The Duke of Edinburgh opened the Lecture Hall on 24th April 1972. He has not been since.
Chester Zoo Chester 2012 news #2
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The Duke of Edinburgh opened the Lecture Hall on 24th April 1972. He has not been since.
They have!Look on the bright side, they may plant a few flowers..
All those new fenced-off areas along the main car park driveway have apparently been sown with wild flowers, as has the lawn in front of the Monkey Islands station. The main entrance is currently completely flower-free though and the newly-sown areas probably won't flower in time.
Then there's the question over whether they'll actually be looked after once HRH has gone home...
Trivia: The numbers on the seats in the Lecture Theatre have only been used on that day, when members drew lots for tickets.
Mariebee
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They have!
All those new fenced-off areas along the main car park driveway have apparently been sown with wild flowers, as has the lawn in front of the Monkey Islands station. The main entrance is currently completely flower-free though and the newly-sown areas probably won't flower in time.
Then there's the question over whether they'll actually be looked after once HRH has gone home...
No doubt they'll throw up a few hanging baskets... and hopefully the orang windows will get a polish..
adrian1963
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No doubt they'll throw up a few hanging baskets... and hopefully the orang windows will get a polish..
Right then who would you like to see hanging from the baskets then! hahaha
The so-called curator of horticulture would be an ironic and apt choice.
A few years earlier I stood in a crowd at Windsor and viewed her passing coach through some sort of box-like contraption designed to give small children a better view over the taller folk. Not sure if I saw her or not.
mazfc
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... and hopefully the orang windows will get a polish..
...but hopefully not by Subis
I love the irony of closing the zoo to open it.
...but hopefully not by Subis
I love the irony of closing the zoo to open it.
I expect that Her Maj would be too well-mannered to tell Subis off, but wouldn't it be wonderful if she said "This bald gentleman has told me that this is your Realm, but actually . . . it's mine!"
Alan
Now that does have a ring to it and may i say long overdue, could it possibly happen though?
You probably read that the entrance update has already cost £2 million and this visit is costing a considerable amount on top of that. We'll have to wait until after the event for the total figure.
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We could have had gorillas at that price!
Agreed, i think i said this before re:marwell's planned new entrance, people go to the zoo to see animals,not admire the entrance! Apart from Bristol & Edinburgh i cant think of anywhere that people would see the entrance before they'd decided to go in anyway! I dont mind walking through wooden kiosks if it means there is a new exhibit inside.if not gorillas, there are plenty of other species Chester lack & could have added with that money!
I guess cheaters reasoning with the new entrance is that it will pay for its self in the long run, will people just popping down to use the shop or cafe bit.
Also having the queen is great publicity, it will be seen all over the country.
On another note I'd love to see the zoo do late evenings, even just once a week to start with in the summer, get people down who work, have a meal in the restaurant and have a stroll round the zoo, till say around 9, it's light till then anyway.
Also having the queen is great publicity, it will be seen all over the country.
On another note I'd love to see the zoo do late evenings, even just once a week to start with in the summer, get people down who work, have a meal in the restaurant and have a stroll round the zoo, till say around 9, it's light till then anyway.
adrian1963
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I can sort of understand why the zoo would want a smart new entrance but I was perfectly happy with the old one
I don't think its right that the cost of of the visit is coming from zoo funds if that is indeed the case
Unfortunatly it does cost to have visits like this what with security and many other things that come with a royal visit and why shouldn't the zoo have to pay for the visit do you want the tax payer (non zoo visitors) to pay for Chester Zoo to have this great chance to advertise around the UK & World for nothing.
As for the entrance well all I will say is Realm of the Red Ape could have been a better use, mind you I don't see the Chester Zoo supporters having a go about a new entrance costing so much when an Exhibit inside the zoo needs doing up like they did about Twycross doing the same thing.
Thought Not
EDIT - I still love Chester Zoo but am getting fed up with some people Slagging other zoos off but when Chester does the same thing they say Nothing
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