It was a role reversal for weather, Pat. I sent a friend a line and a pic on Sun and she replied that it had rained all day here in Hampshire! Today we left Glasgow in bright sunshine and arrived in Southampton to rain and grey skies.
I am prompted by your interest to find out more:
"The Big Idea building was constructed on the 1870s site of Alfred Nobel's dynamite factory. The venue was reached by the 'Bridge of Scottish Inventions' from the harbourside and its car parks. Housed within this unusual building, designed to look like a sand dune, were a lecture theatre, a restaurant, eighty or so hands-on exhibits, an invention construction area, a ride through the history of explosives, and a feature on the Nobel Prize awards. The 'Big Idea' closed in 2003 due to low visitor numbers."
The bridge could be retracted to allow ships to pass through....now permanently in that position.
Thanks to Peter who discovered the possible future of the bridge:
"... it would appear NPL Estates are planning a golf course development and are planning to reinstate the bridge"
I can tell you are an optimist!
What happened to the bridge?
Peter, thanks for the info!
It was a role reversal for weather, Pat. I sent a friend a line and a pic on Sun and she replied that it had rained all day here in Hampshire! Today we left Glasgow in bright sunshine and arrived in Southampton to rain and grey skies.
I am prompted by your interest to find out more:
"The Big Idea building was constructed on the 1870s site of Alfred Nobel's dynamite factory. The venue was reached by the 'Bridge of Scottish Inventions' from the harbourside and its car parks. Housed within this unusual building, designed to look like a sand dune, were a lecture theatre, a restaurant, eighty or so hands-on exhibits, an invention construction area, a ride through the history of explosives, and a feature on the Nobel Prize awards. The 'Big Idea' closed in 2003 due to low visitor numbers."
The bridge could be retracted to allow ships to pass through....now permanently in that position.
Thanks to Peter who discovered the possible future of the bridge:
"... it would appear NPL Estates are planning a golf course development and are planning to reinstate the bridge"