Just up the road from the office, what at first glance appears to just be a derelict shack, is actually an interesting bit of history...originally a mortuary, for many years, this building was a satellite of the Whitechapel Museum seeing up to 1000 visitors a day(!) who came to enjoy exhibits such as "live fish and amphibians, stuffed birds and mammals and displays of butterflies" (among other things)...if the sign is to be believed there is a restoration project in the planning stage... ;) More interesting bits on it over here (including the fact that there was a resident cockerel (which was, very oddly, washed in benzol) and a monkey that had "from time to time bitten and attempted to bite not only members of the museum staff, but the general public as well"...well, forget Legoland - what fun that sounds! Roll on the rebuilding project! ;)
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