http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/miniature-england-1930sbekenscot/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sat, 19 Nov 2024 04:13:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/miniature-england-1930sbekenscot/#comment-79335 Jim Thu, 06 Oct 2024 12:39:31 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=30038#comment-79335 I remember visiting Bekonscot as a kid in 1970. It's a fascinating place. Even the lawns were to scale, with very short fine blades of (real) grass. I remember visiting Bekonscot as a kid in 1970. It’s a fascinating place. Even the lawns were to scale, with very short fine blades of (real) grass.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/miniature-england-1930sbekenscot/#comment-73055 Philip Fri, 30 Sep 2024 08:27:49 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=30038#comment-73055 Bekonscot is delightful, but its 1930s look today is a bit of a fraud. Through the 1960s-70s, Bekonscot was kept contemporary, and old buildings demolished to be replaced with modern ones - just like the rest of England. Then nostalgia kicked in, and the modern buildings in turn were demolished, to be replaced by "new old" buildings. Confusing? Bekonscot is delightful, but its 1930s look today is a bit of a fraud. Through the 1960s-70s, Bekonscot was kept contemporary, and old buildings demolished to be replaced with modern ones – just like the rest of England.
Then nostalgia kicked in, and the modern buildings in turn were demolished, to be replaced by “new old” buildings.

Confusing?

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/miniature-england-1930sbekenscot/#comment-71210 johnny Wed, 28 Sep 2024 20:52:49 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=30038#comment-71210 Bekonscot is a lovely place. My wife went as a child and our kids loved it too. Nice bit of Old England. Bekonscot is a lovely place. My wife went as a child and our kids loved it too. Nice bit of Old England.

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