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Unit 2b Sunbury Cross Centre, Staines Road West, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey TW16 7BB
malkbk
last updated on 22-12-2008:
I was really pleased to see Laura Ashley open up in Sunbury Cross. The units in this small development have been difficult to let in the past but with the arrival of Marks and Spencer as an anchor store a few more have dared to open.Sunbury Cross is not the sort of area you expect to sustain a Laura Ashley shop but this one is used as a clearance store and has more than it’s share of clearance furniture .Many pieces seem to be badly damaged but I have purchased a decent sofa and a large wardrobe from here at roughly half price. You can pay to have it delivered but it was cheaper for me to get a local man and van .There is a selection of the usual niknaks in the store along with fabric ,lighting and bedding which is usually full price.
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Syon Park, London TW8 8JF
malkbk
last updated on 21-12-2008:
For children up to about the age of 8 or 9, this place is heaven.Living only half an hour away it was a staple in our list of places to go. It was a favourite for those half day afternoons at the end of term when several mums headed off with kids in tow to spend a few hours reading or chatting with a coffee whilst the children disappeared into multi coloured tunnels and ball pits never to be seen again.Rounding them up at the end of the afternoon was always a game in itself. I found that the heat and the noise could be blocked out after a bit and it was great for my son to be so energetically absorbed for so long.I always felt the supervision to be minimal but there was at least always someone at the top of the slide keeping an eye on things.
For about a fiver ,it always seemed very good value.
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Amersham Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1NE
malkbk
last updated on 18-12-2008:
This is not the big one in Amersham. It is a smaller temporary set up off Vale Road in Chesham but for some reason the system is currently not accepting Chesham as a place!!! We bought our tree frpom the Amersham concern last year and it was a good tree but a little bit pricy. This year we thought we would go and have a look elsewhere. These people are just off Vale Road as you go out of Chesham ,on the left about half a mile from the Total garage. We went early on in DEcember. They really don’t have any choice.You can have either a drop or non drop tree and that’s it. We bought a non drop for £25 and though it is ok and hasn’t dropped much yet , it isn’t of the quality of the tree we had last year. I suppose you get what you pay for ,but I remember no so long ago when a tree cost about £15 and I begrudge paying £40 for a couple of weeks.
Amersham farm has a good selection but expect to pay .I shelled out £28 for a stand from there this year.OUCH!
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ST. Marys Way, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1HR
malkbk
last updated on 18-12-2008:
We are not really pantomime afficionados and don’t normally go , preferring to spend our theatre money on something a little more 'worthy’ in the West End. The last pantomime we saw was in Woking, Peter Pan starring the chap who plays 'PHil Mitchell ’ in Eastenders as Captain Hook.He was too short for the role and I couldn’t get his alter ego out of my mind. This year however, I won 4 tickets for 'Snow White ’ at the Elgiva and we ventured out again into the land of makebelieve and double entendres! You can’t fault the theatre. It is a very easy place to get to and the seating is great with views of everything from everywhere.The production though was dire.How disappointing to find the dwarves played by children who don’t speak at all. The mirror on the wall was simply strange and the lines spoken by someone who had absolutely no idea how to act.His resemblance to a young Liberace didn’t help.A good performance by 'Muddles’ the comic hero couldn’t outweigh the terribly un charismatic and wooden Snow White. Very disappointing all round.
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266 Waterside, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 1PY
malkbk
last updated on 27-11-2008:
You must get your fish and chips here. I am salivating at the thought just writing about them.A chance remark by my neighbour put me on to this Fish and Chip shop.It isn’t very local for us but it is well worth getting in the car for , even when it is pouring down. They don’t let you order your fish until you reach the till which means you might have a few minutes to wait if you order haddock or plaice.We ordered haddock on our first visit and it was so delicious that we have never ordered anything else. Creatures of habit I admit but believe me it is GOOD!The portions are generous and always have enough chips in one portion for two of us and we always manage to save enough fish for our two cats who are very vocal when they smell it.I think the 'Hings’ must be local celebrities because there are newspaper cuttings on the wall proclaiming the quality of their food . I assume that the lady and gentleman who are always working there together are My and Mrs Hing. Mr Hing doesn’t speak to the customers but is busy frying.
Make a trip and see for yourself.Highly recommended.
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