Comments on: Bollocks to Alton Towers http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Cocktails Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:48:33 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2104 And I thought that the nuclear bunker would be a perfect place for my next birthday party! Surely this is illegal age discrimination? And I thought that the nuclear bunker would be a perfect place for my next birthday party! Surely this is illegal age discrimination?

]]> By: ishouldbeworking http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 ishouldbeworking Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:06:51 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2103 You can hire the bunker for parties - but not if you're aged 'between 12 and 40'!! What CAN they mean?? You can hire the bunker for parties – but not if you’re aged ‘between 12 and 40′!!

What CAN they mean??

]]> By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Cocktails Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:27:13 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2099 PM, I have walked past both of those places so many times yet never been in! Shame, I should really make the effort. We have a very good trad cafe near our house, with lovely formica and tiles, but annoyingly it's not open on the weekend so we rarely go there. Keith, if you ever return to the UK there are plenty of different places for you to visit. These ones are definitely not on the first time visitor list - more like tenth time visitors like my parents. They are coming over to visit soon and this is another reason why I got the book - I need to entertain them somehow! PM, I have walked past both of those places so many times yet never been in! Shame, I should really make the effort. We have a very good trad cafe near our house, with lovely formica and tiles, but annoyingly it’s not open on the weekend so we rarely go there.

Keith, if you ever return to the UK there are plenty of different places for you to visit. These ones are definitely not on the first time visitor list – more like tenth time visitors like my parents. They are coming over to visit soon and this is another reason why I got the book – I need to entertain them somehow!

]]> By: Keith http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Keith Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:50:48 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2097 Hey there. That was really fascinating. I had never heard of that book, let alone read it. I've only been to the UK once. That was back in the year 2000. I was in London for a few days. I did have fun, but never visited anything of the sort. Thanks for opening my eyes up to more than just what tourists usually see. Hey there. That was really fascinating. I had never heard of that book, let alone read it. I’ve only been to the UK once. That was back in the year 2000. I was in London for a few days. I did have fun, but never visited anything of the sort. Thanks for opening my eyes up to more than just what tourists usually see.

]]> By: Planet Mondo http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2096 Planet Mondo Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:18:08 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2096 Places on my to do list are Pelliccis in Bethnal Green before it gets Starbucked http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/Pelliccifeature.htm And the Cartoon Museum near the British Museum http://piley.blogspot.com/2009/01/carl-giles-exhibition.html Places on my to do list are

Pelliccis in Bethnal Green before it gets Starbucked
http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/Pelliccifeature.htm

And the Cartoon Museum near the British Museum
http://piley.blogspot.com/2009/01/carl-giles-exhibition.html

]]> By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 Cocktails Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:33:00 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2094 F-C, I am definitely planning a trip to the nuclear bunker in the very near future. Stay tuned! Don't know that one, BLTP, but I like the Isle of Wight, particularly the old tube train you take from the ferry port into town. Orford Ness, another military test site in Suffolk I think, is in the book - looks good too. Good for bird watching apparently. Ill Man, I like the look of the fish larder. Don't have a car though which is a nuisance. Also in reality it means that I probably won't get to go to any of the places I want to go... Have you been to the mine which is at the end of the Railway? F-C, I am definitely planning a trip to the nuclear bunker in the very near future. Stay tuned!

Don’t know that one, BLTP, but I like the Isle of Wight, particularly the old tube train you take from the ferry port into town. Orford Ness, another military test site in Suffolk I think, is in the book – looks good too. Good for bird watching apparently.

Ill Man, I like the look of the fish larder. Don’t have a car though which is a nuisance. Also in reality it means that I probably won’t get to go to any of the places I want to go… Have you been to the mine which is at the end of the Railway?

]]> By: the ill man http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 the ill man Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:11:28 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2093 Two more for you. The Bo'ness & Kineil railway. They use steam engines this time, plus it's a little nearer, situated on the Forth estuary. Port Logan fish larder near Stranraer. Only if you have a car mind, it's murder to get to. Two more for you.

The Bo’ness & Kineil railway. They use steam engines this time, plus it’s a little nearer, situated on the Forth estuary.

Port Logan fish larder near Stranraer. Only if you have a car mind, it’s murder to get to.

]]> By: BLTP http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2092 BLTP Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:47:12 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2092 we were thinking of going to the rocket testing site on the Isle of wight. If you like model villages (like bournville port sunlight etc )try Saltaire outside bradford it's got a Hockney gallery as well and it's in Yorkshire you could on the worth valley railway and make a day of it. we were thinking of going to the rocket testing site on the Isle of wight. If you like model villages (like bournville port sunlight etc )try Saltaire outside bradford it’s got a Hockney gallery as well and it’s in Yorkshire you could on the worth valley railway and make a day of it.

]]> By: Five-Centres http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2009/02/04/bollocks-to-alton-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 Five-Centres Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:35:49 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=1292#comment-2091 I went to Dennis Severs' house a couple of Christmases ago. It was so atmospheric, but there were so many people going round at once the sound of heavy footsteps rather spoiled the magic. Dying to go to the nuclear bunker. I went to Dennis Severs’ house a couple of Christmases ago. It was so atmospheric, but there were so many people going round at once the sound of heavy footsteps rather spoiled the magic.

Dying to go to the nuclear bunker.

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