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Gas explosion?
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Keep speculating...I'll be back with details on Monday. 
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One of the first wave of the government's Post Office closures schemes.
This one was a cause for local protest, so to set an example they sent in Prince Harry.
This one was a cause for local protest, so to set an example they sent in Prince Harry.
Hmmm. There's something not quite right about that building. The ruin seems to have reduced it to not much more than several big flat panels. Was it built as a film set - (in front of the intact row behind) ? The Green Shield stamps ad. rather dates the first picture - or does it really? Is this period detail just part of the set perhaps?
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My vote is for film trickery - there's a telegraph pole lying on the ground facing the wreckage, the grass has been very churned up...looks to me like careful artifice rather than dreadful accident.
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The local council is to discuss whether to apply for an ASBO on the family living at the local shop.
Several previous attempts by the council and social services to mediate between husband and wife have failed.
A spokesperson said "We have spent over £750,000 assisting this family but to no avail. It was hoped that the recent trip to Australia by the family of 15 would have supplemented their experiences gained at DisneyWorld and the three South African wild life safaris. Some progress was being made as at least one child had been going to school in the last 4 years. It was unfortunate that the school was destroyed by a mysterious fire. Things came to a head when it was reported that the family were camping out around the local war memorial and stopping motorists and pedestrians for food (kentucky mostly but some liked pizza) and all their money."
She went on to say, "we are now housing them in the local hotel awaiting for the council to decide whether to rebuild their house or give them a grant to purchase larger accomodation."
It is reported that the local police have been made aware of the situation and may be sending round someone soon.
Several previous attempts by the council and social services to mediate between husband and wife have failed.
A spokesperson said "We have spent over £750,000 assisting this family but to no avail. It was hoped that the recent trip to Australia by the family of 15 would have supplemented their experiences gained at DisneyWorld and the three South African wild life safaris. Some progress was being made as at least one child had been going to school in the last 4 years. It was unfortunate that the school was destroyed by a mysterious fire. Things came to a head when it was reported that the family were camping out around the local war memorial and stopping motorists and pedestrians for food (kentucky mostly but some liked pizza) and all their money."
She went on to say, "we are now housing them in the local hotel awaiting for the council to decide whether to rebuild their house or give them a grant to purchase larger accomodation."
It is reported that the local police have been made aware of the situation and may be sending round someone soon.
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oops.
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Some excellent speculations, but Piper and Gervase got it right. Deddington in Oxfordshire standing in for Guildstead Carbonell in Worfordshire in the 1984 BBC production of Blott on the Landscape. All built of breezeblock and plywood. And a jolly entertaining romp it was too.
http://www.deddington.org.uk/history/blott.html
http://www.deddington.org.uk/gallery/v/BlottontheLandscape/
http://www.deddington.org.uk/history/blott.html
http://www.deddington.org.uk/gallery/v/BlottontheLandscape/
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Well it was fairly obvious that the timber framing wasn't exactly mediaeval... although maybe more substantial than some I've seen being thrown up recently by mass housebuilders.
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Well I lived about 4 miles from Deddington for some 12 years, and I didn't spot it.