Comments on: Follies and Freaks: a 1908 view. https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/ Rambles to, and ramblings about, Follies and Garden and Landscape Ornament. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13135 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:53:49 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13135 In reply to Valerie Greaves.

Hello Valerie. I went to see the amazing chimney when I was researching the Darwen Tower. It is every bit as impressive as the hilltop monument.

]]> By: Valerie Greaves https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13117 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:25:48 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13117 Your mention of a chimney reminds me of the spectacular Italianate India Mill chimney in Darwen that you would have seen from Darwen Tower. It is said that when it was completed there was a party at the top. I don’t think it is still used as a chimney but is a useful place for peregrines to nest.

]]> By: Adrian Fisher https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13085 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 12:06:06 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13085 Dear Gwyn and all
My wife Marie and I planted a hedge maze in our garden in Durweston, Dorset in 2003; built a brick-and-flint folly tower (with mirrored chamber, spiral staircase and battlement walk) in 2013; and a Gothick Pavilion in 2023. The Gothick Pavilion is ideal for wedding photography, and its first nuptial event is being held this summer. I’ve been flying drones for nine years, and have photographed folly towers from the air especially in recent years. Thus in two different ways, mazes and flying, I am following the example of Daedalus!

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13080 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 17:45:41 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13080 In reply to gwyn.

Hello Thomas. It is always heartening to know that these folly stories bring a smile to the face of readers. Thank you for taking the time to get in touch.

]]> By: gwyn https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13079 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 17:33:57 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13079 GWYN, SAT. 2 MAR 24
AS THE 77 YEAR OLD AUTHOR (THE BUTLER WORE GUCCIS), AND ANTIQUES DEALER – HAVING LIVED IN PARIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, MY LOVE OF: THE CREATION OF THE FOLLIES & ‘FINAL’ RESTING PLACES (A LA – PERE LACHAISE), THAT I HAVE VISITED, EVEN IF NOW – ONLY IN MEMORY, ALWAYS BRINGS A SMILE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT.

]]> By: Editor https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13078 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:59:34 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13078 In reply to Gwyn Headley.

Good morning Gwyn. Yes it was an exciting discovery and a delight to read such a stirring definition of follies! I’ve been to the site of the mausoleum, but the chimney was entirely new to me.

]]> By: Gwyn Headley https://thefollyflaneuse.com/follies-and-freaks-a-1908-view/#comment-13077 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:53:01 +0000 https://thefollyflaneuse.com/?p=11465#comment-13077 What a wonderful discovery! I’d never heard of this article, or the wonderful chimney or mausoleum. What sad losses. Well done you!

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