Liecester Square
by El_Cookie
Ok, I landed at Gatwick in March 2001 , rented a car, picked up a buddy at Oxford and drove to Cardiff, Wales. I had the best time hanging out and partying all over Cardiff and especailly at club Liquid. So I figured if it went well in Cardiff it would go awesome in London. WRONG! We headed to Birmingham to hang out with another friend and hit a few clubs the night before we hit London. This is where we started having problems. I wish I could remember the names of the clubs. Well to make it short we could not get into 2 clubs because one of my friends was black. The following day in London in Liecester Square the same thing happened. Can anyone relate?
So we ended up at a rave in Elephant Circle district This is only because we ran into some black folks in Liecester square and they told us where to go. That was the best move we could have done. I did London once and I think that is it for me. Cardiff...I'll go there anyday.
Cheap London - Cheap Cinema Tickets!
by M0B1US
People seem to be under this mistaken preconception that London is an expensive city to visit...
That is patently untrue!
Why, mere yards away from Leicester Square, London's Cinema Heartland is the Prince Charles Cinema - Admission ?2.50 (?1.50 if you're a member, £15 for life membership!).
OK, so the films you'll see here won't exactly be current releases, PCC gets them about a month later, and there are many art house and classics shown here as well.
Check out the website for what's going on!
http://www.princecharlescinema.com/
Really people, I know accommodation for ?10 a night with breakfast, London's best Museums and Galleries for free, where to get food and drinks for pennies, the cheapest bars, quality meals with a drink for less than a fiver, how to travel across London all day for only ?2, hiring cars for as little as ?5.50 a day - the list goes on...
London expensive?
Only if you're not looking hard enough... Once the home of late night Rocky Horror Picture Show screenings, one of the greatest phenomenons at the Prince Charles Cinema are the regular 'Sing-a-Long-a' shows it puts on - these are out and out theatre and I was lucky enough to see the Rocky Horror version a few years back! Here are the details of the Sound of Music one... ;-)
'THE HILLS ARE ALIVE...
The Prince Charles Cinema is alive with the Sound of Music. That's right children every Friday evening and Sunday afternoon join Maria, a proliferation of nuns, the very dashing Captain Von Trapp and his delightful children to sing to your hearts content. For those of you who haven't seen the film every Christmas since the dawn of time the song lyrics are projected onto the screen to give you a helping hand.
A compere hosts every performance to whip you into a choral frenzy and is on hand at the interval to judge the fancy dress competition. (That's right, if singing in public is not humiliating enough for you then clad yourself in Auntie Vera's chintz curtains and jump up on stage to do battle for a years free pass to the cinema).
--- Boo the Baroness --- Hiss the Nazis ---
--- Wave Edelweiss --- Cheer Julie ---'
Go one - you know you want to...! ;-)
Map: www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=529839&y=180807&z=1&sv=529750,180750&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
The Pru
by BluBluBlu
This photo is of the once headquarters of the Prudential Assurance company on High Holborn...not sure what its used for now though! I took the pic because I like the building, plus in a strange way it reminds me of Jaipur in India!
Tower of London - Beefeaters Tours
by kris-t
Yeoman Warders (know as 'Beefeaters') have been at the Tower of London since the 14th century. Join one of their famous tours and learn about the Tower's intriguing past as they take you to the locations where history was made.
RUN in the underground!! You...
by glitter
RUN in the underground!! You must move fast, & keep to the right if you wish to stand on the escalator rather than walking up them. People are viscous down there!! On the streets, it's sometime too fast to mosey about...keep up a pace. Don't give $$ to people asking you...they could well do you all your $$ & your watch!!
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"Boris" bike at a docking station
Camden Lock.
A cross positioned outside the doors in 1999
