Tower at Eastbourne?

[petmas]

Thanks for everything so far folks. I'm favouring Crow's Nest as the tower is on a little tump. The notice is illegible no matter how it's played with    .  As to being bought elsewhere- very possible, I've got a nagging idea of a tower at Heathfield Park tho' I doubt it was open to the public in 1905

[Flattybasher9]

The notice says,

                      NOTICE
      Do not use for parachute training.
The tower is out of bounds to the military.
     By order, The War Department.

Regards

Malky

[suey]

Thanks for everything so far folks. I'm favouring Crow's Nest as the tower is on a little tump. The notice is illegible no matter how it's played with    .  As to being bought elsewhere- very possible, I've got a nagging idea of a tower at Heathfield Park tho' I doubt it was open to the public in 1905

Pictures of the Gibralta Tower, Heathfield Park on tinternet...it's round and made of stone though

[groom]

The notice says,

                      NOTICE
      Do not use for parachute training.
The tower is out of bounds to the military.
     By order, The War Department.

Regards

Malky

That has to be some sort of clue to the location doesn't it? Can't think where though.

[John915]

Good evening,

The notice says,

                      NOTICE
      Do not use for parachute training.
The tower is out of bounds to the military.
     By order, The War Department.

Regards

Malky

That has to be some sort of clue to the location doesn't it? Can't think where though.

Wouldn't have thought you needed a parachute from that height

John915

[John915]

Back again,

Just picked up e-mail from my cousin, he doesn't know anything about it or it's location, He does however still have contacts in the research section of Eastbourne Historical Society.

Will let you know if they come up with anything.

John915

[jaybelnz]

Good evening,

The notice says,

                      NOTICE
      Do not use for parachute training.
The tower is out of bounds to the military.
     By order, The War Department.

Regards

Malky

That has to be some sort of clue to the location doesn't it? Can't think where though.

Wouldn't have thought you needed a parachute from that height

John915

But EVERYTHING'S gone up so much sine 1905!!   

[groom]

Don't they practice jumping from low heights and landing properly? If that notice is real, I would think the tower must have been somewhere near an airfield or training camp. You don't see that sort of notice on other structures do you?

[barryd]

"I imagine the wooden structure would have been taken down some time ago".

I hope so. The Solicitors would salivate at the sight of it. It is a tremendous liability in 2016. Even when it was new people could still vandalize it or fall off it. Unless we can find out what it was, and it served a useful purpose, it seems a little pointless to me.