tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6644582969920556115..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Chichester, SussexPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32707757470729597772012-10-27T11:18:02.660+01:002012-10-27T11:18:02.660+01:00Hels: Yes, the coaches stopped there and passenger...Hels: Yes, the coaches stopped there and passengers could stay in the inn or get onward transport. These coaching inns must have been bustling with activity in their heyday. <br /><br />Thanks for the link.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-20225581709729861802012-10-27T09:56:47.975+01:002012-10-27T09:56:47.975+01:00I loved the development of coaching inns, entrepre...I loved the development of coaching inns, entrepreneurial chaps who saw a new business opportunity to create and fill. I had a good look at the front of the Dolphin and Anchor, but all I could see was what looked as though it had been a very large front entrance (for the carriages perhaps?). <br /><br />Clearly this clever landlord offered all the facilities of a good coaching inn – good drink, food, stables etc. What were his connections with the daily coach service to London - did the coaches stop right at the Dolphin and Anchor?<br /><br />Hels<br />http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/coaching-inns-1700-1850-short-but.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-69122429924706223792012-10-25T09:12:58.696+01:002012-10-25T09:12:58.696+01:00Chris: I noticed the bookshop. And the boozing pla...Chris: I noticed the bookshop. And the boozing place - sometimes looking up at old and interesting details is for me a kind of escapism, enabling me to forget for a moment the sorry reality of what exists at street level. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-35212004981087023182012-10-25T08:22:50.404+01:002012-10-25T08:22:50.404+01:00When we first moved down here the Dolphin and Anch...When we first moved down here the Dolphin and Anchor was still a hotel with the coaching yard, though admittedly it was pretty old-fashioned and dreary. Now it is a lot of shops and a place for filling teenagers with booze masquerading as a pub. Sad really, though it's some compensation that one of the shops is a large and very good bookshop.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-30100321968223416252012-10-22T16:28:01.212+01:002012-10-22T16:28:01.212+01:00Ken Green: My sincere apologies. What was I thinki...Ken Green: My sincere apologies. What <i>was</i> I thinking of? Brain in neutral. I have corrected the post.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-18220471569161796202012-10-22T15:52:22.818+01:002012-10-22T15:52:22.818+01:00Chichester is NOT, never has been in Hampshire, he...Chichester is NOT, never has been in Hampshire, heaven forbid<br />Ken Green<br />Chichester<br />SussexAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152533940974445910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9716794638784352182012-10-22T10:57:26.871+01:002012-10-22T10:57:26.871+01:00James: There could well have been. Although hard e...James: There could well have been. Although hard evidence about temperatures in historical periods is hard to come by (until the 17th century anyway), things certainly point to a warmer Britain in earlier times, especially 11th/12th/13th centuries. But once that heraldic dolphin had got lodged in people's minds, it was hard to shake off, whether they'd seen a real one or not. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-20285290838062195712012-10-22T10:43:33.139+01:002012-10-22T10:43:33.139+01:00From Roman times until the 13th century the Britis...From Roman times until the 13th century the British climate was warmer than it is now. The Romans for example had vineyards in the Cotswolds. Maybe there were more dolphins in British waters too - just a thought!James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84688335641598731822012-10-22T10:14:27.667+01:002012-10-22T10:14:27.667+01:00Yes, you're right, they are never very realist...Yes, you're right, they are never very realistic. Shouldn't be surprised if they are based on heraldic dolphins, which go back to the time when the artists hadn't seen them, or not closely.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-36757135169010491252012-10-22T10:01:23.285+01:002012-10-22T10:01:23.285+01:00I've noticed dolphins everywhere, notably slid...I've noticed dolphins everywhere, notably sliding down lamp posts on the Victoria Embankment. However, they never seem to look like the real thing. It's as if there's a master heraldic dolphin somewhere that's then been copied ad infinitum. Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com