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Offline Bilthehut

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Where's this?
« on: April 07, 2010, 10:55:28 PM »
You all seem to have travelled around a bit, so where's this?
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Jack

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2010, 11:25:03 PM »
I'm fairly sure it isn't Grimsby.
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Malc

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2010, 05:00:19 AM »
I've seen it before, It's the Conquistador monument in Lisbon
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2010, 06:24:30 AM »
So if you're going to Lisbon, you should go to the loo before you head out.
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Offline Bilthehut

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2010, 06:58:42 AM »
Quote from: Malc on April 08, 2010, 05:00:19 AM
I've seen it before, It's the Conquistador monument in Lisbon
Congrats, Malc.  I thought it was impressive, especially the map of the world in front of the monument.

Tag, you're the next photo inputter, Malc.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2010, 07:41:45 AM »
Cue Sydney Opera House.
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Jack

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2010, 01:00:59 PM »
It's moderately impressive... until you notice the guy sat at the base of it, whereupon it becomes massively impressive.
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Tom

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2010, 07:34:55 PM »
It kind of reminds me of the 'Forward' statue I saw in Birmingham in 1999...




It's not as big though.

Sadly, it burned down...
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2010, 08:05:53 PM »
That was truly an ugly monument.

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Tom

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2010, 08:11:29 PM »
It looked odd, but I actually got to like it after seeing it nearly every day.
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2010, 08:24:43 PM »
I had wallpaper like that once, ugly as heck but grew on me in the end.
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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2010, 09:37:52 AM »
I quite like the statues near Faro airport in Portugal which show various figures looking skywards. It's probably got a lot to do with the fact that, if I can see them, I'm on holiday.
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Malc

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2010, 11:57:01 AM »
That "Forward" monument is truly awful. Bob The Builder is on it.

How did it burn down? Was it made of paper?
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Tom

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2010, 12:25:00 PM »


I've done some research into this...
It was made of fibre-glass. It was known locally as the Lurpak sculpture as it looked as though it was made of butter. Erected in 1991, it represented the city's early 1990s renaissance. A teenage arsonist destroyed it at 13.30 on Thursday 10th April 2003.

Coincidentally, that's todays date...

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Jack

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Re: Where's this?
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2010, 01:40:44 PM »
I'm fairly certain that today's date is actually Saturday 10th April 2010, and not Thursday 10th April 2003 as you claim.

Also, the blackened charred version in the third picture looks a bit more stylish than the original in my opinion. At least, it has more character. Of course, I don't condone arson, and I shudder to think of the fumes given off by the burning fibre-glass.
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