Comments on: Under our Feet

By: Katie Page

Katie Page — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:30:29 +0000

This was such a wonderful episode. The image of Waterhouse digging in the mud was so vivid and heartbreaking. And, as always, I had to look up the images and more information as soon as I finished listening (and discovered sooo much about his “marriages”). Keep up the awesome work!!!

By: Ellinor Michel

Ellinor Michel — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:07:17 +0000

What a lovely poetic telling of the story of our main hero! We founded an organisation to save Waterhouse Hawkins’ stupendous monsters in Crystal Palace Park; we are Friends of CP Dinosaurs.
http://cpdinosaurs.org/

For all of you who love this story, please come to our site and ‘like’ us on FB and follow us on Twitter too. Be the first to know any CP Dino related news! We’d love to have your support in any way you can.
http://www.facebook.com/CPdinos/
@cpdinosaurs

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:01:04 +0000

This episode made me cry on my way to the office.

Up until about 4 months ago, I lived in Crystal Palace, directly opposite Waterhouse Hawkins’ former house as it happens, and loved it there. Many an afternoon were spent wandering around Crystal Palace Park with my partner and son, looking at the dinosaurs, including the banquet-hosting Iguanadon affectionately known by the locals as ‘Iggy’.

In July, we all emigrated to Toronto, and whilst it too is a wonderful city, my heart will always be in London, and my time in Crystal Palace was a large part of that. This episode made me feel genuinely homesick for the first time since arriving in Canada, but that homesickness was carried by a wave of incredibly fond memories. Thank you.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:37:14 +0000

In reply to Mike Davis. Thank you for the suggestion. Look for it soon.

By: Mike Davis

Mike Davis — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:22:40 +0000

You guys need a download button on your site. Many of my friends say the same thing. They walk or ride their bicycle and want to be able to download an episode on their media player.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:31:14 +0000

Another amazing episode. The image of Hawkins digging around for the pieces of his dinosaurs; the comment about the bird-like dinosaurs we can’t quite get our minds—or our hearts—around. Bravo.

By: Jordan Tobin

Jordan Tobin — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 09:48:02 +0000

Thank you so much for this one! A particularly personal episode for me as an American who now lives in South London. I happen to live very near to Crystal Palace and I pass these dinosaurs every weekend on my long run. It still feels magical every time! It was great to hear about them from a non-London perspective, but heartbreaking to picture their creator scrabbling in the dirt in New York. Thanks for shining a light on our neighborhood park — and thanks for all of your wonderful, important story-telling.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:58:28 +0000

I haven’t finished listening to the episode yet–I was too excited to finish before sending you this comment.

I was just at the British Museum of Natural History (where Owen did all his work) a couple days ago. Even according to them, Owen didn’t discover anything. It was either Mary Martell or her paleontologist husband Gideon who found the bones. Gideon Martell thought they looked like a giant iguana, and he did all of the preliminary work. Owen claimed the credit though.