#Holborn Bars

[aneverydaything]

Day 1634, 13 December 2022

[pizzacro]

HBCEUROPETR - MEGA+ (2)

HBCEuropetr, müşterilerine geniş bir yelpazede yüksek kaliteli tütün ürünleri sunan saygın bir tütün perakendecisidir. Müşterilerine mümkün olan en iyi hizmet ve ürünleri sunmaya kararlıdırlar ve bu da onları tütün tutkunlarının uğrak noktası haline getirmektedir. Bir tütün perakendecisi olarak HBCEuropetr, pipo tütünü satın al, sigara ve puro dahil olmak üzere çeşitli tütün ürünleri sunmakta ve bu da onları tüm tütün ihtiyaçları için tek adres haline getirmektedir. Kaliteye ve müşteri memnuniyetine olan bağlılıklarıyla gurur duyuyorlar ve bu da onları tütün ürünleri için güvenilir bir kaynak haline getiriyor.

HBCEuropetr, Old Holborn tütün, Elfbar bc5000, Heets sigara ve IQOS sigaraları dahil olmak üzere çok çeşitli tütün ürünleri sunmaktadır. Old Holborn tütünü, yüksek kalitesi ve zengin tadıyla bilinen popüler bir sarma tütün markasıdır. Elf Bar bc5000, yeniden doldurmaya veya şarj etmeye gerek kalmadan tatmin edici bir elektronik sigara deneyimi sunan tek kullanımlık bir elektronik sigara cihazıdır. Heets sigaraları, IQOS cihazlarıyla kullanılmak üzere tasarlanmış popüler bir tütün çubuğu markasıdır, iqos sigara, geleneksel sigaralara alternatif olan bir tür ısı-yanmış tütün ürünüdür. Ayrıca, özel karışımları ve kaliteli tütünleri için boru tutkunları tarafından takdir edilen bir marka olan Mac Baren Tobacco'yu sunarlar. Bu kadar çok ürün yelpazesi ile Hbceuropetr, her tütün tutkunu için bir şeylere sahip olacağından emin.

Hbceuropetr'den tütün ürünleri satın almanın birçok faydası vardır. Birincisi, tüm ürünlerinde rekabetçi fiyatlandırma sunuyorlar, bu da onları tütün meraklıları için uygun bir seçenek haline getiriyorlar. Ek olarak, müşterilerin kendi evlerinin rahatlığında ürünlere kolayca göz atmasına ve satın almasına olanak tanıyan uygun çevrimiçi sipariş olanağı da sunuyorlar. Ayrıca 750 TL'nin üzerindeki siparişlerde ücretsiz gönderim sunarlar, bu da müşterilerin en sevdikleri tütün ürünlerini stoklamalarını kolaylaştırır. Kaliteye ve müşteri memnuniyetine olan bağlılığıyla HBCEuropetr, yüksek kaliteli tütün ürünlerini uygun fiyata satın almak isteyen herkes için en iyi seçimdir.

[stephensmithuk]

The Hound of the Baskervilles: Baskerville Hall

CW injury discussion, discussion of violent crime including torture, whaling and capital punishment:

There were three classes of travel on British railways at this point, althought second-class travel was on its way out:

Paddington station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and today and a Grade I listed building, still has a big platform where it is possible to see someone directly onto a train without going through a ticket barrier. This is Platform 1 with access to the taxi rank and Elizabeth line station. It is also home to the GWR warm memorial and Paddington Bear statue, with a shop dedicated to the ursine Peruvian immigrant in the retail area at the south-eastern side.

The Museum of the College of Surgeons is now called the Hunterian Museum and is located near Holborn tube station. Admission is free, but they recommend advanced booking. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays.

It would be rather harder on a modern train to conduct a conversation as the vehicle was pulling out due to the elimination of most rolling stock with "droplights" i.e. manually lowerable windows, usually so you could open the door. The High Speed Trains which had at their end doors, them were withdrawn in 2019, the surviving "Castle Class" examples had their doors replaced with sliding ones and the Mark 3 carriages used on the Night Rivieria sleeper service now have them set to automatic locking during train movement. This was due to an enthusiast who stuck his head out of a window on a train with similar provision, resulting in a fatal encounter with a signal gantry.

The route taken is today electrified as far as Bristol (to Cardiff in fact) and is operated by the Class 802 Intercity Express train, although these mostly divert off that route at Reading. These are bi-mode units, capable of running both off 25kV overhead wire and on their underfloor diesel engines, both at 125mph like their High Speed Train predecessors, although much of SW England does not allow them to go near that speed. The main difference between the similar Class 800 is that they have larger diesel tanks for extended operations away from the wires; Devon does not have electrified railways.

The IETs come in five-car (802/0) and nine-car (802/1) on GWR. Not sure of these are 800s or 802s, but you can see why they are dubbed "Cucumbers" by enthusiasts when they are not complaining about the seats, which are a bit hard.

Spaniels were originally bred to be "gun dogs" to flush out animals and retrieve the corpses for the hunter. There are a wide variety of breeds, including the smaller ones like the King Charles Spaniel, which mainly serve as companion or lap dogs.

Dartmoor is home to the Dartmoor Intrusion, a large section of granite bedrock formed around 300 million years ago. London is on a clay bedrock, which is much younger:

Granite quarrying was widely done on Dartmoor, including by prisoners doing hard labour sentences. Today, it is no longer done as the area is now a national park, but you can get reclaimed granite from the area.

Nearly every station bar the smallest one would have a resident stationmaster and porters; these days, staffing is a lot less common in many areas and the station building may see other uses.

A wagonette is a four-wheeled carriage with longitudinal seats i.e the passengers sit on the sides facing each other. They are common on the Channel Island of Sark, where cars are banned.

Cobs are large ponies used mainly for driving carts or recreational riding:

The UK does not have an equivalent of the Posse Comitatus Act that the United States does to restrict the use of the military for law enforcement. While the use of them to deal with riots largely ended with the creation of civilian police forces, they can be still called on for "Military Aid to the Civil Authorities".

Not counting their use in Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner from 1969 to 2007. This typically involves things like:

Civil engineering after disasters, like repairing flood defences;

Search and rescue;

Bomb disposal, such as when someone finds a German bomb during construction work;

Counter-terrorism, which mainly consists of standing around possible targets with their rifles or in 2012, sticking short-range SAMs on tower block roofs to protect the Olympics and Paralympics from aerial attack. The SAS would famously be used to end a siege at the Iranian Embassy in 1980, but this sort of thing would now be done by armed police officers today.

Selden's commutation of his death sentence due to questions over his sanity wouldn't have been uncommon, 534 of the 988 death sentences handed down were commuted between 1868 and 1899. 1889 saw 15 executions, all for murder:

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HMP Dartmoor, on land leased from the Duchy from Cornwall, is located in a pretty remote location. It is six miles over open countryside before you reach the next town at Tavistock (which had two railway stations, both closed in the 1960s) and around ten before you'd reach Plymouth, with a further 4 1/2 before you could get to the coast. Also, you'd be doing this in a distinctive uniform with black arrows on, not exactly suited for the conditions.

This is not to say that people didn't try to escape and indeed succeed - 24 American POWs would do so during the prison's first incarnation.

It would be easier to do so when outside the prison on a work party rather than it, like Frank Mitchell, a gangster who in 1966 asked a guard if he could feed some ponies. He in fact walked to a nearby road, got into a waiting car driven by associates of the Kray twins and was driven to London. The escape (which involved soldiers in the manhunt) was a major political embarrassment, especially when Mitchell managed to get letters published in two newspapers asking for a parole date:

However, Mitchell becaming an increasing liability for the Krays; he then disappeared, generally believed to have killed and dumped at sea. They and an associate called Freddie Foreman, known as "Brown Bread [dead] Fred" for his ability to dispose of bodies, were tried for this murder and others at the Old Bailey; they were acquitted of this particular charge. Foreman admitted to the crime in 1996 and again in 2000; the CPS decided "double jeopardy" meant they could not bring new charges.

Because of its remoteness, Dartmoor ended up becoming a place for the worst of the worst in the British prison system. Mitchell, known as the "Mad Axeman". had a string of violent offences to his name, including an escape from Broadmoor that had seen him hold a married couple hostage with an an axe. He would not be the only London gangster of the period to spend time there:

It also held more "political prisoners", like Éamon de Valera. During the First World War, with other prisoners moved elsewhere, it became a Home Office Work Centre for conscientious objectors who agreed to do non-combatant work; the locks were removed, they could wear their own clothes and could even move around freely locally, although they were not very popular there.

The place was bleak too; no flushing toilets (so you had to spend each morning "slopping out", being cold and damp. Tampered-with porridge led to a riot in 1932:

A further riot in 1990 was part of a string of copycat riots in prisons following one at Strangeways in Manchester; D Wing was wrecked by fire and a prisoner was found dead in a burnt-out cell; this may have been an accident or murder.

In the aftermath, an inquiry was held by Lord Justic Woolf. A summary of the findings of the 600-page report can be found here:

Notably he recommended major improvements to Dartmoor if it was to continue operating.

In 2001, Dartmoor became a Category C prison for non-violent offenders, although concerns remained about its condition. Discussions about closure began in the 2010s with consideration being given to ending the lease and closing it down in 2023.

This did not happen, but other events are now looking like closing it anyway. Concerns over radon gas levels have now seen all the prisoners relocated as of time of writing; it may not reopen.

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Electric lighting was of course becoming more common. Candlepower was a measurement for the intensity of a light, 1 candlepower being defined as the light from a spermaceti candle. Spermaceti is a wax found in the heads of sperm whales; it was mistakenly thought that spermaceti was whale semen because it looked like that when fresh. This was a major reason they were hunted, like in Moby Dick - today they remain at "Vulnerable" status.

The SI (metric, basically) unit is called the candela - one candlepower is 0.981 candela. The lumen is another measure, used for lightbulbs.

A billiard-room is where one plays billiards. It was also acceptable to smoke there. Women played billiards too; Queen Victoria was a fan, but I am not sure of the etiquette on mixed games. Especially if evening dress was involved, it would be seen as saucy by today's standards and positively scandalous in 1889!

[stargir1z]

hii maybe wrong time to ask this but im moving to london from the north for uni in september !!(albeit on the other side of the river frm csm) i was wondering if you had any good recs for underground clubs/bars or just general underrated spots to visit !!ty if u answer ⭐️🤲🏽

Bro of course!!! i could give a more proper answer if i knew what specifically you wanted but the best rave nights in terms of music and crowd are fetchish net, dionysia, and riposte. for a more chill bar time, you could go to shapes in east, or the sake bar kanpai if you’re ever around peckham. i also love the standard in King’s Cross and the hoxton in holborn for a drink, chilling, studying until late, etc. also there’s a beautiful caffe nero on the water in borough open until 8 or 9.

for art/cultural stuff i love pushkin house, mimosa house, conway hall, reference point, freud museum, and the ica. Prince charles cinema in Leicester Square is genuinely the best cinema but rio cinema in dalston and the whole everyman line (especially screen on the green in angel) are also pretty up there. deeper into movies shows indie films in pubs. reference point is a book shop/library/bar that does chess nights every Wednesday.

foodwise let’s see.. Woo Tea is the best bubble tea shop in London hands down. the best cheap date night is flat iron, great steak for like 12 pounds. best sharing plate style places are jolene in newington green and towpath in haggerston (it’s along the canal!). for italian go di paolo in goodge st or la vita e bella in angel. great cheap udon at marugame, it’s a fast food chain but 5 bucks for a whole lovely soup meal.

the most wholesome place in London is the neighbourhoods around islington (like canonbury, Highbury, De Beauvoir Town) on a sunny Thursday morning.

the most evil place in London is any simmons at any time.

best coffee in King’s Cross is the columbian chain, hermanos. best coffee on the go is gails. It really is..

that’s all i can think of for now. let me know if you have more specific things to know about! ive been eating out and walking a lot recently and would love to share more recs

[glorioustidalwavedefendor]

Friendly reminder that they met each other when each of them desperatly needed someone.

THEY DIDN'T FUCKING MEET EACH OTHER!

A FRIEND/AQUAINTANCE OF BOTH OF THEM INTRODUCED THEM!!!!

Like it was a whole scene and everything and even moffat got it right.

On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when some one tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Barts. The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man. In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me. In the exuberance of my joy, I asked him to lunch with me at the Holborn, and we started off together in a hansom. “Whatever have you been doing with yourself, Watson?” he asked in undisguised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets. “You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut.” I gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our destination. “Poor devil!” he said, commiseratingly, after he had listened to my misfortunes. “What are you up to now?” “Looking for lodgings,” I answered. “Trying to solve the problem as to whether it is possible to get comfortable rooms at a reasonable price.” “That’s a strange thing,” remarked my companion; “you are the second man to-day that has used that expression to me.” “And who was the first?” I asked. “A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital. He was bemoaning himself this morning because he could not get someone to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had found, and which were too much for his purse.” “By Jove!” I cried, “if he really wants someone to share the rooms and the expense, I am the very man for him. I should prefer having a partner to being alone.”

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Don't you disrespect my boy Stamford

Watson met Homles because he happened to be memorable ... in a good way

I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Barts.

dresser: a person who serves as a doctor's assistant especially in the dressing of lesions.

Barts: St Bartholomew's Hospital is an internationally renowned teaching hospital in the City of London.

and that is propably where Stamford met Holmes

“A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital.

Whome Stamford took enough of a liking to, to bring his problem up with Watson

Friendly reminder that Doctor John Watson had no one. (...) Friendly reminder that Sherlock Holmes had no one.

Having no one means not even having a casuall aquaintance who can introduce you to someone

Having no one means you can't get your foot in to any door, because you can't get any door to open even that wide ...

Friendly reminder that Doctor John Watson had no one. He returned from the war ill and newly disabled. He had nowhere to turn at his most vunerable moments and drifted without purpose within his new, alien life.

Friendly reminder that Sherlock Holmes had no one. He was different, no one understood him. He had been battling addiction alone for years. His only chance at survival in a world he was ill-suited for was to carve out his own niche.

Friendly reminder that they met each other when each of them desperatly needed someone. Friendly reminder that Holmes was instantly open with Watson, and Watson was instantly smitten. Friendly reminder that Holmes provided Watson with a mystery, a distraction that Watson desperatly needed. Friendly reminder that Watson showered Holmes in praise when he was so unused to it. Friendly reminder that Holmes let Watson write about his life, and Watson helped him through crippling drug addiction.

They're both broken men who begin to heal in the presence of each other. They built their lives around each other, encouraged each other, comforted each other. If they hadn't met, their lives would have been worse for it.

[itsrattysworld]

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[lboogie1906]

Congressman General Robert Brown Elliott (August 11, 1842 – August 9, 1884) was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina.

He was born in Liverpool. He attended High Holborn Academy in London and then studied law, graduating from Eton College. From there he joined the British Royal Navy. He decided to settle in South Carolina. He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar and began practicing law in Columbia.

He helped organize the local Republican Party and served in the state constitutional convention as a delegate. He was an associate editor of the South Carolina Leader. He formed the nation’s first known African American law firm, Whipper, Elliott, and Allen, with William Whipper and Macon B. Allen.

He was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was appointed assistant adjutant-general; he was the first African American commanding general of the South Carolina National Guard. He helped form a state militia to fight the Ku Klux Klan.

He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress. He was re-elected. He gave a notable speech on the “Bill to Enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution”, known as the “Ku Klux Bill”. He “delivered a celebrated speech” in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1875. He resigned to serve as sheriff and fight political corruption. He served again in the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he was elected as Speaker of the House.

He ran successfully for South Carolina Attorney General. When the last of the federal troops were withdrawn from South Carolina, he was forced out of office. He formed a law partnership. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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[dream-world-universe]

Ship Tavern, Holborn

Mahogany-panelled 16th century pub with traditional real-ale bar and upstairs dining room.

Inside view

The Ship Tavern is an inn at the western corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, at the corner of Gate Street and the Little Turnstile in London. Established in 1549, at the height of the English Reformation, when Catholicism became illegal, it was used to shelter Catholic priests and hold secret Catholic services. It was originally in Whetstone Park, which was notorious for its gambling houses. Richard Penderell, who aided Charles I's escape, visited it, as did John Bagford (a shoemaker and antiquarian), the Chevalier d'Eon (a woman who lived as a man) and John Smeaton (the builder of the Eddystone Lighthouse). It was consecrated as Masonic lodge 234 in 1786 by the Grand Master, the Earl of Antrim, and rebuilt in 1923.

Service options: Dine-in · Takeaway · No delivery

Address: 12 Gate St, London WC2A 3HP, United Kingdom

The Ship Tavern, Holborn

The entrance to this pub is hidden away from the main roads at the junction of 3 narrow streets

[serialfirstdater]

London #3: The Older Australian Product Manager

That first Thursday Dating event pulled a lot of dating and non-dating entries for me. This one was no exception.

I didn't mention this before but the 30+ event was held at a rooftop bar at the NYX Hotel in Holborn. Once I befriended a fellow Asian woman, we prepped ourselves to be bombarded with men left, right, and center.

The Australian Product Manager was one of the many men who approached me and locked me into a conversation. He was older, I was guessing at least in his 40s though a small part of me hoped he was in his late 30s. I later asked my new friend what she thought and she said he was definitely in his 40s, being a 41-year-old woman herself.

He kept talking at me for a good half hour and wouldn't let off. He continuously cracked jokes and teased me, saying things like, "You must be a rebel!" and probably caused trouble wherever I went. It really felt like an older man trying to connect with someone younger, in an attempt to flirt. It wasn't my vibe because his joking behaviour did not resonate with me.

However, I ended up giving him my number anyway when he asked. Since I was new to the London dating scene, I wanted to be as open-minded as possible. Plus, I wanted to see how an older man would try to impress someone much younger. Why else should I go out with someone much older than me?

He sent me a text a couple of days after the event. Whenever he wanted to pick the conversation up after it shortly died, he would say, "I have a feeling you're causing trouble somewhere." And he wrote this twice within two to three days. It was a bit cringe.

He finally asked to meet. He told me to meet him outside Bank Station on a Thursday after work hours. I agreed, even though I wasn't all too excited. However, once I commit, I will follow through.

That day, I had four different sublet viewings all across London to find a new place to live. Since I did not want to overstay my welcome at my new friend's place who graciously allowed me to crash when I had to escape my horrible AirBnB.

By the time I headed to the date, I had taken the wrong train at one point because I was running all over and was slightly frazzled. I had to ask an English businessman how to get to Bank Station from where we were on the Tube. He was quite helpful and gave a chuckle as I tried to understand the many train lines and how they intersected.

When I got to Bank Station, I went above ground and stood around by the intersection. I told the Australian Product Manager that my phone was about to die before I headed to central London. So he told me he would try to find me above ground once I arrived.

My eyes scoured the streets, with pedestrians and bikers weaving all over. This was where all the major banks resided, hence the station's name. Each building was massive, looming over with its marble and white-grey presence. Yet, the street was set up quite prettily because of the historical flair.

After about five minutes, the Australian Product Manager spotted me. He was sitting beneath a giant statue of an important British figure, that I am not bothered to research for this entry. He jumped up from his spot and strolled over to me from across the street.

We exchanged our hellos and he pointed in the direction where we should be walking. We started our small talk as I followed him.

He took me to the riverside with about two or three big bars next to each other. But, there was also a huge after-work crowd because Thursday is the new Friday in London. Everyone was drinking by the river and in suits, unwinding after a long day at work. I know it's common to have first dates at pubs in London, but 1) he was Aussie and 2) did he not want to impress me?

He asked me what drink I wanted, and I told him to surprise me since I love cocktails. I went to the washroom and when I returned, he handed me an Aperol Spritz. I was disappointed he gave me something so basic. I usually like to try new drinks so I wanted to see if he could impress me with some of his knowledge (or at least ask the bartender what was good).

We found an empty spot on the ledge by the river, still surrounded by people but away from the main after-work crowd. He kept trying to steer the conversation in the direction of flirtation with his Aussie banter, however, I kept it professional. I decided to network-zoned him as I couldn't see myself being someone that much older.

Based on our conversation and my rough calculation, he was well into his late 40s, maybe even early 50s. It felt like he could be my Vice President or senior manager at work. Age-gap dating is fine, but it is not my cup of tea.

I thought he understood where he stood in my eyes because I kept the conversation revolving around work and my skill set. I wanted to see if he could provide valuable insights as someone older. He gave me some tips but they were generic as generic can be.

When he asked if I wanted to go somewhere else, I told him I was good staying there. Which was to signal I was not interested.

We spent about 2.5-3 hours chatting (while I put on my best PR professional side the entire time) before parting ways. I thought that was the end of that. But he tried messaging me a couple of days later. I gave him a slow response and thumbs up his message, to indicate I was no longer interested in trying to talk to him if he wasn't gonna at least offer me a potential job contact.

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Day 1744, 2 April 2023

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[ad_1] Soho & The West End are two of London’s most exciting neighbourhoods. This historic part of the capital has drawn aristocrats, gangsters and musicians thanks to its reputation for debauchery. Today, it’s still a lively place to stay in London. By: Paul Healy | Published: 22 Apr 2024 span box-shadow: none !important; filter: brightness(1) !important; ]]> The West End is an informally defined area north of the Thames between Oxford Circus and Holborn. As the home of mainstream professional theatre in the country, it’s one of the liveliest areas in London.   Soho is a smaller area within the West End roughly defined by the triangle between Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Tottenham Court Road tube stations. This is one of the most exciting areas in London and somewhere we love to hang out when we’re not travelling. It has a buzzing atmosphere 24/7 with excellent live music and small lane ways packed with bars, cafes, restaurants and pubs. You could easily spend days strolling around Soho, popping into interesting shops and still not even scratch the surface. It’s a great base for your London stay if you are looking for somewhere with plenty of great nightlife while still retaining a village feel. It’s one of our favourite areas of London.  WHY STAY IN SOHO & THE WEST END? The West End is one of the busiest nightlife areas in London so if you stay here, you’ll have everything on your doorstep. You can enjoy a great night out, trying Soho’s small wine bars, live music venues, boutiques and excellent restaurants and easily walk back to your hotel. If you’ve come to London to do some shopping, Oxford Street and Regent Street, both in Soho, are a great place to start. Soho is also very central and walkable to many attractions. Some of London’s best art galleries are very close as are the popular tourist centres of Leicester Square, Covent Garden and Chinatown. The thing we love about Soho the most is that, while very popular with tourists, it still manages to hold on to a local feel. SOHO MAIN ATTRACTIONS IN SOHO & THE WEST END London’s LGBT Scene: The area around Old Compton Street is the heart of London’s LGBT scene where you’ll find plenty of great bars (they are open to everyone). Soho’s Laneways: Soho has a collection of small streets packed with cafes, boutiques, bars and restaurants. Some of the best streets are Dean Street, Firth Street, and Beak Street. Chinatown / Leicester Square: As the centre of touristy London, Chinatown and Leicester Square are good to explore, but probably in small doses. Galleries: The National Portrait Gallery (our favourite gallery in London) and the National Gallery are in the West End. Covent Garden: We love Covent Garden even though it’s very busy and touristy. It’s a beautiful square, the shopping is excellent and there are some very good restaurants. French House: The French house is a historic pub in Soho with no music, TV or phones. They famously sell half-pints only except on 1st April every year when you can get a full pint for charity. Berwick Street Market: Whenever we’re in Soho we make a beeline for the Berwick Street Market for some of the best street food in London. Our pick is Jerusalem Falafel. TUBE STATIONS IN THE WEST END Embankment | Charing Cross | Piccadilly Circus | Leicester Square | Covent Garden | Temple | Holborn | Chancery Lane NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY REGENT STREET WHERE TO STAY? Z HOTEL STRAND (£) It’s not easy to find decent-value hotels near the West End, but Z Hotels have a few, and the one on the Strand is probably the pick. It’s in an excellent location and the rooms are clean and tidy, although very small. 10 minute walk – Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Ronnie Scotts, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Embankment | 20 minute walk – Oxford Circus, Googe Street, Buckingham Palace, Southwark. Z HOTEL SOHO (£) The Z Soho is trendy and hip with all the right de

sign quirks. Rooms are small but practical with comfortable bedding and open bathrooms. There are no wardrobes, just a bit of hanging space, so you need to be prepared to travel light. However, it’s a great value stay in central Soho. 10 minute walk – Leicester Square, Tottenham Court Road, Piccadilly, Charing Cross | 20 minute walk – Green Park, The Wallace Collection, Bond Street, Westminster Abbey, Chancery Lane. HAZLITT’S (££) In the heart of Soho, I’ve walked past this hotel many times and never known it was there. It oozes old-world charm across four Georgian townhouses with a wood-panelled library, leather-bound books, and antique furniture. 10 minute walk – Leicester Square, Tottenham Court Road, Piccadilly, Charing Cross, Oxford Circus, Savile Row | 20 minute walk – Green Park, The Wallace Collection, Bond Street, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Chancery Lane. L’OSCAR (£££) On the north-eastern corner of Covent Garden, this exquisitely designed boutique hotel is opulently decorated somewhere between 1920s glam and Studio 54. The friendly staff, excellent cocktails and above-average breakfast make this a great stay in Soho. 10 minute walk – Chancery Lane, Russel Square, Bloomsbury Square, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Tottenham Court Road, Covent Garden | 20 minute walk – King’s Cross, Euston Square, Oxford Circus, BFI Imax, St Pauls, Smithfield Market. HAM YARD HOTEL (£££) Ham Yard Hotel is a cool urban village with a tree-filled courtyard, shops and a bowling alley. The rooms are beautifully designed with chic British sensitivities. The roof terrace has an edible garden and lovely London views.   10 minute walk – Piccadilly Circus, Liberty, Tottenham Court Road, Covent Garden, Fortnum & Mason, The Mall, Charing Cross | 20 minute walk – Great Portland Street, Russel Square, Southbank, Green Park, Buckingham Palace, Bond Street, Hyde Park Corner. HAZLITT’S SOHO MORE LONDON ACCOMMODATION GUIDES ANYWHERE WE ROAM ISREADER-SUPPORTED When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. You can also shout us a coffee. Thanks for your support – Paul & Mark. INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK [ad_2] Source link

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Bar hopping at 8...

How did you spend your weekends from the ages of 8-12? Playing on bikes with your friends? Cinema trips? Cosy evenings around the TV watching Noel's House Party? Not quite the same in the Galunacy household. For 5 days of the week, my brother and I were normal school kids, but as the school bell rang on Friday (no, we didn't turn into bananaman/woman/person). We would be picked up by mum in the latest nuts/wildly impractical motor dad had purchased - Cherokee Chief, Aston Martin, Cheeseburger Mini. All bags packed and off to Gray's Inn Road, Holborn, London we schlepped for the weekend. (I write about the journeys in another blog post further down the page) This was where dad lived permanently, we could not live with him all the time as it was just too crazy. The commercial premises on Gray's Inn Road, opposite the soon to be ITN building at the beginning was where his electrical company was housed but later it evolved (naturally) into the first bar, music venue and restaurant. Never, really knowing what we would walk into, there was a fair amount of trepidation about what the weekend would hold. In the early days, it was pretty awesome. On the Friday evening, whilst my dad and mum would do work, my brother and I would fuck about with power tools in the basement. We would then go out for food on nearby Exmouth market, one of the biggest highlights - this was the late 80s so not much of that was around Steeple Bumpstead. Chinese and Indian, or across the road to dad's mad friends Italian restaurant. These were always fun nights, as we were either smashing poppadoms over our heads, asking for suicide sauce (my brother meant to say Soy Sauce, he was very little), or setting fire to those Amaretto Biscuit waxy wrappers to make wishes...dad would normally fall asleep in a bowl of whatever he was eating. Saturday mornings, would be where we had to keep quiet and amuse ourselves. So my brother and I would go back to the power tools, and sawing random bits of wood - how we managed to keep our limbs intact, I will never know. Mum and Dad would work, they ran the business together. If we were good - in the afternoon, there would be a fun trip out in London to one of the many attractions in the city. I have happy memories of Greenwich Observatory, Tower of London and various museums.

The Sunday's were where it all started to unravel, and to this day I am so thankful for pubs closing at 3pm! Remember that?! We would normally go to one of the famous pubs to watch lunchtime blues. Now these places were popular, so they were normally heaving, sweaty, loud and definitely no other kids there. We had to sit in the corner with a bottle of coca cola and some crisps and witness the fun unfold. Everyone drank Newcastle Brown Ale, everyone smelt like Newcastle Brown Ale, you stuck to the chairs and floors because well...Newcastle Brown Ale. We saw some amazing acts, in some legendary pubs and now I absolutely love that sort of music so I am thankful for this music education. In fact this would probably be my favourite way to spend a sunday afternoon now sans Newcastle Brown Ale. But to the ears of an 8-12 year old - it felt it was endless. An endless afternoon of music, that all sounded the same, whilst watching your dad get pissed and chat to his mates. It would get more and more raucous, people would talk at me with hot aley breath. Dad would go a bit on the turn and we would have to be careful to keep the 'we are enjoying this' faces plastered on our face. The best bit was when Mick the Jug (a real character in that scene) would walk around the pub getting money for the band - that meant we were on to last three songs and then in car, drop drunk dad off and drive back to our home ready for school on Monday.

In the early days, it felt like a big adventure - our weekend school news stories rivalled the other kids and quite often we were told off for 'creative writing'. To which we protested it was all true! We had two lives and it was exciting - but then came the Fenders - the bar. How the bar came about is another story, and a real turning point for our family and how these weekends would pan out.