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In 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte or Boney as he was called here,set his sights on invading England using Ireland as a back door. We of course hoped that he would come to free us from England`s grasp after nearly 600 years of occupation.. It was decided to build these wonderful Martello [ or Joycean towers-after James Joyce`s Ulysses ] towers around the coast as a defence against such an attack. There were 50 of them in all and 103 in England and they were complete with battlements, gun rooms, ramparts and constructed from local stone with walls up to 8ft thick. The entrance was 8ft up off the ground and only accessable by ladder..However, Boney never came and they were never used. Many are now in ruins but 20 are still standing. Some are in private hands and have been tastefully restored and converted into wonderful houses and they are fantastic structures with the best one in Sutton. See link below.
The one at Sandycove is now a James Joyce museum as he actually lived in it for a while. This tower here is in Donabate and is not used but the council maintain it. I think it should be open as a tourist office or something like that. Its pretty wonderful building.
This Baywatch doesnt have a red bathing suit in sight or a carpet chested David Hasselhopper either but I suppose that type of thing has its place too!! Come back Pamela!!!!
Joking aside, I do hope you like my baywatch and the bit of history stuff!
Ill be watching out for all of you my friends!
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www.martellotowersutton.com/Tower_History.html
And heres the link to the photo of James Joyce`s tower
at Sandycove. Ive included a fair bit of history with it and it should give you a laugh!
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DLWR #1804 & DL #2002 lead PO74 east by Snag Pond in Gouldsboro with 2 cars for Rocktenn in the Delaware Water Gap.
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DLWR #1804 and DL #2002 lead 2 cars for Westrock where the power will also be left (east of the Henryville) to switch customers on that side of the line due to the washout in Henryville.
Southern 377464 departs Horsham working 2E61, 14:04 Horsham – London Victoria, 17th April 2018. On the right is the old Horsham Signal Box, one of the eighteen “art deco” type 13 signal boxes built by the Southern Railway in the late 1930’s. Opened in 1938 it closed in August 2005, however survived demolition due to being a Grade II listed building.
A superb 5 inch gauge live steam model of London and North Eastern Railway V1 Class 2-6-2T 67658 setting off around the Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers extensive facilities at the Great Central Railway (North), Ruddington, 14th April 2018. The model represents a V1 Class 2-6-2T built in 1936 at Doncaster Works and withdrawn in September 1963.