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St Georges indoor market - Stevenage

St Georges Way, Under the multistory car park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 1EQ

12-12-2008 (updated on 05-10-2011)

It’s a bit dark but it has a good array of stalls. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8.30am – 5.30pm
A large fancy dress stall, sweets, a butcher with cheap eggs, a huge goth stall, fake flowers, wool curtains carpets etc.
My only gripe is that I am used to markets with fruit and veg stalls and lots of them plus bakery stalls etc. None much here…hence the 3 stars.
Since I wrote this the Goth shop has gone and the footfall in the market is minimal. Almost 30 empty stalls.

don Peter ljungman of Revesby Hi !

Do you perhaps got more beatiful pics of or around Revesby.

Thank you so very much in advance.

// don Peter

Brinsworth House for Retired Actors - Twickenham

72 Staines Road, Twickenham, London TW2 5AL

20-11-2008 (updated on 25-12-2010)

Many stars have ended up alone and in retirement homes..Hilda Baker was one .
The Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund was founded in
1908. Brinsworth House was opened in 1911 to care for
members of what was then the variety and music hall
profession.

This is one of the entertainment industries most exclusive
retirement homes for a bit of old star spotting.
This brown-brick building sits back off a main road, belying
the fact that it is actually set within an acre of land.
It was the last home of such notable entertainers as Dame
Thora Hird, Alan Fluff Freeman and Charlie Drake.

One of Brinsworth's last residents was Emily Perry, known as
Pat, who is better still famed for portraying Madge Allsop,
bridesmaid and long-suffering best friend of Dame Edna
Everage.
She made 100 years old I believe.

The rooms are named after famous people who pay a
sponsorship fee to have titles such as The Norman Wisdom
Room or The Brian Conley Room painted on doors.

Staying at Brinsworth costs about £600 per week for a
residential room and £750 for nursing care.
In addition to caring for the 32 residents of Brinsworth
House, the Fund also provides financial help for 300 or so
beneficiaries who are residing in their own homes.
The place costs £1.25m a year to run, and funding comes from several sources, most famously the Royal Variety
Performance, for which Brinsworth House acts as the box
office.

Templar oh for goodness sake! I re3moved the indication that I thought she might live there as you said she didn't

catt007 Do you have Richard O Sullivan as resident at all , i wish to post him something of interest he may like ..

Old Red Lion - Stevenage

High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 1YJ

22-04-2008 (updated on 24-07-2010)

The Red Lion Stevenage is in The Old Town. It is an old building with lots of character and it is quite unexpected to find it is a Rock Pub and rather alternate.

Good beer and live music, of the heavy rock caliber, it can be very packed when a band is playing. (It isn't very big). Don't expect to be able to fight your way though to the loo easily through the dancing crowds.

Only been there in the evening but found a bar stool. Expect to stand though as it is very popular.

Addendum:
I have no idea why I put good beer as it is pretty rough and I have always felt ill afterwards ...maybe it has just gone downhill since I first went.

Templar I don't know how the OLD got in the title as the photo is mine and it is just Red Lion. I think some are writing about another pub and edited it.

The White Hart Hotel - Lincoln

Bailgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3AR

23-02-2010

Humm, qué puedo decir de este sitio... una habitación sin desayuno costaba 125 libras, quizá más ahora. Una vez, en el mercado de navidad de Lincoln, estaba nevando y hacía un frío que pela. Salí a dar un paseo con mi vestido victoriano que mostraba que tenía un puesto y se me ocurrió tomar una bebida en el bar. Eso de doble comfort sureño sonaba bien para calentarse en invierno, así que entro en el bar para comprarme una y un camarero me dice: "fuera de aquí, no vas a entrar para usar los baños gratis". Nunca volví. Así que no puedo decirte cómo es el bar y la comida y sólo tiene una mención por mi guía de fantasmas. Probablemente son también muy maleducados. Se dice que hay fenómenos terroríficos aquí, incluyendo una bola luminosa flotante, una niña con gorra de trapo, el sonido de un disparo, un escocés sin rostro, comida que salta de un plato en el restaurante... Un chico que se mató en el edificio es supuestamente culpable de estas actividades.

DoctorRadio Sounds like you’ve had one too many glasses of French wine !

Templar I wrote it in English..no idea what this says

Half Moon Hotel - Alford

25-28 West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 9DG

15-02-2010

El Half Moon Hotel & restaurante ha pertenecido a la misma familia por casi 40 años. Cuatro estrellas para las estupendas opciones vegetarianas (en torno a 8 pounds el plato principal) y buena cerveza. Se trata de un edificio histórico de 400 años y es muy atractivo. 3 bares, restaurante, sala de funciones y conferencias, gran terraza, aparcamiento y alojamiento de hotel. Alford tiene fines de semana de artesanía dos veces al año (en vacaciones) y un mercadillo semanal mas las ferias de Navidad. El Moon es un buen sitio para quedarse. Hay habitaciones dobles, individuales, de matrimonio y familiares (una para minusválidos). TV a color, máquinas de té y café, secador, reloj con alarma, plancha y tabla de planchar, teléfono directo y puerto de módem en cada cuarto. Como no me he quedado no puedo hablar de los cuartos.

The White Hart Hotel - Lincoln

Bailgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 3AR

15-02-2010

Mmmh que puis-je dire sur cet endroit... Une chambre sans petit dejeuner coutait £125 a l'epoque... C'est surement plus cher maintenant. Une fois, au marche de Noel de Lincoln, il neigeait de temps a autres et il faisait tres froid. Je suis sorti marcher, avec mon costume Victorien qui me fasait passer pour un des vendeurs, et j'ai decide de prendre un verre au bar. MMM double Southern Comfort (ou deux) avait l'air d'un bon rechauffement pour l'hivers. Alors que j'allais vers le bar pour l'acheter, un des membres du personel m'a dit: "Sortez d'ici, ne venez pas ici pour utiliser les toilettes gratuitement". Je ne suis jamais retourne. Donc je ne peux pas vous dire comment est le bar ni le restaurant, et je ne lui donne qu'une mention pour mon guide des fantomes. Ils sont surement tres antipatiques aussi. Beaucoup de phenomenes etranges ont ete signales ici, notament une boule flotante lumineuse, une petite fille en chapeau, le bruit d'un revolver, un homme sans visage, et de la nourriture qui saute des assiettes dans le restaurant. On blame un jeune homme qui s'est suicide pour toutes ces manifestations.

Half Moon Hotel - Alford

25-28 West Street, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 9DG

08-02-2010

Le Half Moon Hotel & restaurant appartient à la même famille depuis près de 40 ans. Quatre hôtels pour les supers options végétariennes (compter environ £8 pour un plat principal) et la bonne bière. Il s'agit d'un très beau bâtiment classé, dont l'histoire remonte à environ 400 ans. 3 bars, Restaurant, salle de conférence/réception, grand jardin pour s'assoir avec une bière, parking, et chambres. Alford organise des week-ends d'artisanat deux fois l'an (pendant les jours fériés) et un marché de l'artisanat toutes les semaines, ainsi que des foires à Noël. Le Moon est un bon endroit où séjourner. Il y a des chambres doubles, simples, ainsi que des chambres familiales ou avec lits jumeaux (une des chambres est aussi adaptée aux handicapés). Télévision couleur, nécessaire pour préparer thé et café, sèche-cheveux, réveil, fer et planche à repasser, ligne directe, et prise internet dans toutes les chambres. Je n'y ai pas séjourné donc je ne peux pas décrire les chambres.

Jade Palace - Stevenage

23-25 Middle Row, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 3AW

14-12-2009

Didn't eat in but had a takeaway from.
Food was bland and uninteresting. Most dishes comprised 60% onions and we tried 8. Was average pricing for a takeaway but it did nothing for either of us and most of it went in the bin.

Lincolns Inn Fields - Holborn

London WC2A 3ED

04-10-2008 (updated on 30-07-2009)

The area to the south of High Holborn and to the east of Kingsway is Lincoln’s Inn Field. The area was formerly known as Purse Field and Cup Field. They were used as recreational area for the lawyers from nearby Lincoln’s Inn.

The fields were outside the city. In 1586 Babington and his
13 accomplices were hanged, drawn and quarted in this area. In 1588 2 further executions were carried out here. The area was also a well known place for duels and robberies. A number of attempts were made to build in the area, but the lawyers of Lincoln’s Inn managed to block them until the
1630’s. By 1641 the square had been built, but the fights and executions continued. The square was finally enclosed in 1735.

The original plan was to build over the entire area, but the local lawyers protested, eventually taking their complaint to Parliament where they won.

On the north side of the square stands the Sir John Soane’s Museum. The doorways on the north side of the square are worth noting. At number 3 Ramsey McDonald, the Prime Minister died in 1911. On the west side of the square stands Newcastle House (66) which was built in 1684, the house was rebuilt in 1930. At number 65, built in 1772, William Pitt, the later Prime Minister, had his chambers. Lindsey House, numbers 59 to 60, was built in 1640 probably by Inigo Jones, 57-58 were built much later but in the same style. Number 60 was the home of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval from 1790-1807. The queens solicitors have their offices at 66. On the south side of the square is the Royal College of Surgeons.

Part of this site used to be Lincoln’s Inn Theatre which first opened its doors in 1660, this was the first theater in London to have a proscenium arch, and to use movable scenery.

At the eastern end of the square is Lincoln’s Inn.

Dave Smith Minor spelling revisions of the text, please. Oh, so pedantic.

Lovely review.

Templar I shall do so, No doubt I was half asleep at the time :) Wow that was bad. Well below standard for even my typo’s. Please tell me if I missed any.

QD Stores - Stevenage

29 Town Square, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 1BP

07-07-2009

Have to say hmmm ok so it is possibly an overmakes or catalogue return shop or a bit of both BUT
Last year I bought plants at a garden centre..expensive rubbish. This year from QD for literally pennies and I have a jungle of colour! Great garden tools bought loads (fork spade rake etc) £4.99 each. 2ft decking boards £2.99!
Been refurbing my studio..paint at 29p to £1.
Baking trays, ceramics very cheap. Lots of junkie things..ok don’t buy it I don’t. Seem to have stopped selling insence..shame as nowhere else seems to. In all some GREAT bargains ..branded if not designer labels. Always changing…something new. I am always up for a bargain.