Comments on: Will Do Better http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/07/will-do-better/ An Intimate Guide to Life in Greenwich Fri, 17 May 2013 22:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Frankln http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/07/will-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-103159 Frankln Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:34:28 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11059#comment-103159 Temporary sense of dislocation. We all feel the same. Makes you realise how central the Park is to all our lives. When you can't promenade in front of the Queen's House in the dying rays of a summer evening, or make the slow reflective trudge up One Tree Hill, it just feels... weird. To say nothing of seeing our good boys and girls in uniform doing guard duty at every gate. Feels like 1940, but in technicolour. Give it three weeks, and existential reality will reassert itself in our daily routines with the full force of its lived-in glory. Temporary sense of dislocation. We all feel the same. Makes you realise how central the Park is to all our lives. When you can’t promenade in front of the Queen’s House in the dying rays of a summer evening, or make the slow reflective trudge up One Tree Hill, it just feels… weird. To say nothing of seeing our good boys and girls in uniform doing guard duty at every gate. Feels like 1940, but in technicolour.

Give it three weeks, and existential reality will reassert itself in our daily routines with the full force of its lived-in glory.

]]> By: The Greenwich Phantom http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/07/will-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-103149 The Greenwich Phantom Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:18:19 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11059#comment-103149 Aw gee. Thing is, being away from the hurly burly (in the old fashioned sense, rather than the burlesque variety) has made me realise what a weird place Greenwich is. Admittedly it's strange times, but walking around today I felt as though I've just moved here or something. It's very, very easy to get out of touch... Aw gee.

Thing is, being away from the hurly burly (in the old fashioned sense, rather than the burlesque variety) has made me realise what a weird place Greenwich is. Admittedly it’s strange times, but walking around today I felt as though I’ve just moved here or something. It’s very, very easy to get out of touch…

]]> By: Franklin http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/07/will-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-103148 Franklin Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:15:20 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11059#comment-103148 That may be true, but it certainly didn't seem so to this humble reader! But one thing is clear: you've BEEN missed much in the last seven weeks! So glad you're back! And welcome to the Thunder Dome! ;-) That may be true, but it certainly didn’t seem so to this humble reader!

But one thing is clear: you’ve BEEN missed much in the last seven weeks!

So glad you’re back! And welcome to the Thunder Dome! ;-)

]]> By: The Greenwich Phantom http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/07/will-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-103146 The Greenwich Phantom Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:03:01 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11059#comment-103146 To be honest, Franklin I have missed much in the last six months. To be honest, Franklin I have missed much in the last six months.

]]> By: Franklin http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/2012/07/will-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-103145 Franklin Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:25:29 +0000 http://www.thegreenwichphantom.co.uk/?p=11059#comment-103145 I'm quite surprised that you missed all the debate about this - some of it rather acrimonious and of course Olympics-related - back in Jan/Feb when the planning application was being discussed! I’m quite surprised that you missed all the debate about this – some of it rather acrimonious and of course Olympics-related – back in Jan/Feb when the planning application was being discussed!

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