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Queens Marry University.
Honestly.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.05.12 - 8:34 a.m. | #
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Not to mention St Pancreas.
Great Aunt Annie | 04.05.12 - 9:16 a.m. | #
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I think they also need a bit of help on local bus services too. I wonder when the 425 was extended to Central London?
PC | 04.05.12 - 9:37 a.m. | #
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I guess by the time you had moved to Bow the Bromley Arms (opposite the bus garage) had shut.
Is the Bow Bells still that garish orange?
Richard | 04.05.12 - 10:30 a.m. | #
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On google street view it is still a pub, still open, and people are sitting outside on the benches on a nice sunny day day enjoying a drink! How old is THAT then?
Geofftech | Homepage | 04.05.12 - 10:42 a.m. | #
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.....not to mention Padington!
"these buses run 24 hours to and fro on Bow Road" - so, probably not very quiet then!
Beware of hotels which tell you more about where they are than what you will find when you get there!
Timbo | 04.05.12 - 12:13 p.m. | #
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Vinyl lettering - ugh. The bane of boats as well. Let's hope the craft of signwriting does not die out completely.
Sarah | Homepage | 04.05.12 - 1:44 p.m. | #
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The "Bow Bells" is still orange, and indeed was repainted as such in 2011 - though last night there was the bizzare sight of Morris Men dancing outside it.
Kim | 04.05.12 - 3:27 p.m. | #
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The King's Arms' marketing blurb sounds like it's been written by Borat!
Kim | 04.05.12 - 3:29 p.m. | #
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Images on Bing show just what you'd expect for £60, maybe a little better. Considering the location, they could have covered the place in Gold Leaf and still made money. It's within walking distance of the Olympic grounds!
I enjoy these hotels, especially in the K&C area. A great value in actual "livable" areas of the city. That said, I don't know if this bodes well or poorly if you need a room next summer. Just doing a "paint & patch" short term commitment for a few hundred a night for the games is tempting.
imajoebob | 04.05.12 - 4:43 p.m. | #
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Thanks for teaching me a new word today - now to try and slip 'kerned' into conversation.
Whiff | 04.05.12 - 5:47 p.m. | #
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ps @Kim - not sure whether Borat wrote the blurb but it definitely reads as if it was written by someone who doesn't have English as their native tongue.
Whiff | 04.05.12 - 5:49 p.m. | #
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@geofftech, @DG, how often do Google take photos then, as this is obviously well out of date? Seems like a missed opportunity here to make some serious money.
TinafromSurrey | 04.05.12 - 8:27 p.m. | #
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Tacky! Definitely a missed opportunity though.
CornishCockney | 04.05.12 - 9:36 p.m. | #
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The timelapse sequence shows just how much planning DG puts into our entertainment..... Superb!
NLW | 04.05.12 - 9:43 p.m. | #
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Hotel CityStay just up the Bow Road has identical kitchen furniture - I wonder if they are related?
NLW | 04.05.12 - 9:47 p.m. | #
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@Whiff
I don't think the blurb was written by a person at all - it looks like a babelfish translation from some foreign language - or possibly something very badly spellchecked
timbo | 04.05.12 - 10:39 p.m. | #
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I see there's going to be a pop-up pub called The Diamond Geezer in Battersea Park on June 3, as part of the pageant along the Thames for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Great Aunt Annie | 05.05.12 - 12:34 a.m. | #
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If you look at the bottom of Street View, you'll see that (most?) of the London ones are from 2008 or 2009.
Looks like the grey paint came from a naval base.
HoosierSands | Homepage | 05.05.12 - 1:15 p.m. | #
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I've had a look at some of the reviews on booking.com and found one from a Danish traveller that may be of interest:
"The exterior looked old and shabby. When I arrived I worried my stay but interior was well designed and clean. Hotel clerk said They couldn't fix it because of the law which preservs landscape."
HoosierSands | Homepage | 05.05.12 - 2:03 p.m. | #
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Stick on tape lettering! I luv it! Even though it's the definition of tacky... it still won't quite stick.
Ugh.
John | Homepage | 08.05.12 - 3:49 a.m. | #
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"The location of the guesthouse also suites to the students ..."
The youth of today have never had it so good.
No-one ever did that to me when I was a student ... we all lived in a shoebox and licked crumbs off the road, and thought ourselves lucky!
Jakartass | Homepage | 11.05.12 - 7:56 a.m. | #
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Tried to get the frontage restored.. owner didnt return letters, calls or business cards. Called up 6 months after we've restored the others further east up Bow Road and asks to have this one done. Missed. The. Boat.
Real shame..
@HighStreetBen | Homepage | 26.06.12 - 2:13 p.m. | #
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