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Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:07 pm
by flounder
Didn't know where to stick this one, so its here!
Finally got some pics of the phoenix plasticus
- You can see the mould marks from the balcony
- Not the worst plastic palm in the world....but don't 'arf look like it!
- There are some real ones, mostly chamaerops
Was going to take some more pics, but nearly got mown down by some
person in a porsche
( I was standing in the road!)
Sorry for the quality, but taken on my phone with no zoom
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:09 pm
by GoggleboxUK
Did someone set fire to it or is the dead look an intentional effect for accuracy?
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:12 pm
by flounder
Not the best idea to stick anything with height in line with a constant south westerly wind
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:31 pm
by Yorkshire Kris
I saw these last year. Totally pathetic excuse for a palm tree.
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:40 pm
by Conifers
Done up the first pic a bit . . .
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:49 pm
by flounder
Yeah thats better. You can read the inscription at the bottom now
Made In Taiwan
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:02 pm
by Yorkshire Kris
It's not grown much in 12 months! Here is a photo of it taken summer 2011
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More here
http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/v ... 95#p219195
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:08 pm
by flounder
God I've got a short memory
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:09 pm
by Yorkshire Kris
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:32 pm
by GREVILLE
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:52 am
by Trudytropics
Which ever dumb wit in the council is responsible for those monstrosities should be put against a wall and thwacked repeatedly with a real palm frond
, they look like giant lego palm trees, only lego looks somewhat more realistic. Horrible!!!
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:31 am
by Troppoz
What the eye sees cannot be unseen
And they've added fairy lights just to assault your senses at night too! I need a good lie down after looking at that streetscape
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:45 am
by Dave Brown
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:58 am
by kata
Did someone set fire to it or is the dead look an intentional effect for accuracy?
Oh dear me....~wipes eyes~
Thanks for sharing your palms Flounder......
Re: Brighton Marina Plastic Palms
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:47 pm
by billdango
What a dreadful sight?
Just for comparison heres how they do it in Napier ,New Zealand.
Mind you Southampton shopping malls and recreation areas are nearly as bad as that street scene in Brighton.
GOD help us if this is what people really want in our Cities.
billdango
Click the link to go to google map and view picture.
https://maps.google.com/maps/svpw?url=h ... mbed&hl=en
