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[Brighton] Help identifying type of manhole cover



Westdene Seagull

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clapham_gull said:
Looking at the design it's clearly a cast iron General Post Office Elkington Gatic cover with the portcullis-styled frame.

If I was to take a punt, I'd say it was probably installed in the 1970s and made in Kettering.
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You must be an absolute hoot at parties !
 




Mr Bridger

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Mellotron said:
Why did I click on this thread? What was I hoping to see?
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Eeyore

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getz

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clapham_gull said:
Looking at the design it's clearly a cast iron General Post Office Elkington Gatic cover with the portcullis-styled frame.

If I was to take a punt, I'd say it was probably installed in the 1970s and made in Kettering.
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Definitely not a GPO/BT joint box cover. I know about those things.
 






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clapham_gull said:
Looking at the design it's clearly a cast iron General Post Office Elkington Gatic cover with the portcullis-styled frame.

If I was to take a punt, I'd say it was probably installed in the 1970s and made in Kettering.
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I think the other posters may have mistakenly taken this for a taking the piss type witty imaginative post....
Westdene Seagull said:
You must be an absolute hoot at parties !
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But probably correct.
 
















Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

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Harry Wilson's tackle

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clapham_gull said:
It runs "down" (under) my road. If you walk down Northcote Road after the rain you can hear the river running beneath.

Maybe we could hire a village hall and I can bring along my projector.
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Either you're Kerry Mayo in disguise, or you're talking to yourself, mate. :wink:

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maffew

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Dec 10, 2003
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clapham_gull said:
Looking at the design it's clearly a cast iron General Post Office Elkington Gatic cover with the portcullis-styled frame.

If I was to take a punt, I'd say it was probably installed in the 1970s and made in Kettering.
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I'd love to see this pop up as a specialist subject on Mastermind, fascinating!
 










zefarelly

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Balders said:
The Interweb is a strange old place - there is a website based in Israel called the "ultimate manhole covers site" - it includes an interactive map of the world showing the location of some manhole covers - unfortunately there are none in Brighton, but there is a manhole featured in Epsom and plenty in London - who'd have thought it ;-)

The ultimate manhole covers site | Home Page

The home page of the ultimate manhole covers site - The city has a lot of covers - where you can find manhole covers from different countries in different shapes and categories: sewerage, water, communication and more.
manhole.co.il manhole.co.il
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THis is something to do with those Terrorist squirrels Bush was prattling on about when his meds wore off . . . .

It could be An underground network of nutters . . . There's plenty of them about .. . . Some of them above ground, running countries
 


Badger

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I can't believe everyone on this thread, making assumptions about the gender of the hole. How do you know it isn't a womanhole?
 


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