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Mesoamerica: Where, When, What...
Is it a dragon in the Wind sign on the Sunstone? asked Redriff Primary School. Read what Our In-House Team had to say.
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‘Whale I never...’
It would be stretching things to the extreme to try and think up an Aztec connection (though they say the Sunstone weighs as much as a blue whale...), but we couldn’t resist uploading a few snaps we took ‘in our own backyard’ on Friday January 20th. 2006, the day a northern bottlenose whale came up the River Thames to spend its final 48 hours in good old Battersea (where we’ve lived for 30 years). (Written/compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore)
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| By the Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park (Click on image to enlarge) |
Truly, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Crowds gathered in their hundreds (if not thousands) along the promenade-side of Battersea Park to catch a glimpse of her...
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Sadly, all the goodwill in the world couldn’t save her...
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| Graciela and Tammy, both (?) caught up in the excitement! (Click on image to enlarge) |
Her final resting place will be the Natural History Museum in central London.
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| Rare for Battersea to be in the headlines... (Click on image to enlarge) |
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