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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 11, 2020 15:56:10 GMT
The Brompton Cemetery Tomb That's Rumoured To Be A Time Machine
Brompton Cemetery is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' burial sites established in the 19th century — a time when London's dead threatened to drown the living. The cemetery boasts a tree-lined avenue, classical colonnades, underground catacombs and a time machine. The latter, according to local legend, is located inside the mausoleum of Hannah Courtoy.The oddest of tales have been spun around Courtoy's final resting place. The tomb and the tales unite two Victorian obsessions: weird science and Egyptology. Erected in 1854, Courtoy's memorial is supposedly a collaboration between Joseph Bonomi (Egyptologist, sculptor) and Samuel Alfred Warner (naval weapon inventor, likely charlatan). Bonomi himself rests within haunting distance of Courtoy. Hers is a striking monument, imposing, and on a light-failing winter's day, spooky. The little known about Courtoy's life is tantalising. An unwed mother to three daughters (two would be buried with her) Courtoy inherited a wealthy merchant's estate, became a socialite and loved a bit of Egyptology. Perhaps she even subscribed to the notion that the wisdom of the ancient pharaohs extended to time travel and eternal life. Add to this a lost key and the suggestion that the tomb is unmarked on Brompton's cemetery plans and the mystery deepens. I first came across the mausoleum while on an excruciatingly awful date. Had I known it was a time machine, with teleportation capabilities boasting a direct link to a graveyard in Paris, I would have picked the lock and jumped on board. Nowadays, with no amorous goth sixth-form boy to shake off, I can take my leisure. An amble around the Courtoy tomb always reminds me that the Victorians were an intriguing lot. londonist.com/london/secret/time-machine-tomb-brompton-cemeterySo do you think its possible that it is actually a time machine inside The Courtoy mausoleum ?
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Post by politicidal on Jan 12, 2020 16:55:32 GMT
The Brompton Cemetery Tomb That's Rumoured To Be A Time Machine
Brompton Cemetery is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' burial sites established in the 19th century — a time when London's dead threatened to drown the living. The cemetery boasts a tree-lined avenue, classical colonnades, underground catacombs and a time machine. The latter, according to local legend, is located inside the mausoleum of Hannah Courtoy.The oddest of tales have been spun around Courtoy's final resting place. The tomb and the tales unite two Victorian obsessions: weird science and Egyptology. Erected in 1854, Courtoy's memorial is supposedly a collaboration between Joseph Bonomi (Egyptologist, sculptor) and Samuel Alfred Warner (naval weapon inventor, likely charlatan). Bonomi himself rests within haunting distance of Courtoy. Hers is a striking monument, imposing, and on a light-failing winter's day, spooky. The little known about Courtoy's life is tantalising. An unwed mother to three daughters (two would be buried with her) Courtoy inherited a wealthy merchant's estate, became a socialite and loved a bit of Egyptology. Perhaps she even subscribed to the notion that the wisdom of the ancient pharaohs extended to time travel and eternal life. Add to this a lost key and the suggestion that the tomb is unmarked on Brompton's cemetery plans and the mystery deepens. I first came across the mausoleum while on an excruciatingly awful date. Had I known it was a time machine, with teleportation capabilities boasting a direct link to a graveyard in Paris, I would have picked the lock and jumped on board. Nowadays, with no amorous goth sixth-form boy to shake off, I can take my leisure. An amble around the Courtoy tomb always reminds me that the Victorians were an intriguing lot. londonist.com/london/secret/time-machine-tomb-brompton-cemeterySo do you think its possible that it is actually a time machine inside The Courtoy mausoleum ? Doubtful. Sounds cool though.
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Post by Catman on Jan 20, 2020 2:35:37 GMT
It was stolen by CBS in the 40s and used to transport reporters back to important events for the series You Are There. After the series folded, the time machine was dismissed as nothing more than a curious toy and placed in storage in the vaults beneath the CBS Building in New York City. Like as not, it's still there, waiting for someone with the vision and imagination to put it to proper use.
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Post by Morgana on Jan 20, 2020 9:16:33 GMT
I don't know, but if it is Dr. Who should use it if s/he ever gets tired of the old phone box.
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Post by Sandman on Jan 20, 2020 15:02:48 GMT
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 20, 2020 15:19:42 GMT
But if there was a time machine we wouldn't knot because time, and our memories of it, would change every time it was used. Every change would seem like the real reality to us. No matter how careful the time traveler was changes would be made. Personally I hope a time machine is never invented. It would mean chaos to reality.
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Post by mecano04 on Jan 20, 2020 15:28:50 GMT
Only one way to find out:
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