Charlie D Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Don’t throw away your old bodyshell. Turn it into a bath. https://littleplaceinthecountry.com/the-horse-hut/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Charlie D said: Don’t throw away your old bodyshell. Turn it into a bath. https://littleplaceinthecountry.com/the-horse-hut/ £49 cleaning charge on top of the rental price! Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR Rob Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 That’s just up the road from me… and never heard of it! Although Hattingley Sparkling Wine is pretty good !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie D Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 Forgot to say "Nothing to do with me!" (In case anyone thinks I'm advertising.) I just thought it was a bit of a waste of a Lotus body shell. 2 hours ago, stuart said: ...on top of the rental price!... Yes, and if you want to stay on a Saturday in March, that will be £250. I wonder what the high season prices are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 On 3/8/2024 at 10:55 AM, stuart said: £49 cleaning charge on top of the rental price! Stuart. Read; We want a higher price than the one we advertise and gullible people will not question it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 (edited) The things people want to bath in. Visited the London Museum Docklands just before last Christmas, and right outside in one of the old docks was this, or one like it: Not my photo, obviously, it was dull and drizzling when I was there but people were out in these heated spa pool floating baths, in cossies, "enjoying" drinks and nibbles. John Edited March 30 by john.r.davies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 If you watched the programme last night about Sewers, and have read recent reports in the papers, you will realise that these people were taking quite a risk. In the 1960s, I swam across the Thames at Henley with my Uncle, but I wouldn't dare go into the river water nowadays - and I see that the Oxford Boat Race queue, even if they win, won't throw their cox into the Thames this year. Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 I doubt things were much cleaner back then Ian. I remember as a kid during the '50s, swimming in the Solent and watching the - er- detritus float past. Every year there was a polio scare, allegedly caught by swimming in contaminated water. This was Oxford, upstream of Henley: "In 1952 the city's sewerage system was described as 'probably the most backward in the country" (A History of the County of Oxford, volume 4) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 (edited) I didn't know that the University Boat Race was as early as 1858: Visual comment on "The Great Stink" from Punch, 10/7/1858, "The Silent Highwayman " Edited March 30 by john.r.davies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Interesting program on sewers last night on telly Ch 5 I think Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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