Crystal Palace Dinos
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
🦖 Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (charity no. 1165231)
Since 2013, promoting the long-term conservation of the Victorian palaeontological statues and the larger Geological Court at Crystal Palace Park
📧 info@cpdinosaurs.org
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Since 2013, promoting the long-term conservation of the Victorian palaeontological statues and the larger Geological Court at Crystal Palace Park
📧 info@cpdinosaurs.org
https://linktr.ee/
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The Crystal Palace Park Trust have a new updates page for the Regeneration Plan for the park
www.crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/park-r...
To summarise, contractors will begin setting up in the park on May 19th, and it is likely that restoration work will begin shortly after
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The Crystal Palace Park Trust have a new updates page for the Regeneration Plan for the park
www.crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/park-r...
To summarise, contractors will begin setting up in the park on May 19th, and it is likely that restoration work will begin shortly after
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Old colour footage of the Dinos is quite rare, and also an important asset.
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
The Crystal Palace dinosaurs should be a veteran centre back pairing, but are in fact amazing Victorian sculptures.
There's good news about the Crystal Palace dinosaurs
Crystal Palace Park is undergoing a multi-million-pound regeneration project, reports News Shopper , which is particularly good news for its...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Old colour footage of the Dinos is quite rare, and also an important asset.
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
This film was made during one of the “Iguanodons look they have goggly eyes due to excessive white paint” periods..
This is fascinating! Rather than doomscrolling for an hour, @thattalljacobite.bsky.social put his time into creating this digital diorama, with in-game species positioned in the classical Victorian way!
🏅 🏆 💯
🏅 🏆 💯
I’ve spent the past hour creating the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs on Jurassic World Evolution 3 🦖
Yes this is a blueprint available on the workshop - share code: 0T0-NS0-9FK
workshop.frontierstore.net/mod/item/7569680688410109368
Did I do Waterhouse Hawkins proud, @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social?
Yes this is a blueprint available on the workshop - share code: 0T0-NS0-9FK
workshop.frontierstore.net/mod/item/7569680688410109368
Did I do Waterhouse Hawkins proud, @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social?
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is fascinating! Rather than doomscrolling for an hour, @thattalljacobite.bsky.social put his time into creating this digital diorama, with in-game species positioned in the classical Victorian way!
🏅 🏆 💯
🏅 🏆 💯
“The Crystal Palace fireworks themselves again for the season! An elaborate set-piece of prehistoric beasts of “The Lost World””
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“The Crystal Palace fireworks themselves again for the season! An elaborate set-piece of prehistoric beasts of “The Lost World””
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
from the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1925
Big displays by Brock’s Fireworks (usually unrelated to Nov 5th) were an annual attraction at the Palace
We missed Godzilla Day yesterday, but here’s an exclusive, never-before-seen photo from the set at Studio Toho!
This early design was supposedly due to creator Tomoyuki Tanaka‘s sympathy/solidarity towards Crystal Palace FC being relegated from the Third Division South in the 1953-54 season…
This early design was supposedly due to creator Tomoyuki Tanaka‘s sympathy/solidarity towards Crystal Palace FC being relegated from the Third Division South in the 1953-54 season…
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We missed Godzilla Day yesterday, but here’s an exclusive, never-before-seen photo from the set at Studio Toho!
This early design was supposedly due to creator Tomoyuki Tanaka‘s sympathy/solidarity towards Crystal Palace FC being relegated from the Third Division South in the 1953-54 season…
This early design was supposedly due to creator Tomoyuki Tanaka‘s sympathy/solidarity towards Crystal Palace FC being relegated from the Third Division South in the 1953-54 season…
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So this years palaeo pumpkin ended up being a homage to one of my favourite places in the World, the incredible @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social !
I decided to go for a breaching CPD Icthyosaur with the sclerotic rings in the classic pineapple ring style.
I decided to go for a breaching CPD Icthyosaur with the sclerotic rings in the classic pineapple ring style.
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Check out these Brontosaurus by William Scheele, painted for a 1988 series of collectible cards. They’re so chunky and cute, almost like toys! They’re surprisingly muscular for the time, too. The arms on the one in the foreground are downright scary!
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Check out these Brontosaurus by William Scheele, painted for a 1988 series of collectible cards. They’re so chunky and cute, almost like toys! They’re surprisingly muscular for the time, too. The arms on the one in the foreground are downright scary!
Aaargh, another International <insert creature> Day!
BUT, this International Sloth Day allows us to share this v rare photo from 1922 - possibly the only one that shows what the original large hands of the Megatherium looked like!
(OG vs small hands is part of current restoration discussions…)
BUT, this International Sloth Day allows us to share this v rare photo from 1922 - possibly the only one that shows what the original large hands of the Megatherium looked like!
(OG vs small hands is part of current restoration discussions…)
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Aaargh, another International <insert creature> Day!
BUT, this International Sloth Day allows us to share this v rare photo from 1922 - possibly the only one that shows what the original large hands of the Megatherium looked like!
(OG vs small hands is part of current restoration discussions…)
BUT, this International Sloth Day allows us to share this v rare photo from 1922 - possibly the only one that shows what the original large hands of the Megatherium looked like!
(OG vs small hands is part of current restoration discussions…)
Incredible stuff from "Dinosaurs: Fun, Fact, and Fantasy", 1982, with the voice of the legendary Derek Griffiths
October 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Incredible stuff from "Dinosaurs: Fun, Fact, and Fantasy", 1982, with the voice of the legendary Derek Griffiths
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Why look: a box of some sort of newish, bookish things arrived this morning. Seems to be about spinosaurid #dinosaurs... coauthored with @davehone.bsky.social... and published by Bloomsbury. Available 6th of November In the UK; then worldwide in early 2026.
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Why look: a box of some sort of newish, bookish things arrived this morning. Seems to be about spinosaurid #dinosaurs... coauthored with @davehone.bsky.social... and published by Bloomsbury. Available 6th of November In the UK; then worldwide in early 2026.
A flashback to one of our favourite photos, taken during conservation work on the standing Iguanodon back in 2015, by Lynn Hilton❤️💚
(www.lynnhilton.com)
(www.lynnhilton.com)
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A flashback to one of our favourite photos, taken during conservation work on the standing Iguanodon back in 2015, by Lynn Hilton❤️💚
(www.lynnhilton.com)
(www.lynnhilton.com)
A very good morning from this unimpressed glyptodon model - which was to be one of twelve real scale sculptures in Ciutadella Park, Barcelona.
Only a mammoth was completed before the project ended in 1910
(All the models are here:
mdc.csuc.cat/digital/coll...)
Only a mammoth was completed before the project ended in 1910
(All the models are here:
mdc.csuc.cat/digital/coll...)
October 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A very good morning from this unimpressed glyptodon model - which was to be one of twelve real scale sculptures in Ciutadella Park, Barcelona.
Only a mammoth was completed before the project ended in 1910
(All the models are here:
mdc.csuc.cat/digital/coll...)
Only a mammoth was completed before the project ended in 1910
(All the models are here:
mdc.csuc.cat/digital/coll...)
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They really did choose some truly iconic artwork for this book, and I think this would be my first ever encounter of the fabled @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social since my copy is from 1988 and I’d only been alive a few years at that point 😅 Some truly beautiful vintage Palaeoart on display here
October 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
They really did choose some truly iconic artwork for this book, and I think this would be my first ever encounter of the fabled @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social since my copy is from 1988 and I’d only been alive a few years at that point 😅 Some truly beautiful vintage Palaeoart on display here
Adventures with a new birding scope!
The very top of the Crystal Palace transmitting station - the highest point in London (thanks to the 109m hill it is on)
Taken from 2.5lm away. 75x zoom, with 6x phone camera zoom
Birds do occasionally chill up there, but haven’t managed to line up a shot yet
The very top of the Crystal Palace transmitting station - the highest point in London (thanks to the 109m hill it is on)
Taken from 2.5lm away. 75x zoom, with 6x phone camera zoom
Birds do occasionally chill up there, but haven’t managed to line up a shot yet
October 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Adventures with a new birding scope!
The very top of the Crystal Palace transmitting station - the highest point in London (thanks to the 109m hill it is on)
Taken from 2.5lm away. 75x zoom, with 6x phone camera zoom
Birds do occasionally chill up there, but haven’t managed to line up a shot yet
The very top of the Crystal Palace transmitting station - the highest point in London (thanks to the 109m hill it is on)
Taken from 2.5lm away. 75x zoom, with 6x phone camera zoom
Birds do occasionally chill up there, but haven’t managed to line up a shot yet
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A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?
“Do not all these beings who preceded man and who are emerging from their tombs today seem like monsters?
Yet they are connected to us by original bonds”
Translated from “Le monde avant la création de l'homme” (The world before the creation of humankind), by Camille Flammarion. Art by Georges Devy
Yet they are connected to us by original bonds”
Translated from “Le monde avant la création de l'homme” (The world before the creation of humankind), by Camille Flammarion. Art by Georges Devy
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Do not all these beings who preceded man and who are emerging from their tombs today seem like monsters?
Yet they are connected to us by original bonds”
Translated from “Le monde avant la création de l'homme” (The world before the creation of humankind), by Camille Flammarion. Art by Georges Devy
Yet they are connected to us by original bonds”
Translated from “Le monde avant la création de l'homme” (The world before the creation of humankind), by Camille Flammarion. Art by Georges Devy
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The spectacularly produced new art book, Mesozoic Art II, hit the shelves! I happen to be one of the artists featured in the line-up of fantastic people who bring the dead back to life! A great opportunity to talk about my creative journey 🧵
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The spectacularly produced new art book, Mesozoic Art II, hit the shelves! I happen to be one of the artists featured in the line-up of fantastic people who bring the dead back to life! A great opportunity to talk about my creative journey 🧵
Articles or photos that reference the condition of the Crystal Palace Dinos before 1950 are quite rare.
The caption on this photo, dated as 1924, refers them being “extracted from the mud”, which could imply a period of time where the lake also needed some attention..
The caption on this photo, dated as 1924, refers them being “extracted from the mud”, which could imply a period of time where the lake also needed some attention..
September 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Articles or photos that reference the condition of the Crystal Palace Dinos before 1950 are quite rare.
The caption on this photo, dated as 1924, refers them being “extracted from the mud”, which could imply a period of time where the lake also needed some attention..
The caption on this photo, dated as 1924, refers them being “extracted from the mud”, which could imply a period of time where the lake also needed some attention..
“The Antediluvians recognize an old acquaintance”
This cartoon appeared in Punch magazine, 27/07/1861 - linking the old age of our Dino friends with the previous appearances of the “Great Comet of 1861”
The comet is now designated C/1861 J1, and is due to return in 2267 so…see you then, yeah??
This cartoon appeared in Punch magazine, 27/07/1861 - linking the old age of our Dino friends with the previous appearances of the “Great Comet of 1861”
The comet is now designated C/1861 J1, and is due to return in 2267 so…see you then, yeah??
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“The Antediluvians recognize an old acquaintance”
This cartoon appeared in Punch magazine, 27/07/1861 - linking the old age of our Dino friends with the previous appearances of the “Great Comet of 1861”
The comet is now designated C/1861 J1, and is due to return in 2267 so…see you then, yeah??
This cartoon appeared in Punch magazine, 27/07/1861 - linking the old age of our Dino friends with the previous appearances of the “Great Comet of 1861”
The comet is now designated C/1861 J1, and is due to return in 2267 so…see you then, yeah??
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Due to some dreadful admin error we accidentally had @tetzoo.bsky.social join us on this episode of #TerribleLizards talking about marine reptiles in all their semi-aquatic and aquatic glory. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e09-anc...
Terrible Lizards: TLS11E09 Ancient Sea Reptiles
Long time listener and second time guest Darren Naish joins us to talk about marine reptiles. While Darren is best known for his work on dinosaurs and pterosaurs, he has fingers in a huge number of ve...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Due to some dreadful admin error we accidentally had @tetzoo.bsky.social join us on this episode of #TerribleLizards talking about marine reptiles in all their semi-aquatic and aquatic glory. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e09-anc...
We undertake lots of serious historical research, but this may be the most important of all:
what in the *blue hell* was the “Hobbledeegobbledeecastle” in the Crystal Palace North Tower Gardens? Even this 1910 programme doesn’t know
(The one from 1908 simply calls it “The funniest thing on earth”)
what in the *blue hell* was the “Hobbledeegobbledeecastle” in the Crystal Palace North Tower Gardens? Even this 1910 programme doesn’t know
(The one from 1908 simply calls it “The funniest thing on earth”)
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We undertake lots of serious historical research, but this may be the most important of all:
what in the *blue hell* was the “Hobbledeegobbledeecastle” in the Crystal Palace North Tower Gardens? Even this 1910 programme doesn’t know
(The one from 1908 simply calls it “The funniest thing on earth”)
what in the *blue hell* was the “Hobbledeegobbledeecastle” in the Crystal Palace North Tower Gardens? Even this 1910 programme doesn’t know
(The one from 1908 simply calls it “The funniest thing on earth”)
🚨 PARK UPDATE 🚨
Good morning everyone. Please note that the lower path along the Sedondary/reptile island is now CLOSED
The upper path is still open. From here there are restricted views of some of the sculptures, with restoration work v much underway.
The paths around the mammals are still open
Good morning everyone. Please note that the lower path along the Sedondary/reptile island is now CLOSED
The upper path is still open. From here there are restricted views of some of the sculptures, with restoration work v much underway.
The paths around the mammals are still open
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🚨 PARK UPDATE 🚨
Good morning everyone. Please note that the lower path along the Sedondary/reptile island is now CLOSED
The upper path is still open. From here there are restricted views of some of the sculptures, with restoration work v much underway.
The paths around the mammals are still open
Good morning everyone. Please note that the lower path along the Sedondary/reptile island is now CLOSED
The upper path is still open. From here there are restricted views of some of the sculptures, with restoration work v much underway.
The paths around the mammals are still open
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Mesozoic Art II - edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and myself and featuring the incredible work of 25 cutting-edge palaeoartists - is out in just a few days. The ultimate must-have book on modern #palaeoart / #paleoart. Buy yours now ... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-... #books #dinosaurs
Mesozoic Art II
Following on from the hugely popular Mesozoic Art, this magnificent new volume showcases 25 amazing artists whose work represents the very best of palaeoart.Our…
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September 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Mesozoic Art II - edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and myself and featuring the incredible work of 25 cutting-edge palaeoartists - is out in just a few days. The ultimate must-have book on modern #palaeoart / #paleoart. Buy yours now ... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-... #books #dinosaurs
This is a fantastic (and rare) photo of the Megalosaurus in it’s red paint scheme, which lasted from the 1970s through to 1982/3
Note the harsh contrast between the red and the green tones of accumulated dirt, moss, algae etc
Note the harsh contrast between the red and the green tones of accumulated dirt, moss, algae etc
Mi afición por visitar lugares poco frecuentados me llevó en 1981 a visitar Cristal Palace en las afueras de Londres.
Había conocido el lugar gracias al programa de divulgación de TVE ¿Un mundo féliz? que presentaba Felipe Mellizo.
El megalosaurio que allí vi está ahora en Lego Ideas.
Había conocido el lugar gracias al programa de divulgación de TVE ¿Un mundo féliz? que presentaba Felipe Mellizo.
El megalosaurio que allí vi está ahora en Lego Ideas.
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is a fantastic (and rare) photo of the Megalosaurus in it’s red paint scheme, which lasted from the 1970s through to 1982/3
Note the harsh contrast between the red and the green tones of accumulated dirt, moss, algae etc
Note the harsh contrast between the red and the green tones of accumulated dirt, moss, algae etc
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Hello Bluesky! We're an enthusiastic bunch of folks in south-east London delving into the history of Penge, as well as sharing our love of all things historical. Find us at pengehistorygroup.co.uk as well as on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/penge-hist...
Penge History Group – Local history from our corner of South East London
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September 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hello Bluesky! We're an enthusiastic bunch of folks in south-east London delving into the history of Penge, as well as sharing our love of all things historical. Find us at pengehistorygroup.co.uk as well as on Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/penge-hist...
Good evening to all Lego-related new followers 👋
Actual bricks played a major part in the construction of the sculptures. The smaller ones had a solid brickwork core, and the four largest dinosaur ones were hollow:
Actual bricks played a major part in the construction of the sculptures. The smaller ones had a solid brickwork core, and the four largest dinosaur ones were hollow:
A recipe for a Victorian standing Iguanodon:
4x iron columns, 9 feet long by 7 inches diameter [the legs]
600 bricks
650 5-inch half-round drain-tiles
900 plain tiles
38 casks of cement
90 casks of broken stone
100 feet of iron-hooping
20 feet of cube inch bar
(cpdinosaurs.org/blog/post/ho...)
4x iron columns, 9 feet long by 7 inches diameter [the legs]
600 bricks
650 5-inch half-round drain-tiles
900 plain tiles
38 casks of cement
90 casks of broken stone
100 feet of iron-hooping
20 feet of cube inch bar
(cpdinosaurs.org/blog/post/ho...)
September 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Good evening to all Lego-related new followers 👋
Actual bricks played a major part in the construction of the sculptures. The smaller ones had a solid brickwork core, and the four largest dinosaur ones were hollow:
Actual bricks played a major part in the construction of the sculptures. The smaller ones had a solid brickwork core, and the four largest dinosaur ones were hollow: