outside the cordon zone), although I wouldnt guarantee it still would be if they drop the hotel on it...

Margaret Parkinson May 30th 2011 5:45 pm

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 9394852)
I've climbed that Pisa tower . Spectacular.

The GC need's Fred Dibner & to get a move on..

I met Fred and he was a full blown character. He dropped a chimney in Tyldesley where I live. Here's the last one he dropped.

http://wn.com/Fred_Dibnah__The_Last_Chimney

June

simonsi May 30th 2011 7:12 pm

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I always enjoyed the series they made about him, kind of Country File meets Mythbusters :)

BEVS May 30th 2011 11:26 pm

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Originally Posted by simonsi (Post 9397027)
They can´t just drop it,

I know that Simonsi. I do keep up sometimes y'know.


Originally Posted by Margaret Parkinson
I met Fred and he was a full blown character.

Did you :eek: I'd have loved to have met him.

Jan n Neil May 30th 2011 11:48 pm

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Years ago my son briefly went out with his daughter. "Full on" character goes part way to describe what my son heard.

Anyway, someone's highjacked this thread :rofl:

simonsi May 31st 2011 1:39 am

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Originally Posted by BEVS (Post 9398496)
I know that Simonsi. I do keep up sometimes y'kn

Fair enough, didn't know that you knew the reason why....


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