Anyone missing London ?
Feb 17th 2007, 1:10 pm
#31
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
london is buzzing
has more history than all those you mentioned put together
shops as good as anywhere...
over rated... i dont think so..
has more history than all those you mentioned put together
shops as good as anywhere...
over rated... i dont think so..
Feb 17th 2007, 1:35 pm
#32
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
If you are lucky enough to have a good job and own your own property, You probably cannot do better anywhere financially.
Feb 17th 2007, 3:46 pm
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
We are getting ready to leave London at the moment ,everything you have said is true ,its a great city ,in my teens & twenties i had an amazing time here ,& in the summer there is tonnes to do with the kids,expensive & free,but people dont always speak to each other & it is busy ,there are positives & negatives with everything ,but you only get one life & its great to have the oppurtunity (sorry bad spelling)we have to live somewhere else & experience a new life ,i have my memories & am really looking forward to making new ones .Good luck to everybody making the move
robs & matt
robs & matt
Feb 19th 2007, 2:46 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
I miss London somewhat, and seeing that lovely rainy photo makes me want to burrow into a coat and scarf and sit damp in a pub somewhere, which reeks of old beer, enjoying a pint & a ciggie!
Of course, I am in Australia now, where at the moment it is blue and sunny, the pubs still reek of old beer but you have to sit outside if you want a ciggie, but then again, I quit when I arrived....so that joy has gone too!
Seriously though....I missed Perth when I was in London and London when I am in Perth
Oh to be in Ealing again!
Of course, I am in Australia now, where at the moment it is blue and sunny, the pubs still reek of old beer but you have to sit outside if you want a ciggie, but then again, I quit when I arrived....so that joy has gone too!
Seriously though....I missed Perth when I was in London and London when I am in Perth
Oh to be in Ealing again!
Feb 19th 2007, 6:42 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
How in God's name could anybody miss that over priced, over crowded, polluted, chaotic sh!t hole? 
Feb 19th 2007, 7:06 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
Feb 19th 2007, 9:01 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
My five year old son misses it. He has a scrapbook full of stuff collected on a few trips up to the smoke over the course of a couple of years. We've had to promise to take him up for a few days when we visit the UK either this year or next, depending on finances.
Feb 19th 2007, 9:46 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
Whilst it's nice to take the kids to see Buck Palace once a year, and watch the Mighty Arsenal Association Football Club, it's a great feeling to escape from the wretched place.
If you lived in the Artic for 7 years it would be home. But you'd hardly miss it solely for that reason.
p.s. and if the sun came out for more than four months of the year, it would have something.
Feb 19th 2007, 10:57 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
Born and bred! ... and after being away from it for almost 11 months now, I have to be honest and say I miss it very little.
I drove a cab round London for the last 10 years and worked pretty much all of them from late night into the early hours. I see a side to London that I don't think many will / do see, and to be honest I'm just happy to be away.
Ok, I spent 36 years there so I DO have fond memories, but for me and my family it was another life.
We DO all plan to return at some stage to visit friends, but not to visit London I'm afraid.
I drove a cab round London for the last 10 years and worked pretty much all of them from late night into the early hours. I see a side to London that I don't think many will / do see, and to be honest I'm just happy to be away.
Ok, I spent 36 years there so I DO have fond memories, but for me and my family it was another life.
We DO all plan to return at some stage to visit friends, but not to visit London I'm afraid.
Feb 19th 2007, 11:14 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
I visit London regularly, and it is great to visit and be around so many people where there are so many restaurants/pubs/bars/clubs and museums/galleries and shops/markets etc etc etc..... But boy is it nice to get home to the West Country and wash all the muck off! Back to a place where people say hello to each other and it is easy to cross the road and you can be out in the middle of nowhere within half an hours walk or 5 min in the car... and where I can afford to live off my wages rather than off continuous credit.
Great to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there unless I won the lottery... and even then I can think of other places I'd prefer to be!
Great to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there unless I won the lottery... and even then I can think of other places I'd prefer to be!
Feb 19th 2007, 11:37 am
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by DonnaElvira
...Bus pass £3, most museums + art galleries = free, Proms = £4, standing tickets at the opera = £8, National Theatre Travelex tickets = £10, best parks in the world = free, beautiful buildings to look at everywhere = free.
Nooooooo, but there is still so much more to do with kids in London than in most places I've been too (and I have travelled far...) The big expenditure things - Tower, Madame Tussauds etc - are places one tends to visit once in a decade (if that!). But - nowadays at least - the museums and galleries are always free.
I remember taking my kids, when they were just 4 or 5, to the Natural History, Science, Imperial War, London etc Museums. We would go to one or the other almost every weekend, and they loved it. (This was in the days of the Conservatives
, so we had to buy a yearly pass and/or go after 5 pm on a Sunday...)
At a very early age we started taking them to the National Art Gallery and the Tate, and they they loved that too. I remember my twins, aged maybe 5 or 6, looking spellbound at Van Gogh's Sunflowers and Stubb's Horse. They also liked the early Renaissance paintings - because of all the gold
And then there were all those wonderful walks in Richmond Park, feeding the ducks in Green Park, and so on. Or watching the jugglers and fire-eaters in Covent Garden. We never seemed to get bored, and I can't remember spending a lot of money on their entertainment.
Oh, and they still haven't been to Madam Tussaud's!
Originally Posted by DonnaElvira
...Bus pass £3, most museums + art galleries = free, Proms = £4, standing tickets at the opera = £8, National Theatre Travelex tickets = £10, best parks in the world = free, beautiful buildings to look at everywhere = free.
Nooooooo, but there is still so much more to do with kids in London than in most places I've been too (and I have travelled far...) The big expenditure things - Tower, Madame Tussauds etc - are places one tends to visit once in a decade (if that!). But - nowadays at least - the museums and galleries are always free.
I remember taking my kids, when they were just 4 or 5, to the Natural History, Science, Imperial War, London etc Museums. We would go to one or the other almost every weekend, and they loved it. (This was in the days of the Conservatives
, so we had to buy a yearly pass and/or go after 5 pm on a Sunday...)At a very early age we started taking them to the National Art Gallery and the Tate, and they they loved that too. I remember my twins, aged maybe 5 or 6, looking spellbound at Van Gogh's Sunflowers and Stubb's Horse. They also liked the early Renaissance paintings - because of all the gold
And then there were all those wonderful walks in Richmond Park, feeding the ducks in Green Park, and so on. Or watching the jugglers and fire-eaters in Covent Garden. We never seemed to get bored, and I can't remember spending a lot of money on their entertainment.
Oh, and they still haven't been to Madam Tussaud's!
I thought Madame Tassauds was extremely overated for 24 pounds.
Feb 19th 2007, 1:01 pm
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Re: Anyone missing London ?
hard to compare london and a beach life as both have their attractions.
i come from london but only visit it now like a tourist..
ive seen really bad sides to it too, they are undeniable.
its good to visit but not so good to live in unless your loaded and can take full advantage..
i come from london but only visit it now like a tourist..
ive seen really bad sides to it too, they are undeniable.
its good to visit but not so good to live in unless your loaded and can take full advantage..
