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14 Dec 2011, 00:07 (Ref:2999488)
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Off topic but a Christmas Season Service to Mankind who venture near Oxford Street -
Take Heart!!!! Christmas Season Service to Mankind....
Shopping in Oxford Street? Then arrange to meet Her Ladyship at the Wallace Collection off Hells Own Highway and be overcome with the most gorgeous range of beautiful engineering perfection you will ever see in one place. An Historic Racing Man can't fail to be impressed with Flintlocks and Muskets, suits of armour of THE most exquisite artistic flair, let alone a pretty damn good oil painting hanging. You can also have a nice meal, glass of wine in a place where she would love to come back to! Shopping made easy chaps! WWW.WALLACECOLLECTION.ORG |
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14 Dec 2011, 22:59 (Ref:2999970)
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I used to live right next to the Wallace Collection, in Spanish Place, for ten years!
Living on the third floor of an Edwardian mansion block (meaning I could look down on the Wallace Collection's roof), many's the time I fantasised about a long fishing rod, a length of fishing line, and a quick hoik to reel in a Canaletto or a Dutch Master from their collection!  Even back in the days when I lived there (when Marylebone was a lot quieter than it is now), the Wallace Collection was a real oasis of calm. And the best bit, is it was free to get in (is it still?), so you could pop in and take it in in small bits... Quote:
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14 Dec 2011, 23:24 (Ref:2999975)
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Still free.
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15 Dec 2011, 15:11 (Ref:3000256)
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....if you get bored of all dat culture, there are some pleasant boozers in the vicinity
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15 Dec 2011, 15:28 (Ref:3000263)
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We used to travel down to London by train, do the Christmas shopping, then head to one of the italian restaurants for pasta, red wine and coffee and cognac. Then a taxi to Euston, the train and an early night. Then we got married.
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15 Dec 2011, 17:17 (Ref:3000332)
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I want to die while asleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.
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15 Dec 2011, 17:22 (Ref:3000336)
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It's always 'up' to London.
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15 Dec 2011, 17:46 (Ref:3000352)
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Not when one is in the home counties dear boy.
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15 Dec 2011, 20:58 (Ref:3000447)
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Speaking as a inhabitant of God's Own County, the Garden of England, I have to say that I travel up to London, and down to Kent. I think this nomenclature dates back to the development of the railways in Victorian times, when the convention became established that all trains to London, wherever their origins, were considered to be 'up' trains.
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16 Dec 2011, 11:23 (Ref:3000719)
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I think Clive is right. I understand it's always 'up' to the Capital. Not sure about Kent being God's own county as we in Yorkshire think we have that honour.
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16 Dec 2011, 11:39 (Ref:3000736)
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Simple - 'up' is North, 'down' is south. When I lived in Sussex I went 'up' to London. Now I live in Lincolnshire, I go 'down' to London. Ok if you live in Bristol, you decide!
Anyway, Dick, what has any of this got to do with Historic Racing Today, or were you getting jealous of Iain's general chat thread? |
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18 Dec 2011, 17:09 (Ref:3001583)
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Total pity John. Just that I have great sympathy on Historic racers (even modern ones..) having to take on the yearly punishment of Oxford Street (AAaaarrggghhh!) and I wanted to share a little engineering Shangri La in the middle of total mayhem...
If you thought our race prep boys turn out some terrific work you should see the collection there - metal magic going back 500 years - without the aid of CNC, lathes etc - just gorgeous. One can lose the will to live just about where Manchester Square is so a wonderful bolt-hole like this may also save a life. 
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19 Dec 2011, 08:42 (Ref:3001779)
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Understood, and my comment was 'tongue in cheek'!
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