John, wrote: > --- In [email protected], "peteuk" <peter.jea...@...> wrote: > One of the cons borrowed a lorry, and came back a few hours later > >>> with the steel superstructure which is there to this day. >>> >>> >> I think the lock is more correctly known as the Colin P Witter lock. >> Just to keep the archive correct- of course (:-) >> >> Regards >> Pete(approved D H landrover operative) >> >> > And IIRC at the official opening the Lady Mayor of Stratford (through the PA > system) complimented Mr Hutchings on his monumental erection! > And then she went a very strange colour. > John > Don't know about that, I wasn't invited :-( but I can remember the main banner headline from the Stratford rag "Will Mr Hutchings take down his monstrous erection" This appeared when Hutch had put the bracing over the top of the lock down by the theatre, to stop it collapsing in, they had already driven in very long piles and not found anything solid, and the lock walls were all buckelling inwards, it was a disaster.
The headline was then followed an article saying how they (however they were may have been, the council, or a councillor, or the papers editor - can't remember that bit) though it ruined the views across the meadows of the church and theatre. Hutchs response was to hang flower baskets on it. The steel for this maybe the same steel bracing as mentioned in the apocryphal tale mentioned before, I'm checking that out. I did hear him say he wanted to put a house on it, typical architect :-)) -- cheers Ian Mac
