tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post1201508318267126471..comments2024-03-28T08:13:30.383+00:00Comments on FTHN: From the Hornets Nest: DOCTOR FRUITWOOD FROM CROWBORO' REMINISCESUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-3787810020338270772012-07-26T13:54:31.366+01:002012-07-26T13:54:31.366+01:00John Cox used to recount with pride his part in th...John Cox used to recount with pride his part in this dubious excercise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-7138490085178553112012-07-26T13:08:26.856+01:002012-07-26T13:08:26.856+01:00To be fair the demolition was not actually illegal...To be fair the demolition was not actually illegal. It would have been illegal after midnight, but as it was started at 11pm it was within the law; and the new Town Hall had already been built. But the story of how the School, which should have had first refusal, was secretly bought out a couple of years beforehand, was pretty nasty.<br /><br />I wrote to Freeman in an attempt to preserve the foundation stone for re-use in the new building, as a last ditch attempt to salvage something morally from a despicable act. He replied that I 'should rest assured that everything possible would be done to show the foundation stone the respect it deserved'.<br /><br />And in fact it *was* extracted from the ruins (with its foundation deposit mysteriously absent) and dumped at the side of the cleared site. Needless to say when the developers moved in it was rapidly got rid of. I regret now that I didn't organise six strong blokes to carry it into St Mary Abbott's garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-73100323637021667872012-07-26T11:03:57.062+01:002012-07-26T11:03:57.062+01:00Clearly the Doc is telling us she was a spyClearly the Doc is telling us she was a spyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com