Saturday 3 March 2012

Falkland Islands Part 8 of 9 (excluding the wild life parts)–Stanley part 2–Architecture & other things

139 On a garage

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The only brick terrace – with corrugated iron roof

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068 The main street

135 A shop

122 The racecourse grandstand

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The offices of the British Antartic Survey

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Mast from the SS Great Britain

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067 A ship that didn’t get away

103 And another

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077 The police station

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The post office

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080 The newspaper office

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The Governor’s house

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Both ends

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063 An escaped Routemaster

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In the museum:

106 a chest from the Great Britain

108 and a writing table

109 a cup for the best turnips in 1867

111 the Royal Falkland Police Force, given the Royal appendage in January 1992.  My host in Darwin House and my guide on the San Carlos – Goose Green are both in the photograph

113 Travelling dentist equipment

118 Cleaning up the streets in 1982

119 A letter from an Argentine in 1982 and below a mock up of an Argentine trench

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and last – but definitely not least – Kate & Wills on their pre-wedding tour of the Falklands:

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