I do like your tale of the Garnkirk 'vase' - one tiny point about the 1851 exhibition: you say "The Great Exhibition building, seen above, was later taken down and re-erected in a slightly modified form in south London" This is very far from true. The building erected in 1854 in the area now called Crystal Palace was completely different in too many ways to list here - but most notably in size and shape! (See my book about the 1851 building and many others)
Hi John:
Thanks: always happy to take corrections and new information. Will replace 'slightly' with 'greatly'.
Dominic
I do like your tale of the Garnkirk 'vase' - one tiny point about the 1851 exhibition: you say "The Great Exhibition building, seen above, was later taken down and re-erected in a slightly modified form in south London" This is very far from true. The building erected in 1854 in the area now called Crystal Palace was completely different in too many ways to list here - but most notably in size and shape! (See my book about the 1851 building and many others)