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Blowing my own trumpet23:55 Aug 28 2008
Times Read: 653
At the beginning of the week I was called 'remarkable', it really did come out the blue and I was unsure how to answer and simply said....
''it's the bad stuff that's easier to believe''.
Half a century... Wooo Hooo20:47 Aug 20 2008
Times Read: 677
My cousin celebrated her 50th birthday recently and it was left to me to find a fitting locale to fit the occasion and to seat nine of us on short notice, we already had a bash with family etc, but this was to be more intimate.
I chose The George....
It is London's only surviving galleried coaching inn. It stands on the south side of the River Thames near London Bridge, for centuries this was the only bridge across the river.
The George was rebuilt in 1676, after a devastating fire swept Southwark. It was one of many such inns in the area, perhaps the most famous being the Tabard, where Chaucer began his 'Canterbury Tales' in 1388. The Tabard too was rebuilt after the fire, but was demolished in the late 19th century, despite a public outcry.
The George is tucked away in a cobbled courtyard just off Borough High Street. The ground floor is divided into several connecting bars. There's a wealth of pretty lattice windows and oak beams. The Old Bar was the waiting room, for coachmen and passengers. The Middle Bar was the Coffee Room, a haunt of Charles Dickens.
The bedchambers (now the restaurant) were in the galleried part. The gallery design provides both access and light, as the back walls would have been crammed against other buildings. The George Inn is one of London's greatest treasures, how wonderful it would have been if it had survived intact.
They wouldn't let us put the tables together (fire hazard), but they did us proud with table decor and a cake.
Half the gang .. spot the birthday girl..!
Stress10:37 Aug 14 2008
Times Read: 685
I thoroughly enjoyed my last contract, it paid very well and my colleagues were brilliant. I even considered working there full time.
They will mess around with my desk!!
There! all back to normal. Now for some real stress!!!
The Alley Cats16:08 Aug 12 2008
Times Read: 702
I wasn't sure if I was in 'cat alley' or if they were just alley cats.
I shot this whilst visiting my cousin, they were all basking in the lovely sunny weather.
The one rolling on her back is Daisey she is the sister to the Manx called Alfie who is nearest the car and the one by the wall is Bart who is a neighbours cat.
THE SENILITY PRAYER20:39 Aug 04 2008
Times Read: 724
THE SENILITY PRAYER
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Todays tickle11:47 Aug 04 2008
Times Read: 732
''I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.''
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Sinora
10:47 Aug 29 2008
*Checks list of names I've called him recently*....well I was getting round to it okay ? *grins*
DarkRuby
15:28 Aug 29 2008
Try to believe all the good stuff too. It's all true! :0)