planning early. what to do in London during May 2008

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<wilde_hare RemoveThis @hooya.com> wrote:

> Going to London during the month of May.
>
> Bringing a girl friend, who has never been to London (from
> California), before. So far we have plans to see Globe Theatre, V&A,
> London Eye, Dickens' House, Science Museum, Theatre Museum, Herb
> Garette & Surgery, Southwark Church, Harrods, Fortum &, several West
> End Shows using TimeOut, Covent Garden, London Walks, Sherlock Holmes
> Museum, Greenwich.
>
> Would anyone like to make suggestions of what to see? We have 3 weeks
> and are planning on remaining inside Greater London.

After many years of visiting and even living in London, last trip I
visited the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Roomsand really enjoyed
it.

It is very close to some of the other things you may be seeing, so give
their web site a look-

http://cwr.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00f002

jay
Wed Jan 30, 2008
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> On Jan 29, 1:09 am, "William Black" <william.bl....RemoveThis@hotmail.co.uk>
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>> <wilde_h....RemoveThis@hooya.com> wrote in message
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>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time, Stratford after dark
>> isn't
>> that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways where
>> you
>> don't even recognise the script over the door, never mind read the
>> language.
>
Which Stratford? I lived in Stratford on Avon for many years -- it was
safer after dark than most towns in the day.
rjf
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> "Iceman" <oneofcold.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> On Jan 29, 1:09 am, "William Black" <william.bl....TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> <wilde_h....TakeThisOut@hooya.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:a85tp3504vmsc57s6urk53erij44dh1apt@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time, Stratford after dark
>>> isn't
>>> that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways where
>>> you
>>> don't even recognise the script over the door, never mind read the
>>> language.
>>
> Which Stratford?

The one in East London

tim
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>>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time, Stratford after dark
>>> isn't that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways
>>> where you don't even recognise the script over the door, never mind
>>> read the language.
> Which Stratford? I lived in Stratford on Avon for many years -- it was
> safer after dark than most towns in the day.

The OP presumably means Stratford in East London (the East London in
London, not the one in South Africa).

Not one of my favourite places but not exactly Here Be Dragons either.

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On Jan 31, 9:08 am, "William Black" <william.bl....TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk>
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> > "Iceman" <oneofc....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> On Jan 29, 1:09 am, "William Black" <william.bl....TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk>
> >> wrote:
> >>> <wilde_h....TakeThisOut@hooya.com> wrote in message
>
> >>>news:a85tp3504vmsc57s6urk53erij44dh1apt@4ax.com...
>
> >>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time,  Stratford after dark
> >>> isn't
> >>> that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways where
> >>> you
> >>> don't even recognise the script over the door,  never mind read the
> >>> language.
>
> > Which Stratford?  I lived in Stratford on Avon for many years -- it was
> > safer after dark than most towns in the day.
>
> The clue is in the words 'multicultural London'.
>
> If I'd meant the well known tourist trap 'Stratford on Avon I'd have said
> so,  but I'm about as likely to recommend a visit there as recommend you
> have a leg removed so you can see what it's like...
>
> The place is ghastly,  the theatre is always full of A level students
> reciting along with the play and the town invariably full of Americans and
> Japanese busy being impressed by Victorian reproductions of Elizabethan
> structures and being ripped off by a set of shopkeepers and catering outlets
> to an extent that is actually bordering on the repulsive.
>
> --
> William Black
>
> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
> Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
> I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the New borough gate
> All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
> Time for tea.- Hide quoted text -
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When I visited Stratford on Avon over twnety years ago I was really
impressed, I never knew so many bikers were into Shakespeare!!!! Long
lines of large motorcycle groups going into and leaving town.

George
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>> On Jan 29, 1:09 am, "William Black" <william.bl... DeleteThis @hotmail.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> <wilde_h... DeleteThis @hooya.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:a85tp3504vmsc57s6urk53erij44dh1apt@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time, Stratford after dark
>>> isn't
>>> that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways where
>>> you
>>> don't even recognise the script over the door, never mind read the
>>> language.
>>
> Which Stratford? I lived in Stratford on Avon for many years -- it was
> safer after dark than most towns in the day.

The clue is in the words 'multicultural London'.

If I'd meant the well known tourist trap 'Stratford on Avon I'd have said
so, but I'm about as likely to recommend a visit there as recommend you
have a leg removed so you can see what it's like...

The place is ghastly, the theatre is always full of A level students
reciting along with the play and the town invariably full of Americans and
Japanese busy being impressed by Victorian reproductions of Elizabethan
structures and being ripped off by a set of shopkeepers and catering outlets
to an extent that is actually bordering on the repulsive.


--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the New borough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:38:06 +0530, "William Black"
<william.black DeleteThis @hotmail.co.uk> wrote:


>If I'd meant the well known tourist trap 'Stratford on Avon I'd have said
>so, but I'm about as likely to recommend a visit there as recommend you
>have a leg removed so you can see what it's like...
>
>The place is ghastly, the theatre is always full of A level students
>reciting along with the play and the town invariably full of Americans and
>Japanese busy being impressed by Victorian reproductions of Elizabethan
>structures and being ripped off by a set of shopkeepers and catering outlets
>to an extent that is actually bordering on the repulsive.

So that'd be a "no", then?


Keith (formerly of Bristol UK)
now moved to Berlin/nach Berlin umgezogen
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:16:06 -0800 (PST), george
<gpolkowski.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Jan 31, 9:08 am, "William Black" <william.bl....TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk>
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>> > "Iceman" <oneofc....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:75d2edc4-fc98-427a-8bee-04aed648c584@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>> >> On Jan 29, 1:09 am, "William Black" <william.bl....TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> <wilde_h....TakeThisOut@hooya.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >>>news:a85tp3504vmsc57s6urk53erij44dh1apt@4ax.com...
>>
>> >>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time,  Stratford after dark
>> >>> isn't
>> >>> that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways where
>> >>> you
>> >>> don't even recognise the script over the door,  never mind read the
>> >>> language.
>>
>> > Which Stratford?  I lived in Stratford on Avon for many years -- it was
>> > safer after dark than most towns in the day.
>>
>> The clue is in the words 'multicultural London'.
>>
>> If I'd meant the well known tourist trap 'Stratford on Avon I'd have said
>> so,  but I'm about as likely to recommend a visit there as recommend you
>> have a leg removed so you can see what it's like...
>>
>> The place is ghastly,  the theatre is always full of A level students
>> reciting along with the play and the town invariably full of Americans and
>> Japanese busy being impressed by Victorian reproductions of Elizabethan
>> structures and being ripped off by a set of shopkeepers and catering outlets
>> to an extent that is actually bordering on the repulsive.
>>
>> --
>> William Black
>>
>> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
>> Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
>> I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the New borough gate
>> All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
>> Time for tea.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>When I visited Stratford on Avon over twnety years ago I was really
>impressed, I never knew so many bikers were into Shakespeare!!!!

When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth
sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his Kawasaki is more
musical than the pipe of Hermes. (Henry V) with apologies to the
Bard.

>Long
>lines of large motorcycle groups going into and leaving town.
>
>George


Keith (formerly of Bristol UK)
now moved to Berlin/nach Berlin umgezogen
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William Black <william.black RemoveThis @hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> "Bob Fusillo" <rfusillo RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > "Iceman" <oneofcold RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:75d2edc4-fc98-427a-8bee-04aed648c584@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Jan 29, 1:09 am, "William Black" <william.bl... RemoveThis @hotmail.co.uk>
> >> wrote:
> >>> <wilde_h... RemoveThis @hooya.com> wrote in message
> >>>
> >>> news:a85tp3504vmsc57s6urk53erij44dh1apt@4ax.com...
> >>>
> >>> Take a ride out to Stratford (in the day time, Stratford after dark
> >>> isn't
> >>> that safe) and see the real multicultural London with take-aways where
> >>> you
> >>> don't even recognise the script over the door, never mind read the
> >>> language.
> >>
> > Which Stratford? I lived in Stratford on Avon for many years -- it was
> > safer after dark than most towns in the day.
>
> The clue is in the words 'multicultural London'.
>
> If I'd meant the well known tourist trap 'Stratford on Avon I'd have said
> so, but I'm about as likely to recommend a visit there as recommend you
> have a leg removed so you can see what it's like...
>
> The place is ghastly, the theatre is always full of A level students
> reciting along with the play and the town invariably full of Americans and
> Japanese busy being impressed by Victorian reproductions of Elizabethan
> structures and being ripped off by a set of shopkeepers and catering outlets
> to an extent that is actually bordering on the repulsive.

Hm. I wouldn't call it ghastly. Spending an evening in Stratford is a
good idea, as most visitors are day trippers. I found it particularly
lovely on a Sunday morning, when for a few hours I felt as though I had
the place entirely to myself. We had some good meals in pubs and didn't
find it over-expensive.

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On Jan 31, 3:08 am, "William Black" <william.bl....TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk>
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> If I'd meant the well known tourist trap 'Stratford on Avon I'd have said
> so, but I'm about as likely to recommend a visit there as recommend you
> have a leg removed so you can see what it's like...
>
> The place is ghastly, the theatre is always full of A level students
> reciting along with the play and the town invariably full of Americans and
> Japanese busy being impressed by Victorian reproductions of Elizabethan
> structures and being ripped off by a set of shopkeepers and catering outlets
> to an extent that is actually bordering on the repulsive.


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