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It probably was. It's something about the horses and the water...

There was a frightening painting of The Death of Hippolytus (the bull from the sea) which I can't find by googling. Perhaps it was very big, but I certainly didn't like it.

I know that I've been to the roof garden, but annoyingly can't remember details, though think there was a small bridge over a stream. So it was good to see the photos.

I also remember the section where you looked down into a sort of tomb - I found it quite frightening, for some reason.

I just had a memory of something...but I'm thinking of quite large 'lumps' of a pink substance with tiny holes, and I don't think they're the same things.

It's really interesting, and I also wish the same!

That does sound terrifying.

Fabulous! All those people wearing hats...and the tea urn was a nice touch, very thoughtful. The lifts jogged my memory as well.

I've heard it mentioned by relatives.

Both eccentric characters - must be something about being a chef!

Sandor Eles, who played Paul Ross, turned up in an episode of Upstairs, Downstairs (Desirous of Change, 1973) a couple of days ago. He played an Austrian con man, and wasn't recognisable as he had long hair or more probably was wearing a wig.

Kayser Bonda - a name from the past! A relative worked there in Stevenage or somewhere around there.

The writer of the play 'Not About Heroes' which is about Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, was brought up and educated in Birmingham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_MacDonald

It triggered a memory for me too, I think, but it's vague.

I think my memories start a bit later. Love the plants and cascading water - it must have seemed magical.

Sorry, meant to say thanks for the photo!

That looks about right, I think. I wonder what the story is behind its demise.

He plays, among many other parts, the hapless Kevin in 'Motherland.' Wikipedia describes him as from Birmingham, growing up in "the town of Harborne"!

I think that was the clinic where my sister used to take my nephew. I went with them a couple of times, and seem to remember a rocking horse.

I had no idea she was ill. Only a few weeks ago (it seems, but perhaps it was longer) she was on Desert Island Discs.