Currently on a flying work trip through the UK, but I did get the chance to stop briefly in Woking for a homage to HG Wells. He lived in the town while writing War of the Worlds in 1895-97, using it as the setting for the initial part of the book.
The first alien cylinder lands in Horsell Common, assembling heat ray equipped machines where they impact in the sandpit
The 7 metre tall Tripod itself in the centre of town!
With a crashed cylinder and some of Mankind's bacterial allies in attendance
Nearby Wells Plaza has a nice statue of the author;
Note the martian red weed at the base of the chair, date on the back of the chair from The Time Machine (when the Traveller meets with Eloy and Morlocks) and he is holding the Cavorite sphere spaceship from The First Men in the Moon.
"The Man from Maybury Hill"; 141 Maybury Road Woking, where HG Wells lived while writing the book
Great pictures old chap and some nice touches on the Wells statue! Definitely worth a trip to at some point!
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DC
Great stuff! Nice to see the town's tributes to their favourite historical resident.
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ReplyDeleteI quite enjoyed the visit, well worth it!
Big fan of HG , nice to see these pics .
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure!
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but you have a typo. The ‘cavalite’ here should read ‘Cavorite’ after the discoverer of that remarkable substance.
ReplyDeleteThank you James, you are of course entirely correct.
ReplyDeleteMost appreciated and I shall blame the jet lag from of 26 hrs travelling, while the blog wallahs sort it out :-)