The swindler, the cyanide pill and the underwater ballroom: The story behind Britain's most bizarre folly

Nov
8
Submitted by Amber Ilsker on November 8, 2011 - 3:55am

Everyone should have a ballroom 40ft beneath their lake ..........

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058772/Witley-Park-Surrey-The-s...

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5 comments

Mr Tenk's picture
Reply by Mr Tenk | Tue, 8 November - 6:32 am SLT

great story!

Edward Pearse's picture
Reply by Edward Pearse | Tue, 8 November - 7:11 am SLT

It brings back fond memories of my own underwater ballroom in Argylle.

*sigh*

Breezy Carver's picture
Reply by Breezy Carver | Tue, 8 November - 7:16 am SLT

WHy on Earth hasn't any real Life Wealth brought that Ball Room to Life ???

Beautiful Share Amber thank YOU !!

Stargirl Macbain's picture
Reply by Stargirl Macbain | Mon, 21 November - 1:42 pm SLT

*contemplates her back yard* Yes, it totally needs a lake and an underwater ballroom. 

Glaubrius Valeska's picture
Reply by Glaubrius Valeska | Sun, 22 January - 12:43 am SLT

I heartily recommend the book H.G.Wells wrote that was influenced by this event: Tono-Bungay. It is a nice look into life in that time, mixed with elements familiar to New Babbagers (flying machines, weird science) and introducing something fascinating, the atomically unstable minerals Mr. Wells calls "quap".

Tono-bungay is a snake oil type product, but I invite you to take a look at the name of the stuff. Number of syllables, the placement of the hyphen. Remind you of any beverage very popular today?