The habit of having fish and chips on Fridays has been woven into me all my life so we decided to go to Farrington shopping centre or farm centre. We had 2 huge fish and chips portions together with one chip portion. The fish were delicious and not completely saturated with batter. In the restaurant was a sign which I found amusing, Illustrated. We then went into the farm shop to buy some milk...
This was one of our quickest journeys going directly from Brighton via our stop East Croydon to Saint Albans , fast from St. Pancras. It was 49 minutes in total; the train whizzed by the countryside. So, (roll of drums) here is the man(above) who gave his name to the city. St.Albans is an incredibly sophisticated town that combines the ancient with the modern. The market according to Saint...
Liberties Regent Street has a long tradition of supplying materials for dressmaking and clothes in general. Françoise had not visited it for over 25 years so we decided that now was the time. I saw a very nice gentleman's jacket for 850 pounds and a delightful tape measure for 15 pounds. They are used to dealing with the rich and famous. The decor and layout could be that of an Elizabethan...
Rail System 1965 One of the things I love about London is the ease of communication north south. Historically this was not always the case where trains traveled to and from London terminal stations such as Victoria, Waterloo, Kings Cross etc. These days there is a train that goes from Bedford via St. Alban's through Central London to East Croydon and thence to Brighton. It does it far...
ALSO SEE Are cheap UK package holidays worth it? I don't want to bore people to death with standard tourist stuff but this was my impression of the various places we visited well on our journey within East Anglia. For some reason, Norfolk miles take longer than miles elsewhere so do allow extra time. That is only partly a joke. NORWICH It was 1962 since I was last there and I hardly recognise...
An exploding news day "the day began like any other" Samuel Pepys, my exemplar, was normally occupied with his day-to-day affairs of business but when the Fire of London came along his attention was diverted and his diary-writing affected. And so it is in this case so don't worry I'm not going to turn this into a political magazine but it is in my view very serious and paradigm changing, hence...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703