[Discuss] Hodson's Folly

[John Lawton]

My recollection of this place is from decades ago. When travelling by 
punt up to Granchester we would sometimes be ambushed by swimmers who 
would run out from the Folly and jump into the river in order to 
splash us punters.

Happy days.

John

At 20:01 07/05/2014, you wrote:
>Would be great to see it restored -I'd never heard of it until today 
>but have now signed petition.
>
>Lisa Buchholz
>
>On 7 May 2014, at 17:17, "Jean Perraton" <jean at perraton.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > This is a delightful relict of Cambridge's swimming history, 
> where Mr Hodson used to watch his daughter swim here , whicf now 
> attracts litter and graffiti. It would be good to get it restored 
> and cared for, with a ladder once more into the river for people to 
> swim. I understand that Cambridge PPF have had a working group 
> looking into its history and, presumably, considering plans to restore it.
> > Jean
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <simon at maths.cam.ac.uk>
> > To: <discuss at soscambridge.org.uk>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 4:50 PM
> > Subject: [Discuss] Hodson's Folly
> >
> >
> >> Sorry if this message has got through twice. But it has given me 
> a chance to correct a typo in the URL I quoted last time.
> >>
> >> On Chesterton Road, by the now thankfully reopened Jesus Lock 
> bridge, I saw a petition to restore Hodson's Folly on Sheeps 
> Green/Coe Fen. Anyone know more about this issue ?
> >>
> >> See 
> <http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/simon-thurley-restore-hodson-s-folly-and-ferry-shed-sheep-s-green-coe-fen-cambridge>.
> >>
> >> Simon Norton
> >>
> >>
> >>
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