tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post5608569025162814349..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: IOW (3): Return to BlackgangRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-84523013597274069582015-03-23T20:18:34.469-07:002015-03-23T20:18:34.469-07:00Thanks! That's very interesting. I know there ...Thanks! That's very interesting. I know there have been rumours for some years that it was still extant somewhere.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-6907796620335500612015-03-23T16:54:10.524-07:002015-03-23T16:54:10.524-07:00You will find Letts' Shakespheare memorial tem...You will find Letts' Shakespheare memorial temple partly re-erected in Hasely Manor garden, Arreton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-48605002411304276232011-05-20T09:26:36.405-07:002011-05-20T09:26:36.405-07:00I've been trawling my memory stores relating t...I've been trawling my memory stores relating to 1966/7 for any trace of that huge smuggler, without any result.<br><br>Obviously further evidence for the fallibility of memory ... it's huge enough enough to have expected that I would still recall its looming presence in a place of which I have fond memories! :-)Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-69786495476654909492011-05-20T10:40:58.115-07:002011-05-20T10:40:58.115-07:00further evidence for the fallibility of memoryNot ...<i>further evidence for the fallibility of memory</i><br><br>Not this time... I'm moderately sure it dates from maybe a couple of decades later, when they were developing the themed areas more targeted at children/families: Dinosaur-Land, Smugglers-Land, Jungle-Land, and whatever.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-85012673704085876142011-05-20T12:00:35.510-07:002011-05-20T12:00:35.510-07:00Ah ... sorry ... my misunderstanding. I elided &qu...Ah ... sorry ... my misunderstanding. I elided "its entrance has long been guarded by a giant smuggler" with your reference to "the era I remember" as being 1960-1966 and rashly jumped to the assumption that the smuggler must have been there in that era.<br><br>Sadly, i have reached the age when the adjective "long" doesn't seem to apply to the span of time since 1966, which seems remarkably recent... [grin]Felixnoreply@blogger.com