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A nice juxtaposition of themes, however, I don't recognised £10.5 as a price.
Also, it's hard to get f&c in a pub (ex W*/*oon) for much less than that, if not more - it's £8.00 in my take away.
And, I have a friend whom I meet at the coach station when he visits so the roof terrace will become the place to stay before he heads home (thanks).
Ken | 25.05.19 - 3:17 a.m. | #
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Ah yes, the dreaded “point five” menu. It usually means the fare is either poncey, pretentious or pricey! I always avoid.
Bob S | 25.05.19 - 6:58 a.m. | #
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Ah, Lovebox, there's a blast from the past. I saw Roxy Music (sans Eno, but you can't have everything) in 2010 at VP. Wonderful evening, Mark Ronson and overpriced food notwithstanding.
Burntweenie | 25.05.19 - 7:10 a.m. | #
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Unlike previous events in Vicky Park, All Points East are making use of their occupation of the site between weekends by opening up free entertainment for the community/further money-making opportunities. Which is a rather nice touch.
martin | 25.05.19 - 7:26 a.m. | #
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A visit to Billingsgate Market will show that fresh fish is now regrettably rare. Most landed now is frozen at sea. "Fresh cod" highly unlikely.
Scrumpy | 25.05.19 - 7:50 a.m. | #
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I went along to the "free entertainment for the community" last year, thinking it would be a nice touch, but in fact it was sparse, lacklustre and very much under-attended.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 25.05.19 - 7:51 a.m. | #
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obviously charging 50p too much.
or they could have made it an optional 50p donation to a homeless charity or suchlike.
hipsters...always one step behind the trend
Grumpy Anon | 25.05.19 - 10:00 a.m. | #
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Skedaddled - what a great word always guaranteed to make me smile.
Thanks DG for all of your posts including the many dozens which I read but don't post a comment.
Martin | 25.05.19 - 10:05 a.m. | #
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Just 200 years since Victoria's birth, and approaching 120 since her death. So near and yet so far.
Extraordinary really that the daughter of the fourth son should ascend to the throne. How different things might have been if Princess Charlotte had not died shortly after delivering her stillborn son (and then the male midwife committed suicide, in the so-called triple obstetric tragedy), and if the Duke of York had had legitimate children, and the five legitimate children of William IV had not all died young.
Andrew | 25.05.19 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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Do you stop having birthdays after you are dead? I think that once you are born you will have birthdays until such time as humans stop using a year-based calendar.
John | 25.05.19 - 10:44 a.m. | #
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It's just struck me, the difference that occurred as a result of whether you were born pre- or post- decimalisation.
When I was a kid, in the '60s, there was still coinage in circulation dating back to Queen Victoria, and pretty much all the other monarchs since*. The most common would be old pennies, and you could tell the older ones at a glance as they'd be darker and often worn almost flat.
Hmmm. Almost a century of history, literally in your pocket.
And then came February 1971... and how quickly it was all filtered out and, presumably, smelted.
*Except the one who abdicated.
RogerW | 25.05.19 - 12:02 p.m. | #
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Fish and chips £10.5.
At least they had the decency to identify the currency.
In many establishments it would have been "Fish and chips 10.5"
Grrrr...
Did they say the chips hand fried? Whatever that is supposed to mean.
Plastic Man | 25.05.19 - 12:06 p.m. | #
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A pub near me would have written it as £10½. Although at least that way it can't be read as "ten pounds and five pence".
Gregg | 25.05.19 - 1:14 p.m. | #
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What’s wrong with £10.50p? I think they’ve got their man buns too tight.
mclm | 25.05.19 - 4:18 p.m. | #
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I was born in the 1960s I grew up with bags of pre-decimalisation coins as play money! One of them was full of what my Dad called 'bun coins' - presumably because of Victoria's hair being in a bun.
I used to sort them into piles according to their decades and the earliest one I remember was from the 1840s.
He's probably still got them somewhere!
Cornish Cockney | 25.05.19 - 6:22 p.m. | #
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I also remember "bun pennies" - coins over 120 years old. And now we have already replaced most of the original decimal coinage, dating from less than fifty years ago. The original 5p, 10p, and 50p were all downsized some years ago, and the "round pounds" introduced in 1983 have also gone.
timbo | 25.05.19 - 9:51 p.m. | #
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Wow I'd completely forgotten round pounds! And yes, now you come to mention it, other coins used to be smaller too! Brilliant trivia, thankyou.
FFS | 25.05.19 - 10:34 p.m. | #
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> Yesterday would have been Queen Victoria's 200th birthday, her death in 1901 not withstanding.
Many happy returns! Well, either (per John, above) Friday “was Queen Victoria's 200th birthday, her death in 1901 notwithstanding”, or else it “would have been Queen Victoria's 200th birthday, were it not for her death in 1901.” Notwithstanding notwithstanding. :)
> Kensington Palace is owned by Historic Royal Palaces, an independent charity…
Officially owned still by The Queen “in right of [the] Crown” (not hers to sell), managed by Historic Royal Palaces on behalf of the Secretary of State under laws ancient and modern. Which I’m sure you knew, but it is quirky, Ma’am meets Mammon. HRP get most of their money from the public, receive practically no government grants, and their trustees are required to be appointed under open competition. So yes it’s fair to describe them as independent (as indeed they describe themselves), though most of their trustees are formally appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with their royal charter which makes me churlishly balk at the word. No doubt good for fundraising and everything is lovely. Still, the histories of, say, the BBC and (less subtly) nationalised industries show how independence may be established by mere ethos or surrendered to unspoken threats.
Rich G | Homepage | 26.05.19 - 3:45 a.m. | #
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Pleased to say that the All Points East family day today was entertaining and well-attended (if a little unprepared for their billed 10am start time). The bank holiday no doubt helped.
martin | 27.05.19 - 7:51 p.m. | #
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