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Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531156&Y=181645&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Chancery+Lane Journey Planner]

Zone 2 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=524251&Y=181334&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Ladbroke+Grove Journey Planner]

\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[Hammersmith and City Line]]:
\nnorth <--- [[Westbourne Park Station|Westbourne Park]] <--- Ladbroke Grove ---> [[Latimer Road Station|Latimer Road]] ---> south\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:27:21 Hanger Lane Gyratory 1 Avoid.\n\nThis big roundabout is where the North Circular meets with A40 Westway. If you can avoid it (eg by driving through [[Park Royal]] or [[Acton]] then I suggest you do so - be warned that to both sides of the road are industrial estates, with there windy small roads that go nowhere - an A-Z will do little to help. If you are travelling on the A40 itself, there is an underpass which will take you straight under the gyratory, so you don't even have to slow down (unless the roundabout is already full, in which case the queues often go back to [[Acton]] in the east and [[Perivale]] in the west). \n\nIn the middle is [[Hanger Lane Station]] on the [[Central Line]], and a park. [[Park Royal Station]] is on the A40, just before it, to the east.\n\nIf you really do need to go round it, then there are some rules that make things easier:\n\n1. Don't go near it during rush hour - there is no point. You will be stuck on a roundabout for an hour. This is not a Good Thing.\n\n2. Keep an eye on the lane markings - the roundabout is divided into sections by traffic lights, and you will probably (unless you get your speed just right) get stuck at each one. This gives you a chance to check out the lane markings on the next section. They change from section to section, generally moving 1 lane to the left.\n\n3. The roadsign diagrams of the gyratory are a little confusing, but basically it is a roundabout with traffic lights at most of its entry/exits. There are 6 roads off it (excluding the shop slip roads which don't go anywhere). The A40 running east to central london and west towards Perivale, Northolt and the M40 make up two exits of the gyratory. The north circular(A406) running north to Brent Cross (Ikea etc) and South down to Uxbridge road and then the A4 and Chiswick make up another two of the exits. One of the other exits is between the West bound A40 exit and North bound North Circular exit is a road (called Old Hanger Lane I think) and goes up to towards Aplerton. The final and smallest road off it is Twyford Abbey Road inbetween the North Bound North Circular and the East Bound A40, there are no lights on its entry and it heads towards the centre of the Park Royal industrial estate.\n\nAfter a little practise (like 6 months maybe...) Hanger Lane will hold no fears for you, and you will try instead to get round without stopping at the lights (which is possible, but your timing and respect for amber lights must be incredible and non-existent respectively). With this in mind, the timings of the lights change at around 11pm, making it possible to get round with all the lights on green in cars lesser than a Porsche 911 GTI.\n\n[http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A303346 More Hanger Lane Gyratory Info.]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:27:25 Bank Station 1 = Bank And Monument Stations =\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Northern Line]]:	north	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Bank	[[London Bridge Station\|London Bridge]]	south
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[St Paul's Station\|St Paul's]]	Bank	[[Liverpool Street Station\|Liverpool Street]]	east
[[District Line]]: [[Circle Line]]:	west	[[Cannon Street Station\|Cannon Street]]	Monument	[[Tower Hill Station\|Tower Hill]]	east\n
[[Waterloo And City Line]]:		[[Waterloo Station\|Waterloo]]	Bank
[[Docklands Light Railway]]:		''Terminates here''	Bank	[[Shadwell Station\|Shadwell]]	east ([[Lewisham Station\|Lewisham]])\n

\n\nOne of the most complicated, um, complexes on the Underground, Bank seems to confuse people a great deal.\n\nThe bit that confuses me is always accidentally finding myself in Monument Station- mstevens\n\nThe best way to understand Bank/Monument is to place the four main lines involved into a context.\n\nAt the north of the station, you have the [[Central Line]]; at the south, the [[District Line]] (also hosting [[Circle Line]] services). These are about 400 metres apart and roughly parallel, although the Central is a fair bit deeper underground.\n\nConnecting these two platforms are two parallel tunnels. The easternmost of these splits up roughly halfway between the stations (but nearer the Central Line) into the [[Northern Line]] platforms. The deeper, western tunnel goes down to the [[DLR]] platforms (although as this is a terminus of the line, one is used for arrivals, the other for departures). These tunnels are quite close together (about 20 metres), although their depths differ, and there are also a fair few tunnels joining them up (especially around the DLR platforms).\n\nThe final underground part of the complex, the [[Waterloo and City Line]], is off a westbound spur from the northern part of the station; there are routes signposted from the DLR and Central Lines, which are the nearest platforms. It's quite a long walk, but there are 'travelators' (flat escalators, really) which spare you some of the walking if you like. (At the time of writing, one was closed for repair.)\n\nTicket halls are above the Central and District ends of the station, and quite complex in and of themselves. In particular, Bank (the northernmost station) has a bewildering array of exits, entrances and passageways. {I'll try and map these at some point... [[Blech]]}\n\n diagram of Bank Station

\n\nThe westbound [[Central Line]] platform is the loudest in the whole Tube, as the sharp curve causes the train wheels to produce a shrieking noise in excess of 100 dB.\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Tube]] / [[Category DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 19:27:30 Fridge 1 One of a bunch of old Astoria cinemas across the capital which has been converted into a large nightclub. \r\n\r\nhttp://www.fridge.co.uk/\r\n\r
\n 2003-04-19 19:27:34 Camden Passage 1 Despite the name, this isn't in [[Camden]], it's in [[Islington]], near [[Islington Green]], where [[Islington High Street]] becomes [[Upper Street]] and [[Essex Road]] forks off. It's a little north of [[Angel Station]] and to the east of the Green.\n\nAs well as a whole host of antiques shops, there's also a pub (the [[Camden Head, N1 8DY|Camden Head]]), a bookshop or two, and a strange hybrid of a ironmongers and a toy shop. On Sundays it also hosts the [[Islington Farmers' Market]].\n\n[[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531674&Y=183562&A=Y&Z=1|Streetmap map]]\n 2003-04-19 19:27:41 The Tea House, WC2H 9PU 1 * '''Telephone:''' (020) 7240 7539\n* '''Fax:''' (020) 7836 4769\n* '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?postcode2map?WC2H+9PU&The+Tea+House&Back+to+%22The+Tea+House,+WC2H+9PU%22&http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?The_Tea_House,_WC2H_9PU&y&bimage=bgcolor%3df3f3f3 15a Neal Street, WC2H 9PU]\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] station:''' [[Covent Garden Station]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Covent Garden]]\n* '''Opening hours:''' Mon-Fri 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 12pm-6pm\n\nThis charming Oriental shop on [[Neal Street]] stocks a large and varied range of fragrant varieties of tea. Upstairs they sell many mugs and teapots.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:27:45 Green Park Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Green+Park Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	west	[[Bond Street Station\|Bond Street]]	Green Park	[[Westminster Station\|Westminster]]	east
[[Piccadilly Line]]:	west	[[Hyde Park Corner Station\|Hyde Park Corner]]	Green Park	[[Piccadilly Circus Station\|Piccadilly Circus]]	east
[[Victoria Line]]:	south	[[Victoria Station\|Victoria]]	Green Park	[[Oxford Circus Station\|Oxford Circus]]	north\n

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nWhen changing lines, it's faster to head for the exit, go up the escalator, and down the other escalator, than to follow the signed platform changing instrutions.\n\n(Hm, at least changing between the Piccadilly and Jubilee lines, this is certainly true in terms of walking -- most of the trip is on the escalators -- but I'm not sure it is actually faster in terms of time, unless you run up and down the escalators. Maybe I'll get around to timing it, if I'm bored.)\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThe south ones go out to [[Green Park]] itself.\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\n* Piccadilly Line westbound: The far left of the platform is the back of the train and seems to be a good place to get on. It's away from the platform entrance, and today (2002-02-23) at 5:30pm when most of the train was packed solid, the last carriage had spare seats even after I and a few others got on. It sometimes looks as though the front of the platform would be a better bet, in terms of where people tend to congregate on the platform, but I've never seen the front of the train less than packed upon arrival.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Public toilets\n** There are some just inside one of the south exits. They don't cost any money and are therefore fairly scummy.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:28:08 AlexMclintock 1 Describe the new page here.\n
\n 2003-04-19 19:28:12 Spread Eagle, NW1 7BN 1 * Brewery: Young's\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528759&Y=183696&A=Y&Z=1 141 Albert Street, NW1 7BN]\r\n* Locale: [[Camden Town]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Camden Town Station|Camden Town]]\r\n\r\nA fairly small drinkers' pub on the corner of Albert Street and Parkway.\r\n\r\n==== Drinks ====\r\n\r\n

Young's Bitter - 2.15/pt\r\n
Young's Special - 2.32/pt\r\n
Young's Pilsner - 2.30/pt\r\n
Young's Export - 2.40/pt ?\r\n
Young's Winter Warmer - 2.37/pt (seasonal)\r\n
Fosters Draught - 2.65/pt\r\n
Scrumpy Jack Cider - 2.70/pt\r\n
Guinness Draught - 2.75/pt\r\n
Stella Artois Draught - 2.81/pt\r\n

\r\n(Divide by 2 and round up to nearest pence for half pints)
\r\n(Note prices are purely from memory, circa Jan 2003)
\r\nMon-Thur there are "happy hour" specials on Bitter, Special, and Winter Warmer.\r\n\r\nBeer well-kept (I've often been asked to wait while they change barrels), sometimes guests. A few fake beers, ciders, etc., as well. Quite an extensive wine list. Wines generally in good condition, and can be bought by the bottle. \r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nFood is served most days, with one menu applying between 12:00 - 15:00, and a simplified selection applying after that until late. There is an extra menu on Sundays.\r\nFood starts at about 1.50 for some chips, and goes via 3 and 4 pounds for a variety of baguettes and snacky meals, up to 5 to 6 pounds for main meals. Food is quite decent for a pub, both in quality and serving size, but that's just IMHO. Vegetarian food is available.\r\n\r\nThe food selection at night is more limited unfortunately - You're basically looking at pizza or chips n stuff. However, at least the pizzas are a decent size. Expect to pay about a fiver for a 10" pizza, and have a few random types available. At least one will be vegetarian.\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nI didn't notice music, but it can get pretty loud just from people - being near Camden Town, it's always busy, and you may have to wait quite a while for a table. Quite smoky too. Nothing like as bad as the Hogshead across the road, though. Usually sport on the TV, but occaisionally a random music channel. Don't expect to hear it above the crowd noise unless you're standing underneath the telly though.\r\n\r\nThe staff are good about removing glasses, but very keen to throw people out at [[closing time]]. Persistence will let you stay to finish your drinks, but I don't really advise buying up large rounds during last drinks.\r\n\r\n==== Layout ====\r\n\r\nTwo major areas, separated by a step in each of the three doorways between them. The front room (on the corner of the building) has tables and chairs; the other room (which you'll enter first, and where the bar is) has a couple of tables but is mostly for standing. Staff are fairly amenable to DIY re-arrangement of tables and chairs so long as exits are not obscured.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ====\r\n\r\nThere's no meeting room (nor space for one). The internal room mentioned above is occaisionally available for reservation, given sufficient attendance. However, it is not really suited to private groups, as the female toilets are accessed through it, so general public will be constantly using it as a thouroughfare.\r\nThere are two Gents' toilets, down 12 steps from the bar, kept moderately clean.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub1589.htm fancyapint.com review]\r\n\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 19:28:15 London Wall/Pub Crawl 1 Start at [[Tower Hill Station]] or [[Tower Gateway Station]] for those meeting from the [[DLR]].\n\nMeet at the [[Liberty Bounds, EC3N 4AA]] a [[JD Wetherspoon]] pub. Proceed along Minories (under the Tower Gateway \nbridge), to the [[Chamberlain]], a [[Fuller's]] pub, and/or the [[Young's]] pub, the [[Three Lords]]. \n\nGo to the end of Minories, you will see [[St Botolph's Church]] opposite, and next to this, [[Aldgate Station]]. Proceed in the same direction you are travelling. Look out for the landmark of the [http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/bu/100089/ gherkin building], and head towards this. You may want to use the subway to cross over the junction.\n\nProceed along Duke's Place, which changes its name to Bevis Marks. Take a left at St. Mary's Axe, and pop into the [[Hogshead]], under the shadow of the gherkin. Then return to Bevis Marks and take a left into Camomile Street, which is what it turns its name into next.\n\nContinue in this direction across [[Bishopsgate]] for some distance, as the road changes its name to Wormwood Street, then [[London Wall]]; you will begin to see the elevated walkways of the [[barbican]]. Proceed on this side of the road, and you will see [[The Scottish Pound]] on the left.\n\nWhen leaving the Scottish Pound, find an opportunity to cross over London Wall, and you will find a pub on the corner of the barbical, called the [[Plough]], which is a free house. You will need to climb a staircase to reach the pub.\n\nExit the plough on the first floor, and proceed along the elevated walkway complex that is the Barbican. Head for "The Postern", where there is another pub, the [[Crowders' Well]], a free house with a veritable range of ales (though some of them may not be kept too well).\n\nTo be continued [[IvorW/Todo]] \n 2003-04-19 19:28:20 Category Paddington 1 = Paddington =\r\n\r\n* [[Postal District]]: W2\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: City of Westminster\r\n\r\nLocated to the north of [[Hyde Park]], between [[Bayswater]] and [[Edgware Road]], Paddington is the location of [[Paddington Station]], West London's main mainline train station.\r\n
\r\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[South Kensington]] / [[Bayswater]] / [[Royal Oak]] / [[Edgware Road]] \r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 19:28:24 Sakura, WC1A 2QD 1 *Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530457&Y=181589&A=Y&Z=1 10 Sicilian Avenue, London WC1A 2QD]\n*Locale: [[Holborn]] / [[Bloomsbury]]\n*Nearest Tube station: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]]\n\nThis is a small sushi/donburi/ramen place on Sicilian Avenue, off Southampton Row. It's a takeaway but has a few tables outside.\n\nI had the London Set at Ł4.80. This has two pieces of futomaki with interesting shredded vegetables inside (and just the right amount of sesame seeds on the outside); four pieces of cucumber maki; and two tuna, two salmon and one prawn nigiri. The amount of fish is generous but unfortunately the rice isn't very good -- the texture is OK but there seems to be no sushi vinegar on it at all, which is no good given that the rice used doesn't have much intrinsic flavour.\n\nGoing to give it another go, though; the sashimi set at Ł8.00 or the donburi sets at Ł3.60/Ł3.90 might be worth a try.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:28:28 Billy 1 I like nice pubs...and live in [[Ealing]]\n\nMy local is [[Plough Inn, W5 4XB]]\n\nToDo:\n\n* document the entirety of West London (shyeah...right)\n* add more pubs in [[Ealing]]\n* add more pubs in the [[City of London]]\n* write stuff about [[Hanwell]] potentially including the guitar shops\n* add some [[Computer Game]] shops (maybe)\n\n 2003-04-19 19:28:32 O2 Centre, NW3 6LU 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526200&Y=184700&A=Y&Z=1 O2 Centre, Fincley Road, NW3 6LU]\n* Nearest stations: [[Finchley Road Station]], [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station]]\n\n=== O₂ Shopping and Entertainment Centre ===\n\nMidway between [[Finchley Road Station|Finchley Road]] and [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station|Finchley Frog]] stations, the O₂ centre is an urban retail complex, with ample parking at the rear, and the following stores:\n\n* A large Sainsbury's\n* Homebase\n* [[Books etc]].\n\nRegarding entertainment, the main attraction is a Warner Cinema Complex and a fitness centre, but there are also numerous restaurants and a [[JD Wetherspoon|Wetherspoon]] pub, called somewhat unimaginatively [[/Wetherspoons]].\n\n----\nCategories: [[category shopping]] / [[Category Hampstead]]\n 2003-04-19 19:28:35 Mornington Crescent Station 1 ==== Lines served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Northern Line]]
(Charing Cross Branch)

north

[[Camden Town Station|Camden Town]]

Mornington Crescent

[[Euston Station|Euston]]

south

\n\n\nThis is the station that gave its name to the world's most prestigious form of ritualised combat. The Game of Mornington Crescent dates back over a century, having been invented by the celebrated Major Carstairs Houghton-Bowry KSC in the hallowed halls of the Royal Empire Club, Pall Mall, in 1883.\n\nWith numerous local [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations.html variations] on the basic ruleset (1, get to Mornington Crescent, and 2, stop your opponents getting there first) imposed by the various conflicting international MC Associations, since the infamous Tokyo MC Conference of 1960 Mornington Crescent has been almost universally acknowledged as one of the world's most challenging and rewarding games, not least because of the difficulty of remembering all the rules.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:28:39 Goose, SW16 1HJ 1 * Brewery: Part of the [[Goose pub chain]]\n* Telephone: (020) 8769 4625\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530129&Y=171826&A=Y&Z=1 103 Streatham High Road, London SW16 1HJ]\n* Locale: [[Streatham]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: None, really. [[Brixton Station|Brixton]] or [[Tooting Bec Station|Tooting Bec]] would probably be the closest, then get a bus. Or take the overground train to [[Streatham Station]].\n* Bus routes: Lots. The one that comes from the centre ([[Marble Arch]], [[Oxford Circus]], [[Piccadilly Circus]]) is the 159 (or N159).\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nCheap, very very cheap. They had a rather nice bitter called Harvey's on at Ł1.85 a pint; we also saw posters for a promotion offering Tetley's for Ł1.25 a pint, and another offering doubles plus mixers for Ł2. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nDecent choice of food, again cheap. Cheese and pickle sandwich for Ł2.50, prawn mayonnaise sandwich for Ł2.95, other sandwiches at roughly the same price. (Heinz) soup of the day with roll and butter Ł1.95. Jacket potatoes too, with various fillings including (Heinz) beans, and fried mushrooms and peppers. (They do seem to like noting the brand of stuff on the menu.)\n\nI had the Mediterranean vegetable tart (Ł4.50), which was pretty good, if quite small: fried peppers and other vegetables inside a competent enough short pastry. I was a little worried it would be overly quiche-like, but it wasn't. It came with a large standard pub iceberg lettuce salad, and plenty of boiled new potatoes.\n\n[Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\n[http://website.lineone.net/~joedownie/MyPatch/davecashstreatham.htm We Are London] says this is a pub to avoid, as "the cheap prices attract Streatham's 'daytime' drinkers". I do vaguely see what they mean (being a South Wales valley girl and all), but although there were one or two people there who might have been a little over-tipsy for 7pm, I didn't feel at all threatened at any point, and the atmosphere was really quite friendly. We did leave before 8:30pm (to go to the [[Streatham Odeon]], which is just a few hundred yards north) so it might be different later.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nA large, open room downstairs, with clusters of tables and bar stools/small armchairs. Lots of light at the front from the large windows.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:28:43 Cafe Cairo 1 * Phone: (020) 7771 1201\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530264&Y=175741&A=Y&Z=1 88 Landor Road, SW9]\n* Locale: [[Clapham]] ([[Southwark]])\n* Tube stop: [[Clapham North Station|Clapham North]]\n* Opening hours: I don't know when it opens, but it's open very late indeed. Possibly until the last person goes home.\n\n Cafe Cairo business card

\n\nThe Cafe Cairo is an exotic and wonderful place, known by few but loved by all who frequent it. It's a tea and coffee house that combines an upstairs in the best tradition of the Middle East with a basement of a much more modern, Western style. The cafe sells freshly made fruit cocktails and "smoothies", and teas and coffees of various impeccable pedigrees, as well as offering [http://www.snarkdreams.com/hookah/ shisha] (aka narghile, hubble-bubble, hookah) pipes and a range of flavoured tobaccos to smoke in them. Alcohol is not on offer here.\n\nThe crown jewel of this establishment must be the back room: a long, warm place, with a tented roof and wall hangings, gentle lanterns to illuminate it, low wooden benches with numerous cushions and Arabic or Arabic-flavoured music playing - a faithful representation of a Middle Eastern coffee tent. The atmosphere is comfortable and friendly, and the air is full of the aromas of coffee, tea, and smoke. People tend to settle in here and stay for a long time, so you might need to get in early if you want somewhere to sit.\n\nDownstairs, the cafe offers a dark, sparkly-lit, loud music environment to get a bit of sensory overload in; I didn't spend any time down there myself when I visited but I'm told it can get very hot and smoky after a while.\n\nPrices I encountered: small pot of mint tea Ł2, large Ł3; fresh fruit smoothies about Ł3; shisha pipe Ł4 initially and Ł1.50 for refills. Later on in the night they start charging an entry fee to get in; I'm not sure quite how much it is but I think it's in the nature of a couple of pounds.\n\nOverall, the Cafe Cairo is a hidden gem, and an ideal place to escape from alcohol culture on a Friday night, or to spend a few pleasant hours in with some friends and a pipe, drinking glasses of mint tea. (But watch out, time can pass very quickly!)\n\n* See also: [http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/product/28172.html DooYoo.co.uk review]\n\n=== Smoking policy ===\n\nThe Cairo has recently started displaying the following sign with regards to the smoking of certain substances on the premises.\n\n

\n==== Cannabis at Café Cairo ====\n\nFrom Monday 12th August 2002 with reluctance we will no longer be able to over-look the smoking of cannabis at Café Cairo.\n\nIt is time to remind ourselves how we live under the most restrictive laws in the developed world - when enforced. To their credit, the Met have always allowed creative yet slightly dubious initiatives to flourish - that is until we rattled the cage. History shows that revolution is not this country's way.\n\nWe are truly sorry to have to make this childish restriction on your personal freedom. We had 5 good years and I think proved beyond all doubt the conviviality of this herb. Café Cairo became a model for neighbourhood wellbeing.\n\nBut the fact remains. If we do not take action immediately Café Cairo will be closed. With such an ultimatum we ask for your cooperation with this matter.\n

\n\nHow sad.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:28:49 The British Museum 1 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530132&Y=181626&A=Y&Z=1 Great Russell Street, WC1]\n* '''Phone:''' (020) 7323 8299\n* '''Opening hours:''' Saturday-Wednesday 10.00-17.30; Thursday-Friday 10.00-20.30 [http://the.british.museum/visit/opening.html more details]\n* '''Website:''' http://the.british.museum/ (Probably the best URL in the world.)\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]], [[Holborn Station|Holborn]], [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]], [[Goodge Street Station|Goodge Street]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Bloomsbury]] / [[Holborn]]\n\nHome to the famous Egyptian collection and the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum is the most famous and perhaps one of the most controversial museums in the country. All its exhibits relate to Mankind and the works of Man, and a some of them were obtained at the time of the British Empire, through means which are seen as dubious at best, and possibly illegal if they were done today.\n\n\nThe most famous example of this are the "Elgin Marbles", marble carvings which were removed from the Parthenon in Greece and brought back to Britain by Lord Elgin in 1801-3 (and can be seen on the main floor, in gallery 18 in the Greece collection). They have been a point of dispute between Greece and the UK for a long time since.. However most people agree that Greece did not have the facilities to look after the marbles correctly and they would have been destroyed by now had they remained in Athens' polluted atmostphere. \n\nThe British Museum is free to enter (as of the end of 2002) but an optional donation of 5 pounds or so is requested. You can also donate your foreign currency in this and many other museums. There are a range of [http://the.british.museum/visit/access.html facilities for visitors with special needs].\n\n

The centre point of the museum is a round reading room, built in 1857 which previously stood in an open air courtyard. The courtyard was gradually filled with building until it was all but forgotten; at the end of the last century they were removed, and it is now covered by a geodesic roof by [[Norman Foster]], and known as the Great Court. It is (in my opinion) one of the most impressive improvements of recent years. ''(An arguable point. A lot of people don't like it; I'm still deciding which side of the issue I fall upon. --[[Earle]])''\n\nThe reading room is a working library which the public can enter, if they are silent. Just inside the entrance are glass cabinets with modern first editions which tantalise you as you wonder what literary gems there are in the rest of the building.\n\n

''"It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place without a heart full of grateful reverence. I own to have said my grace at the table, and to have thanked Heaven for this my English birthright, freely to partake of these bountiful books, and to speak the truth I find there."''
- William Makepeace Thackeray

\n\nIn the museum proper around the courtyard there are sections of almost every time and place in the history of mankind: Africa, Egypt, American Indians, China, Mesopotamia, Persia, Ancient Greece, and so on and on.\n\nOne of the memorable exhibits is a North American Indian totem pole which goes up the middle of one staircase. If nothing else children have remembered that form school visits to the museum for decades.\n\nIt is highly recommended as part of any visit to London.\n\n== History ==\n\nOriginally opened in 1753, it was begun with the purchase of the library and collection of Sir Hans Sloane (as in [[Sloane Square]]) and of the Harleian manuscripts. It was opened to the public in 1759, and since then has had the addition of numerous collections, including the library of George III.\n\n== Architecture ==\n\nThe majority of the existing buildings were constructed during the 19th century. The magnificent frontage on [[Great Russell Street]] is some 370 in length, and has an Ionic colonnade with 44 columns. The pediment carries figures representing the development of the human race in fields such as art and science. They were sculpted by Westmacott. The dome of the Reading Room is 106 feet hight and has a diameter of some 140 feet, which is only two feet less than the Pantheon in Rome. The window panels bear twenty of the most illustrious names in English literature.\n\n----\nSouth of the museum are [[Gosh Comics]] and various other bookshops, and [[Museum Street]] with [[Playin Games]].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:29:11 Holland Park 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Holland Park]]\n 2003-04-19 19:29:16 Vegan Food 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Vegan Food]]\n\n 2003-04-19 19:29:21 Sandwich Bar, W11 3JZ 1 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=w113jz&Z=1 87 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JZ] \n* '''[[Tube]] stations:''' [[Notting Hill Gate Station]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Notting Hill]]\n\nSandwich Bar, aka "Da Maria Tavola Calda" ("from Maria's warm table", machine translation halteringly informs me), is an extremely tiny - that is, near-microscopic - Italian cafe squeezed in next door to the [[Gate Cinema, W11 3JZ | Gate Cinema]] on [[Notting Hill Gate]]. They do the usual range of fry-ups and various kinds of pasta. Expect to pay about a fiver for a main course. They also do various sandwiches and tea, coffees etc. to take away. It's a nice place to go for breakfast.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:29:25 Liverpool Street Station 1 Liverpool Street is a terminus for lines from the East of England, including both [[Anglia Railway's]] Intercity service to Norwich and commuter services by [[WAGN]] and [[First Great Eastern]] to suburban north-east London and Essex respectively.\n\nLiverpool Street is also a [[Tube]] station, serving the [[Central Line]] and [[Hammersmith and City Line]], [[Metropolitan Line]] and [[Circle Line]].\n\n== Mainline Station ==\n\nThe station has entrances on [[Bishopsgate]], [[Old Sun Street]] and [[Sun Street]]. It's built on two levels; the main concourse is at the same elevation as the 18 platforms (which are in two sections; 1-10 at the western end, 11-18 at the eastern, in an annexe) and an upper concourse which surrounds and bridges but doesn't fully cover the lower concourse. Escalators and (a few) static staircases join the levels at three points.\n\nThe lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre, underneath a bus terminus. Railtrack have a [http://www.railtrack.co.uk/majorstations/popup.cfm?img=live_shopmapfile map of the shops] in the station. Notable shops include two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast Food|junk food]] suspects ([[Burger King]] and [[McDonalds]]), two Costa Coffees and on the upper level a record shop (Helter Skelter). \n\nDeparture boards are mounted above a walkway on the upper concourse; they're pretty visible. In addition there are service-specific screens at the entrance to each platform. Plus two sets of small screens by platform 1 and just outside WH Smiths on the east side.\n\nToilets and the main booking hall are on the opposite side of the station to platforms and are well signed. Toilets cost 20p.\n \nATM (cash machines) can be found at the base of the stairs to the west side and also a couple hidden away next to the Left Luggage Office by platform 10. Also to be found in the same location, just east of platform 10, is a [[Anglia Railway's]] ticket office and a [[Taxi]] cab rank. \n\nRailtrack have [http://www.railtrack.co.uk/rail_network/major_stations/live_home.asp a page] about the station, including more facilities there, such as lost property and left luggage. \n\n== Tube Station ==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Hammersmith and City Line]]:	west	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Liverpool Street	[[Aldgate East Station\|Aldgate East]]	east
[[Metropolitan Line]]:	west	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Liverpool Street	[[Aldgate Station\|Aldgate]]	east
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[Bank Station\|Bank]]	Liverpool Street	[[Bethnal Green Station\|Bethnal Green]]	east

\n\n[[Circle Line]]: as Metropolitan Line.\n\nThe main tube station ticket hall adjoins the lower concourse, albeit down some steps. The subsurface platforms (for the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines) are on the same level (eastbound, or clockwise, trains are nearest the barriers, with westbound/anticlockwise over a bridge inside the station).\n\nDue to the way the Circle line works at [[Aldgate Station]], passengers heading clockwise may well be better off either getting a Hammersmith & City train and changing at Aldgate or using the Central Line, which is reached by escalators from the main ticket hall.\n\nIn addition, there's a ticket hall on [[Broad Street]] for the Circle Line, and a second Central Line ticket hall underneath platform 7 (at the north of the station, with entrances by platforms 1 and 10); however, these are only open at peak times on weekdays.\n\n[http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Liverpool+Street Station Information, and Journey Planner to and from Liverpool Street]\n\n== Food At the Station ==\n\nHere are some suggestions for food in Liverpool Street Station. Firstly there is the ubiquitous McDonalds which is useful when you absolutely need to eat something at short notice. There is also a Sushi Restaurant (Mosh Mosh Sushi) on the upper floor next to the bus station. This has medium to high quality conveyor belt sushi, and take away boxes for around 7 pounds. On the other end of the scale and station is a small take-away in the older shopping arcade (over the road from the station, attached to the tube stations upstairs presence). This is the size of a large desk, contains three microwaves, a till, and a fridge full of polystyrene containers (or "Dom") with rice and Japanese food. My favourite is the Teriyake Chicken for around 3.50UKP (They're dumplings/gyoza are also good. There is another branch on [[Throgmorton Street]], near to the [[London Stock Exchange]] - [[Billy]]) - AlexMcLintock\n\nOn the upper level is a Ponti's, which does takeaway deli food and sit down meals. Note, the system for ordering food here is not obvious; if you want a sit down meal, bypass the queue for takeaways, give your order to the staff at the hot food counter and walk straight down to the till at the end (collecting drinks and desserts en route). Now, pay for your food (which has not arrived yet), and the cashier will give you a numbered marker on your tray for your order; when the food is ready it will be brought to your table. --IvorW\n\nAlso in the arcade is a sit-down japanese restaurant (the card of which I have lost... - [[Billy]]) and a further microwave place, which is slightly bigger, slightly more expensive and not as nice. It does however go by the name of "The Hard Wok Cafe"...\n\nThe small shopping arcade to the west on the ground floor of the mainline station contains some more "restaurants" - an Ixxy's Bagels, a [[Burger King]], a Pub and a Rail Exclusive Baked Goods Shop (the name of which eludes me - [[Billy]]). In the middle of the passageway there are a selection of stands, including a [[Leaping Salmon]].\n\nUpstairs there is also a small [[Marks and Spencer]] which deal almost exclusively in quick snacks and sandwiches, with a small section of "stuff to take home".\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:29:29 Consume.Net 1

\nConsume.net is a project to provide a free, distributed grassroots wireless network.\n\nConsume's first ideas were conceived and presented in London. Now the interest is Europe-wide, with concentrations in urban areas and sprinklings in remote and rural situations, wherever it is possible to establish a node. If you have a look at the [http://consume.net/nodes node database] you will find the interface to a db of nodes and an invitation to search your local area and nominate your node of your own. The mission of Consume is the development and presentation of a strategy for self provision of open IP network structures and wireless node propogation, and to activate a community area network.\n\n* Web: http://consume.net/\n\nConsume was triggered in London by [[tallbastard | James Stevens]] and Julian Priest of [[Deckspace]] during August 2000.\n\n(This information taken from the [http://www.freenetworks.org/moin/index.cgi Free Networks wiki].)\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:29:34 Science Museum 1 '''Phone:''' 0870 870 4771
\n\n\n\n'''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526823&Y=179204&A=Y&Z=1 The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD]
\n\n\n\n'''Locale:''' [[South Kensington]]
\n\n\n\n'''[[Tube]] stations:''' [[South Kensington Station]]
\n\n\n\n'''Web:''' http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Science Museum is open every day from 10am to 6pm and is free to get in. It houses a large amount of stuff, and has its own (pricy) [[IMAX Cinemas | IMAX]] cinema.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull writeup coming shortly.\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:30:06 Park Royal 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Park Royal]]\n 2003-04-19 19:30:10 Americans In London 1

''"An American recently arrived in London should trace out in this great City those memorials
and things of interest pertaining to America of which England and London are full."''

\n- the late J. H. Choate, former American Ambassador

\n\nAmericans in London who decide to pursue such a course will find themselves with no shortage of places to visit. They include:\n\n* The Lincoln statue on the west side of [[Parliament Square]], a replica of the one by Saint-Gaudens at Chicago, which was presented by the American people in 1920.\n* The Washington statue on the north side of [[Trafalgar Square]], a bronze copy of the marble original by J. A. Houdon in Richmond, Virginia, presented in 1921.\n* There is a memorial bust of Kennedy on the Marylebone Road, close to [[Regent's Park Station]], sculpted in 1965 by Jacques Lipchitz, and Kingswood House, [[Dulwich]], has a John F. Kennedy Memorial Rose Garden.\n* The American Embassy in [[Grosvenor Square]], and the numerous memorials, including Roosevelt and Eisenhower (see [http://www.usembassy.org.uk/sept11/memorls.html the US Embassy memorials page]). Grosvenor Square has been associated with America ever since John Quincy Adams, first minister to Britain from 1785-8, before he became President, came to live at Number 9, in the northeastern corner. The imposing Embassy, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in ?????, occupies the west side of the square. On the square's north side is a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt sculpted by Sir W. Reid Dick in 1948.\n* St. Saviour's Cathedral in [[Southwark]], where John Harvard was baptised.\n* At the Church of All Hallows, Barking, the registers contain an entry for the baptism of William Penn (October 23, 1644), who was born on adjacent [[Tower Hill]], and this fact is recorded on a tablet placed by the Pennsylvania Society of New York. In the same church, John Quincy Adams was married on July 26, 1797.\n* In the church of St. Sepulchre, Newgate Street, resides the tomb of Captain John Smith, onetime Governor of Virginia.\n* The spire of Christ Church on Westminster Bridge Road was erected as a memorial to Lincoln, and the stonework is ornamented with the Stars and Stripes.\n* In [[Westminster Abbey]] there are memorial tablets to J. R. Lowell and Walter Hines Page.\n\nOther places/things that may be of interest:\n\n* Off of [[Charing Cross Road]], next to the Pizza Hut is a pub that plays American football and sport ''(called? [[Fix Please]])''. It's a mix of an English pub and the American need to cover the walls with American tack and neon.\n 2003-04-19 19:30:14 Category Plazas And Junctions 1 Follow the title link to see all pages about plazas and junctions.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:30:18 British Museum Station 1 One of the [[Tube/Disused Stations|disused Tube stations]], built to (unsurprisingly) serve [[The British Museum]], and closed in 1933 due to lack of use. See [http://homepages.tesco.net/~Pendar/Transport/BritishMuseum.html British Museum station photos from the Abandoned Tube Stations photo gallery.]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:30:22 River Thames 1 #REDIRECT [[Category River]]\n 2003-04-19 19:30:27 Plant, W1F 7NB 1 * Phone: (020) 7734 7528\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1F7NB&Z=1 47 Poland Street, London W1F 7NB]\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Oxford Circus Station|Oxford Circus]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]]\n\nThis is a relatively new (opened in early 2002) vegetarian fast food place in central London. Soup, pre-packed sandwiches (some vegan), fruit and crisps are available, as are breakfast specials such as egg or tofu scramble with toast (Ł3.95), but the main attraction is the "Plant tray", a three-section box containing a main dish, a mixed salad and a starch, for Ł4.95. [Prices at 2002-03-28]\n\nMain dishes include the rich and tasty Eggplant Parmesan (actually vegan -- the usual ricotta is replaced with seasoned mashed tofu, and no actual Parmesan cheese is used), Cauliflower and Broccoli in Pimento Sauce (also vegan, I think), and Goats Cheese Tart. The mixed salad contains radish slices, sunflower seeds, mixed leaves and a few sprouted seeds, and comes with a choice of four dressings, all vegan, including vinaigrette, pimento dressing and spinach dressing. The starch choice is between spicy potatoes and mixed wild and white rice with pine nuts (both vegan).\n\nThe vegan choices at least are surprisingly rich for vegan food, but very tasty and reasonably filling.\n\nThe food took a little while longer to arrive than we expected, despite us being essentially the only customers, but this isn't at all a complaint, just a warning that you might have to wait a minute or so longer than you might do at McDonalds.\n\nThere is minimal seating -- 10 or so tall stools at a counter running around two edges of the room. I didn't spot any toilets.\n\nI like this place. I'm going back. --[[Kake]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:30:30 Wiki Discussion/Retail Chains 1 We are getting an increasing number of instances of a retail outlet with many branches. Examples include:\n\n* [[JD Wetherspoon]] pubs\n* CTB restaurants\n* Books etc.\n\nI maintain that there should be generic pages describing the chain and anything that all branches have in common. Then, in the instances that all the branches really are the same, we do not need individual pages on each branch, just a list of addresses. We do not even need that if the chain's website provides this information.\n\nThere is still a need for individual writeups where there are differences, e.g. [[Penderel's Oak, WC1V 7HP|Penderel's Oak]], [[Crosse Keys, EC3V 0DR|Crosse Keys]].\n\nIn cases other than pubs, every branch will have the same name. Generic writeup is under the title without a post code. Branch specifics go into titles with post codes.\n\nThoughts please -- IvorW\n\n''I'm in agreement; [[fast food]] chain branches are much of a muchness, for example. --[[Earle]]''\n\n\nThis doesn't go well with my ideas on "find the nearest X", which rather assume that each thing has its own page... and some Wetherspoons, for example, are much better than others. --[[Roger]]\n\n''Ditto for Starbucks.... I don't think we want a page for every one, but maybe serparate pages for the big ones... --[[AlexMcLintock]]''\n\nWell... what's to stop us having stub pages for each branch, which provide location data, but have no content save a link to the main chain page? --[[Earle]]\n----\n\n\n 2003-04-19 19:30:35 Sushi Box, SW6 2TF 1 * Phone: (020) 7736 5766\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW62TF&Z=1 110 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, London SW6 2TF]\n* Locale: [[Fulham]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Parsons Green Station|Parsons Green]] / [[Fulham Broadway Station|Fulham Broadway]] (neither is tremendously convenient, though)\n* Opening hours: Closed Sundays\n\nI've only had takeaway from here, and only once at that. The prices are lower than any other sushi delivery place I've seen in the area — for two pieces of nigiri or three of sashimi, salmon is Ł2.00, eel Ł3.50, egg and beancurd both Ł1.50. I'll put more prices in when I'm home and have the menu. Delivery is free within the delivery area for orders of Ł10 or more. We ordered Ł36 worth of stuff (for three rather hungry people) and they unexpectedly gave us a free flask of sake. [Prices as of July 2002]\n\nUnfortunately the quality was not great. I'm not basing this judgement so much on the fish, since I'm still a beginner at non-veggie sushi, but the rice was really quite poor compared to other places I've tried in London, and Jon said that the sauce on his spicy tuna hand roll was pretty awful. I did like the eel, and Jon really liked the prawn, but the salmon wasn't flavourful and creamy like the salmon I've had elsewhere (maybe it's not supposed to be so creamy/fatty, though, I dunno, no expert, but I do like it that way). Despite the cheap prices, I don't think I'll order from here again.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.portal.e-street.net/com/uk/lon/BusinessPage.ly?businessID=10033064 e-street brief notes, photo and opening times]\n* [http://www.sushi.infogate.de/rest/eu_greatbritain_london.htm#sushibox Press release by the restaurant]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:30:38 Church Of St Mary Le Bow 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532379&Y=181153&A=Y&Z=1 St Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU]\n\n* Locale: [[City]] / [[St Paul's]]\n\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Bank Station|Bank]] / [[St Paul's Station|St Paul's]] / [[Mansion House Station|Mansion House]]\n\n* Website: http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/\n\n\n\nLocated on [[Cheapside]] in the [[City of London]], and originally of Norman construction, named after the arches (bows) in the crypt. The steeple was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666, and rebuilt by [[Christopher Wren]]. The [[Bow Bells|bells]] were also destroyed, and were recast by Christopher Hodson of Kent.\n\n\n\nThe Norman crypt is still extant, and now contains a [[The Place Below, EC2V 6AU|vegetarian cafe]].\n\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 19:30:53 Lebanese Taverna, W6 9PH 1 * Phone: (020) 8741 2277\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W69PH&Z=1 38 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9PH]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Hammersmith Station]]\n* Opening times: noon till at least roughly midnight, seven days a week.\n\nThis is a decent Lebanese fast-food place very close to [[Hammersmith Station]]. There are a couple of tables at the back for eat-in, but I imagine it can get kind of hot and greasy back there. Mostly the food is either things in pitta bread — vegan falafel sandwich (Ł2.75 small, Ł3.50 large), for example, or shish kebab (Ł3.90 small, Ł5.00 large) — or main dishes with salad, pitta and either rice or chips, priced from Ł8.00 for lamb or chicken sharwarma to Ł9.00 for mixed grill. Side dishes such as hummous, tabbouleh (both very tasty), stuffed vine leaves, etc, are around Ł3.00.\n\nThe falafel are variable quality; if you happen to turn up when they don't have any prepared then you get them fresh-fried, otherwise you get some that have been sitting on the edge of the fryer, maybe microwaved before they go in your sandwich, maybe not. The fryer is only used for falafel, so there aren't any random inconsistent flavours, but it seems at times that they're not too careful at keeping the oil hot enough.\n\nThe salady bits and dressings are good, though — the falafel sandwiches come with tomato, lettuce, very nice tabbouleh, some good pickles, and optionally garlic puree (very garlicky, very nice), sesame dressing (vegan — the creaminess comes from mixing water with tahini) and/or chilli sauce.\n\nSoft drinks and coffees are available, but nothing alcoholic. doop says the baklava (Ł2.50 for 200g prepacked) is very nice. He certainly buys it often enough.\n\nThey do deliveries; free for Ł10 or more, Ł1.50 delivery charge for less than Ł10. Cheques accepted with 50p surcharge.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:30:57 Marylebone Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527533&Y=181994&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Marylebone Journey Planner]\n\n=== Main Line Station ===\n\nThis station is the London terminal for [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk Chiltern Railways]. From here, you can catch trains to Amersham, Aylesbury and Birmingham.\n\nIt is the only London terminal which does not have any form of line electrification. \n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nBuilt originally by the Metropolitan Railway Company, this is an exemplary Victorian structure. There is also the story about Mr. Crocker's speculative hotel, see [[Crocker's Folly, NW8 8JR]].\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere are most of the facilities you would expect in a main line terminal.\n\n* Payphones\n* Interweb terminals\n* Photo booth\n* Public toilets\n* Bar\n* Restaurants and cafes\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n=== Tube Station ===\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Bakerloo Line]]:

west

[[Edgware Road Station|Edgware Road]]

Marylebone

[[Baker Street Station|Baker Street]]

east

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThe [[Bakerloo Line]] platforms are two escalators down from the mainline station.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:31:25 Knights Templar, WC2A 1DT 1 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531137&Y=181222&A=Y&Z=1 95 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1DT]\r\n* Locale: [[Holborn]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] / [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] / [[Temple Station|Temple]] / [[Blackfriars Station|Blackfriars]]\r\n\r\nA large pub decorated in cod-Renaissance style. It has a very high ceiling supported by pillars, complete with remarkably ugly murals. Lots of gilt, mirrors, "marble". Numerous examples of what appear to be oil paintings are scattered around, complete with 'realistic' cracks. Shame about the obvious halftoning (printer dots) which ruin the effect.\r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nThe standard [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's menu]], city prices. Currently (as of December 2002) participating in the [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|“Sorry Ronnie!”]] promotion — a burger in a roll with chips, plus a pint of Dry Blackthorn, Fosters or John Smith's for Ł3.49 (Ł3.19 if you prefer a soft drink). I tried this; it was fine if not amazing, and really good value.\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nFriendly service the last time I was there (a busy Friday night a couple of weeks before Christmas).\r\n\r\nThis would be a fine pub if it wasn't heaving with loud people in suits. Seems to empty out a bit after about 9-ish, unsurprisingly, so that might be a better time to go.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ==== \r\n\r\nThe function room is a nice cosy little room upstairs above the main bar. It's normally non-smoking but they can change this for the night. It would be free to hire out. The toilets are downstairs, unfortunately, down two flights of stairs. The gents' is clean and pleasant. If you book out the function room you can either pay in advance for bottles of wine etc to be placed upstairs, or order your own food and drinks from the bar on the ground floor.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub886.htm FancyAPint review]\r\n* [http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/pub/londoncity/knightstemplar.html Harbottle's Pub Guide review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 19:31:29 Category Fulham 1 * [[Postal District]] SW6\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]\r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, Fulham is dead and uninteresting. Please prove me wrong; I live here and spend most of my time elsewhere.\r\n\r\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Fulham View all grubstreet pages about Fulham]\r\n* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=524500&Y=176500&Z=3 Streetmap centered on Fulham]\r\n\r
\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[Hammersmith]] / [[Barnes]] / [[Putney]]\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 19:31:37 Category Chinatown 1 Click on the title link to see all pages about Chinatown. (It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".)\n----\nA part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.\n\nThe street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring.\n\nSee http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/\n\n==== Pubs ====\n\n* grubstreet recommendations:\n** [[De Hems, W1D 5BW]] -- nice Belgian beer\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi?Locale=Chinatown&do_search=1 Search grubstreet for Chinatown pubs]\n\n==== Restaurants ====\n\n* grubstreet recommendations:\n** See the recommendations on the [[Japanese Food]] and [[Chinese Food]] pages.\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/grubsearch.cgi?Locale=Chinatown&do_search=1 search grubstreet for Chinatown restaurants]\n* [http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants_Chinatown_WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown] (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed)\n\n\n----\nNeighbouring locales: [[Soho]] / [[Strand]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:31:41 Sun Tavern, WC2E 9JH 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530357&Y=181113&A=Y&Z=1 66 Long Acre, London WC2E 9JH]\n* Phone: (020) 7836 4520\n* Locale: [[Covent Garden]]\n* Nearby Tube Stops: [[Covent Garden Station|Covent Garden]] / [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nEr, can't remember. I think I was drinking Strongbow. [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20020610/012895.html muttley says on the london.pm list:] “When I was up there yesterday after a designers' talk they hadn't turned on the bitter because "designers don't tend to drink it and we didn't want it lying in the pipes going stale".”, which is probably a sign that they at least care.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nOnly served at lunchtime.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nFairly standard, friendly and helpful staff.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nLong, narrow room downstairs, function room upstairs, toilets downstairs. Small round tables and some standing space but you'll need to keep getting out of people's way as they go to and from the toilets.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nFunction room upstairs available to hire for free.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub677.htm FancyAPint review]\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 19:31:45 Porterhouse Covent Garden, WC2E 7NA 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC2E7NA&Z=1 21-22 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA]\n* Locale: [[Covent Garden]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Covent Garden Station]]\n* Website: http://porterhousebrewco.com/\n\nA huge and cavernous pub extending upwards and downwards for several floors and decorated in a cod-Victorian-factory-brass-pipes-and-gubbins style. Has a good range of interesting beers. On a weekday evening it tends to be full of City types dancing drunkenly to bad cover versions of famous songs played by a pub band, giving the feeling of being in some vast, ghastly termite mound. --[[Earle]]\n\nI've only been there once, on a Wednesday, but it was absolutely fine and practically empty until about 6pm; then it filled up pretty fast and got loud and unpleasant. I did like it until then, apart from the boring music. If you're off work some weekday afternoon and want somewhere spacious to skulk about and drink interesting beer, this might be the place to go. I say "skulk" because the lighting's kind of dim; it's one of those places where you really don't want to emerge from into sunlight after 5 hours' drinking. --[[Kake]]\n\nAlso pretty much empty early this lunchtime (noon till just before 1pm on a Thursday). --[[Kake]]\n\nIt's best early in the week or early in the afternoon. Great\nfor a long session if (a) you have lots of money, (b) it's not\na sports day. --[[Roger]]\n\nAs of January 2003, several of the pipes have been redone in matt black rather than brass or copper. This makes the place rather less visually appealing. --[[Roger]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nThere are nine Porterhouse beers available on draught - three stout, three ale and three lager. The drinks menu says about these:\n"All our beers are brewed in Dublin, using no chemicals and are unpasteurised.". You can get a sample tray of all nine for Ł5.95. They also have guest beers -- they're doing Boon Kriek on draught at the moment (Feb 2002), and I was told that they might keep it on, since it's proved popular.\n\nThey also claim to offer an enormous selection of bottled beers from all around the world - the drinks menu has three closely-typed pages of beers from 39 countries including Brazil, Finland, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico and Tasmania; Belgium too, of course - 26 different Belgian beers including five Chimays and two Kriek (Liefmans and Oud Beersel). [[mstevens]] says they have a fairly good record on having most of these beers most of the time.\n\nThere is a fair selection of wine too, but as the drinks menu says: "Excuse me, but why don't you have glasses of wine? Basically, we don't like to drink stale, oxidised wine ourselves, therefore we don't serve your wine from opened bottles.". They do however offer quarter-bottles of wine (five red, five white) at Ł3.10, and as far as I'm concerned, that's a glassful.\n\nThis place is not cheap. A 500ml bottle of Old Speckled Hen is priced at Ł3.50 (I remember buying that stuff for a pound a pint in Wales). Strongbow is Ł2.90 a pint. A 375ml bottle of Kriek is Ł3.60; 330ml of Chimay Blue is Ł3.45. Best bet is to stick with the house beers, but even these start at Ł2.20 (for the very drinkable Plain) and go up from there. Although, confusingly, the draught Kriek is only Ł3 a pint (I'm not entirely sure that this wasn't just a mistake on the part of the barstaff, but if it wasn't then hurrah).\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFull menu served 5pm-9pm Monday to Friday, noon-9pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. Prices range from Ł2.50 for garlic bread or soup, through Ł3.75 for potato wedges or bruschetta, Ł6-8 for main courses such as Beef in Stout, Haddock and Chips, Portobello Mushroom Burger and Pasta with Spinach and Cream Cheese, right up to Ł13.50 for a dozen oysters.\n\nGiolla says that the Portobello Mushroom Burger is "really, really nice". It's grilled with garlic butter and served in ciabatta with emmental cheese.\n\nThe other vegetarian main course on the menu is Thai Noodle Salad, which can be made vegan if you call up in advance - the only substitution needed is rice noodles for the egg noodles. [[Kake]] says: "I phoned them about lunchtime on the day I was planning to go there and they tried to get some rice noodles from the Tesco round the corner, but Tesco had run out; however when I actually turned up in the evening and asked for the vegan food I'd been promised, they headed out again and got a packet of instant noodles. This was very helpful of them; probably helped by the fact that it was early in the evening and not very busy. I will try to give them more notice next time."\n\nThere is also a lunch menu served noon-5pm; three vegetarian choices, I think, including hummous and peppers, which is quite possibly vegan and costs something in the region of Ł4.75.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:31:49 Bluewater 1 * '''Opening hours:''' 10am-9pm weekdays, 9am-8pm Saturday, 11am-5pm Sunday\n* '''Official web site:''' http://www.bluewater.co.uk/ (nassty Javascript, we hates it yes we does)\n* '''Streetmap URL:''' http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=557927&Y=173551&A=Y&Z=1\n\nThe other big out-of-town shopping mall, rather nicer than its main competition [[Thurrock Lakeside]]. It's east of London on the [[A2]], just past the junction with the [[M25]].\n\nThe mall was built in a chalk pit, with extensive landscaping and major use of water; it is shaped as a quarter-circle, with department stores at each angle (John Lewis, House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer) and two levels of shops joining them (mostly the usual clothes shops, but with a few interesting places as well, such as a specialist pen shop and a "generic occult" store with a few really interesting things in it). Although one can get buses and trains here, it's mainly set up for drivers, who also get the best view while swooping down the approach road.\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Shopping]] / [[Category Malls]]\n 2003-04-19 19:31:54 Tube/History 1 Being one of the oldest and most complicated rapid transit systems in the world, the London Underground has a long \nhistory. \n

\nThe first half of the 19th century saw rapid development in train services to London, but most mainline termini were constructed a long way away from the central business district to avoid damage to historic buildings. As a result, reliance on buses increased until London was gridlocked. The solution came in the form of yet another railway. In 1854 it was decided that the Metropolitan Railway Company would be allowed to build a short stretch of underground railway between [[Paddington|Paddington Station]] and [[Farringdon Station|Farringdon]]. This would link the mainline termini of [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross]], [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|St. Pancras]], [[Euston Station|Euston]], [[Marylebone Station|Marylebone]] and [[Paddington Station|Paddington]] together. The relatively simple cut-and-cover method was used, because deep-level tunnel construction methods were not sufficiently advanced to construct anything more than covered trenches. This first part of the Metropolitan Railway was opened in 1863 using steam locomotives to haul trains, which meant that ventilation shafts had to be built at regular intervals. \n

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\nMap showing the construction of the Metropolitan Line, 1860.

\nExpansion was fast. The Metropolitan quickly branched out into the suburbs, even creating whole villages from nothing in a region of countryside which came to be known as "Metroland". The railway bought up extra land adjacent to the railway and built houses in a spectacularly practical example of demand creation and by 1880 the 'Met' was carrying 40 million passengers a year. \n

\nMeanwhile, a second railway company began construction further south. The Metropolitan [[District Line|District Railway]] first opened a stretch from [[Westminster]] to [[South Kensington]] in 1868, taking advantage of the construction of the [[Thames]] embankment to expand towards the [[City]], reaching [[Tower Hill]] and linking the termini of [[Victoria Station|Victoria]], [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]], [[Blackfriars Station|Blackfriars]], [[Cannon Street Station|Cannon Street]] and [[Fenchurch Street Station|Fenchurch Street]]. Having conquered the city, the District Railway turned its attention to commuters even more so than the Metropolitan Railway had, reaching Wimbledon, Richmond and Ealing. \n

\nAlthough the [[Circle Line]] didn't get its own identity until 1949, the "District" and the "Metropolitan" had linked up with each other to provide an "Inner Circle" service starting in 1884. \n

\nAdvances in deep-level tunnel design came thick and fast. Tunneling shields allowed stable tunnels to be constructed 20 metres down, and electric locomotive traction made it both useful and safe. The result was the City and South London Railway, which linked King William Street (close to today's Monument Station) and [[Stockwell]]. The ride was unpleasantly rough and the lack of windows seemed to have a detrimental psychological effect. However, people learned from these mistakes and over the next 25 years six independent deep-level lines were built. \n

\nThe presence of six independent operators operating different Tube lines was inconvenient. In many places passengers had to walk some distance above ground to change between lines. Also, the costs associated with running such a system were heavy, and as a result many companies looked to financiers who could give them the money they needed to expand into the lucrative suburbs. \n

\nOne such financier was Charles Yerkes, an American tycoon whose company took over all but one tube company (the [[Waterloo and City Line|Waterloo & City]] remained separate until 1994). Between the wars, expansion took place at a rapid pace, driving the [[Northern Line|Northern]] and [[Bakerloo Line|Bakerloo]] lines out into the suburbs of northern London. Architect Charles Holden's memorable station designs have brightened the commuter's journey both on these lines and elsewhere with a style which still looks fresh today. \n

\nThe outbreak of World War II led to the use of many tube stations as air-raid shelters. They were particularly suited to this purpose, but sadly a small number of horrific accidents occurred. A remote stretch of the [[Central Line]] was turned into an underground aeroplane factory. \n

\nFollowing that war, travel congestion continued to rise. The construction of the carefully planned [[Victoria Line]] on a diagonal NE-SW alignment beneath central London attracted much of the extra traffic caused by expansion after the war. It was designed so that almost all of the stations along its length allowed interchange with other lines, and it was the first underground line to use automatic train operation (ATO). The [[Jubilee Line]] first ran in 1977, so-named because it was opened in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. During the 1990s it was extended through the [[Docklands]] to [[Stratford]] in [[East London]]. The stations on the "[[Jubilee Line Extension]]" are the most spacious and stylish on any rapid transit system, each one architect-designed. The platforms between [[North Greenwich Station|North Greenwich]] and [[Westminster Station|Westminster]] inclusive incorporate automated platform-edge doors that help to minimise the wind resistance of the train and prevent suicides. These modern stations include elevators to ease access to all parts of the station complex, particularly by travellers having luggage, or using wheelchairs or push chairs. \n

\nAn increasing problem for the system is flooding. Since the 1960s, the ground water of London has been rising, after the closing of industries such as breweries and paper mills that had previously extracted large volumes of water. By mid 2001 London Underground was reportedly pumping 30,000 cubic metres of water out of its tunnels each day. \n

\n----\n''The information on this page comes from the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground London Underground page on Wikipedia], modified lightly by [[Roger]].''\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:31:58 Queensway Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Queensway Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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[[Notting Hill Gate Station|Notting Hill Gate]]

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[[Lancaster Gate Station|Lancaster Gate]]

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\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nNote that [[Bayswater station]] on the [[Circle Line|Circle]] and [[District Line|District]] lines is two minutes walk.\n\n''In my opinion, these stations are named the wrong way round, as [[Bayswater station]] is on Queensway, and Queensway station is on [[Bayswater Road]].''--IvorW\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Kensington Palace Gardens]]\n* [[Queens Ice Rink]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:33:26 King's Road 1 One of London's famous [[fashion]] avenues, and home to many boutiques and designer stores. Runs through the heart of [[Chelsea]].\r\n\r
\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 19:33:31 Category Indian Food 1 Follow the title link to see all pages about Indian food.\n\n----\n\nExcepting the ''curry capitals'' - places like Bradford and South Birmingham, London offers the best selections of the varieties of Indian food in the UK.\n\nChicken Tikka Masala is apparently Britain's favourite food. It is interesting to note that this dish was not invented\nin India, but in Sheffield. It took the English palate to suggest combining kebabbed chicken with a masala sauce.\n\nIt is also worth noting that owing to the religions, you will never be served pork in an Indian restaurant. \n\n=== Punjabi (Sikh) Food ===\n\nThe traditional images that springs to mind when thinking of Indian restaurants, has turban clad waiters, and offers a range of curries of differing strength.\n\n=== Hindu Vegetarian Food ===\n\nBeing forbidden to eat meat, the Hindus bring excellent variety of spices to wholesome vegetarian dishes. These include Bhel Poori.\n\n=== South Indian and Sri Lankan Cuisine ===\n\nThe South of India offers a range of interesting vegetarian dishes that you do not see in a normal Bhel Poori house. Many South Indian restaurants also offer meat dishes.\n\n=== Goan Cuisine ===\n\nGoa, being coastal, offers some interesting fish dishes, and overlaps with South Indian food.\n\n=== Muslim Indian Food ===\n\nMany Indian restaurants cook halal meat, and offer some dishes and spices that are in common with Mediterranean and Arabic countries.\n\n=== Wiki Note ===\n\nIt is not worth making each of the types of food above into categories (IMO). However, this page serves as a guide for people reviewing restaurants. The list above is not definitive. Please feel free to add to it, enlarge the entries and/or correct any inaccuracies. --IvorW\n\nIt is always useful to know the type of food, origin, and religion of the restaurant staff. If the restaurant is not busy, the waiters and manager will usually be overjoyed to talk about this - especially if you let them know that you intend to write them up on a website!\n\n
\n\n\n\n----\n\n\n\n 2003-04-19 19:33:35 Aldwych Station 1 Formerly known as Strand Station, Aldwych lived on a small spur of its own south of [[Holborn Station]]. It was closed in 1994. Despite this, it is still one of the [[Tube/Stations Retaining Original Decor|stations retaining their original decor]].\n\nPages about Aldwych Station, with photographs:\n* http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/aldwych.html\n* http://thetube.topcities.com/Disused%20Stations/Aldwych/Aldwych.htm\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:33:39 Docklands Light Railway 1 #REDIRECT [[DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 19:33:44 Golden Heart, E1 6LZ 1 Round the corner from Hanbury Street, [[Jack the Ripper]] probably drank here.\n\n
\n\n 2003-04-19 19:33:47 Rjp 1 http://frottage.org/rjp/
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\n 2003-04-19 19:33:51 Major Attractions 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Major Attractions]]\n 2003-04-19 19:33:56 Moon Under Water, WC2H 0DT 1 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529850&Y=181115&A=Y&Z=1 105-107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT] (Note: opinions differ as to the actual post code)\r\n* Phone: 020 7287 6039\r\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]]\r\n\r\n==== Drinks ====\r\n\r\nAt least 4 regularly changing guest ales and a decent selection of bottles.\r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\n[[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's standard menu]], City prices \r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nThe pub is extremely large inside; it used to be the Marquee Club until\r\nDecember 1996. It's now a rather soulless generic Wetherspoon. Service\r\nis surprisingly good, and the London Pride was well-kept (in January 2003).\r\n\r\nClientele is mainly pre-theatre, but there are quite a few all-evening drinkers.\r\n\r\n==== Layout ====\r\n\r\nThe entrance area has a few tables, then it's down a short flight of steps to the main bar\r\narea. More tables here, and a raised area with booths to one side; more tables up steps\r\ntowards the back door into Greek Street.\r\n\r\nToilets are upstairs to the right of the main bar (and not obviously signposted).\r\nMore tables up those steps, overlooking the main bar area, presumably for the weak-bladdered.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ====\r\n\r\nNo function rooms. Almost entirely non-smoking.\r\n\r\nToilets are very clean and inspected regularly (at least the Gents are). There is often an attendant\r\nvending lollypops and shaving tackle, giving you a wipedown with a wet towel and soliciting tips.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/show.shtml/155/ Beer in the Evening review]\r\n* [http://www.londonpubs.org.uk/moon.html London Pubs review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 19:34:22 Duke, W4 5LF 1 * Brewery/chain: Firkin Beer Co. (Punch Taverns)\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=520597&Y=179008&A=Y&Z=1\n Beaconsfield Road, W4 5LF]\n* Locale: [[Chiswick]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Chiswick Park station|Chiswick Park]] / [[Turnham Green Station|Turnham Green]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nAt least 2 ales on handpump, and at least 1 on gravity dispense. Note: this is a cask breather system.\nReal cider on hand pump, keg Belgian and Dutch weissbiers, A selection of Belgian bottled beers.\n\nPrices: Ales Ł2.30/pint, but this is Chiswick.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nA good selection of hot food available for the carnivore: steaks, roasts, home made burgers.\nProbably some dishes available for Vegetarians / Vegans, but this is not their speciality.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nYou can end up waiting a long time for food if the kitchen is busy, but the staff were\nvery helpful and apologetic when this happened to me. --[[IvorW]]\n\nThe bar is run by Kiwis, who are very friendly, but may not be that well up on the technicalities of real ale and cellar management.\n\nThere is a big screen in the back room for showing football, but this does not dominate the pub.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nOne bar in the front room of the pub serves the whole pub. There is also a large back room\nwith a pool table and a projection screen. There is a garden out the back.\n\n==== Historical note ====\n\nThis pub was called the Duke of Sussex prior to December 2001, and was a courage \nhouse.\n\n===== Firkin pubs =====\n\nThe Firkin concept was originally\ninvented by Dave Bruce in the early 1980s, the idea being brew on premises pubs, in and\naround London. \n\nUnfortunaltely, Bruce sold the chain in the 1990s to Allied Domecq, who took the rough and\nready spit-and-sawdust image, and brought it to high streets everywhere, often downgrading\nthe decor and character of existing pubs. However, although only a few of the pubs were\nbrewing, these were preserved as brew pubs.\n\nIn 2000, the Firkin chain was sold again - to Punch Taverns. Despite giving promises to\npreserve the chain as it was, they instantly undertook to dismantle it, firstly by \nlosing the real ale, then by re-themeing and renaming most of the pubs, relinquishing\nthe ground to other chains such as Hogshead.\n\nGiven this history, I was extremely pleased to see a Firkin pub selling a good range of beers. --[[IvorW]]\n\nUpdate 8/4/02: Apparently this pub is still part of Punch Taverns, and part of their attempt to revive the firkin idea. I notice that they are not advertising [[Real Ale]], which if they were to do so would be technically incorrect, as they are using a cask breather system. Also, according to the manager, Punch are planning on re-introducing brew on the premises to a couple of pubs in London (but not this one).\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:34:26 Category Docklands 1 * [[Postal District]]: E14\n* [[Local Government]] authority: London Borough of Tower Hamlets\n\nThis is a part of the [[East End]], which was much in decline, since Victorian times and the boom in shipping, until the 1980s. The land - brown field land if ever there was such - became available for a song, for development of offices, residential accommodation and facilities, close to the [[City of London]].\n\nProperty developers quickly moved in, to grab the opportunity. Little did they realise the lack of infrastructure, and the problems that this would cause. It is all very well equipping thousands of homes and offices with telephones, but no provision had been made for that many distinct telephone numbers, especially for offices with direct dial. This was one of the main reasons behind the 1989 restructuring of the London telephone dialling codes from 01 into 071 (inner London) and 081 (outer London) ''(recently changed again so that the code for London is now 020 with a 7 or 8 following to indicate inner or outer London)''.\n\nThe developers came close to bancruptcy, but were eventually bailed out by a consortium formed by investment banks - the London Docklands Development Corporation. The role in which investment banks played in the LDDC explains why many of them have UK headquarters in Docklands, particularly in [[Canary Wharf]]. For more information about the LDDC, see the [http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/ LDDC History Pages].\n\nMore recently, infrastructure has been improved, including the [[Jubilee Line]] extension, which brought lifeblood to the area. But cynics have been eyeing the capacity aspects of this, and saying that the facilities will be unable to cope with the demands of the newer towers under construction. The present recession leads to thoughts in a different direction - that Docklands will become a ghost town.\n\nHaving worked in [[Canary Wharf]] for six months, I can give an opinion of what it feels like. The first impressions are awe inspiring. State of the art modern buildings, convenient public transport and shopping centres combine to appear to provide a conducive work environment. But, I quickly realised that the shops were not normal high street shops, but were catering specifically for a diurnal, office population. It's a great place to by nick-nacks - leaving presents, or snack lunches. If you are looking for somewhere to sell real food that you cook yourself, forget it. Similarly for bars, restaurants and entertainment; they are geared up for the office party, not for quiet locals.\n\nI wouldn't live in Docklands if they paid me - well, they would have to pay me quite a lot, enough that I could afford to spend most of my time away from the area! --IvorW\n\nSome would say Docklands is already a ghost town - the office space is used, but nobody walks around during the day, there are no real shops, and there's no community. Motorised transport is a requirement if you're planning to buy anything other than overpriced gewgaws. Real ale is pretty much nonexistent except for the [[City Pride, E14 8JH|City Pride]]. Remember that "southern Docklands" used to be known as "Millwall", and you'll see why it's not a very safe place to walk after dark either (for the few people that try it) - when I was working there, the pizza delivery men would sometimes get mugged, and didn't regard this as unusual. -- [[Roger]]\n\n=== Geographical Note ===\n\nDocklands is centred around the [[Isle of Dogs]], the inside of a bend in the [[River Thames]], but extends to both sides of the river, and includes [[Rotherhithe]], [[Canada Water]] and [[Surrey Quays]] (formerly Surrey Docks) to the West, and [[North Greenwich]] (site of the [[Millennium Dome]]) to the East.\n\n=== See also ===\n\n* [http://www.dockland.co.uk/ Dockland Information Centre]\n* [http://www.rodma.co.uk/ Royal Docks Management Authority]\n* [http://www.royaldockstrust.org/ The Royal Docks Trust]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:34:31 Chancery Lane Station 2

\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[Central Line]]: west <--- [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] <--- Chancery Lane ---> [[St Paul's Station|St Paul's]] ---> east\n\n==== Restrictions ====\n\nClosed Sundays.\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThree exits/entrances — two on the north side of High Holborn, on either side of Gray's Inn Road, and one on the south.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:15:28 Tube/Station Name Changes 2 As well as new Tube stations opening and closing over the years, some have merged and/or changed name.\n\n* [http://groups.google.com/groups?&th=8e58ce79bfeefcf9 uk.transport.london thread on Tube station name changes]\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:15:32 Reun Thai, W6 9PL 2 * Phone: (020) 8748 4881\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W69PL 100 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 9PL]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Hammersmith Station|Hammersmith]]\n* Opening hours: Mon-Fri 11:30am--3pm and 6pm--11pm, Saturday 6pm--11pm, Sunday 5pm--11pm [2002-04-19]\n* Takeaway: Free local delivery on orders over Ł15 or 10% discount on collection (in evening only) [2002-04-19]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nOver 60 varied dishes on the menu in total; appetisers start at Ł3.95 for spring rolls (nice), crispy bean curd (very plain and a little over-fried), vegetable tempura (not bad, not as battery and greasy as it can often be), deep-fried leek-stuffed pancakes (the stuffing's really tasty), corn cakes (again a little over-fried). You can get a selection of each of the vegetarian appetisers for two people to share for Ł8.95, or a selection of meaty starters (such as satay chicken, deep-fried prawns in pancakes, etc), again for two, for Ł9.95. The Thai soups are pretty good - Tom Yum Hed (spicy soup with mushrooms) and Tom Ka Hed (coconut-milk soup with mushrooms) are both Ł3.95, and I would say higher quality than the deep-fried starters. All the vegetarian starters are vegan.\n\nMain courses range from Ł4.10 for vermicelli salad (with peanut, onion, coriander, chilli and lemon) and yum coral (white fungus with chilli, onion, lemon and coriander) up to Ł7.80 for a steamed pot of king prawns, crab claws, glass noodles and dried mushrooms.\n\nVegans should try out the Som Tum (raw shredded green papaya and carrot in a lime, peanut and chilli dressing, Ł4.90), Pad Khing Tao Hoo (fried tofu with ginger, mushrooms, spring onions and soy sauce, Ł4.20), Pad Kra Prao Tao Hoo (fried tofu with chilli and fresh Thai basil, Ł4.20), Hed Wine Dang (mushrooms with ginger and red wine in a Thai sweet and sour sauce (not like Chinese sweet and sour), Ł4.20).\nOn the slightly spicier side (still vegan), try Pad Hed Kee Mao (mushrooms with chilli, garlic, fresh Thai basil and scotch whisky, Ł4.20). (These are all personal recommendations from [[Kake]].)\n\nOther vegan dishes are the vegetable versions of the green, red, jungle and mussamun curries (all with tofu, Ł4.50). The mussamun curry has tinned potatoes in, which is slightly odd, but not unpleasant if you're forewarned.\n\nSteamed rice is Ł1.60, an ample portion of sticky rice is Ł2.40.\n\n[Prices at 2002-04-19]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nThis is a real local, friendly, little place. Come here two or three times and the manager will remember you and ask you how you're doing. It's not very big, though there is a larger room downstairs that I've never seen anyone in; this might be intended for parties. The service is friendly and discreet. People seem to enjoy themselves here.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\nIt doesn't seem to be very well-known; there's hardly anything about it on the web. Some of the mentions I found were mis-spelled as "Ruen Thai".\n\n* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/1943.htm London Eating review]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:15:38 From Hell 2 [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120681 From Hell]\n\nOne of the great London novels, albeit in the form of a collection of comics, about the [[Jack the Ripper]] murders, although it's much more a howdunnit than a whodunnit.\n\nChapter 4, in particular, a journey around the London of [[Iain Sinclair]] and other psychogeographers, is not to be missed.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:15:43 Moon Under Water, WC2H 0DT 2 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529850&Y=181115&A=Y&Z=1 105-107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT] (Note: opinions differ as to the actual post code)\n* Phone: 020 7287 6039\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nAt least 4 regularly changing guest ales and a decent selection of bottles.\n\n==== Food ====\n\n[[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's standard menu]], City prices \n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nThe pub is extremely large inside; it used to be the Marquee Club until\nDecember 1996. It's now a rather soulless generic Wetherspoon. Service\nis surprisingly good, and the London Pride was well-kept (in January 2003).\n\nClientele is mainly pre-theatre, but there are quite a few all-evening drinkers.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThe entrance area has a few tables, then it's down a short flight of steps to the main bar\narea. More tables here, and a raised area with booths to one side; more tables up steps\ntowards the back door into Greek Street.\n\nToilets are upstairs to the right of the main bar (and not obviously signposted).\nMore tables up those steps, overlooking the main bar area, presumably for the weak-bladdered.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nNo function rooms. Almost entirely non-smoking.\n\nToilets are very clean and inspected regularly (at least the Gents are). There is often an attendant\nvending lollypops and shaving tackle, giving you a wipedown with a wet towel and soliciting tips.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/show.shtml/155/ Beer in the Evening review]\n* [http://www.londonpubs.org.uk/moon.html London Pubs review]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:38:07 Moon Under Water, WC2H 0DT 3 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529850&Y=181115&A=Y&Z=1 105-107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT] (Note: opinions differ as to the actual post code)\n* Phone: 020 7287 6039\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nAt least 4 regularly changing guest ales and a decent selection of bottles.\n\n==== Food ====\n\n[[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's standard menu]], City prices \n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nThe pub is extremely large inside; it used to be the Marquee Club until\nDecember 1996. It's now a rather soulless generic Wetherspoon. Service\nis surprisingly good, and the London Pride was well-kept (in January 2003).\n\nClientele is mainly pre-theatre, but there are quite a few all-evening drinkers.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThe entrance area has a few tables, then it's down a short flight of steps to the main bar\narea. More tables here, and a raised area with booths to one side; more tables up steps\ntowards the back door into Greek Street.\n\nToilets are upstairs to the right of the main bar (and not obviously signposted).\nMore tables up those steps, overlooking the main bar area, presumably for the weak-bladdered.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nNo function rooms. Almost entirely non-smoking.\n\nToilets are very clean and inspected regularly (at least the Gents are). There is often an attendant\nvending lollypops and shaving tackle, giving you a wipedown with a wet towel and soliciting tips.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/show.shtml/155/ Beer in the Evening review]\n* [http://www.londonpubs.org.uk/moon.html London Pubs review]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 19:45:01 Le Mercury, N1 1QY 2 * Phone: 020 7354 4088\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531672&Y=184030&A=Y&Z=1 140a Upper St, N1 1QY] \n* Locale: [[Category Islington|Islington]]\n* Nearby [[tube]] stations: [[Highbury and Islington Station]], [[Angel Station]] \n\nThis small, family run like restaurant serves delicious french cuisine at a very reasonable price. You pay for a set price, (around 10 pounds i think) and you get the choice of any anything from the menu in a 3 course meal. Food taste great and nice candle-lit atmosphere. \n\n=== Food ===\n\nI highly recommend the salmon and avocado for appetizer, lamb chop for main, and creme brulee for dessert. \n\n=== Other Reviews ===\n\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:15:47 Ladbroke Grove Station 2

\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[Hammersmith and City Line]]:
\nnorth <--- [[Westbourne Park Station|Westbourne Park]] <--- Ladbroke Grove ---> [[Latimer Road Station|Latimer Road]] ---> south\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:16:38 Hanger Lane Gyratory 2 Avoid.\n\nThis big roundabout is where the North Circular meets with A40 Westway. If you can avoid it (eg by driving through [[Park Royal]] or [[Acton]] then I suggest you do so - be warned that to both sides of the road are industrial estates, with there windy small roads that go nowhere - an A-Z will do little to help. If you are travelling on the A40 itself, there is an underpass which will take you straight under the gyratory, so you don't even have to slow down (unless the roundabout is already full, in which case the queues often go back to [[Acton]] in the east and [[Perivale]] in the west). \n\nIn the middle is [[Hanger Lane Station]] on the [[Central Line]], and a park. [[Park Royal Station]] is on the A40, just before it, to the east.\n\nIf you really do need to go round it, then there are some rules that make things easier:\n\n1. Don't go near it during rush hour - there is no point. You will be stuck on a roundabout for an hour. This is not a Good Thing.\n\n2. Keep an eye on the lane markings - the roundabout is divided into sections by traffic lights, and you will probably (unless you get your speed just right) get stuck at each one. This gives you a chance to check out the lane markings on the next section. They change from section to section, generally moving 1 lane to the left.\n\n3. The roadsign diagrams of the gyratory are a little confusing, but basically it is a roundabout with traffic lights at most of its entry/exits. There are 6 roads off it (excluding the shop slip roads which don't go anywhere). The A40 running east to central london and west towards Perivale, Northolt and the M40 make up two exits of the gyratory. The north circular(A406) running north to Brent Cross (Ikea etc) and South down to Uxbridge road and then the A4 and Chiswick make up another two of the exits. One of the other exits is between the West bound A40 exit and North bound North Circular exit is a road (called Old Hanger Lane I think) and goes up to towards Aplerton. The final and smallest road off it is Twyford Abbey Road inbetween the North Bound North Circular and the East Bound A40, there are no lights on its entry and it heads towards the centre of the Park Royal industrial estate.\n\nAfter a little practise (like 6 months maybe...) Hanger Lane will hold no fears for you, and you will try instead to get round without stopping at the lights (which is possible, but your timing and respect for amber lights must be incredible and non-existent respectively). With this in mind, the timings of the lights change at around 11pm, making it possible to get round with all the lights on green in cars lesser than a Porsche 911 GTI.\n\n[http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A303346 More Hanger Lane Gyratory Info.]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:16:43 Bank Station 2 = Bank And Monument Stations =\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Northern Line]]:	north	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Bank	[[London Bridge Station\|London Bridge]]	south
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[St Paul's Station\|St Paul's]]	Bank	[[Liverpool Street Station\|Liverpool Street]]	east
[[District Line]]: [[Circle Line]]:	west	[[Cannon Street Station\|Cannon Street]]	Monument	[[Tower Hill Station\|Tower Hill]]	east\n
[[Waterloo And City Line]]:		[[Waterloo Station\|Waterloo]]	Bank
[[Docklands Light Railway]]:		''Terminates here''	Bank	[[Shadwell Station\|Shadwell]]	east ([[Lewisham Station\|Lewisham]])\n

\n\nThe westbound [[Central Line]] platform is the loudest in the whole Tube, as the sharp curve causes the train wheels to produce a shrieking noise in excess of 100 dB.\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Tube]] / [[Category DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 21:16:48 Fridge 2 One of a bunch of old Astoria cinemas across the capital which has been converted into a large nightclub. \r\n\r\nhttp://www.fridge.co.uk/\r\n\r
\n 2003-04-19 21:16:53 Camden Passage 2 Despite the name, this isn't in [[Camden]], it's in [[Islington]], near [[Islington Green]], where [[Islington High Street]] becomes [[Upper Street]] and [[Essex Road]] forks off. It's a little north of [[Angel Station]] and to the east of the Green.\n\nAs well as a whole host of antiques shops, there's also a pub (the [[Camden Head, N1 8DY|Camden Head]]), a bookshop or two, and a strange hybrid of a ironmongers and a toy shop. On Sundays it also hosts the [[Islington Farmers' Market]].\n\n[[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531674&Y=183562&A=Y&Z=1|Streetmap map]]\n 2003-04-19 21:17:00 The Tea House, WC2H 9PU 2 * '''Telephone:''' (020) 7240 7539\n* '''Fax:''' (020) 7836 4769\n* '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?postcode2map?WC2H+9PU&The+Tea+House&Back+to+%22The+Tea+House,+WC2H+9PU%22&http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?The_Tea_House,_WC2H_9PU&y&bimage=bgcolor%3df3f3f3 15a Neal Street, WC2H 9PU]\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] station:''' [[Covent Garden Station]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Covent Garden]]\n* '''Opening hours:''' Mon-Fri 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 12pm-6pm\n\nThis charming Oriental shop on [[Neal Street]] stocks a large and varied range of fragrant varieties of tea. Upstairs they sell many mugs and teapots.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:17:04 Green Park Station 2 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Green+Park Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	west	[[Bond Street Station\|Bond Street]]	Green Park	[[Westminster Station\|Westminster]]	east
[[Piccadilly Line]]:	west	[[Hyde Park Corner Station\|Hyde Park Corner]]	Green Park	[[Piccadilly Circus Station\|Piccadilly Circus]]	east
[[Victoria Line]]:	south	[[Victoria Station\|Victoria]]	Green Park	[[Oxford Circus Station\|Oxford Circus]]	north\n

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nWhen changing lines, it's faster to head for the exit, go up the escalator, and down the other escalator, than to follow the signed platform changing instrutions.\n\n(Hm, at least changing between the Piccadilly and Jubilee lines, this is certainly true in terms of walking -- most of the trip is on the escalators -- but I'm not sure it is actually faster in terms of time, unless you run up and down the escalators. Maybe I'll get around to timing it, if I'm bored.)\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThe south ones go out to [[Green Park]] itself.\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\n* Piccadilly Line westbound: The far left of the platform is the back of the train and seems to be a good place to get on. It's away from the platform entrance, and today (2002-02-23) at 5:30pm when most of the train was packed solid, the last carriage had spare seats even after I and a few others got on. It sometimes looks as though the front of the platform would be a better bet, in terms of where people tend to congregate on the platform, but I've never seen the front of the train less than packed upon arrival.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Public toilets\n** There are some just inside one of the south exits. They don't cost any money and are therefore fairly scummy.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:17:28 AlexMclintock 2 Describe the new page here.\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:17:33 Spread Eagle, NW1 7BN 2 * Brewery: Young's\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528759&Y=183696&A=Y&Z=1 141 Albert Street, NW1 7BN]\r\n* Locale: [[Camden Town]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Camden Town Station|Camden Town]]\r\n\r\nA fairly small drinkers' pub on the corner of Albert Street and Parkway.\r\n\r\n==== Drinks ====\r\n\r\n

Young's Bitter - 2.15/pt\r\n
Young's Special - 2.32/pt\r\n
Young's Pilsner - 2.30/pt\r\n
Young's Export - 2.40/pt ?\r\n
Young's Winter Warmer - 2.37/pt (seasonal)\r\n
Fosters Draught - 2.65/pt\r\n
Scrumpy Jack Cider - 2.70/pt\r\n
Guinness Draught - 2.75/pt\r\n
Stella Artois Draught - 2.81/pt\r\n

\r\n(Divide by 2 and round up to nearest pence for half pints)
\r\n(Note prices are purely from memory, circa Jan 2003)
\r\nMon-Thur there are "happy hour" specials on Bitter, Special, and Winter Warmer.\r\n\r\nBeer well-kept (I've often been asked to wait while they change barrels), sometimes guests. A few fake beers, ciders, etc., as well. Quite an extensive wine list. Wines generally in good condition, and can be bought by the bottle. \r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nFood is served most days, with one menu applying between 12:00 - 15:00, and a simplified selection applying after that until late. There is an extra menu on Sundays.\r\nFood starts at about 1.50 for some chips, and goes via 3 and 4 pounds for a variety of baguettes and snacky meals, up to 5 to 6 pounds for main meals. Food is quite decent for a pub, both in quality and serving size, but that's just IMHO. Vegetarian food is available.\r\n\r\nThe food selection at night is more limited unfortunately - You're basically looking at pizza or chips n stuff. However, at least the pizzas are a decent size. Expect to pay about a fiver for a 10" pizza, and have a few random types available. At least one will be vegetarian.\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nI didn't notice music, but it can get pretty loud just from people - being near Camden Town, it's always busy, and you may have to wait quite a while for a table. Quite smoky too. Nothing like as bad as the Hogshead across the road, though. Usually sport on the TV, but occaisionally a random music channel. Don't expect to hear it above the crowd noise unless you're standing underneath the telly though.\r\n\r\nThe staff are good about removing glasses, but very keen to throw people out at [[closing time]]. Persistence will let you stay to finish your drinks, but I don't really advise buying up large rounds during last drinks.\r\n\r\n==== Layout ====\r\n\r\nTwo major areas, separated by a step in each of the three doorways between them. The front room (on the corner of the building) has tables and chairs; the other room (which you'll enter first, and where the bar is) has a couple of tables but is mostly for standing. Staff are fairly amenable to DIY re-arrangement of tables and chairs so long as exits are not obscured.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ====\r\n\r\nThere's no meeting room (nor space for one). The internal room mentioned above is occaisionally available for reservation, given sufficient attendance. However, it is not really suited to private groups, as the female toilets are accessed through it, so general public will be constantly using it as a thouroughfare.\r\nThere are two Gents' toilets, down 12 steps from the bar, kept moderately clean.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub1589.htm fancyapint.com review]\r\n\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:17:36 Category Paddington 2 = Paddington =\r\n\r\n* [[Postal District]]: W2\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: City of Westminster\r\n\r\nLocated to the north of [[Hyde Park]], between [[Bayswater]] and [[Edgware Road]], Paddington is the location of [[Paddington Station]], West London's main mainline train station.\r\n
\r\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[South Kensington]] / [[Bayswater]] / [[Royal Oak]] / [[Edgware Road]] \r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:17:45 London Wall/Pub Crawl 2 Start at [[Tower Hill Station]] or [[Tower Gateway Station]] for those meeting from the [[DLR]].\n\nMeet at the [[Liberty Bounds, EC3N 4AA]] a [[JD Wetherspoon]] pub. Proceed along Minories (under the Tower Gateway \nbridge), to the [[Chamberlain]], a [[Fuller's]] pub, and/or the [[Young's]] pub, the [[Three Lords]]. \n\nGo to the end of Minories, you will see [[St Botolph's Church]] opposite, and next to this, [[Aldgate Station]]. Proceed in the same direction you are travelling. Look out for the landmark of the [http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/bu/100089/ gherkin building], and head towards this. You may want to use the subway to cross over the junction.\n\nProceed along Duke's Place, which changes its name to Bevis Marks. Take a left at St. Mary's Axe, and pop into the [[Hogshead]], under the shadow of the gherkin. Then return to Bevis Marks and take a left into Camomile Street, which is what it turns its name into next.\n\nContinue in this direction across [[Bishopsgate]] for some distance, as the road changes its name to Wormwood Street, then [[London Wall]]; you will begin to see the elevated walkways of the [[barbican]]. Proceed on this side of the road, and you will see [[The Scottish Pound]] on the left.\n\nWhen leaving the Scottish Pound, find an opportunity to cross over London Wall, and you will find a pub on the corner of the barbical, called the [[Plough]], which is a free house. You will need to climb a staircase to reach the pub.\n\nExit the plough on the first floor, and proceed along the elevated walkway complex that is the Barbican. Head for "The Postern", where there is another pub, the [[Crowders' Well]], a free house with a veritable range of ales (though some of them may not be kept too well).\n\nTo be continued [[IvorW/Todo]] \n 2003-04-19 21:17:41 Sakura, WC1A 2QD 2 *Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530457&Y=181589&A=Y&Z=1 10 Sicilian Avenue, London WC1A 2QD]\n*Locale: [[Holborn]] / [[Bloomsbury]]\n*Nearest Tube station: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]]\n\nThis is a small sushi/donburi/ramen place on Sicilian Avenue, off Southampton Row. It's a takeaway but has a few tables outside.\n\nI had the London Set at Ł4.80. This has two pieces of futomaki with interesting shredded vegetables inside (and just the right amount of sesame seeds on the outside); four pieces of cucumber maki; and two tuna, two salmon and one prawn nigiri. The amount of fish is generous but unfortunately the rice isn't very good -- the texture is OK but there seems to be no sushi vinegar on it at all, which is no good given that the rice used doesn't have much intrinsic flavour.\n\nGoing to give it another go, though; the sashimi set at Ł8.00 or the donburi sets at Ł3.60/Ł3.90 might be worth a try.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:17:49 Billy 2 I like nice pubs...and live in [[Ealing]]\n\nMy local is [[Plough Inn, W5 4XB]]\n\nToDo:\n\n* document the entirety of West London (shyeah...right)\n* add more pubs in [[Ealing]]\n* add more pubs in the [[City of London]]\n* write stuff about [[Hanwell]] potentially including the guitar shops\n* add some [[Computer Game]] shops (maybe)\n\n 2003-04-19 21:17:53 O2 Centre, NW3 6LU 2 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526200&Y=184700&A=Y&Z=1 O2 Centre, Fincley Road, NW3 6LU]\n* Nearest stations: [[Finchley Road Station]], [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station]]\n\n=== O₂ Shopping and Entertainment Centre ===\n\nMidway between [[Finchley Road Station|Finchley Road]] and [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station|Finchley Frog]] stations, the O₂ centre is an urban retail complex, with ample parking at the rear, and the following stores:\n\n* A large Sainsbury's\n* Homebase\n* [[Books etc]].\n\nRegarding entertainment, the main attraction is a Warner Cinema Complex and a fitness centre, but there are also numerous restaurants and a [[JD Wetherspoon|Wetherspoon]] pub, called somewhat unimaginatively [[/Wetherspoons]].\n\n----\nCategories: [[category shopping]] / [[Category Hampstead]]\n 2003-04-19 21:17:57 Mornington Crescent Station 2 ==== Lines served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Northern Line]]
(Charing Cross Branch)

north

[[Camden Town Station|Camden Town]]

Mornington Crescent

[[Euston Station|Euston]]

south

\n\n\nThis is the station that gave its name to the world's most prestigious form of ritualised combat. The Game of Mornington Crescent dates back over a century, having been invented by the celebrated Major Carstairs Houghton-Bowry KSC in the hallowed halls of the Royal Empire Club, Pall Mall, in 1883.\n\nWith numerous local [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations.html variations] on the basic ruleset (1, get to Mornington Crescent, and 2, stop your opponents getting there first) imposed by the various conflicting international MC Associations, since the infamous Tokyo MC Conference of 1960 Mornington Crescent has been almost universally acknowledged as one of the world's most challenging and rewarding games, not least because of the difficulty of remembering all the rules.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:18:01 Goose, SW16 1HJ 2 * Brewery: Part of the [[Goose pub chain]]\n* Telephone: (020) 8769 4625\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530129&Y=171826&A=Y&Z=1 103 Streatham High Road, London SW16 1HJ]\n* Locale: [[Streatham]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: None, really. [[Brixton Station|Brixton]] or [[Tooting Bec Station|Tooting Bec]] would probably be the closest, then get a bus. Or take the overground train to [[Streatham Station]].\n* Bus routes: Lots. The one that comes from the centre ([[Marble Arch]], [[Oxford Circus]], [[Piccadilly Circus]]) is the 159 (or N159).\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nCheap, very very cheap. They had a rather nice bitter called Harvey's on at Ł1.85 a pint; we also saw posters for a promotion offering Tetley's for Ł1.25 a pint, and another offering doubles plus mixers for Ł2. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nDecent choice of food, again cheap. Cheese and pickle sandwich for Ł2.50, prawn mayonnaise sandwich for Ł2.95, other sandwiches at roughly the same price. (Heinz) soup of the day with roll and butter Ł1.95. Jacket potatoes too, with various fillings including (Heinz) beans, and fried mushrooms and peppers. (They do seem to like noting the brand of stuff on the menu.)\n\nI had the Mediterranean vegetable tart (Ł4.50), which was pretty good, if quite small: fried peppers and other vegetables inside a competent enough short pastry. I was a little worried it would be overly quiche-like, but it wasn't. It came with a large standard pub iceberg lettuce salad, and plenty of boiled new potatoes.\n\n[Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\n[http://website.lineone.net/~joedownie/MyPatch/davecashstreatham.htm We Are London] says this is a pub to avoid, as "the cheap prices attract Streatham's 'daytime' drinkers". I do vaguely see what they mean (being a South Wales valley girl and all), but although there were one or two people there who might have been a little over-tipsy for 7pm, I didn't feel at all threatened at any point, and the atmosphere was really quite friendly. We did leave before 8:30pm (to go to the [[Streatham Odeon]], which is just a few hundred yards north) so it might be different later.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nA large, open room downstairs, with clusters of tables and bar stools/small armchairs. Lots of light at the front from the large windows.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:18:06 Cafe Cairo 2 * Phone: (020) 7771 1201\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530264&Y=175741&A=Y&Z=1 88 Landor Road, SW9]\n* Locale: [[Clapham]] ([[Southwark]])\n* Tube stop: [[Clapham North Station|Clapham North]]\n* Opening hours: I don't know when it opens, but it's open very late indeed. Possibly until the last person goes home.\n\n Cafe Cairo business card

\n==== Cannabis at Café Cairo ====\n\nFrom Monday 12th August 2002 with reluctance we will no longer be able to over-look the smoking of cannabis at Café Cairo.\n\nIt is time to remind ourselves how we live under the most restrictive laws in the developed world - when enforced. To their credit, the Met have always allowed creative yet slightly dubious initiatives to flourish - that is until we rattled the cage. History shows that revolution is not this country's way.\n\nWe are truly sorry to have to make this childish restriction on your personal freedom. We had 5 good years and I think proved beyond all doubt the conviviality of this herb. Café Cairo became a model for neighbourhood wellbeing.\n\nBut the fact remains. If we do not take action immediately Café Cairo will be closed. With such an ultimatum we ask for your cooperation with this matter.\n

\n\nHow sad.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:18:16 The British Museum 2 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530132&Y=181626&A=Y&Z=1 Great Russell Street, WC1]\n* '''Phone:''' (020) 7323 8299\n* '''Opening hours:''' Saturday-Wednesday 10.00-17.30; Thursday-Friday 10.00-20.30 [http://the.british.museum/visit/opening.html more details]\n* '''Website:''' http://the.british.museum/ (Probably the best URL in the world.)\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]], [[Holborn Station|Holborn]], [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]], [[Goodge Street Station|Goodge Street]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Bloomsbury]] / [[Holborn]]\n\nHome to the famous Egyptian collection and the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum is the most famous and perhaps one of the most controversial museums in the country. All its exhibits relate to Mankind and the works of Man, and a some of them were obtained at the time of the British Empire, through means which are seen as dubious at best, and possibly illegal if they were done today.\n\n\nThe most famous example of this are the "Elgin Marbles", marble carvings which were removed from the Parthenon in Greece and brought back to Britain by Lord Elgin in 1801-3 (and can be seen on the main floor, in gallery 18 in the Greece collection). They have been a point of dispute between Greece and the UK for a long time since.. However most people agree that Greece did not have the facilities to look after the marbles correctly and they would have been destroyed by now had they remained in Athens' polluted atmostphere. \n\nThe British Museum is free to enter (as of the end of 2002) but an optional donation of 5 pounds or so is requested. You can also donate your foreign currency in this and many other museums. There are a range of [http://the.british.museum/visit/access.html facilities for visitors with special needs].\n\n

''"It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place without a heart full of grateful reverence. I own to have said my grace at the table, and to have thanked Heaven for this my English birthright, freely to partake of these bountiful books, and to speak the truth I find there."''
- William Makepeace Thackeray

\n\nIn the museum proper around the courtyard there are sections of almost every time and place in the history of mankind: Africa, Egypt, American Indians, China, Mesopotamia, Persia, Ancient Greece, and so on and on.\n\nOne of the memorable exhibits is a North American Indian totem pole which goes up the middle of one staircase. If nothing else children have remembered that form school visits to the museum for decades.\n\nIt is highly recommended as part of any visit to London.\n\n== History ==\n\nOriginally opened in 1753, it was begun with the purchase of the library and collection of Sir Hans Sloane (as in [[Sloane Square]]) and of the Harleian manuscripts. It was opened to the public in 1759, and since then has had the addition of numerous collections, including the library of George III.\n\n== Architecture ==\n\nThe majority of the existing buildings were constructed during the 19th century. The magnificent frontage on [[Great Russell Street]] is some 370 in length, and has an Ionic colonnade with 44 columns. The pediment carries figures representing the development of the human race in fields such as art and science. They were sculpted by Westmacott. The dome of the Reading Room is 106 feet hight and has a diameter of some 140 feet, which is only two feet less than the Pantheon in Rome. The window panels bear twenty of the most illustrious names in English literature.\n\n----\nSouth of the museum are [[Gosh Comics]] and various other bookshops, and [[Museum Street]] with [[Playin Games]].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:18:37 Holland Park 2 #REDIRECT [[Category Holland Park]]\n 2003-04-19 21:18:44 Vegan Food 2 #REDIRECT [[Category Vegan Food]]\n\n 2003-04-19 21:18:49 Sandwich Bar, W11 3JZ 2 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=w113jz&Z=1 87 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JZ] \n* '''[[Tube]] stations:''' [[Notting Hill Gate Station]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Notting Hill]]\n\nSandwich Bar, aka "Da Maria Tavola Calda" ("from Maria's warm table", machine translation halteringly informs me), is an extremely tiny - that is, near-microscopic - Italian cafe squeezed in next door to the [[Gate Cinema, W11 3JZ | Gate Cinema]] on [[Notting Hill Gate]]. They do the usual range of fry-ups and various kinds of pasta. Expect to pay about a fiver for a main course. They also do various sandwiches and tea, coffees etc. to take away. It's a nice place to go for breakfast.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:18:53 Liverpool Street Station 2 Liverpool Street is a terminus for lines from the East of England, including both [[Anglia Railway's]] Intercity service to Norwich and commuter services by [[WAGN]] and [[First Great Eastern]] to suburban north-east London and Essex respectively.\n\nLiverpool Street is also a [[Tube]] station, serving the [[Central Line]] and [[Hammersmith and City Line]], [[Metropolitan Line]] and [[Circle Line]].\n\n== Mainline Station ==\n\nThe station has entrances on [[Bishopsgate]], [[Old Sun Street]] and [[Sun Street]]. It's built on two levels; the main concourse is at the same elevation as the 18 platforms (which are in two sections; 1-10 at the western end, 11-18 at the eastern, in an annexe) and an upper concourse which surrounds and bridges but doesn't fully cover the lower concourse. Escalators and (a few) static staircases join the levels at three points.\n\nThe lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre, underneath a bus terminus. Railtrack have a [http://www.railtrack.co.uk/majorstations/popup.cfm?img=live_shopmapfile map of the shops] in the station. Notable shops include two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast Food|junk food]] suspects ([[Burger King]] and [[McDonalds]]), two Costa Coffees and on the upper level a record shop (Helter Skelter). \n\nDeparture boards are mounted above a walkway on the upper concourse; they're pretty visible. In addition there are service-specific screens at the entrance to each platform. Plus two sets of small screens by platform 1 and just outside WH Smiths on the east side.\n\nToilets and the main booking hall are on the opposite side of the station to platforms and are well signed. Toilets cost 20p.\n \nATM (cash machines) can be found at the base of the stairs to the west side and also a couple hidden away next to the Left Luggage Office by platform 10. Also to be found in the same location, just east of platform 10, is a [[Anglia Railway's]] ticket office and a [[Taxi]] cab rank. \n\nRailtrack have [http://www.railtrack.co.uk/rail_network/major_stations/live_home.asp a page] about the station, including more facilities there, such as lost property and left luggage. \n\n== Tube Station ==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Hammersmith and City Line]]:	west	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Liverpool Street	[[Aldgate East Station\|Aldgate East]]	east
[[Metropolitan Line]]:	west	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Liverpool Street	[[Aldgate Station\|Aldgate]]	east
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[Bank Station\|Bank]]	Liverpool Street	[[Bethnal Green Station\|Bethnal Green]]	east

\nConsume.net is a project to provide a free, distributed grassroots wireless network.\n\nConsume's first ideas were conceived and presented in London. Now the interest is Europe-wide, with concentrations in urban areas and sprinklings in remote and rural situations, wherever it is possible to establish a node. If you have a look at the [http://consume.net/nodes node database] you will find the interface to a db of nodes and an invitation to search your local area and nominate your node of your own. The mission of Consume is the development and presentation of a strategy for self provision of open IP network structures and wireless node propogation, and to activate a community area network.\n\n* Web: http://consume.net/\n\nConsume was triggered in London by [[tallbastard | James Stevens]] and Julian Priest of [[Deckspace]] during August 2000.\n\n(This information taken from the [http://www.freenetworks.org/moin/index.cgi Free Networks wiki].)\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:19:03 Science Museum 2 '''Phone:''' 0870 870 4771
\n\n\n\n'''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526823&Y=179204&A=Y&Z=1 The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD]
\n\n\n\n'''Locale:''' [[South Kensington]]
\n\n\n\n'''[[Tube]] stations:''' [[South Kensington Station]]
\n\n\n\n'''Web:''' http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Science Museum is open every day from 10am to 6pm and is free to get in. It houses a large amount of stuff, and has its own (pricy) [[IMAX Cinemas | IMAX]] cinema.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull writeup coming shortly.\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:19:32 Park Royal 2 #REDIRECT [[Category Park Royal]]\n 2003-04-19 21:19:37 Americans In London 2

''"An American recently arrived in London should trace out in this great City those memorials
and things of interest pertaining to America of which England and London are full."''

\n- the late J. H. Choate, former American Ambassador

\n\nAmericans in London who decide to pursue such a course will find themselves with no shortage of places to visit. They include:\n\n* The Lincoln statue on the west side of [[Parliament Square]], a replica of the one by Saint-Gaudens at Chicago, which was presented by the American people in 1920.\n* The Washington statue on the north side of [[Trafalgar Square]], a bronze copy of the marble original by J. A. Houdon in Richmond, Virginia, presented in 1921.\n* There is a memorial bust of Kennedy on the Marylebone Road, close to [[Regent's Park Station]], sculpted in 1965 by Jacques Lipchitz, and Kingswood House, [[Dulwich]], has a John F. Kennedy Memorial Rose Garden.\n* The American Embassy in [[Grosvenor Square]], and the numerous memorials, including Roosevelt and Eisenhower (see [http://www.usembassy.org.uk/sept11/memorls.html the US Embassy memorials page]). Grosvenor Square has been associated with America ever since John Quincy Adams, first minister to Britain from 1785-8, before he became President, came to live at Number 9, in the northeastern corner. The imposing Embassy, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in ?????, occupies the west side of the square. On the square's north side is a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt sculpted by Sir W. Reid Dick in 1948.\n* St. Saviour's Cathedral in [[Southwark]], where John Harvard was baptised.\n* At the Church of All Hallows, Barking, the registers contain an entry for the baptism of William Penn (October 23, 1644), who was born on adjacent [[Tower Hill]], and this fact is recorded on a tablet placed by the Pennsylvania Society of New York. In the same church, John Quincy Adams was married on July 26, 1797.\n* In the church of St. Sepulchre, Newgate Street, resides the tomb of Captain John Smith, onetime Governor of Virginia.\n* The spire of Christ Church on Westminster Bridge Road was erected as a memorial to Lincoln, and the stonework is ornamented with the Stars and Stripes.\n* In [[Westminster Abbey]] there are memorial tablets to J. R. Lowell and Walter Hines Page.\n\nOther places/things that may be of interest:\n\n* Off of [[Charing Cross Road]], next to the Pizza Hut is a pub that plays American football and sport ''(called? [[Fix Please]])''. It's a mix of an English pub and the American need to cover the walls with American tack and neon.\n 2003-04-19 21:19:41 Category Plazas And Junctions 2 Follow the title link to see all pages about plazas and junctions.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:19:45 British Museum Station 2 One of the [[Tube/Disused Stations|disused Tube stations]], built to (unsurprisingly) serve [[The British Museum]], and closed in 1933 due to lack of use. See [http://homepages.tesco.net/~Pendar/Transport/BritishMuseum.html British Museum station photos from the Abandoned Tube Stations photo gallery.]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:19:49 River Thames 2 #REDIRECT [[Category River]]\n 2003-04-19 21:19:55 Plant, W1F 7NB 2 * Phone: (020) 7734 7528\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1F7NB&Z=1 47 Poland Street, London W1F 7NB]\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Oxford Circus Station|Oxford Circus]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]]\n\nThis is a relatively new (opened in early 2002) vegetarian fast food place in central London. Soup, pre-packed sandwiches (some vegan), fruit and crisps are available, as are breakfast specials such as egg or tofu scramble with toast (Ł3.95), but the main attraction is the "Plant tray", a three-section box containing a main dish, a mixed salad and a starch, for Ł4.95. [Prices at 2002-03-28]\n\nMain dishes include the rich and tasty Eggplant Parmesan (actually vegan -- the usual ricotta is replaced with seasoned mashed tofu, and no actual Parmesan cheese is used), Cauliflower and Broccoli in Pimento Sauce (also vegan, I think), and Goats Cheese Tart. The mixed salad contains radish slices, sunflower seeds, mixed leaves and a few sprouted seeds, and comes with a choice of four dressings, all vegan, including vinaigrette, pimento dressing and spinach dressing. The starch choice is between spicy potatoes and mixed wild and white rice with pine nuts (both vegan).\n\nThe vegan choices at least are surprisingly rich for vegan food, but very tasty and reasonably filling.\n\nThe food took a little while longer to arrive than we expected, despite us being essentially the only customers, but this isn't at all a complaint, just a warning that you might have to wait a minute or so longer than you might do at McDonalds.\n\nThere is minimal seating -- 10 or so tall stools at a counter running around two edges of the room. I didn't spot any toilets.\n\nI like this place. I'm going back. --[[Kake]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:19:58 Wiki Discussion/Retail Chains 2 We are getting an increasing number of instances of a retail outlet with many branches. Examples include:\n\n* [[JD Wetherspoon]] pubs\n* CTB restaurants\n* Books etc.\n\nI maintain that there should be generic pages describing the chain and anything that all branches have in common. Then, in the instances that all the branches really are the same, we do not need individual pages on each branch, just a list of addresses. We do not even need that if the chain's website provides this information.\n\nThere is still a need for individual writeups where there are differences, e.g. [[Penderel's Oak, WC1V 7HP|Penderel's Oak]], [[Crosse Keys, EC3V 0DR|Crosse Keys]].\n\nIn cases other than pubs, every branch will have the same name. Generic writeup is under the title without a post code. Branch specifics go into titles with post codes.\n\nThoughts please -- IvorW\n\n''I'm in agreement; [[fast food]] chain branches are much of a muchness, for example. --[[Earle]]''\n\n\nThis doesn't go well with my ideas on "find the nearest X", which rather assume that each thing has its own page... and some Wetherspoons, for example, are much better than others. --[[Roger]]\n\n''Ditto for Starbucks.... I don't think we want a page for every one, but maybe serparate pages for the big ones... --[[AlexMcLintock]]''\n\nWell... what's to stop us having stub pages for each branch, which provide location data, but have no content save a link to the main chain page? --[[Earle]]\n----\n\n\n 2003-04-19 21:20:07 Church Of St Mary Le Bow 2 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532379&Y=181153&A=Y&Z=1 St Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU]\n\n* Locale: [[City]] / [[St Paul's]]\n\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Bank Station|Bank]] / [[St Paul's Station|St Paul's]] / [[Mansion House Station|Mansion House]]\n\n* Website: http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/\n\n\n\nLocated on [[Cheapside]] in the [[City of London]], and originally of Norman construction, named after the arches (bows) in the crypt. The steeple was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666, and rebuilt by [[Christopher Wren]]. The [[Bow Bells|bells]] were also destroyed, and were recast by Christopher Hodson of Kent.\n\n\n\nThe Norman crypt is still extant, and now contains a [[The Place Below, EC2V 6AU|vegetarian cafe]].\n\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:20:34 Sushi Box, SW6 2TF 2 * Phone: (020) 7736 5766\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW62TF&Z=1 110 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, London SW6 2TF]\n* Locale: [[Fulham]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Parsons Green Station|Parsons Green]] / [[Fulham Broadway Station|Fulham Broadway]] (neither is tremendously convenient, though)\n* Opening hours: Closed Sundays\n\nI've only had takeaway from here, and only once at that. The prices are lower than any other sushi delivery place I've seen in the area — for two pieces of nigiri or three of sashimi, salmon is Ł2.00, eel Ł3.50, egg and beancurd both Ł1.50. I'll put more prices in when I'm home and have the menu. Delivery is free within the delivery area for orders of Ł10 or more. We ordered Ł36 worth of stuff (for three rather hungry people) and they unexpectedly gave us a free flask of sake. [Prices as of July 2002]\n\nUnfortunately the quality was not great. I'm not basing this judgement so much on the fish, since I'm still a beginner at non-veggie sushi, but the rice was really quite poor compared to other places I've tried in London, and Jon said that the sauce on his spicy tuna hand roll was pretty awful. I did like the eel, and Jon really liked the prawn, but the salmon wasn't flavourful and creamy like the salmon I've had elsewhere (maybe it's not supposed to be so creamy/fatty, though, I dunno, no expert, but I do like it that way). Despite the cheap prices, I don't think I'll order from here again.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.portal.e-street.net/com/uk/lon/BusinessPage.ly?businessID=10033064 e-street brief notes, photo and opening times]\n* [http://www.sushi.infogate.de/rest/eu_greatbritain_london.htm#sushibox Press release by the restaurant]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:20:13 Lebanese Taverna, W6 9PH 2 * Phone: (020) 8741 2277\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W69PH&Z=1 38 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9PH]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Hammersmith Station]]\n* Opening times: noon till at least roughly midnight, seven days a week.\n\nThis is a decent Lebanese fast-food place very close to [[Hammersmith Station]]. There are a couple of tables at the back for eat-in, but I imagine it can get kind of hot and greasy back there. Mostly the food is either things in pitta bread — vegan falafel sandwich (Ł2.75 small, Ł3.50 large), for example, or shish kebab (Ł3.90 small, Ł5.00 large) — or main dishes with salad, pitta and either rice or chips, priced from Ł8.00 for lamb or chicken sharwarma to Ł9.00 for mixed grill. Side dishes such as hummous, tabbouleh (both very tasty), stuffed vine leaves, etc, are around Ł3.00.\n\nThe falafel are variable quality; if you happen to turn up when they don't have any prepared then you get them fresh-fried, otherwise you get some that have been sitting on the edge of the fryer, maybe microwaved before they go in your sandwich, maybe not. The fryer is only used for falafel, so there aren't any random inconsistent flavours, but it seems at times that they're not too careful at keeping the oil hot enough.\n\nThe salady bits and dressings are good, though — the falafel sandwiches come with tomato, lettuce, very nice tabbouleh, some good pickles, and optionally garlic puree (very garlicky, very nice), sesame dressing (vegan — the creaminess comes from mixing water with tahini) and/or chilli sauce.\n\nSoft drinks and coffees are available, but nothing alcoholic. doop says the baklava (Ł2.50 for 200g prepacked) is very nice. He certainly buys it often enough.\n\nThey do deliveries; free for Ł10 or more, Ł1.50 delivery charge for less than Ł10. Cheques accepted with 50p surcharge.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:20:40 Marylebone Station 2 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527533&Y=181994&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Marylebone Journey Planner]\n\n=== Main Line Station ===\n\nThis station is the London terminal for [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk Chiltern Railways]. From here, you can catch trains to Amersham, Aylesbury and Birmingham.\n\nIt is the only London terminal which does not have any form of line electrification. \n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nBuilt originally by the Metropolitan Railway Company, this is an exemplary Victorian structure. There is also the story about Mr. Crocker's speculative hotel, see [[Crocker's Folly, NW8 8JR]].\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere are most of the facilities you would expect in a main line terminal.\n\n* Payphones\n* Interweb terminals\n* Photo booth\n* Public toilets\n* Bar\n* Restaurants and cafes\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n=== Tube Station ===\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Bakerloo Line]]:

west

[[Edgware Road Station|Edgware Road]]

Marylebone

[[Baker Street Station|Baker Street]]

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\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThe [[Bakerloo Line]] platforms are two escalators down from the mainline station.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:20:59 Knights Templar, WC2A 1DT 2 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531137&Y=181222&A=Y&Z=1 95 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1DT]\r\n* Locale: [[Holborn]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] / [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] / [[Temple Station|Temple]] / [[Blackfriars Station|Blackfriars]]\r\n\r\nA large pub decorated in cod-Renaissance style. It has a very high ceiling supported by pillars, complete with remarkably ugly murals. Lots of gilt, mirrors, "marble". Numerous examples of what appear to be oil paintings are scattered around, complete with 'realistic' cracks. Shame about the obvious halftoning (printer dots) which ruin the effect.\r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nThe standard [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's menu]], city prices. Currently (as of December 2002) participating in the [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|“Sorry Ronnie!”]] promotion — a burger in a roll with chips, plus a pint of Dry Blackthorn, Fosters or John Smith's for Ł3.49 (Ł3.19 if you prefer a soft drink). I tried this; it was fine if not amazing, and really good value.\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nFriendly service the last time I was there (a busy Friday night a couple of weeks before Christmas).\r\n\r\nThis would be a fine pub if it wasn't heaving with loud people in suits. Seems to empty out a bit after about 9-ish, unsurprisingly, so that might be a better time to go.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ==== \r\n\r\nThe function room is a nice cosy little room upstairs above the main bar. It's normally non-smoking but they can change this for the night. It would be free to hire out. The toilets are downstairs, unfortunately, down two flights of stairs. The gents' is clean and pleasant. If you book out the function room you can either pay in advance for bottles of wine etc to be placed upstairs, or order your own food and drinks from the bar on the ground floor.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub886.htm FancyAPint review]\r\n* [http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/pub/londoncity/knightstemplar.html Harbottle's Pub Guide review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:21:05 Category Fulham 2 * [[Postal District]] SW6\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]\r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, Fulham is dead and uninteresting. Please prove me wrong; I live here and spend most of my time elsewhere.\r\n\r\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Fulham View all grubstreet pages about Fulham]\r\n* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=524500&Y=176500&Z=3 Streetmap centered on Fulham]\r\n\r
\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[Hammersmith]] / [[Barnes]] / [[Putney]]\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:21:20 Category Chinatown 2 Click on the title link to see all pages about Chinatown. (It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".)\n----\nA part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.\n\nThe street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring.\n\nSee http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/\n\n==== Pubs ====\n\n* grubstreet recommendations:\n** [[De Hems, W1D 5BW]] -- nice Belgian beer\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi?Locale=Chinatown&do_search=1 Search grubstreet for Chinatown pubs]\n\n==== Restaurants ====\n\n* grubstreet recommendations:\n** See the recommendations on the [[Japanese Food]] and [[Chinese Food]] pages.\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/grubsearch.cgi?Locale=Chinatown&do_search=1 search grubstreet for Chinatown restaurants]\n* [http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants_Chinatown_WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown] (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed)\n\n\n----\nNeighbouring locales: [[Soho]] / [[Strand]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:21:25 Sun Tavern, WC2E 9JH 2 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530357&Y=181113&A=Y&Z=1 66 Long Acre, London WC2E 9JH]\n* Phone: (020) 7836 4520\n* Locale: [[Covent Garden]]\n* Nearby Tube Stops: [[Covent Garden Station|Covent Garden]] / [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nEr, can't remember. I think I was drinking Strongbow. [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20020610/012895.html muttley says on the london.pm list:] “When I was up there yesterday after a designers' talk they hadn't turned on the bitter because "designers don't tend to drink it and we didn't want it lying in the pipes going stale".”, which is probably a sign that they at least care.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nOnly served at lunchtime.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nFairly standard, friendly and helpful staff.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nLong, narrow room downstairs, function room upstairs, toilets downstairs. Small round tables and some standing space but you'll need to keep getting out of people's way as they go to and from the toilets.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nFunction room upstairs available to hire for free.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub677.htm FancyAPint review]\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:21:29 Porterhouse Covent Garden, WC2E 7NA 2 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC2E7NA&Z=1 21-22 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA]\n* Locale: [[Covent Garden]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Covent Garden Station]]\n* Website: http://porterhousebrewco.com/\n\nA huge and cavernous pub extending upwards and downwards for several floors and decorated in a cod-Victorian-factory-brass-pipes-and-gubbins style. Has a good range of interesting beers. On a weekday evening it tends to be full of City types dancing drunkenly to bad cover versions of famous songs played by a pub band, giving the feeling of being in some vast, ghastly termite mound. --[[Earle]]\n\nI've only been there once, on a Wednesday, but it was absolutely fine and practically empty until about 6pm; then it filled up pretty fast and got loud and unpleasant. I did like it until then, apart from the boring music. If you're off work some weekday afternoon and want somewhere spacious to skulk about and drink interesting beer, this might be the place to go. I say "skulk" because the lighting's kind of dim; it's one of those places where you really don't want to emerge from into sunlight after 5 hours' drinking. --[[Kake]]\n\nAlso pretty much empty early this lunchtime (noon till just before 1pm on a Thursday). --[[Kake]]\n\nIt's best early in the week or early in the afternoon. Great\nfor a long session if (a) you have lots of money, (b) it's not\na sports day. --[[Roger]]\n\nAs of January 2003, several of the pipes have been redone in matt black rather than brass or copper. This makes the place rather less visually appealing. --[[Roger]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nThere are nine Porterhouse beers available on draught - three stout, three ale and three lager. The drinks menu says about these:\n"All our beers are brewed in Dublin, using no chemicals and are unpasteurised.". You can get a sample tray of all nine for Ł5.95. They also have guest beers -- they're doing Boon Kriek on draught at the moment (Feb 2002), and I was told that they might keep it on, since it's proved popular.\n\nThey also claim to offer an enormous selection of bottled beers from all around the world - the drinks menu has three closely-typed pages of beers from 39 countries including Brazil, Finland, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico and Tasmania; Belgium too, of course - 26 different Belgian beers including five Chimays and two Kriek (Liefmans and Oud Beersel). [[mstevens]] says they have a fairly good record on having most of these beers most of the time.\n\nThere is a fair selection of wine too, but as the drinks menu says: "Excuse me, but why don't you have glasses of wine? Basically, we don't like to drink stale, oxidised wine ourselves, therefore we don't serve your wine from opened bottles.". They do however offer quarter-bottles of wine (five red, five white) at Ł3.10, and as far as I'm concerned, that's a glassful.\n\nThis place is not cheap. A 500ml bottle of Old Speckled Hen is priced at Ł3.50 (I remember buying that stuff for a pound a pint in Wales). Strongbow is Ł2.90 a pint. A 375ml bottle of Kriek is Ł3.60; 330ml of Chimay Blue is Ł3.45. Best bet is to stick with the house beers, but even these start at Ł2.20 (for the very drinkable Plain) and go up from there. Although, confusingly, the draught Kriek is only Ł3 a pint (I'm not entirely sure that this wasn't just a mistake on the part of the barstaff, but if it wasn't then hurrah).\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFull menu served 5pm-9pm Monday to Friday, noon-9pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. Prices range from Ł2.50 for garlic bread or soup, through Ł3.75 for potato wedges or bruschetta, Ł6-8 for main courses such as Beef in Stout, Haddock and Chips, Portobello Mushroom Burger and Pasta with Spinach and Cream Cheese, right up to Ł13.50 for a dozen oysters.\n\nGiolla says that the Portobello Mushroom Burger is "really, really nice". It's grilled with garlic butter and served in ciabatta with emmental cheese.\n\nThe other vegetarian main course on the menu is Thai Noodle Salad, which can be made vegan if you call up in advance - the only substitution needed is rice noodles for the egg noodles. [[Kake]] says: "I phoned them about lunchtime on the day I was planning to go there and they tried to get some rice noodles from the Tesco round the corner, but Tesco had run out; however when I actually turned up in the evening and asked for the vegan food I'd been promised, they headed out again and got a packet of instant noodles. This was very helpful of them; probably helped by the fact that it was early in the evening and not very busy. I will try to give them more notice next time."\n\nThere is also a lunch menu served noon-5pm; three vegetarian choices, I think, including hummous and peppers, which is quite possibly vegan and costs something in the region of Ł4.75.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:21:33 Bluewater 2 * '''Opening hours:''' 10am-9pm weekdays, 9am-8pm Saturday, 11am-5pm Sunday\n* '''Official web site:''' http://www.bluewater.co.uk/ (nassty Javascript, we hates it yes we does)\n* '''Streetmap URL:''' http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=557927&Y=173551&A=Y&Z=1\n\nThe other big out-of-town shopping mall, rather nicer than its main competition [[Thurrock Lakeside]]. It's east of London on the [[A2]], just past the junction with the [[M25]].\n\nThe mall was built in a chalk pit, with extensive landscaping and major use of water; it is shaped as a quarter-circle, with department stores at each angle (John Lewis, House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer) and two levels of shops joining them (mostly the usual clothes shops, but with a few interesting places as well, such as a specialist pen shop and a "generic occult" store with a few really interesting things in it). Although one can get buses and trains here, it's mainly set up for drivers, who also get the best view while swooping down the approach road.\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Shopping]] / [[Category Malls]]\n 2003-04-19 21:21:39 Tube/History 2 Being one of the oldest and most complicated rapid transit systems in the world, the London Underground has a long \nhistory. \n

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\nMap showing the construction of the Metropolitan Line, 1860.

\nAlthough the [[Circle Line]] didn't get its own identity until 1949, the "District" and the "Metropolitan" had linked up with each other to provide an "Inner Circle" service starting in 1884. \n

\n----\n''The information on this page comes from the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground London Underground page on Wikipedia], modified lightly by [[Roger]].''\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:21:44 Queensway Station 2 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Queensway Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Central Line]]:

west

[[Notting Hill Gate Station|Notting Hill Gate]]

Queensway

[[Lancaster Gate Station|Lancaster Gate]]

east

\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[Hammersmith and City Line]]:
\nnorth <--- [[Westbourne Park Station|Westbourne Park]] <--- Ladbroke Grove ---> [[Latimer Road Station|Latimer Road]] ---> south\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:26:41 Hanger Lane Gyratory 3 Avoid.\n\nThis big roundabout is where the North Circular meets with A40 Westway. If you can avoid it (eg by driving through [[Park Royal]] or [[Acton]] then I suggest you do so - be warned that to both sides of the road are industrial estates, with there windy small roads that go nowhere - an A-Z will do little to help. If you are travelling on the A40 itself, there is an underpass which will take you straight under the gyratory, so you don't even have to slow down (unless the roundabout is already full, in which case the queues often go back to [[Acton]] in the east and [[Perivale]] in the west). \n\nIn the middle is [[Hanger Lane Station]] on the [[Central Line]], and a park. [[Park Royal Station]] is on the A40, just before it, to the east.\n\nIf you really do need to go round it, then there are some rules that make things easier:\n\n1. Don't go near it during rush hour - there is no point. You will be stuck on a roundabout for an hour. This is not a Good Thing.\n\n2. Keep an eye on the lane markings - the roundabout is divided into sections by traffic lights, and you will probably (unless you get your speed just right) get stuck at each one. This gives you a chance to check out the lane markings on the next section. They change from section to section, generally moving 1 lane to the left.\n\n3. The roadsign diagrams of the gyratory are a little confusing, but basically it is a roundabout with traffic lights at most of its entry/exits. There are 6 roads off it (excluding the shop slip roads which don't go anywhere). The A40 running east to central london and west towards Perivale, Northolt and the M40 make up two exits of the gyratory. The north circular(A406) running north to Brent Cross (Ikea etc) and South down to Uxbridge road and then the A4 and Chiswick make up another two of the exits. One of the other exits is between the West bound A40 exit and North bound North Circular exit is a road (called Old Hanger Lane I think) and goes up to towards Aplerton. The final and smallest road off it is Twyford Abbey Road inbetween the North Bound North Circular and the East Bound A40, there are no lights on its entry and it heads towards the centre of the Park Royal industrial estate.\n\nAfter a little practise (like 6 months maybe...) Hanger Lane will hold no fears for you, and you will try instead to get round without stopping at the lights (which is possible, but your timing and respect for amber lights must be incredible and non-existent respectively). With this in mind, the timings of the lights change at around 11pm, making it possible to get round with all the lights on green in cars lesser than a Porsche 911 GTI.\n\n[http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A303346 More Hanger Lane Gyratory Info.]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:26:46 Bank Station 3 = Bank And Monument Stations =\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Northern Line]]:	north	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Bank	[[London Bridge Station\|London Bridge]]	south
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[St Paul's Station\|St Paul's]]	Bank	[[Liverpool Street Station\|Liverpool Street]]	east
[[District Line]]: [[Circle Line]]:	west	[[Cannon Street Station\|Cannon Street]]	Monument	[[Tower Hill Station\|Tower Hill]]	east\n
[[Waterloo And City Line]]:		[[Waterloo Station\|Waterloo]]	Bank
[[Docklands Light Railway]]:		''Terminates here''	Bank	[[Shadwell Station\|Shadwell]]	east ([[Lewisham Station\|Lewisham]])\n

\n\nThe westbound [[Central Line]] platform is the loudest in the whole Tube, as the sharp curve causes the train wheels to produce a shrieking noise in excess of 100 dB.\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Tube]] / [[Category DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 21:26:52 Fridge 3 One of a bunch of old Astoria cinemas across the capital which has been converted into a large nightclub. \r\n\r\nhttp://www.fridge.co.uk/\r\n\r
\n 2003-04-19 21:26:57 Camden Passage 3 Despite the name, this isn't in [[Camden]], it's in [[Islington]], near [[Islington Green]], where [[Islington High Street]] becomes [[Upper Street]] and [[Essex Road]] forks off. It's a little north of [[Angel Station]] and to the east of the Green.\n\nAs well as a whole host of antiques shops, there's also a pub (the [[Camden Head, N1 8DY|Camden Head]]), a bookshop or two, and a strange hybrid of a ironmongers and a toy shop. On Sundays it also hosts the [[Islington Farmers' Market]].\n\n[[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531674&Y=183562&A=Y&Z=1|Streetmap map]]\n 2003-04-19 21:27:13 The Tea House, WC2H 9PU 3 * '''Telephone:''' (020) 7240 7539\n* '''Fax:''' (020) 7836 4769\n* '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?postcode2map?WC2H+9PU&The+Tea+House&Back+to+%22The+Tea+House,+WC2H+9PU%22&http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?The_Tea_House,_WC2H_9PU&y&bimage=bgcolor%3df3f3f3 15a Neal Street, WC2H 9PU]\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] station:''' [[Covent Garden Station]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Covent Garden]]\n* '''Opening hours:''' Mon-Fri 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-7pm; Sun 12pm-6pm\n\nThis charming Oriental shop on [[Neal Street]] stocks a large and varied range of fragrant varieties of tea. Upstairs they sell many mugs and teapots.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:27:17 Green Park Station 3 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Green+Park Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	west	[[Bond Street Station\|Bond Street]]	Green Park	[[Westminster Station\|Westminster]]	east
[[Piccadilly Line]]:	west	[[Hyde Park Corner Station\|Hyde Park Corner]]	Green Park	[[Piccadilly Circus Station\|Piccadilly Circus]]	east
[[Victoria Line]]:	south	[[Victoria Station\|Victoria]]	Green Park	[[Oxford Circus Station\|Oxford Circus]]	north\n

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nWhen changing lines, it's faster to head for the exit, go up the escalator, and down the other escalator, than to follow the signed platform changing instrutions.\n\n(Hm, at least changing between the Piccadilly and Jubilee lines, this is certainly true in terms of walking -- most of the trip is on the escalators -- but I'm not sure it is actually faster in terms of time, unless you run up and down the escalators. Maybe I'll get around to timing it, if I'm bored.)\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThe south ones go out to [[Green Park]] itself.\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\n* Piccadilly Line westbound: The far left of the platform is the back of the train and seems to be a good place to get on. It's away from the platform entrance, and today (2002-02-23) at 5:30pm when most of the train was packed solid, the last carriage had spare seats even after I and a few others got on. It sometimes looks as though the front of the platform would be a better bet, in terms of where people tend to congregate on the platform, but I've never seen the front of the train less than packed upon arrival.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Public toilets\n** There are some just inside one of the south exits. They don't cost any money and are therefore fairly scummy.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:27:44 AlexMclintock 3 Describe the new page here.\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:27:50 Spread Eagle, NW1 7BN 3 * Brewery: Young's\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528759&Y=183696&A=Y&Z=1 141 Albert Street, NW1 7BN]\r\n* Locale: [[Camden Town]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Camden Town Station|Camden Town]]\r\n\r\nA fairly small drinkers' pub on the corner of Albert Street and Parkway.\r\n\r\n==== Drinks ====\r\n\r\n

Young's Bitter - 2.15/pt\r\n
Young's Special - 2.32/pt\r\n
Young's Pilsner - 2.30/pt\r\n
Young's Export - 2.40/pt ?\r\n
Young's Winter Warmer - 2.37/pt (seasonal)\r\n
Fosters Draught - 2.65/pt\r\n
Scrumpy Jack Cider - 2.70/pt\r\n
Guinness Draught - 2.75/pt\r\n
Stella Artois Draught - 2.81/pt\r\n

\r\n(Divide by 2 and round up to nearest pence for half pints)
\r\n(Note prices are purely from memory, circa Jan 2003)
\r\nMon-Thur there are "happy hour" specials on Bitter, Special, and Winter Warmer.\r\n\r\nBeer well-kept (I've often been asked to wait while they change barrels), sometimes guests. A few fake beers, ciders, etc., as well. Quite an extensive wine list. Wines generally in good condition, and can be bought by the bottle. \r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nFood is served most days, with one menu applying between 12:00 - 15:00, and a simplified selection applying after that until late. There is an extra menu on Sundays.\r\nFood starts at about 1.50 for some chips, and goes via 3 and 4 pounds for a variety of baguettes and snacky meals, up to 5 to 6 pounds for main meals. Food is quite decent for a pub, both in quality and serving size, but that's just IMHO. Vegetarian food is available.\r\n\r\nThe food selection at night is more limited unfortunately - You're basically looking at pizza or chips n stuff. However, at least the pizzas are a decent size. Expect to pay about a fiver for a 10" pizza, and have a few random types available. At least one will be vegetarian.\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nI didn't notice music, but it can get pretty loud just from people - being near Camden Town, it's always busy, and you may have to wait quite a while for a table. Quite smoky too. Nothing like as bad as the Hogshead across the road, though. Usually sport on the TV, but occaisionally a random music channel. Don't expect to hear it above the crowd noise unless you're standing underneath the telly though.\r\n\r\nThe staff are good about removing glasses, but very keen to throw people out at [[closing time]]. Persistence will let you stay to finish your drinks, but I don't really advise buying up large rounds during last drinks.\r\n\r\n==== Layout ====\r\n\r\nTwo major areas, separated by a step in each of the three doorways between them. The front room (on the corner of the building) has tables and chairs; the other room (which you'll enter first, and where the bar is) has a couple of tables but is mostly for standing. Staff are fairly amenable to DIY re-arrangement of tables and chairs so long as exits are not obscured.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ====\r\n\r\nThere's no meeting room (nor space for one). The internal room mentioned above is occaisionally available for reservation, given sufficient attendance. However, it is not really suited to private groups, as the female toilets are accessed through it, so general public will be constantly using it as a thouroughfare.\r\nThere are two Gents' toilets, down 12 steps from the bar, kept moderately clean.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub1589.htm fancyapint.com review]\r\n\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:27:54 London Wall/Pub Crawl 3 Start at [[Tower Hill Station]] or [[Tower Gateway Station]] for those meeting from the [[DLR]].\n\nMeet at the [[Liberty Bounds, EC3N 4AA]] a [[JD Wetherspoon]] pub. Proceed along Minories (under the Tower Gateway \nbridge), to the [[Chamberlain]], a [[Fuller's]] pub, and/or the [[Young's]] pub, the [[Three Lords]]. \n\nGo to the end of Minories, you will see [[St Botolph's Church]] opposite, and next to this, [[Aldgate Station]]. Proceed in the same direction you are travelling. Look out for the landmark of the [http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/bu/100089/ gherkin building], and head towards this. You may want to use the subway to cross over the junction.\n\nProceed along Duke's Place, which changes its name to Bevis Marks. Take a left at St. Mary's Axe, and pop into the [[Hogshead]], under the shadow of the gherkin. Then return to Bevis Marks and take a left into Camomile Street, which is what it turns its name into next.\n\nContinue in this direction across [[Bishopsgate]] for some distance, as the road changes its name to Wormwood Street, then [[London Wall]]; you will begin to see the elevated walkways of the [[barbican]]. Proceed on this side of the road, and you will see [[The Scottish Pound]] on the left.\n\nWhen leaving the Scottish Pound, find an opportunity to cross over London Wall, and you will find a pub on the corner of the barbical, called the [[Plough]], which is a free house. You will need to climb a staircase to reach the pub.\n\nExit the plough on the first floor, and proceed along the elevated walkway complex that is the Barbican. Head for "The Postern", where there is another pub, the [[Crowders' Well]], a free house with a veritable range of ales (though some of them may not be kept too well).\n\nTo be continued [[IvorW/Todo]] \n 2003-04-19 21:28:00 Category Paddington 3 = Paddington =\r\n\r\n* [[Postal District]]: W2\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: City of Westminster\r\n\r\nLocated to the north of [[Hyde Park]], between [[Bayswater]] and [[Edgware Road]], Paddington is the location of [[Paddington Station]], West London's main mainline train station.\r\n
\r\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[South Kensington]] / [[Bayswater]] / [[Royal Oak]] / [[Edgware Road]] \r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:28:06 Sakura, WC1A 2QD 3 *Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530457&Y=181589&A=Y&Z=1 10 Sicilian Avenue, London WC1A 2QD]\n*Locale: [[Holborn]] / [[Bloomsbury]]\n*Nearest Tube station: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]]\n\nThis is a small sushi/donburi/ramen place on Sicilian Avenue, off Southampton Row. It's a takeaway but has a few tables outside.\n\nI had the London Set at Ł4.80. This has two pieces of futomaki with interesting shredded vegetables inside (and just the right amount of sesame seeds on the outside); four pieces of cucumber maki; and two tuna, two salmon and one prawn nigiri. The amount of fish is generous but unfortunately the rice isn't very good -- the texture is OK but there seems to be no sushi vinegar on it at all, which is no good given that the rice used doesn't have much intrinsic flavour.\n\nGoing to give it another go, though; the sashimi set at Ł8.00 or the donburi sets at Ł3.60/Ł3.90 might be worth a try.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:28:10 Billy 3 I like nice pubs...and live in [[Ealing]]\n\nMy local is [[Plough Inn, W5 4XB]]\n\nToDo:\n\n* document the entirety of West London (shyeah...right)\n* add more pubs in [[Ealing]]\n* add more pubs in the [[City of London]]\n* write stuff about [[Hanwell]] potentially including the guitar shops\n* add some [[Computer Game]] shops (maybe)\n\n 2003-04-19 21:28:16 O2 Centre, NW3 6LU 3 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526200&Y=184700&A=Y&Z=1 O2 Centre, Fincley Road, NW3 6LU]\n* Nearest stations: [[Finchley Road Station]], [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station]]\n\n=== O₂ Shopping and Entertainment Centre ===\n\nMidway between [[Finchley Road Station|Finchley Road]] and [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station|Finchley Frog]] stations, the O₂ centre is an urban retail complex, with ample parking at the rear, and the following stores:\n\n* A large Sainsbury's\n* Homebase\n* [[Books etc]].\n\nRegarding entertainment, the main attraction is a Warner Cinema Complex and a fitness centre, but there are also numerous restaurants and a [[JD Wetherspoon|Wetherspoon]] pub, called somewhat unimaginatively [[/Wetherspoons]].\n\n----\nCategories: [[category shopping]] / [[Category Hampstead]]\n 2003-04-19 21:28:20 Mornington Crescent Station 3 ==== Lines served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Northern Line]]
(Charing Cross Branch)

north

[[Camden Town Station|Camden Town]]

Mornington Crescent

[[Euston Station|Euston]]

south

\n\n\nThis is the station that gave its name to the world's most prestigious form of ritualised combat. The Game of Mornington Crescent dates back over a century, having been invented by the celebrated Major Carstairs Houghton-Bowry KSC in the hallowed halls of the Royal Empire Club, Pall Mall, in 1883.\n\nWith numerous local [http://www.isihac.co.uk/games/mcvariations.html variations] on the basic ruleset (1, get to Mornington Crescent, and 2, stop your opponents getting there first) imposed by the various conflicting international MC Associations, since the infamous Tokyo MC Conference of 1960 Mornington Crescent has been almost universally acknowledged as one of the world's most challenging and rewarding games, not least because of the difficulty of remembering all the rules.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:28:24 Goose, SW16 1HJ 3 * Brewery: Part of the [[Goose pub chain]]\n* Telephone: (020) 8769 4625\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530129&Y=171826&A=Y&Z=1 103 Streatham High Road, London SW16 1HJ]\n* Locale: [[Streatham]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: None, really. [[Brixton Station|Brixton]] or [[Tooting Bec Station|Tooting Bec]] would probably be the closest, then get a bus. Or take the overground train to [[Streatham Station]].\n* Bus routes: Lots. The one that comes from the centre ([[Marble Arch]], [[Oxford Circus]], [[Piccadilly Circus]]) is the 159 (or N159).\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nCheap, very very cheap. They had a rather nice bitter called Harvey's on at Ł1.85 a pint; we also saw posters for a promotion offering Tetley's for Ł1.25 a pint, and another offering doubles plus mixers for Ł2. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nDecent choice of food, again cheap. Cheese and pickle sandwich for Ł2.50, prawn mayonnaise sandwich for Ł2.95, other sandwiches at roughly the same price. (Heinz) soup of the day with roll and butter Ł1.95. Jacket potatoes too, with various fillings including (Heinz) beans, and fried mushrooms and peppers. (They do seem to like noting the brand of stuff on the menu.)\n\nI had the Mediterranean vegetable tart (Ł4.50), which was pretty good, if quite small: fried peppers and other vegetables inside a competent enough short pastry. I was a little worried it would be overly quiche-like, but it wasn't. It came with a large standard pub iceberg lettuce salad, and plenty of boiled new potatoes.\n\n[Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\n[http://website.lineone.net/~joedownie/MyPatch/davecashstreatham.htm We Are London] says this is a pub to avoid, as "the cheap prices attract Streatham's 'daytime' drinkers". I do vaguely see what they mean (being a South Wales valley girl and all), but although there were one or two people there who might have been a little over-tipsy for 7pm, I didn't feel at all threatened at any point, and the atmosphere was really quite friendly. We did leave before 8:30pm (to go to the [[Streatham Odeon]], which is just a few hundred yards north) so it might be different later.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nA large, open room downstairs, with clusters of tables and bar stools/small armchairs. Lots of light at the front from the large windows.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:28:29 Cafe Cairo 3 * Phone: (020) 7771 1201\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530264&Y=175741&A=Y&Z=1 88 Landor Road, SW9]\n* Locale: [[Clapham]] ([[Southwark]])\n* Tube stop: [[Clapham North Station|Clapham North]]\n* Opening hours: I don't know when it opens, but it's open very late indeed. Possibly until the last person goes home.\n\n Cafe Cairo business card

\n==== Cannabis at Café Cairo ====\n\nFrom Monday 12th August 2002 with reluctance we will no longer be able to over-look the smoking of cannabis at Café Cairo.\n\nIt is time to remind ourselves how we live under the most restrictive laws in the developed world - when enforced. To their credit, the Met have always allowed creative yet slightly dubious initiatives to flourish - that is until we rattled the cage. History shows that revolution is not this country's way.\n\nWe are truly sorry to have to make this childish restriction on your personal freedom. We had 5 good years and I think proved beyond all doubt the conviviality of this herb. Café Cairo became a model for neighbourhood wellbeing.\n\nBut the fact remains. If we do not take action immediately Café Cairo will be closed. With such an ultimatum we ask for your cooperation with this matter.\n

\n\nHow sad.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:28:37 The British Museum 3 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530132&Y=181626&A=Y&Z=1 Great Russell Street, WC1]\n* '''Phone:''' (020) 7323 8299\n* '''Opening hours:''' Saturday-Wednesday 10.00-17.30; Thursday-Friday 10.00-20.30 [http://the.british.museum/visit/opening.html more details]\n* '''Website:''' http://the.british.museum/ (Probably the best URL in the world.)\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]], [[Holborn Station|Holborn]], [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]], [[Goodge Street Station|Goodge Street]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Bloomsbury]] / [[Holborn]]\n\nHome to the famous Egyptian collection and the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum is the most famous and perhaps one of the most controversial museums in the country. All its exhibits relate to Mankind and the works of Man, and a some of them were obtained at the time of the British Empire, through means which are seen as dubious at best, and possibly illegal if they were done today.\n\n\nThe most famous example of this are the "Elgin Marbles", marble carvings which were removed from the Parthenon in Greece and brought back to Britain by Lord Elgin in 1801-3 (and can be seen on the main floor, in gallery 18 in the Greece collection). They have been a point of dispute between Greece and the UK for a long time since.. However most people agree that Greece did not have the facilities to look after the marbles correctly and they would have been destroyed by now had they remained in Athens' polluted atmostphere. \n\nThe British Museum is free to enter (as of the end of 2002) but an optional donation of 5 pounds or so is requested. You can also donate your foreign currency in this and many other museums. There are a range of [http://the.british.museum/visit/access.html facilities for visitors with special needs].\n\n

''"It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place without a heart full of grateful reverence. I own to have said my grace at the table, and to have thanked Heaven for this my English birthright, freely to partake of these bountiful books, and to speak the truth I find there."''
- William Makepeace Thackeray

\n\nIn the museum proper around the courtyard there are sections of almost every time and place in the history of mankind: Africa, Egypt, American Indians, China, Mesopotamia, Persia, Ancient Greece, and so on and on.\n\nOne of the memorable exhibits is a North American Indian totem pole which goes up the middle of one staircase. If nothing else children have remembered that form school visits to the museum for decades.\n\nIt is highly recommended as part of any visit to London.\n\n== History ==\n\nOriginally opened in 1753, it was begun with the purchase of the library and collection of Sir Hans Sloane (as in [[Sloane Square]]) and of the Harleian manuscripts. It was opened to the public in 1759, and since then has had the addition of numerous collections, including the library of George III.\n\n== Architecture ==\n\nThe majority of the existing buildings were constructed during the 19th century. The magnificent frontage on [[Great Russell Street]] is some 370 in length, and has an Ionic colonnade with 44 columns. The pediment carries figures representing the development of the human race in fields such as art and science. They were sculpted by Westmacott. The dome of the Reading Room is 106 feet hight and has a diameter of some 140 feet, which is only two feet less than the Pantheon in Rome. The window panels bear twenty of the most illustrious names in English literature.\n\n----\nSouth of the museum are [[Gosh Comics]] and various other bookshops, and [[Museum Street]] with [[Playin Games]].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:28:51 Holland Park 3 #REDIRECT [[Category Holland Park]]\n 2003-04-19 21:28:58 Vegan Food 3 #REDIRECT [[Category Vegan Food]]\n\n 2003-04-19 21:29:04 Sandwich Bar, W11 3JZ 3 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=w113jz&Z=1 87 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JZ] \n* '''[[Tube]] stations:''' [[Notting Hill Gate Station]]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Notting Hill]]\n\nSandwich Bar, aka "Da Maria Tavola Calda" ("from Maria's warm table", machine translation halteringly informs me), is an extremely tiny - that is, near-microscopic - Italian cafe squeezed in next door to the [[Gate Cinema, W11 3JZ | Gate Cinema]] on [[Notting Hill Gate]]. They do the usual range of fry-ups and various kinds of pasta. Expect to pay about a fiver for a main course. They also do various sandwiches and tea, coffees etc. to take away. It's a nice place to go for breakfast.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:29:10 Liverpool Street Station 3 Liverpool Street is a terminus for lines from the East of England, including both [[Anglia Railway's]] Intercity service to Norwich and commuter services by [[WAGN]] and [[First Great Eastern]] to suburban north-east London and Essex respectively.\n\nLiverpool Street is also a [[Tube]] station, serving the [[Central Line]] and [[Hammersmith and City Line]], [[Metropolitan Line]] and [[Circle Line]].\n\n== Mainline Station ==\n\nThe station has entrances on [[Bishopsgate]], [[Old Sun Street]] and [[Sun Street]]. It's built on two levels; the main concourse is at the same elevation as the 18 platforms (which are in two sections; 1-10 at the western end, 11-18 at the eastern, in an annexe) and an upper concourse which surrounds and bridges but doesn't fully cover the lower concourse. Escalators and (a few) static staircases join the levels at three points.\n\nThe lower concourse extends westwards into a shopping centre, underneath a bus terminus. Railtrack have a [http://www.railtrack.co.uk/majorstations/popup.cfm?img=live_shopmapfile map of the shops] in the station. Notable shops include two WH Smiths, the usual [[Fast Food|junk food]] suspects ([[Burger King]] and [[McDonalds]]), two Costa Coffees and on the upper level a record shop (Helter Skelter). \n\nDeparture boards are mounted above a walkway on the upper concourse; they're pretty visible. In addition there are service-specific screens at the entrance to each platform. Plus two sets of small screens by platform 1 and just outside WH Smiths on the east side.\n\nToilets and the main booking hall are on the opposite side of the station to platforms and are well signed. Toilets cost 20p.\n \nATM (cash machines) can be found at the base of the stairs to the west side and also a couple hidden away next to the Left Luggage Office by platform 10. Also to be found in the same location, just east of platform 10, is a [[Anglia Railway's]] ticket office and a [[Taxi]] cab rank. \n\nRailtrack have [http://www.railtrack.co.uk/rail_network/major_stations/live_home.asp a page] about the station, including more facilities there, such as lost property and left luggage. \n\n== Tube Station ==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Hammersmith and City Line]]:	west	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Liverpool Street	[[Aldgate East Station\|Aldgate East]]	east
[[Metropolitan Line]]:	west	[[Moorgate Station\|Moorgate]]	Liverpool Street	[[Aldgate Station\|Aldgate]]	east
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[Bank Station\|Bank]]	Liverpool Street	[[Bethnal Green Station\|Bethnal Green]]	east

\nConsume.net is a project to provide a free, distributed grassroots wireless network.\n\nConsume's first ideas were conceived and presented in London. Now the interest is Europe-wide, with concentrations in urban areas and sprinklings in remote and rural situations, wherever it is possible to establish a node. If you have a look at the [http://consume.net/nodes node database] you will find the interface to a db of nodes and an invitation to search your local area and nominate your node of your own. The mission of Consume is the development and presentation of a strategy for self provision of open IP network structures and wireless node propogation, and to activate a community area network.\n\n* Web: http://consume.net/\n\nConsume was triggered in London by [[tallbastard | James Stevens]] and Julian Priest of [[Deckspace]] during August 2000.\n\n(This information taken from the [http://www.freenetworks.org/moin/index.cgi Free Networks wiki].)\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:29:20 Science Museum 3 '''Phone:''' 0870 870 4771
\n\n\n\n'''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526823&Y=179204&A=Y&Z=1 The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, SW7 2DD]
\n\n\n\n'''Locale:''' [[South Kensington]]
\n\n\n\n'''[[Tube]] stations:''' [[South Kensington Station]]
\n\n\n\n'''Web:''' http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Science Museum is open every day from 10am to 6pm and is free to get in. It houses a large amount of stuff, and has its own (pricy) [[IMAX Cinemas | IMAX]] cinema.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull writeup coming shortly.\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:29:52 Park Royal 3 #REDIRECT [[Category Park Royal]]\n 2003-04-19 21:29:59 Americans In London 3

''"An American recently arrived in London should trace out in this great City those memorials
and things of interest pertaining to America of which England and London are full."''

\n- the late J. H. Choate, former American Ambassador

\n\nAmericans in London who decide to pursue such a course will find themselves with no shortage of places to visit. They include:\n\n* The Lincoln statue on the west side of [[Parliament Square]], a replica of the one by Saint-Gaudens at Chicago, which was presented by the American people in 1920.\n* The Washington statue on the north side of [[Trafalgar Square]], a bronze copy of the marble original by J. A. Houdon in Richmond, Virginia, presented in 1921.\n* There is a memorial bust of Kennedy on the Marylebone Road, close to [[Regent's Park Station]], sculpted in 1965 by Jacques Lipchitz, and Kingswood House, [[Dulwich]], has a John F. Kennedy Memorial Rose Garden.\n* The American Embassy in [[Grosvenor Square]], and the numerous memorials, including Roosevelt and Eisenhower (see [http://www.usembassy.org.uk/sept11/memorls.html the US Embassy memorials page]). Grosvenor Square has been associated with America ever since John Quincy Adams, first minister to Britain from 1785-8, before he became President, came to live at Number 9, in the northeastern corner. The imposing Embassy, designed by Eero Saarinen and built in ?????, occupies the west side of the square. On the square's north side is a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt sculpted by Sir W. Reid Dick in 1948.\n* St. Saviour's Cathedral in [[Southwark]], where John Harvard was baptised.\n* At the Church of All Hallows, Barking, the registers contain an entry for the baptism of William Penn (October 23, 1644), who was born on adjacent [[Tower Hill]], and this fact is recorded on a tablet placed by the Pennsylvania Society of New York. In the same church, John Quincy Adams was married on July 26, 1797.\n* In the church of St. Sepulchre, Newgate Street, resides the tomb of Captain John Smith, onetime Governor of Virginia.\n* The spire of Christ Church on Westminster Bridge Road was erected as a memorial to Lincoln, and the stonework is ornamented with the Stars and Stripes.\n* In [[Westminster Abbey]] there are memorial tablets to J. R. Lowell and Walter Hines Page.\n\nOther places/things that may be of interest:\n\n* Off of [[Charing Cross Road]], next to the Pizza Hut is a pub that plays American football and sport ''(called? [[Fix Please]])''. It's a mix of an English pub and the American need to cover the walls with American tack and neon.\n 2003-04-19 21:30:03 Category Plazas And Junctions 3 Follow the title link to see all pages about plazas and junctions.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:30:12 British Museum Station 3 One of the [[Tube/Disused Stations|disused Tube stations]], built to (unsurprisingly) serve [[The British Museum]], and closed in 1933 due to lack of use. See [http://homepages.tesco.net/~Pendar/Transport/BritishMuseum.html British Museum station photos from the Abandoned Tube Stations photo gallery.]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:30:19 River Thames 3 #REDIRECT [[Category River]]\n 2003-04-19 21:30:28 Plant, W1F 7NB 3 * Phone: (020) 7734 7528\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1F7NB&Z=1 47 Poland Street, London W1F 7NB]\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Oxford Circus Station|Oxford Circus]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]]\n\nThis is a relatively new (opened in early 2002) vegetarian fast food place in central London. Soup, pre-packed sandwiches (some vegan), fruit and crisps are available, as are breakfast specials such as egg or tofu scramble with toast (Ł3.95), but the main attraction is the "Plant tray", a three-section box containing a main dish, a mixed salad and a starch, for Ł4.95. [Prices at 2002-03-28]\n\nMain dishes include the rich and tasty Eggplant Parmesan (actually vegan -- the usual ricotta is replaced with seasoned mashed tofu, and no actual Parmesan cheese is used), Cauliflower and Broccoli in Pimento Sauce (also vegan, I think), and Goats Cheese Tart. The mixed salad contains radish slices, sunflower seeds, mixed leaves and a few sprouted seeds, and comes with a choice of four dressings, all vegan, including vinaigrette, pimento dressing and spinach dressing. The starch choice is between spicy potatoes and mixed wild and white rice with pine nuts (both vegan).\n\nThe vegan choices at least are surprisingly rich for vegan food, but very tasty and reasonably filling.\n\nThe food took a little while longer to arrive than we expected, despite us being essentially the only customers, but this isn't at all a complaint, just a warning that you might have to wait a minute or so longer than you might do at McDonalds.\n\nThere is minimal seating -- 10 or so tall stools at a counter running around two edges of the room. I didn't spot any toilets.\n\nI like this place. I'm going back. --[[Kake]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:30:34 Wiki Discussion/Retail Chains 3 We are getting an increasing number of instances of a retail outlet with many branches. Examples include:\n\n* [[JD Wetherspoon]] pubs\n* CTB restaurants\n* Books etc.\n\nI maintain that there should be generic pages describing the chain and anything that all branches have in common. Then, in the instances that all the branches really are the same, we do not need individual pages on each branch, just a list of addresses. We do not even need that if the chain's website provides this information.\n\nThere is still a need for individual writeups where there are differences, e.g. [[Penderel's Oak, WC1V 7HP|Penderel's Oak]], [[Crosse Keys, EC3V 0DR|Crosse Keys]].\n\nIn cases other than pubs, every branch will have the same name. Generic writeup is under the title without a post code. Branch specifics go into titles with post codes.\n\nThoughts please -- IvorW\n\n''I'm in agreement; [[fast food]] chain branches are much of a muchness, for example. --[[Earle]]''\n\n\nThis doesn't go well with my ideas on "find the nearest X", which rather assume that each thing has its own page... and some Wetherspoons, for example, are much better than others. --[[Roger]]\n\n''Ditto for Starbucks.... I don't think we want a page for every one, but maybe serparate pages for the big ones... --[[AlexMcLintock]]''\n\nWell... what's to stop us having stub pages for each branch, which provide location data, but have no content save a link to the main chain page? --[[Earle]]\n----\n\n\n 2003-04-19 21:30:41 Church Of St Mary Le Bow 3 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532379&Y=181153&A=Y&Z=1 St Mary Le Bow Church, Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU]\n\n* Locale: [[City]] / [[St Paul's]]\n\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Bank Station|Bank]] / [[St Paul's Station|St Paul's]] / [[Mansion House Station|Mansion House]]\n\n* Website: http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/\n\n\n\nLocated on [[Cheapside]] in the [[City of London]], and originally of Norman construction, named after the arches (bows) in the crypt. The steeple was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666, and rebuilt by [[Christopher Wren]]. The [[Bow Bells|bells]] were also destroyed, and were recast by Christopher Hodson of Kent.\n\n\n\nThe Norman crypt is still extant, and now contains a [[The Place Below, EC2V 6AU|vegetarian cafe]].\n\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:31:32 Sushi Box, SW6 2TF 3 * Phone: (020) 7736 5766\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW62TF&Z=1 110 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, London SW6 2TF]\n* Locale: [[Fulham]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Parsons Green Station|Parsons Green]] / [[Fulham Broadway Station|Fulham Broadway]] (neither is tremendously convenient, though)\n* Opening hours: Closed Sundays\n\nI've only had takeaway from here, and only once at that. The prices are lower than any other sushi delivery place I've seen in the area — for two pieces of nigiri or three of sashimi, salmon is Ł2.00, eel Ł3.50, egg and beancurd both Ł1.50. I'll put more prices in when I'm home and have the menu. Delivery is free within the delivery area for orders of Ł10 or more. We ordered Ł36 worth of stuff (for three rather hungry people) and they unexpectedly gave us a free flask of sake. [Prices as of July 2002]\n\nUnfortunately the quality was not great. I'm not basing this judgement so much on the fish, since I'm still a beginner at non-veggie sushi, but the rice was really quite poor compared to other places I've tried in London, and Jon said that the sauce on his spicy tuna hand roll was pretty awful. I did like the eel, and Jon really liked the prawn, but the salmon wasn't flavourful and creamy like the salmon I've had elsewhere (maybe it's not supposed to be so creamy/fatty, though, I dunno, no expert, but I do like it that way). Despite the cheap prices, I don't think I'll order from here again.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.portal.e-street.net/com/uk/lon/BusinessPage.ly?businessID=10033064 e-street brief notes, photo and opening times]\n* [http://www.sushi.infogate.de/rest/eu_greatbritain_london.htm#sushibox Press release by the restaurant]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:30:47 Lebanese Taverna, W6 9PH 3 * Phone: (020) 8741 2277\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W69PH&Z=1 38 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9PH]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Hammersmith Station]]\n* Opening times: noon till at least roughly midnight, seven days a week.\n\nThis is a decent Lebanese fast-food place very close to [[Hammersmith Station]]. There are a couple of tables at the back for eat-in, but I imagine it can get kind of hot and greasy back there. Mostly the food is either things in pitta bread — vegan falafel sandwich (Ł2.75 small, Ł3.50 large), for example, or shish kebab (Ł3.90 small, Ł5.00 large) — or main dishes with salad, pitta and either rice or chips, priced from Ł8.00 for lamb or chicken sharwarma to Ł9.00 for mixed grill. Side dishes such as hummous, tabbouleh (both very tasty), stuffed vine leaves, etc, are around Ł3.00.\n\nThe falafel are variable quality; if you happen to turn up when they don't have any prepared then you get them fresh-fried, otherwise you get some that have been sitting on the edge of the fryer, maybe microwaved before they go in your sandwich, maybe not. The fryer is only used for falafel, so there aren't any random inconsistent flavours, but it seems at times that they're not too careful at keeping the oil hot enough.\n\nThe salady bits and dressings are good, though — the falafel sandwiches come with tomato, lettuce, very nice tabbouleh, some good pickles, and optionally garlic puree (very garlicky, very nice), sesame dressing (vegan — the creaminess comes from mixing water with tahini) and/or chilli sauce.\n\nSoft drinks and coffees are available, but nothing alcoholic. doop says the baklava (Ł2.50 for 200g prepacked) is very nice. He certainly buys it often enough.\n\nThey do deliveries; free for Ł10 or more, Ł1.50 delivery charge for less than Ł10. Cheques accepted with 50p surcharge.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:31:41 Marylebone Station 3 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527533&Y=181994&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Marylebone Journey Planner]\n\n=== Main Line Station ===\n\nThis station is the London terminal for [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk Chiltern Railways]. From here, you can catch trains to Amersham, Aylesbury and Birmingham.\n\nIt is the only London terminal which does not have any form of line electrification. \n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nBuilt originally by the Metropolitan Railway Company, this is an exemplary Victorian structure. There is also the story about Mr. Crocker's speculative hotel, see [[Crocker's Folly, NW8 8JR]].\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere are most of the facilities you would expect in a main line terminal.\n\n* Payphones\n* Interweb terminals\n* Photo booth\n* Public toilets\n* Bar\n* Restaurants and cafes\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n=== Tube Station ===\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Bakerloo Line]]:

west

[[Edgware Road Station|Edgware Road]]

Marylebone

[[Baker Street Station|Baker Street]]

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\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThe [[Bakerloo Line]] platforms are two escalators down from the mainline station.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:32:09 Knights Templar, WC2A 1DT 3 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531137&Y=181222&A=Y&Z=1 95 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1DT]\r\n* Locale: [[Holborn]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] / [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] / [[Temple Station|Temple]] / [[Blackfriars Station|Blackfriars]]\r\n\r\nA large pub decorated in cod-Renaissance style. It has a very high ceiling supported by pillars, complete with remarkably ugly murals. Lots of gilt, mirrors, "marble". Numerous examples of what appear to be oil paintings are scattered around, complete with 'realistic' cracks. Shame about the obvious halftoning (printer dots) which ruin the effect.\r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nThe standard [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's menu]], city prices. Currently (as of December 2002) participating in the [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|“Sorry Ronnie!”]] promotion — a burger in a roll with chips, plus a pint of Dry Blackthorn, Fosters or John Smith's for Ł3.49 (Ł3.19 if you prefer a soft drink). I tried this; it was fine if not amazing, and really good value.\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nFriendly service the last time I was there (a busy Friday night a couple of weeks before Christmas).\r\n\r\nThis would be a fine pub if it wasn't heaving with loud people in suits. Seems to empty out a bit after about 9-ish, unsurprisingly, so that might be a better time to go.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ==== \r\n\r\nThe function room is a nice cosy little room upstairs above the main bar. It's normally non-smoking but they can change this for the night. It would be free to hire out. The toilets are downstairs, unfortunately, down two flights of stairs. The gents' is clean and pleasant. If you book out the function room you can either pay in advance for bottles of wine etc to be placed upstairs, or order your own food and drinks from the bar on the ground floor.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub886.htm FancyAPint review]\r\n* [http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/pub/londoncity/knightstemplar.html Harbottle's Pub Guide review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:32:14 Category Fulham 3 * [[Postal District]] SW6\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]\r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, Fulham is dead and uninteresting. Please prove me wrong; I live here and spend most of my time elsewhere.\r\n\r\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Fulham View all grubstreet pages about Fulham]\r\n* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=524500&Y=176500&Z=3 Streetmap centered on Fulham]\r\n\r
\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[Hammersmith]] / [[Barnes]] / [[Putney]]\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:32:31 Category Chinatown 3 Click on the title link to see all pages about Chinatown. (It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".)\n----\nA part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.\n\nThe street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring.\n\nSee http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/\n\n==== Pubs ====\n\n* grubstreet recommendations:\n** [[De Hems, W1D 5BW]] -- nice Belgian beer\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi?Locale=Chinatown&do_search=1 Search grubstreet for Chinatown pubs]\n\n==== Restaurants ====\n\n* grubstreet recommendations:\n** See the recommendations on the [[Japanese Food]] and [[Chinese Food]] pages.\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/grubsearch.cgi?Locale=Chinatown&do_search=1 search grubstreet for Chinatown restaurants]\n* [http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants_Chinatown_WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown] (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed)\n\n\n----\nNeighbouring locales: [[Soho]] / [[Strand]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:32:35 Sun Tavern, WC2E 9JH 3 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530357&Y=181113&A=Y&Z=1 66 Long Acre, London WC2E 9JH]\n* Phone: (020) 7836 4520\n* Locale: [[Covent Garden]]\n* Nearby Tube Stops: [[Covent Garden Station|Covent Garden]] / [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nEr, can't remember. I think I was drinking Strongbow. [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20020610/012895.html muttley says on the london.pm list:] “When I was up there yesterday after a designers' talk they hadn't turned on the bitter because "designers don't tend to drink it and we didn't want it lying in the pipes going stale".”, which is probably a sign that they at least care.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nOnly served at lunchtime.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nFairly standard, friendly and helpful staff.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nLong, narrow room downstairs, function room upstairs, toilets downstairs. Small round tables and some standing space but you'll need to keep getting out of people's way as they go to and from the toilets.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nFunction room upstairs available to hire for free.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub677.htm FancyAPint review]\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:32:41 Porterhouse Covent Garden, WC2E 7NA 3 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC2E7NA&Z=1 21-22 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA]\n* Locale: [[Covent Garden]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Covent Garden Station]]\n* Website: http://porterhousebrewco.com/\n\nA huge and cavernous pub extending upwards and downwards for several floors and decorated in a cod-Victorian-factory-brass-pipes-and-gubbins style. Has a good range of interesting beers. On a weekday evening it tends to be full of City types dancing drunkenly to bad cover versions of famous songs played by a pub band, giving the feeling of being in some vast, ghastly termite mound. --[[Earle]]\n\nI've only been there once, on a Wednesday, but it was absolutely fine and practically empty until about 6pm; then it filled up pretty fast and got loud and unpleasant. I did like it until then, apart from the boring music. If you're off work some weekday afternoon and want somewhere spacious to skulk about and drink interesting beer, this might be the place to go. I say "skulk" because the lighting's kind of dim; it's one of those places where you really don't want to emerge from into sunlight after 5 hours' drinking. --[[Kake]]\n\nAlso pretty much empty early this lunchtime (noon till just before 1pm on a Thursday). --[[Kake]]\n\nIt's best early in the week or early in the afternoon. Great\nfor a long session if (a) you have lots of money, (b) it's not\na sports day. --[[Roger]]\n\nAs of January 2003, several of the pipes have been redone in matt black rather than brass or copper. This makes the place rather less visually appealing. --[[Roger]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nThere are nine Porterhouse beers available on draught - three stout, three ale and three lager. The drinks menu says about these:\n"All our beers are brewed in Dublin, using no chemicals and are unpasteurised.". You can get a sample tray of all nine for Ł5.95. They also have guest beers -- they're doing Boon Kriek on draught at the moment (Feb 2002), and I was told that they might keep it on, since it's proved popular.\n\nThey also claim to offer an enormous selection of bottled beers from all around the world - the drinks menu has three closely-typed pages of beers from 39 countries including Brazil, Finland, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico and Tasmania; Belgium too, of course - 26 different Belgian beers including five Chimays and two Kriek (Liefmans and Oud Beersel). [[mstevens]] says they have a fairly good record on having most of these beers most of the time.\n\nThere is a fair selection of wine too, but as the drinks menu says: "Excuse me, but why don't you have glasses of wine? Basically, we don't like to drink stale, oxidised wine ourselves, therefore we don't serve your wine from opened bottles.". They do however offer quarter-bottles of wine (five red, five white) at Ł3.10, and as far as I'm concerned, that's a glassful.\n\nThis place is not cheap. A 500ml bottle of Old Speckled Hen is priced at Ł3.50 (I remember buying that stuff for a pound a pint in Wales). Strongbow is Ł2.90 a pint. A 375ml bottle of Kriek is Ł3.60; 330ml of Chimay Blue is Ł3.45. Best bet is to stick with the house beers, but even these start at Ł2.20 (for the very drinkable Plain) and go up from there. Although, confusingly, the draught Kriek is only Ł3 a pint (I'm not entirely sure that this wasn't just a mistake on the part of the barstaff, but if it wasn't then hurrah).\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFull menu served 5pm-9pm Monday to Friday, noon-9pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. Prices range from Ł2.50 for garlic bread or soup, through Ł3.75 for potato wedges or bruschetta, Ł6-8 for main courses such as Beef in Stout, Haddock and Chips, Portobello Mushroom Burger and Pasta with Spinach and Cream Cheese, right up to Ł13.50 for a dozen oysters.\n\nGiolla says that the Portobello Mushroom Burger is "really, really nice". It's grilled with garlic butter and served in ciabatta with emmental cheese.\n\nThe other vegetarian main course on the menu is Thai Noodle Salad, which can be made vegan if you call up in advance - the only substitution needed is rice noodles for the egg noodles. [[Kake]] says: "I phoned them about lunchtime on the day I was planning to go there and they tried to get some rice noodles from the Tesco round the corner, but Tesco had run out; however when I actually turned up in the evening and asked for the vegan food I'd been promised, they headed out again and got a packet of instant noodles. This was very helpful of them; probably helped by the fact that it was early in the evening and not very busy. I will try to give them more notice next time."\n\nThere is also a lunch menu served noon-5pm; three vegetarian choices, I think, including hummous and peppers, which is quite possibly vegan and costs something in the region of Ł4.75.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:32:47 Bluewater 3 * '''Opening hours:''' 10am-9pm weekdays, 9am-8pm Saturday, 11am-5pm Sunday\n* '''Official web site:''' http://www.bluewater.co.uk/ (nassty Javascript, we hates it yes we does)\n* '''Streetmap URL:''' http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=557927&Y=173551&A=Y&Z=1\n\nThe other big out-of-town shopping mall, rather nicer than its main competition [[Thurrock Lakeside]]. It's east of London on the [[A2]], just past the junction with the [[M25]].\n\nThe mall was built in a chalk pit, with extensive landscaping and major use of water; it is shaped as a quarter-circle, with department stores at each angle (John Lewis, House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer) and two levels of shops joining them (mostly the usual clothes shops, but with a few interesting places as well, such as a specialist pen shop and a "generic occult" store with a few really interesting things in it). Although one can get buses and trains here, it's mainly set up for drivers, who also get the best view while swooping down the approach road.\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Shopping]] / [[Category Malls]]\n 2003-04-19 21:32:54 Tube/History 3 Being one of the oldest and most complicated rapid transit systems in the world, the London Underground has a long \nhistory. \n

\n\n\n

\nMap showing the construction of the Metropolitan Line, 1860.

\nAlthough the [[Circle Line]] didn't get its own identity until 1949, the "District" and the "Metropolitan" had linked up with each other to provide an "Inner Circle" service starting in 1884. \n

\n----\n''The information on this page comes from the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground London Underground page on Wikipedia], modified lightly by [[Roger]].''\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:32:59 Queensway Station 3 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Queensway Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Central Line]]:

west

[[Notting Hill Gate Station|Notting Hill Gate]]

Queensway

[[Lancaster Gate Station|Lancaster Gate]]

east

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nNote that [[Bayswater station]] on the [[Circle Line|Circle]] and [[District Line|District]] lines is two minutes walk.\n\n''In my opinion, these stations are named the wrong way round, as [[Bayswater station]] is on Queensway, and Queensway station is on [[Bayswater Road]].''--IvorW\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Kensington Palace Gardens]]\n* [[Queens Ice Rink]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:33:18 King's Road 3 One of London's famous [[fashion]] avenues, and home to many boutiques and designer stores. Runs through the heart of [[Chelsea]].\r\n\r
\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:33:24 Category Indian Food 3 Follow the title link to see all pages about Indian food.\n\n----\n\nExcepting the ''curry capitals'' - places like Bradford and South Birmingham, London offers the best selections of the varieties of Indian food in the UK.\n\nChicken Tikka Masala is apparently Britain's favourite food. It is interesting to note that this dish was not invented\nin India, but in Sheffield. It took the English palate to suggest combining kebabbed chicken with a masala sauce.\n\nIt is also worth noting that owing to the religions, you will never be served pork in an Indian restaurant. \n\n=== Punjabi (Sikh) Food ===\n\nThe traditional images that springs to mind when thinking of Indian restaurants, has turban clad waiters, and offers a range of curries of differing strength.\n\n=== Hindu Vegetarian Food ===\n\nBeing forbidden to eat meat, the Hindus bring excellent variety of spices to wholesome vegetarian dishes. These include Bhel Poori.\n\n=== South Indian and Sri Lankan Cuisine ===\n\nThe South of India offers a range of interesting vegetarian dishes that you do not see in a normal Bhel Poori house. Many South Indian restaurants also offer meat dishes.\n\n=== Goan Cuisine ===\n\nGoa, being coastal, offers some interesting fish dishes, and overlaps with South Indian food.\n\n=== Muslim Indian Food ===\n\nMany Indian restaurants cook halal meat, and offer some dishes and spices that are in common with Mediterranean and Arabic countries.\n\n=== Wiki Note ===\n\nIt is not worth making each of the types of food above into categories (IMO). However, this page serves as a guide for people reviewing restaurants. The list above is not definitive. Please feel free to add to it, enlarge the entries and/or correct any inaccuracies. --IvorW\n\nIt is always useful to know the type of food, origin, and religion of the restaurant staff. If the restaurant is not busy, the waiters and manager will usually be overjoyed to talk about this - especially if you let them know that you intend to write them up on a website!\n\n
\n\n\n\n----\n\n\n\n 2003-04-19 21:33:30 Aldwych Station 3 Formerly known as Strand Station, Aldwych lived on a small spur of its own south of [[Holborn Station]]. It was closed in 1994. Despite this, it is still one of the [[Tube/Stations Retaining Original Decor|stations retaining their original decor]].\n\nPages about Aldwych Station, with photographs:\n* http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/aldwych.html\n* http://thetube.topcities.com/Disused%20Stations/Aldwych/Aldwych.htm\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:33:35 Docklands Light Railway 3 #REDIRECT [[DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 21:33:41 Golden Heart, E1 6LZ 3 Round the corner from Hanbury Street, [[Jack the Ripper]] probably drank here.\n\n
\n\n 2003-04-19 21:33:45 Rjp 2 http://frottage.org/rjp/
\nhttp://www.commutertrains.co.uk/\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:33:50 Major Attractions 2 #REDIRECT [[Category Major Attractions]]\n 2003-04-19 21:33:57 Moon Under Water, WC2H 0DT 4 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529850&Y=181115&A=Y&Z=1 105-107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT] (Note: opinions differ as to the actual post code)\r\n* Phone: 020 7287 6039\r\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\r\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]] / [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]]\r\n\r\n==== Drinks ====\r\n\r\nAt least 4 regularly changing guest ales and a decent selection of bottles.\r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\n[[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon's standard menu]], City prices \r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nThe pub is extremely large inside; it used to be the Marquee Club until\r\nDecember 1996. It's now a rather soulless generic Wetherspoon. Service\r\nis surprisingly good, and the London Pride was well-kept (in January 2003).\r\n\r\nClientele is mainly pre-theatre, but there are quite a few all-evening drinkers.\r\n\r\n==== Layout ====\r\n\r\nThe entrance area has a few tables, then it's down a short flight of steps to the main bar\r\narea. More tables here, and a raised area with booths to one side; more tables up steps\r\ntowards the back door into Greek Street.\r\n\r\nToilets are upstairs to the right of the main bar (and not obviously signposted).\r\nMore tables up those steps, overlooking the main bar area, presumably for the weak-bladdered.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ====\r\n\r\nNo function rooms. Almost entirely non-smoking.\r\n\r\nToilets are very clean and inspected regularly (at least the Gents are). There is often an attendant\r\nvending lollypops and shaving tackle, giving you a wipedown with a wet towel and soliciting tips.\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/show.shtml/155/ Beer in the Evening review]\r\n* [http://www.londonpubs.org.uk/moon.html London Pubs review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:34:25 Duke, W4 5LF 2 * Brewery/chain: Firkin Beer Co. (Punch Taverns)\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=520597&Y=179008&A=Y&Z=1\n Beaconsfield Road, W4 5LF]\n* Locale: [[Chiswick]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Chiswick Park station|Chiswick Park]] / [[Turnham Green Station|Turnham Green]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nAt least 2 ales on handpump, and at least 1 on gravity dispense. Note: this is a cask breather system.\nReal cider on hand pump, keg Belgian and Dutch weissbiers, A selection of Belgian bottled beers.\n\nPrices: Ales Ł2.30/pint, but this is Chiswick.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nA good selection of hot food available for the carnivore: steaks, roasts, home made burgers.\nProbably some dishes available for Vegetarians / Vegans, but this is not their speciality.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nYou can end up waiting a long time for food if the kitchen is busy, but the staff were\nvery helpful and apologetic when this happened to me. --[[IvorW]]\n\nThe bar is run by Kiwis, who are very friendly, but may not be that well up on the technicalities of real ale and cellar management.\n\nThere is a big screen in the back room for showing football, but this does not dominate the pub.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nOne bar in the front room of the pub serves the whole pub. There is also a large back room\nwith a pool table and a projection screen. There is a garden out the back.\n\n==== Historical note ====\n\nThis pub was called the Duke of Sussex prior to December 2001, and was a courage \nhouse.\n\n===== Firkin pubs =====\n\nThe Firkin concept was originally\ninvented by Dave Bruce in the early 1980s, the idea being brew on premises pubs, in and\naround London. \n\nUnfortunaltely, Bruce sold the chain in the 1990s to Allied Domecq, who took the rough and\nready spit-and-sawdust image, and brought it to high streets everywhere, often downgrading\nthe decor and character of existing pubs. However, although only a few of the pubs were\nbrewing, these were preserved as brew pubs.\n\nIn 2000, the Firkin chain was sold again - to Punch Taverns. Despite giving promises to\npreserve the chain as it was, they instantly undertook to dismantle it, firstly by \nlosing the real ale, then by re-themeing and renaming most of the pubs, relinquishing\nthe ground to other chains such as Hogshead.\n\nGiven this history, I was extremely pleased to see a Firkin pub selling a good range of beers. --[[IvorW]]\n\nUpdate 8/4/02: Apparently this pub is still part of Punch Taverns, and part of their attempt to revive the firkin idea. I notice that they are not advertising [[Real Ale]], which if they were to do so would be technically incorrect, as they are using a cask breather system. Also, according to the manager, Punch are planning on re-introducing brew on the premises to a couple of pubs in London (but not this one).\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:34:34 Category Docklands 2 * [[Postal District]]: E14\n* [[Local Government]] authority: London Borough of Tower Hamlets\n\nThis is a part of the [[East End]], which was much in decline, since Victorian times and the boom in shipping, until the 1980s. The land - brown field land if ever there was such - became available for a song, for development of offices, residential accommodation and facilities, close to the [[City of London]].\n\nProperty developers quickly moved in, to grab the opportunity. Little did they realise the lack of infrastructure, and the problems that this would cause. It is all very well equipping thousands of homes and offices with telephones, but no provision had been made for that many distinct telephone numbers, especially for offices with direct dial. This was one of the main reasons behind the 1989 restructuring of the London telephone dialling codes from 01 into 071 (inner London) and 081 (outer London) ''(recently changed again so that the code for London is now 020 with a 7 or 8 following to indicate inner or outer London)''.\n\nThe developers came close to bancruptcy, but were eventually bailed out by a consortium formed by investment banks - the London Docklands Development Corporation. The role in which investment banks played in the LDDC explains why many of them have UK headquarters in Docklands, particularly in [[Canary Wharf]]. For more information about the LDDC, see the [http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/ LDDC History Pages].\n\nMore recently, infrastructure has been improved, including the [[Jubilee Line]] extension, which brought lifeblood to the area. But cynics have been eyeing the capacity aspects of this, and saying that the facilities will be unable to cope with the demands of the newer towers under construction. The present recession leads to thoughts in a different direction - that Docklands will become a ghost town.\n\nHaving worked in [[Canary Wharf]] for six months, I can give an opinion of what it feels like. The first impressions are awe inspiring. State of the art modern buildings, convenient public transport and shopping centres combine to appear to provide a conducive work environment. But, I quickly realised that the shops were not normal high street shops, but were catering specifically for a diurnal, office population. It's a great place to by nick-nacks - leaving presents, or snack lunches. If you are looking for somewhere to sell real food that you cook yourself, forget it. Similarly for bars, restaurants and entertainment; they are geared up for the office party, not for quiet locals.\n\nI wouldn't live in Docklands if they paid me - well, they would have to pay me quite a lot, enough that I could afford to spend most of my time away from the area! --IvorW\n\nSome would say Docklands is already a ghost town - the office space is used, but nobody walks around during the day, there are no real shops, and there's no community. Motorised transport is a requirement if you're planning to buy anything other than overpriced gewgaws. Real ale is pretty much nonexistent except for the [[City Pride, E14 8JH|City Pride]]. Remember that "southern Docklands" used to be known as "Millwall", and you'll see why it's not a very safe place to walk after dark either (for the few people that try it) - when I was working there, the pizza delivery men would sometimes get mugged, and didn't regard this as unusual. -- [[Roger]]\n\n=== Geographical Note ===\n\nDocklands is centred around the [[Isle of Dogs]], the inside of a bend in the [[River Thames]], but extends to both sides of the river, and includes [[Rotherhithe]], [[Canada Water]] and [[Surrey Quays]] (formerly Surrey Docks) to the West, and [[North Greenwich]] (site of the [[Millennium Dome]]) to the East.\n\n=== See also ===\n\n* [http://www.dockland.co.uk/ Dockland Information Centre]\n* [http://www.rodma.co.uk/ Royal Docks Management Authority]\n* [http://www.royaldockstrust.org/ The Royal Docks Trust]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:34:41 Notting Hill Gate Station 1 * [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=525236&Y=180486&A=Y&Z=1 Location]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[District Line]]:	west	[[High Street Kensington Station\|High Street Kensington]]	Notting Hill Gate	[[Bayswater Station\|Bayswater]]	east
[[Circle Line]]:	anticlockwise				clockwise
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[Holland Park Station\|Holland Park]]	Notting Hill Gate	[[Queensway Station\|Queensway]]	east

\n\n\n'''[[Where To Alight]]'''\n\n* Central Line westbound: the last door of the last carriage\n* Central Line eastbound: the first door of the first carriage\n* [[Circle Line clockwise]] and District Line eastbound: the third door of the first carriage\n* [[Circle Line widdershins]] and District Line westbound: the second door of the last carriage\n\n'''Journey Planner'''\n\n[http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Notting+Hill+Gate Journey planner for Notting Hill Gate].\n\n cutaway diagram of Notting Hill Gate station

cutaway diagram of Notting Hill Gate station

\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:34:57 New Seoul, EC1R 5DU 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531190&Y=182067&A=Y&Z=1 164 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DU]\n* Phone: 020 7278 8674\n* Locale: [[Clerkenwell]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] / [[Farringdon Station|Farringdon]]\n* Opening hours: Lunch and dinner [[Fix please]]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nA very wide range of Korean (and a few Japanese) items - at least six varieties of kimchee dish, bulgogi, and all the other Korean food that most people have heard of (including me).\n\nEverything we've had was of excellent quality. Not sure how well they'd be able to cope with vegetarians.\n\nThere are set menus (for two or more) at Ł14, Ł16 and Ł18 per person; a recent meal came to Ł22 each including drinks.\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nBottles of Hite beer for Ł3.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nAt 8pm on a Wednesday, it was half-empty; the staff made a few mistakes, but nothing major, and were prompt with bringing food and removing plates.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nOne long narrow room with the occasional step. A bar/waiting area at the front.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nToilets are down a moderately narrow staircase, but clean.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~zczcv09/information.htm UCL Korean Society review]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:00 Heathrow Airport 1 The biggest of London's airports (in addition to [[Gatwick Airport]], [[Stansted Airport]], [[Luton Airport]] (which is being marketed as a London airport even though it isn't really) and [[City Airport]]), with four terminals. They have their own [[Tube]] stations, [[Heathrow Terminals 123 Station]] and [[Heathrow Terminal 4 Station]]. There is a controversial plan to build a fifth terminal on the western side of the airport, and ground breaking appears (as of February 2003) to have begun.\n\nAt present, terminal 4 (southern side of the airport) is for KLM, Qantas and most British Airways long-haul flights; others are shared between terminals 1-3 (central area). See http://www.gatewayonline.net/airports/heathrow/termin/hterminals.html for more details. It's possible to walk between terminals 1-3, though it can take a while; getting between these and terminal 4 will involve payment. In any case, it's well worth confirming the terminal before you set out for Heathrow.\n\nThere are three runways: 09L/27R (12800 feet), 09R/27L (12000 feet), and 05/23 (6400 feet). Typically, 09R/27L is used for departures, and 09L/27R for arrivals (the direction depending on the wind); 05/23 is only used in severe crosswind conditions. Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world in terms of aircraft movements, and has some of the most crowded airspace above it, so all flight activity is strictly controlled; This is one of the few airports from which [[Concorde]] operates.\n\nThe best way to get to Heathrow is by [[Tube]] as noted. Parking is extremely expensive, and while there is a "Heathrow Express" rail service from Paddington, it costs significantly more than the [[Tube]] for a very minor time saving.\n\nFor getting from Heathrow to other places in London, there's the above options, plus, of course [[taxis]]. However bear in mind that firstly a taxi will be expensive, and secondly taking a taxi from Heathrow for a short distance can be deeply unfair on the driver — see [http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=fZs2wIAs4KY%2BEwjy@mikehughes.demon.co.uk a uk.transport.london post about taxis at Heathrow] for the reason why.\n\n* (A cabbie told me last time I got work to pay for a cab from Heathrow to home, that if you want to go a small distance then tell the guy running the rank that you want to go to at least Chiswick, if not further - if the distance is much less than Chiswick, then the cabby has to wait for a while before he can go back on the Heathrow rank, if further then he gets ticket to let him back in quicker...I'm fairly sure that was it --[[Billy]])\n\n** (Isn't it the other way around? They get the ticket to get back in quicker if their fare is only for a short distance. --[[Kake]])\n\n*** (I think you're right...I was rather jetlagged and dazed at the time --[[Billy]])\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:05 Hammersmith Station 1 Hammersmith Station is actually two separate stations. There's also a reasonably large bus station above the District/Piccadilly part.\n\n=== Hammersmith Station, District and Piccadilly Lines ===\n\nZone 2 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W68AB&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?id=95 Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[District Line]]:	west				[[Ravenscourt Park Station\|Ravenscourt Park]]		Hammersmith		[[Baron's Court Station\|Baron's Court]]		east
[[Piccadilly Line]]:	west		[[Acton Town Station\|Acton Town]]		[[Turnham Green Station\|Turnham Green]] ''(early morning/late evening)''		Hammersmith		[[Baron's Court Station\|Baron's Court]]		east

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThis is a good place to change between the District and Piccadilly lines, since you just need to walk across the platform to do so (there are only two actual physical platforms; one westbound and one eastbound — each has a side for the District line and a side for the Piccadilly Line) — in other words, [[cross platform interchanges]]. In fact, when [[Earl's Court Station]] was recently closed to the Piccadilly line due to engineering work on the escalators (late 2001 till Spring 2002), Hammersmith Station and [[South Kensington Station]] were the recommended places for people to change from the Piccadilly line to the District line if they wanted to travel via Earl's Court. ([[Baron's Court Station]] is similar, but wasn't officially recommended for the same manoeuvre, possibly because it has narrower platforms).\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThere are two exits, each leading into the [[Broadway Shopping Centre, W6 8AB|Broadway Shopping Centre]]. The eastmost one is closed earlier than the other, at 10pm; it also opens slightly later (I've arrived here pre-6am, and only the westmost entrance was open --[[Kake]]).\n\nCopies of the [[Metro newspaper]] are available from the westmost exit, or the bus station upstairs, but as with most stations they run out by around the end of [[rush hour]].\n\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\nDepends on which exit you want. Westbound trains, go for the last carriage but one for the eastmost exit, and the first carriage but one for the westmost exit.\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\n* Piccadilly Line eastbound: The far left of the platform (front of train) seems to have a lower tourist-density on arrival, also this is the only part of the platform that isn't particularly visible from the steps, so only regulars tend to wait here.\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nThis station is a four-platform one. It's recently been refurbished and is a good example of a late-1980s style Underground surface station.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Cash machines\n** Two of them (I think Link and HSBC), inside the ticket barriers at the westmost entrance (bear left after entering the barriers and head for the back of the hall).\n\n* Newsagent\n** There's a kiosk selling cold drinks, chocolate, crisps, and a couple of papers on the eastbound platform. It's not open at all times, but it's always been open when I've been there on a weekday morning between say 7 and 10. There's what looks like the same thing on the westbound platform, but I've never seen it open, probably because I'm only ever on that platform after 5:30pm.\n\n* Public toilets\n** The [[Broadway Shopping Centre, W6 8AB|Broadway Shopping Centre]] that the station exits into has toilets that cost 20p. They close around 11, though, IIRC.\n\n* Nearby food\n** The [[Broadway Shopping Centre, W6 8AB|Broadway Shopping Centre]] has a quite nice [[Costa Coffee, W6 9YD|Costa Coffee]], plus the [[Old Trout, W6 9YD|Old Trout pub]], which I've not yet tried but does food. There's also a Tesco Metro.\n** The bus station upstairs has a little caff (again, I've not tried it).\n** If you want something a little more [[Late Night Food]]-like, the [[Lebanese Taverna, W6 9PH|Lebanese Taverna]] is good and close, but slightly complicated to get to. After passing the ticket barriers, depending on which exit you're at, either go straight ahead towards Tesco Metro, or go left and walk through the shopping centre until you see Tesco Metro. Either way, pass on the right of Tesco following signs for [[Hammersmith Apollo]], follow the window of Tesco around to the left, through the automatic doors, and down the steps to your left into the subway. Follow the subway right through without turning off, and once you're up the steps at the other end you should see it on your right.\n\n=== Hammersmith Station, Hammersmith and City Line ===\n\nAcross the road there's a station at the terminus of the [[Hammersmith and City Line]]. There is no link between them; you have to leave one, cross the road and enter the other.\n\nBeing a terminus, all the trains are eastbound. There is a display that shows you which platform the next train will be departing from, but you can't see it from the platforms, only from the ticket barriers.\n\n=== Hammersmith Bus Station ===\n\nUpstairs from the District/Piccadilly station; has at least 8 or 9 different stops and serves lots of routes. Really grim at school and pub chucking-out times. I have met some interesting people while waiting for my bus here, though.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:19 Greenwich 1 Greenwich is an old, quiet and relatively unmodernised part of London on its Eastern side, on the south side of the [[River Thames]]. It is most famous for being the place where the system of latitude and longitude, and thus world time, was developed in the 18th century ''(my history's not my strong point, [[Fix Please]] - [[Earle]])''. It's quite quiet and feels like the kind of place where shady characters in back alleys would offer to sell you naval maps or antique captains' hats.\n\nPlaces and things of interest in Greenwich:\n* [[Royal Observatory]]\n* [[National Maritime Museum]]\n* [[Cutty Sark]]\n* [[Fan Museum]] (on Crooms St.)\n\nGreenwich is also home to [[Deckspace]] and the [[Consume.net]] project.\n\nGetting there:\n* [[Greenwich Station]] on the [[DLR]]\n* [[River Buses]]\n* the [[Greenwich Foot Tunnel]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:27 O2 Centre, NW3 6LU/Wetherspoons 1 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526200&Y=184700&A=Y&Z=1 O2 Centre, Fincley Road, NW3 6LU]\n* Locale: [[Hampstead]]\n* Nearby stations: [[Finchley Road Station|Finchley Road]] / [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station|Finchley Road & Frognal]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nLimited guest beer range - only 2 guests maximum. When I was there, they had Hopback Summer Lightning but the other guest was not available.\n\nThe usual Directors, Abbot, Spitfire and Speckled Hen.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nStandard [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|Wetherspoon Menu]], City price tariff.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nStaff are quiet and efficient. Pub is quite relaxing.\n\n==== Layout and seating ====\n\nPub is in a crescent shape, with a passageway at the rear making this into a circle. All the seating is on a single floor, but the toilets are upstairs (there may be disabled loos on the same level as the bar). Access to the pub is up an escalator.\n\nThe word that springs to mind when describing this pub is ''plush''. There is a complete absence of bar stools. The seating includes sofas and upholstered armchairs. Most of the chairs in the pub have a back and arms, but there are about half a dozen low stools. The pub is also carpeted throughout, apart from the connecting passage at the rear, through which is access to the loos.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:32 Rudi's Sandwich Bar, WC1X 8TP 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530877&y=182129&z=1 81b Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8TP] \n* Locale: [[Holborn]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]] / [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]]\n* Opening hours: Closed Saturday and Sunday. Closes early — 3:30pm or so.\n\nSmall sandwich bar just off Gray's Inn Road. They're very generous with fillings and most sandwiches cost £2 or less. They also do one or two home-made Italian dishes such as pasta with mixed vegetable sauce, or Italian Chicken, as daily takeaway lunch specials. The owner is very friendly and seems to know the names of most of his regular customers. Takeaway only; no facilities for eating in.\n\n* [http://www.portal.e-street.net/com/uk/lon/BusinessPage.ly?businessID=10042518 Photo from e-street.com]\n\n
\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:36 Duke Of Cambridge, N1 8JT 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=N18JT&Z=1 30 St Peter's Street, London N1 8JT]\r\n* Locale: [[Islington]]\r\n* Nearest Tube stop: [[Angel Station|Angel]]\r\n* Website: http://www.singhboulton.co.uk/duke.html\r\n\r\nThis is apparently the world's first Soil Association-certified organic pub.\r\n\r\nI've only had one pint in here (Eco Warrior, Ł2.95/pint, nice), so go read the reviews below. It did seem to be pretty "Islington" -- lots of twentysomethings drinking wine and talking loudly. It's essentially one big room with lots of big wooden tables and chairs, and a separate restaurant off towards the back. The windows are huge, so you can see who's in the pub before you go in.\r\n\r\nLots of posh, nice-looking food on a blackboard on the wall. Google suggests that the soup is at least sometimes vegan; the menu's not vegetarian though.\r\n\r\nThe Crown in Hackney and The Pelican in Notting Hill Gate are run by the same people, [http://www.occasions-mag.com/magazine/displaystories.cfm?st=1&st1=13 Geetie Singh and Esther Boulton], of [http://www.singhboulton.co.uk/ singhbolton].\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.realproduce.co.uk/EateryDetailIntro.cfm?EateryID=41 Realproduce.co.uk review]\r\n* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/413.htm London Eating review]\r\n* [http://www.islingtonexpress.co.uk/archived/2002/0329/features/pubguide.asp Highbury & Islington Express review]\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub1318.htm FancyAPint review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:35:40 New Inn, W5 4QA 1 * Brewery: Scottish & Newcastle\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=517642&Y=179783&A=Y&Z=1 62 St Mary's Road, W5 4QA]\n* Locale: [[Ealing]]\n* Nearby tube stops:[[South Ealing Station|South Ealing]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:45 The Gate, W6 9QL 1 * Phone: 020 8748 6932 - see also [http://www.gateveg.co.uk/contactha.htm the contact details on the official website]\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W69QL&Z=1 51 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QL]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby Tube Stops: [[Hammersmith Station]]\n* Official website: http://www.gateveg.co.uk/\n\nThis is an entirely vegetarian restaurant which does several vegan dishes, all marked on the menu. It's really, really good. Starters are things like salad with three types of artichoke (globe, Jerusalem and Japanese), or some cunning thing with deep-fried sweet potato fritters; main courses might be Thai vegetable curry, or a nice mushroom thing with pastry around that I've forgotten the details of. They don't do any fancy vegan puddings, unfortunately.\n\nThe head chef is really sweet; I sent him a note one time we were here and the waiter said he was too shy to come out and speak, but I got an email a few months later saying how much he appreciated it :)\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:50 Category Shepherd's Bush 1 * [[Postal District]]: W12\n* [[Local Government]] authority: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham\n* Residents' Association: http://www.greenside.org.uk/ (they also have [http://www.seedwiki.com/page.cfm?doc=shepherdsbush&wikiid=1412 a wiki], but it seems not to be used much)\n\nShepherd's Bush is an area east of [[Acton]] and west of [[Holland Park]]. Its centre is the triangular Shepherd's Bush Green, which is lined by many shops and restaurants. Shepherd's Bush is also a bus terminus, with a depot, and many services turning round on the green.\n\nThere are two tube stations called [[Shepherd's Bush Station|Shepherd's Bush]], the one at the apex of the green facing the new Warner Cinema complex is the [[Central Line]] station. Following the Uxbridge Road westwards towards [[Acton]] takes you to a railway bridge, where the [[Hammersmith and City Line]] station is. There is a third station at the remaining corner of the green, [[Goldhawk Road station|Goldhawk Road]], also on the [[Hammersmith and City Line]].\n\nIt has a number of bars and restaurants which have driven up house prices in recent years. It was traditionally an area frequented by Southern Hemisphere Backpackers (as well as [[Earl's Court]]), but many of these have moved outwards, i.e. west to [[Acton]]. Shepherd's Bush is still the home of the [[Walkabout Club, W12 8QE|Walkabout Club]], a famous hangout for Aussies and Kiwis. \n\nThere is also a large Muslim community to the west of the green, mainly Arabs, but also Egyptians, Lebanese and Syrians.\n\nIt has a new multi-screen Warner cinema, Safeway supermarket, and is within a short walk from [[Olympia Exhibition Centre]] and [[Holland Park]]. To the north is White City, considered part of Shepherd's Bush, home of the BBC.\n\nParallel to and underneath the [[Hammersmith and City Line]] is a market, which operates Saturdays. On sale is mainly bric-a-brac, ethnic jewellery and clothes. ''IMO the market does not have anything special to offer so does not warrant its own page'' --IvorW\n\nShepherds Bush has a football and rugby ground: [[Loftus Road Stadium, W12 7PA|Loftus Road Stadium]] which is home to [http://www.qpr.co.uk Queens Park Rangers] and the [http://www.wasps.co.uk Wasps] rugby club.\n\n
\n\n----\nNeighbouring locales: [[Acton]] / [[Holland Park]] / [[Hammersmith]] / [[Chiswick]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:35:54 HK Diner 1 Location: \n\n* Phone:\n* Address:22 Wardour Street\n* Locale: [[Soho]] / [[Chinatown]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Leicester Square Station]] / [[Piccadilly Circus Station]]\n\nA busy, modern Chinese resturant in Chinatown. The food is good - I especially like the salt and pepper beancurd. There are plenty of veggie and vegan options that work well (rather than just feeling like a standard dish minus the meat).\n\nAlso, they serve bubble tea - a mixture of milk or soymilk with tea and fruitish flavourings, with giant tapioca pearls and a huge straw to suck them through. Bubble tea is fantastic, and the only other place I've found it in London is [[Oriental City NW9]].\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:36:00 Londoners 1 Grumpy buggers. Not as bad as New Yorkers, though, apparently.\r\n\r\nThe worse fing about living in London are all the ‘professional’ northerners and whiners slagging off London and Londoners. If yew ‘ate it 'ere so much fuck off back ter wherever yew come from! Alan (born ‘n’ bred Londoner).\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:36:05 Ask 1 = Ask Grubstreet =\nHave you any questions about London that are puzzling you?\n\nDo you know any answers to questions others have asked?\n\nHave you found something out and want to share your question and answer?\n\nIf so, edit this page and add your content:\n----\n* Your question here\n** Your answer here\n----\n\n''Note: Q&As on photographic links moved to [[Wiki Discussion/Photography]]''\n----\n\n* Since [[Ken Livingstone]] introduced a flat 70p fare on the buses, do the routes still have a zone structure? In particular, I have a travelcard for zones 1 to 3; does this cover me for journeys outside zone 3? --IvorW\n** The zones do still affect adult single fares and bus passes — [http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/buses/nftt_bus_saver.shtml the adult single fare for any bus journey including zone 1 is £1 whereas for a journey not including zone 1 the price is 70p]. However, [http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/buses/wnb_busimprove.shtml any travelcard is valid across all zones for bus travel.] --[[Kake]]\n\n----\n\n* Where can I get a decent cup of real hot chocolate in London? As in, comes in a small cup, isn't horribly sweet, and is made with real chocolate? --[[Kake]]\n** I think some of the Coffee importers and vendors will be able to help here. Try Monmouth or Drury listed under [[Category Coffee Shops]]. --IvorW\n*** ''Note: Answer on the Swiss Centre removed. The Swiss Centre no longer exists, apart from as a title on the front of a building.'' --IvorW\n----\n* Where exactly are the [[Bow Bells]]?\n** Contrary to what some believe, the [[Bow Bells]] are not in Bow Church in the [[East End]], but at the [[Church of St Mary le Bow]], on Cheapside in the [[City of London]].\n 2003-04-19 21:36:10 Avocados Sandwich Shop, W6 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W60RR&Z=1 King Street, Hammersmith, W6]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]] / [[Chiswick]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Ravenscourt Park Station]]\n\nJust to the west of [[Ravenscourt Park]], this is an excellent place for an affordable lunch or snack. Don't let the huge queues at lunchtimes daunt you; the longer the queue is the faster it seems to move. \n==== Food ====\n\nSandwiches, mostly. There's a huge choice of fillings and you can choose from one of the specials or mix and match your own. The Paco's Omelette (with added mayonnaise and onion) on ciabatta is superb. There's also usually a good choice of bread and rolls. Prices range from about Ł1.50 - Ł2.00 for a whopping big sandwich. The most expensive ones on the menu are the smoked salmon at Ł2.50 and toasties at about Ł3.00. They also do soup, baked potatos and fried breakfasts, but I've not tried any of these.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThere are a couple of tables at the back, and several more outside on the pavement in good weather. Or get your food to take away and eat it in [[Ravenscourt Park]].\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:36:20 Category South Kensington 1 Home of several [[Museums]] (including the [[Science Museum]]), [[Imperial College]] and [[Pierino's,_SW7_2HP| Pierino's]]\n\n\n\n
\n\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:36:52 Noto Restaurant, EC2V 5DS 1 * Phone: (020) 7256 9433\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532544&Y=181532&A=Y&Z=1 2-3 Bassishaw High Walk, London Wall, London EC2V 5DS]\n* Locale: [[City of London]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Bank Station|Bank]], [[Moorgate Station|Moorgate]], [[Mansion House Station|Mansion House]]\n* Web: http://www.noto.co.uk/index_e.htm\n* Opening hours: Lunch : 11:30 - 14:30 , Dinner : 18:00 - 22:00\n* More Info: http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/more_info_Restaurant.asp?ID=4144\n\nThis is a bit of a strangely positioned restaurant, sitting on the southeast corner of the raised barbican section - just round the back of the Guildhall.\n\n==== Lunch ==== \n\nThey do a very small japanese menu and nothing else - this however is not a bad thing. They do what looks like (although I didn't try it) good sashimi and sushi, as well as a selection dishes based on fried, breaded chicken fillets, pork fillets, HUGE prawns or tempura (veggie i think).\n\ne.g. \n* Pork Katsu - HUGE plate of rice, pork fillet and katsu curry (full of random veggies)\n* Chicken Teryaki - Chicken fillet with teryaki sauce, served with miso and rice\n\nThey've got a small selection of wine, along with a couple of bottled beers and cans of soft drink.\n\nThe main meals (including sushi boxes) are Ł8 or Ł9, soup and rice are Ł1 extra if you don't buy a meal where they're included. They also have a few smaller things for Ł5-Ł7.\n\nThe portions (including the sushi - I saw the guy layering up some sushi boxes...) are pretty big, with the curry being the biggest lunchtime portion I have ever seen, and the quality seems to be universally good. \n\n(When I did get round to trying the sashimi - a salmon and tuna board - the tuna was a bit fishy and old tasting...I haven't tried it since. However, I have since tried the tempura, which was excellent, and their specials, variable but generally good (make sure you ask what they involve as you can sometimes get something totally different from what they *seem* to describe) - [[Billy]])\n\nAll in all, an excellent place for lunch, as long as your hungry. It can get quite full at lunchtimes, and I don't think you can book - expect to wait 10 minutes or so for a table.\n\n==== Dinner ====\n\nThey do a seperate dinner menu, available from 6pm.\n\n==== Directions ====\n\nCheck the website for directions - the restaurant is on the higwalk, near the bridge section over the west end of London Wall. There are access points to the highwalk (marked on the website map) in [[Moorgate station]] (western most bit has an escalator up) as well on Basinghall Street and various other places. The restaurant is just south of the bridge over London Wall.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:36:55 Royal Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea 1 Kensington and Chelsea crest

One of London's boroughs. Areas within the RBKC include:\n\n* [[Kensington]]\n* [[Chelsea]]\n* [[Notting Hill]]\n* [[Holland Park]]\n* [[Bayswater]]\n* [[Knightsbridge]]\n* [[Earls Court]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:37:00 Wiki Discussion/Templates For Tube Stations 1 * Been thinking about ways of organising the tube station pages. It'd be handy to have a fairly standard template for the pages, to make it easy for someone who is familiar with grubstreet to quickly find a given piece of information about a given station. I've had a bash at one incorporating most of the stuff that people seem to have been adding to tube station pages so far -- see [[Leicester Square Station]] (blech helped me with this). Then blech went to the pub, and I thought again about the which lines / neighbouring stations thing at the top and realised it would take up quite a bit of space for the stations on three or four lines, so I thought a bit more and came up with the design used in [[Green Park Station]]. Comments? --[[Kake]]\n\n* ''Ooh, nice. But how about this? --[[Earle]]''\n\n** [[Victoria Line]]:
''Southbound''

[[Victoria Station]]

Green Park Station

[[Oxford Circus Station]]

''Northbound''\n\n* I like the gifs, not sure about the layout, will think more later. --[[Kake]]\n** Except I can't work out how to get an ALT attribute in there. Help? --[[Kake]]\n** As far as I know, you can't - a WikiWeakness. However Clifford Adams tells me that UseModWiki 1.0 is coming quite soon, with a whole bunch of user-contributed patches, so maybe that'll allow ALTs. Until then, I'm just as frustrated as you. --[[Earle]]\n\n* I have set up some new pages with what looks like a reasonable consensus of tube station and pub templates that we've come up with. See [[Templating Conventions]]. --[[Kake]]\n\n----\n\n* The layout would possibly work better if presenting a whole tube line, and if presented vertically. Can Wiki do hovery tooltips? That would look well kool for interchanges. --[[IvorW]]\n** Yes, I was thinking of doing it vertically for the tube station pages themselves, but on an individual station page you're more likely to be interested in the stations on either side. I was also wondering about how to do interchanges; I routed differently this morning because of the delays on the Piccadilly Line, and thought it might be nice to say what the interchanges are like at various stations, to help people (especially the mobility-impaired) with journey planning (for example, Piccadilly to Victoria at Green Park is just over a minute's walk, including three short sets of stairs (all upwards when eastbound), and Victoria to Central at Oxford Circus is about a minute including two short sets of stairs (one up, one down), whereas Piccadilly to District at Hammersmith and Baron's Court are [[Cross Platform Interchanges]]). --[[Kake]]\n** You probably also mean "Can HTML do hovery tooltips?" Ish; some browsers will use the ALT text for this. This isn't in the spec, though, so Mozilla/Galeon don't, and it can't be relied on. --[[Kake]]\n** ''Kake++ # standards
More seriously, no, that's not to be relied upon. However, the ''title'' attribute is supported like that by Mozilla (I don't know about Galeon), and can be applied to virtually anything. I can't recall offhand but I think IE is alright with it as well. --[[Earle]]''\n*** AIUI, Galeon is essentially Mozilla in a smaller box, so it renders the same. lynx and links don't currently do anything with the title attribute, though. Testing page is at http://the.earth.li/~kake/temp/title-alt.html --[[Kake]]\n** In the past, I have come across a browser independent way of doing hover tips in Javascript. I need to track down the code somewhere. Also, can we assemble a list of browsers and versions we intend to support. IE < 4 or Netscape < 4 would be a waste of time, unless you beg to differ. --[IvorW]\n*** Relying on Javascript is a REALLY REALLY REALLY bad idea, as is requiring people to use a particular web browser. Let's just write standards-compliant HTML. FWIW I mostly use lynx, links or galeon. links's text input boxes are a lot nicer than lynx's. --[[Kake]]\n\n----\n\n* Which tube stations have public toilets? Public loos seem to be a relic from a bygone era - but very handy when you've been drinking and the pub has closed. :-) --[[IvorW]]\n** ''Indeed. People should make a note of this on station pages (e.g. [[Notting Hill Gate Station]]). --[[Earle]]''\n** And if they make sure to write "public toilets" rather than just "toilets", then a search on "public toilets" is likely to be more useful. Maybe should mention this in [[Tube Station Page Template]]. --[[Kake]]\n 2003-04-19 21:37:34 Finchley Road And Frognal Station 1 This station name can be shortened to "Finchley Frog" with a nice [[Cockney]] double entendre.\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n* [[Silverlink North London Line]]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

west

[[West Hampstead Station|West Hampstead]]

Finchley Road & Frognal

[[Hampstead Heath Station|Hampstead Heath]]

east

\n\n\n==== Where to alight ====\n\n* Westbound: rear of train\n* Eastbound: front of train\n\n==== Nearby ====\n\n* [[Finchley Road Station]] - 5 minutes walk\n* [[Vitaorganic, NW3 6ND|Vitaorganic]] restaurant\n* [[O2_Centre, NW3 6LU]]\n\n----\nCategories: [[Category Rail]]\n 2003-04-19 21:36:25 Gloucester Road Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526238&Y=178844&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Gloucester+Road Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Circle Line]]:	clockwise	[[High Street Kensington Station\|High Street Kensington]]	Gloucester Road	[[South Kensington Station\|South Kensington]]	east
[[District Line]]:	west	[[Earl's Court Station\|Earl's Court]]	Gloucester Road	[[South Kensington Station\|South Kensington]]	east
[[Piccadilly Line]]:	west	[[Earl's Court Station\|Earl's Court]]	Gloucester Road	[[South Kensington Station\|South Kensington]]	east\n

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThis is only shown as an interchange between the [[Circle Line]] and the [[Piccadilly Line]], the reason being that [[Earl's Court Station]] and [[South Kensington Station]] offer better interchanges with the [[District Line]].\n\nAccess to the [[Piccadilly Line]] platforms is by lift only; [[Piccadilly Line]] trains do not stop here if there is no fire brigade cover. \n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\nNeed to check: [[Fix Please]]\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nThis station has a continuously running art exhibition facing the [[District Line]] platforms.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:36:47 New To London/Tipping 1 = Tipping and Gratuities =\nThis page is primarily aimed at the overseas visitor who is not familiar with the social conventions for tipping in the UK. ''These are my own personal guidelines, please feel free to add comment.''--IvorW\n* What is the normal amount to tip in a restaurant?\n** Always check whether service charge is included on the bill. If it is, then there is no need for a additional tip.\n** 10% is a nominal amount, and is expected if the staff have delivered normal, adequate service. In practice, it is a sliding scale from 0% to 25%; reserve 0% for venues to which you never wish to return.\n* What is the customary way of leaving a tip?\n** This is normally done discreetly by leaving an amount of cash behind after paying the bill.\n** Some restaurants have a plate for tips by the cash till.\n** Many credit card receipts have a space for ''Gratuity''. You can use this to add on a tip, but I personally prefer striking a line through this space and leaving a cash tip.\n* What about takeaways and self service?\n** It is not usual to tip in takeaways. But it is customary to tip the driver for home deliveries. For buffet service, use your discretion.\n* Does one tip in pubs\n** The short answer is no.\n** Even when eating pub food, there is no expectation to leave a tip. The exception to this is for establishments that are moving into the restaurant business.\n** If you want to show appreciation of the publican or bar tender, buy him or her a drink. This is the customary way. Note: they may sometimes choose not to take the drink immediately or in front of you, as they may want to stay sober while they are working.\n* What other places are tips expected?\n** Taxi rides - 10% is again the norm. If you are on expenses and have a cooperative driver, they will add the tip into the receipt for you.\n** Hotels - bell boys carrying your luggage appreciate a tip - Ł1 coin is probably about right.\n 2003-04-19 21:37:04 Food Bazaar, WC1X 8TL 1 * Phone: (020) 7242 6578\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530925&Y=182078&A=Y&Z=1 59 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8TL]\n* Locale: [[Holborn]] / [[Bloomsbury]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] / [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]] / [[Holborn Station|Holborn]]\n* Opening hours: 7am–8pm Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm Saturday and Sunday\n\nA nice place to go and get lunch. A wide variety of imaginative sandwiches, cold or hot, freshly made, such as hot smoked fish wrap, aubergine and mushroom toastie with sundried tomato chutney, and so on. Also soup of the day (for example spinach and broccoli), pasta dishes, a salad bar, and daily specials such as seared tuna steaks with noodles, quiche lorraine, and many others, very rarely the same thing twice in a week. The coffee isn't outstanding but is quite competent.\n\nTakeaway or eat in; there is seating for maybe 25–30 people out the back. Eat-in does get quite busy at lunchtimes from around 12:30pm.\n\nPrice examples: wraps are £2.95, sandwiches on sliced bread are priced from £2, plain black coffee is £1.25. [Prices as of April 2003]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:37:08 Murder One 1 * '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529922&Y=180919&A=Y&Z=1 71-73 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0AA]\n* '''Phone:''' 020 7374 3483\n* '''Web site:''' http://www.murderone.co.uk/\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]]\n\nMurder One is on [[Charing Cross Road]] and is one of a number of specialist bookshops nearby. Its speciality is crime and detective fiction (with a side-order of romance) on the ground floor, and science fiction and fantasy in the basement. \n\nThe upstairs stock is generally regarded as the place to go if you're looking for detective fiction that's in print: not comprehensive, but a worthwhile first port of call.\n\nDownstairs you will find the best of the recent publications as well as slightly cheaper new stock, and a wide range of interesting classic SF including first edition hardbacks and more.\n\nI found a somewhat battered copy of something I wanted in the basement, went upstairs and haggled a bit, and got a pound or two off the marked price. The assistant didn't seem at all surprised by this, so it might well be quite common. --[[Kake]]\n\nThere's lots of great second-hand stuff in the basement! One day I will have bought all the SF periodicals they have, I tell you, all of them. (''Evil Laughter.'') In the meantime recently I satisfied myself with an issue of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' from 1941. --[[Earle]]\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:37:30 IvorW/Todo 1 == Content todo list ==\n\n* Change [[Public Transport]] to [[Category Public Transport]] and add content\n* [[Pub crawls]]\n* [[Chess clubs]]\n* More stuff on [[Acton]], help [[Billy]] with [[Ealing]]\n\nAlso title search for individual items where IvorW has offered help or agreed to write material.\n 2003-04-19 21:37:53 Pappa Ciccia, SW6 5RQ 1 * Phone: (020) 7384 1884\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW65RQ&Z=1 105-107 Munster Road, London SW6 5RQ]\n* Locale: [[Fulham]] / [[Parsons Green]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Putney Bridge Station|Putney Bridge]] / [[Parsons Green Station|Parsons Green]]\n* Opening hours: "7 days a week till late"\n* Official website: http://www.pappaciccia.co.uk/\n\n

\nMy wife and I established the Pappa Ciccia on Munster Road in 1996. We seat only twenty two people and because of the small size there is always a warm and vibrant atmosphere. In May last year we opened Pappa & Ciccia in Fulham High Street. The menu is slightly larger and has given us the opportunity to offer many exciting new dishes.\n\nWe're very proud of what we have achieved and have now and built up a wonderful local clientele who are loyal and extremely supportive. We have put our heart into the cooking and service and the success we feel is due to the personal attention that we give to our restaurants every day. We hope when you come to Pappa & Ciccia you will find wonderful traditional Italian food, and a warm welcome.\n\n(Taken from http://www.pappaciccia.co.uk/about.html)\n

\n\nPizza and pasta restaurant. There's another branch at 41 Fulham High Street. I've only had takeaway pizza from here, once, but it was tasty, good quality and surprisingly cheaper than all the generic tomato puree and canned sweetcorn places that keep sticking leaflets through our letter box. This is my new favourite pizza place. --[[Kake]]\n\nAll pizzas are thin-crust 12", and are priced from Ł4.50 for Margherita (mozzarella and tomato) up to Ł9.50 for the Pappa Ciccia Special (mozzarella, tomato, baby spinach, red onion, parma ham, organic egg, Parmesan cheese). I had Il Contadino (mozzarella, tomato and mixed grilled vegetables) with the mozzarella left off; it cost Ł6.50 and was rather nice, if a bit floppy (I like that in a pizza, though). These aren't for fans of deep-pan stuff; the substance of these pizzas is in the toppings.\n\nThere's a good selection of salads; I had the Green Salad (Ł2.95), which is mixed leaves (turned out to be iceberg lettuce and rocket), artichoke hearts (not very good ones; too much choke and hard leaves left in), broccoli (just the right texture) and olives, dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. One portion was enough for two to share as a side dish, and I did like it.\n\nAntipasti (Ł5.90/Ł8.50), marinated olives (Ł1.95), bruschetta (Ł2.50--Ł3.95) and home-made desserts (from Ł2.50) are also available. They don't seem to deliver wine, but we didn't ask.\n\n(Prices as at 2002-03-28 -- see also [http://www.pappaciccia.co.uk/menu.html the current menu].)\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:37:58 Category Thai Food 1 Click on the title link to see all pages that have been labelled as being in this category.\r\n\r\n(It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".)\r\n
\r\n----\r\n[[Category Category]] / [[Category Food]]\r\n 2003-04-19 21:38:26 Skoob Books 1 * Phone: (020) 7278 8760\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530230&Y=182302&A=Y&Z=1 10 Brunswick Centre, off Bernard Street, WC1N 1AE]\n* Tube: [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]]\n* Locale: [[Bloomsbury]]\n* Web: http://www.skoob.com/\n\nSkoob: secondhand bookshop in estoric stuff.\n\nFor many years this strange secondhand bookshop was conveniently next door to the [[PC Bookshop]] allowing the computer geek to expand their horizons and lighten their wallet.\n\nIt wasn't particularly cheap but the quality of the stock was extremely high and wide with serious fiction, academic books and a large estoric section.\n\nThere was even a Skoob press which published books about Crowley.\n\nThe bookshop has moved near Euston. Maybe someone should visit and update this entry?\n\nI wandered in there in early 2002 and it seems to still fit the description above. I bought a Penguin book on 18th-century London for I think 4 quid. --[[Kake]]\n\nThey've got a pretty good number of ancient technical books (the leather bound hardback kind with hand-drawn illustrations of outdated models of that atom!) at the back, but they're still pricier than the technical sections of second hand bookshops in Rochester, most technical tomes were going for UKP 12-19. A fair range of sci fi, and a broad range of videos and DVDs, which nobody else has mentioned! - Alaric\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:37:48 Wiki Discussion/Categories And Autoindexing 1 * Is there any way of having category inheritance, e.g. everything in [[Category Chinese Food]] automatically gets put into [[Category Food]]? This way, there would be a hierarchy of categories, and the [[Category Category]] page could indent, like a table of contents.\n\n* ''Unfortunately, no. Eventually somebody will have to do that sort of thing by hand. Probably me, since I like doing that kind of thing. -- [[Earle]]''\n\n* I don't think we want everything to actually be in the parent category. If all the restaurants in London went into [[Category Food]] then it'd be unusable. I do like the idea of having the [[Category Category]] page have expandable indents to show the subcategories. Maybe somebody will JFDI and write a patch.\n\n* How can we JFDI? Is there access to the CGI script available somehow? I can see problems with this. [[IvorW]]\n** No access means that there is a damper on creativity. But this might be the safest option. ''In this case, I'm offering to enhance the script if someone can mail it to me.'' [mailto:ivorw@usa.net IvorW]\n** Publishing the script risks exposing us to clever hackers. We might want to insist on some kind of registration, or lodge the source code with some reputable organisation like sourceforge.\n** Also, a free for all for adding enhancements, although in the Wiki spirit, leads to a version control problem. ''And, when I've done my changes, how can I make them available to fellow Wiki-ites to test/peer review/critique?'' [[IvorW]]\n** The script's already public. See UseModWiki. But no, the only person with access to grubstreet's code is me. --[[Earle]]\n** ''See UseMod:WikiPatches to see what's happening with UseModWiki. 1.0 is coming soon! --[[Earle]]''\n** BTW, the category-subcategory-etc stuff sounds a bit like the ZWiki style. See [http://www.zwiki.org/WikiContentPolicy this page] for an example. --[[Earle]]\n** ''I've got a patch to UseModWiki for category autoindexing, I have a beta test site, which I can send to anyone interested. I am mailing it across to [[Earle]].I have not submitted this to UseMod:WikiPatches yet as I want you guys to give it a thorough testing. [[Earle]], any chance of putting the beta site up on grault.net?'' --[[IvorW]]\n** Good work Ivor! --[[Earle]]\n*** http://grault.net/cgi-bin/wikibeta.pl\n** Creating a new page: [http://www.grault.net/cgi-bin/wikibeta.pl?Wiki_Development Wiki Development] for the stuff we are doing --[[IvorW]]\n** ''The above link now points to a page on the beta wiki. --[[Earle]]''\n 2003-04-19 21:38:03 Canonbury Tavern, N1 2NS 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=N12NS&Z=1 21 Canonbury Place, London N1 2NS.]\n* Locale: [[Islington]] / [[Canonbury]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Highbury and Islington Station]]\n\nThe Canonbury was refurbished in early 2002. Several regulars seem to think that it's no longer any good.\n\n== The Canonbury ==\n\nHidden away in the back streets of Canonbury is the Tavern. Just opposite the rather odd folly of the Canonbury Tower, the Tavern is a large, high-ceilinged pub with a selection of draught ales and beers and some bottled beers. The pub is quite large and open planned, all on one floor. They have quite a few large tables (that can easily seat ten or so) so it's quite nice for large groups. They also do food and have a pool table (Ł1.20 a game) and fussball (Ł1 a game.)\n\nOh, and there's a nice selection of papers lying around on a Sunday morning - perfect for that post-Hollyoaks, lazing-drinking-and-playing-pool mood.\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nThe selection of bottled beers is excellent -- some really good Belgian ones like Duval, which will knock your head off. Prices are midway, not particularly cheap for London, but not outrageous either. You'll pay (off the top of me ead) Ł2.40 for a pint of Staropramen, for example. The house bitter is Landlord Timothy Taylor. There have been some doubts of the quality of the draught beer (a bit cloudy) of late.\n\nIf you go for the bottled raspberry beer, make sure it doesn't come out of the bottle all syrupy. It's a known bug. They'll replace the bottle for free, but a mouthful of syrup if you're not being vigilant is fairly icky.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nThe food's pretty expensive and not that special, to be honest. Some of it is a little Islington -- burgers in foccacia, for example. Although they do get extra points from [[Kake]] for being able to do a vegan one, ie hummous and sundried tomatoes in foccacia -- it cost about Ł4 IIRC. They stop doing food at quarter to nine, not nine.\n\nOh, and the only crisps they have are Kettle chips. Yes, you're in Canonbury, so get used to it.\n\n==== Garden ====\n\nOut back of the pub is a large garden with whopping great big benches. It's basic (just grass and seats) but really spacious (eighty people wouldn't even push it.) It's surrounded by large conker trees, and is quite pleasent, being down a relative backstreet.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:38:09 Finchley Road Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526278&Y=184717&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Finchley+Road Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	west		[[West Hampstead Station\|West Hampstead]]		Finchley Road		[[Swiss Cottage Station\|Swiss Cottage]]		east
[[Metropolitan Line]]:	west		[[Wembley Park Station\|Wembley Park]]		Finchley Road		[[Baker Street Station\|Baker Street]]		east

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThere are [[cross platform interchanges]] between the [[Metropolitan Line]] and [[Jubilee Line]] in both directions.\n\nAlso note that [[Finchley Road And Frognal Station]] on the [[Silverlink North London Line]] is a short walk away.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* westbound: rear of the train\n* eastbound: front of the train\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nThe station is open to the sky, as both lines are above ground at this point. But, the platforms are sheltered from the rain.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Payphones\n* Photo Booth\n* Cash machines\n** HSBC and Link, just outside the ticket barriers.\n* Confectionery\n** There are sweet vending stalls on the platforms\n* Newsagent - W H Smith\n* Shoe repairs\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[O2 Centre, NW3 6LU|O2 Centre]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:38:21 St. James' Park 1 A central London park which has impressive views of [[Buckingham Palace]] to the West. It has a lake in the middle with birdlife including geese and swans.\n\nTraditionally, this has been the meeting point for fictional [[Spies|spies]], who would choose to sit on a bench feeding the ducks and exchange a few coded phrases and their briefcases before returning to their respective [[Whitehall]] departments or foreign embassies. -- [[aegidian]]\n\nThe nearest tube is unsurprisingly [[St James Park Station]] but you can easily walk to a number of other stations nearby including [[Victoria Station]] or [[Westminster Station]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:38:31 Category Southwark 1 Follow the title link to see all pages about Southwark.\n* [[Postal District]]: SE1\n* [[Local Government]] Authority: London Borough of Southwark\n----\n\nThe borough of Southwark sits in almost the exact centre of London, and is part of its ancient core, having been inhabited for some two millennia. For over a thousand years Southwark was a hub for warehousing and [[Category River | river]] freight; in the era following the Industrial Revolution it also became a major location for manufacturing. As the age of the [[docks]] came to an end from the 70s onward, though, the entered a phase of decline and poverty; this has now been halted, and some parts, at least, of Southwark are rapidly becoming very desirable places to live as the old warehouses are converted into apartments and new developments such as [http://www.lda.gov.uk/project.asp?projectID=13 More London Bridge] are built.\n\nAmongst other things, Southwark is famous for being the home of William Shakespeare and his [[Globe Theatre]]. It's also home to some of the oldest pubs in the country, such as the [[George,_SE1_1NH | George]] and the [[Anchor_Bankside,_SE1_9EF | Anchor]], [[London Bridge]], the Clink Prison Museum and the new [[City Hall | Greater London Assembly building]].\n\n* [http://www.southwark.gov.uk/ Council site]\n* [http://www.southwark.gov.uk/discovering/history.htm History of Southwark at the above site]\n* Clink Prison Museum: [http://www.clink.co.uk/ official site] / [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A645112 H2G2 entry]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:38:36 East London 1 Home of the [[East London Line]] as well as some of the more amusing bits of the [[District Line]], sharing track with the peak-hour [[Hammersmith and City Line]].\n\n\n\n\n\nTraditionally East London is not thought well of by those from the North or West of London. It was quite severely damaged during the second world war, and East London has some of the worst bits of "Inner City" in London. However it also has some of the best bits of countryside too.\n\nEast London also has a bad reputation for a organised crime gained in the sixties with gangsters such as the Kray Brothers in control.\n\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:38:41 Category Camden 1 Camden Town centres around the major traffic lights by the [[Camden Town Station|tube station]]. The [http://www.camden.gov.uk London borough of Camden] is much larger than this, and includes [[Holborn]], [[St. Pancras]] and parts of [[Hampstead Heath]].\n\n\n\nCamden is renowned for being a trendy part of town, like [[Islington]] next door. There is a large amount of student accommodation in Camden, and a very busy weekend set of [[Camden Lock Market, NW1 8AH|markets]].\n\n\n
\n----\n\nNeighbouring Locales: [[Islington]] / [[St. Pancras]] / [[Bloomsbury]] // [[Swiss Cottage]] // [[Hampstead]]\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Category]] / [[Category Locales]]\n\n 2003-04-19 21:38:46 Canary Wharf Tower 1 #REDIRECT [[1 Canada Square]]\n 2003-04-19 21:38:52 Bond Street Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528483&Y=181118&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Bond+Street Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	north		[[Baker Street Station\|Baker Street]]		Bond Street		[[Green Park Station\|Green Park]]		south
[[Central Line]]:	west		[[Marble Arch Station\|Marble Arch]]		Bond Street		[[Oxford Circus Station\|Oxford Circus]]		east

\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nAt least two onto the south side of [[Oxford Street]] -- one of these goes through an underground shopping centre. That one also leads via a tunnel onto the north side of Oxford Street.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* [http://www.tubeplanner.com/ tubeplanner.com] says there is a photo booth.\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n[[Oxford Street]] ([[Selfridges]] is a few hundred yards along from the station exits). [[Auberge, W1U 1ND]] is a reasonably nice nearby bar that does Belgian beer. Opposite the station there is an [[EasyInternetCafe]].\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:39:26 Marble Arch Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1V9HG&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Marble+Arch Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Central Line]]:

west

[[Lancaster Gate Station|Lancaster Gate]]

Marble Arch

[[Bond Street Station|Bond Street]]

east

\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nMarble Arch has quite a disorientating rabbit warren of subways. It's worth studying the map to work out which exit you want to use. \n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Terminating Trains ====\n\nMarble Arch is the most central station with a turnaround on the [[Central Line]]. During the line closure at [[Chancery Lane Station]], trains from [[Ealing Broadway Station]] were turned around here.\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix Please]]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n[[Fix Please]]\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Selfridges]] \n* The [[Cumberland Hotel]]\n* [[Speakers Corner]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:39:59 Shepherd's Bush 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Shepherd's Bush]]\n 2003-04-19 21:40:07 Grubstreet 1 Grub Street:\r\n\r\nOriginally the name of [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532557&Y=181879&A=Y&Z=1 a street in Moorfields in London], much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called grubstreet. \r\n\r\n- [[Samuel Johnson]]\r\n\r\nGrubstreet! Thy fall should men and Gods conspire,
\r\nThy stage shall stand, ensure it but from Fire.\r\n\r\n- Alexander Pope, [http://www.blackmask.com/books64c/dunciadcomp.htm The Dunciad]\r\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:40:13 Museums 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Museums]]\n 2003-04-19 21:40:18 Category Art 1 Click on the title link to see all pages that have been labelled as being in this category.\r\n\r\n(It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".)\r\n
\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:40:22 Category Churches 1 Follow the title link to see all pages about churches.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:40:28 Templating Conventions 1 There are some classes of pages that have mostly similar types of information on them, for example pages about pubs, or tube stations. We've started to invent standard templates for these pages, to make it easy for someone who is familiar with grubstreet to quickly find a given piece of information.\n\n* [[Tube Station Page Template]]\n* [[Pub Page Template]]\n\n
\n----\n[[Category Wiki Info]]\n\n 2003-04-19 21:40:33 DrHyde 1 A large man, most keen on beer and curry.\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:40:38 Islington Tup, N1 0QD 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531409&Y=183749&A=Y&Z=1 80 Liverpool Road, London, N1 0QD]\n* Locale: [[Islington]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Angel Station]] / [[Highbury and Islington Station]]\n* Website: http://www.massivepub.com/tups.asp?VenueID=25\n\n== The Islington Tup ==\n\nThe Tup is located on the corner of Theberton Street and Liverpool Road. It's a Tup - they're a chain, and fairly soulless. It's been though quite a few managers in its time, and it's definitely (defiantly?) getting more Islington.\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nPretty normal (Strongbow, the usual pub lagers, John Smith's, Bombardier) but a good line in cocktails, shooters and various Nathan drinks.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nOne of the changes to the Tup has been the introduction of a more upmarket menu. The kitchen is open and located at the corner of the pub, so you can see the chef preparing (and even burning) your food. Their impressive range of cooking methods include a full flame grill, which makes very good made burgers.\n\nTo give you an idea of the prices, one of the cheaper options, the Mediterranean Ciabatta and fries, is about Ł6.50, and the main course prices range up to Ł10 for Steak and Chips or Chicken Fajitas. (The snack menu is a little cheaper, with things like veggie nachos at Ł4.95. They also have two-course set lunches for Ł5.)\n\nThere are three vegetarian main courses. Penne Pasta with sundried tomatoes, olives, spinach and pesto is Ł6.50, and Veggie Fajitas is Ł7. I had the Mediterranean Vegetable Pancakes with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce (Ł6.50), and it was really quite disappointing; the bulk of it seemed to be made up of a thick layer of cheese (it looked more like lasagne than pancakes, when it arrived). The roasted vegetables were probably reasonably competent, but I couldn't really find enough of them in the gloop to be able to tell. It might have been less cloying overall if it had come with a side salad, but it didn't.\n\nThe quality of the food is somewhat doubtable, and I'd be doing you a disservice if I didn't tell you that The Tup has been the source of quite a few cases of the dodgy stomach. I don't recommend the fish. Let's leave it at that.\n\nFood served Mon--Fri noon--3pm and 6pm--10pm, Sat noon--9pm, Sun noon--6pm.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThe Tup is large and is basically rectangular in shape, divided roughly in half by half a foot step. Alongside several smaller tables there are a collection of big tables, each that can take fifteen or so people, meaning that the Tup is quite good for when you're meeting a large number of people. All the tables are big and pine - it might as well be a All Bar One. Recently they've imported a couple of leather sofas that they've placed in one of the far corners.\n\nThe male toilets are located on the ground floor, but the women's is located upstairs next to the function room. The roof has a habit of leaking.\n\nThe Tup has Sky Sports which they use to show football and rugby, and to show the test cricket during the day. The display medium is two large projection screens at either end of the pub (serving the two areas discussed above.) When the big events are on the blinds are pulled down to enable people to see (projections don't work so well in bright light) - meaning even if the pub does look shut it might not be.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:40:42 Tube Map/London Connections Medium 1 This is the London Connections map, showing [[Tube]] and [[rail]] lines, medium zoom:\n\n

\n\nZoom:\n* [[/London Connections|Small size]]: 675x523 pixels, 185KB\n* [[/London Connections Large|Large size]]: 2689x2901 pixels, 1.549MB\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:40:48 Shopping 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Shopping]]\n 2003-04-19 21:40:54 Hertford Union Canal 1 The Act authorising the Hertford Union was passed in 1824, and it opened without a great deal of ceremony in the spring of 1830.\n\nThe canal linked - and still does - the [[Regent's Canal]] to the [[River Lee Navigation|Lee Navigation]], avoiding the distance via [[Limehouse]] and the semi-tidal [[Limehouse Cut]]. It runs alongside [[Victoria Park]] for much of its short length of just over a mile, with three locks. The canal is also known as Ducket's Canal after Sir George Duckett, its original promoter. It was never a great commercial success and indeed for a time from the late 1840's to the mid 1850's it was unnavigable. In 1851 it was advertised for sale but no buyer wanted to invest in it. Eventually the [[Regent's Canal]] bought it and from 28th October 1857 onwards it became a branch of the [[Regent's Canal]] and from 1929, part of the [[Grand Union Canal|Grand Union]] system.\n\nThe canal provides a pleasant [[cycling]] route into London from East London for BW permit holders, although you're required to dismount under the narrow bridges that adjoin the three locks.\n\n-- [[Aegidian]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:40:59 Hare And Tortoise, WC1N 1AF 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC1N1AF&Z=1 15-17 Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AF]\n* Locale: [[Bloomsbury]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Russell Square Station]]\n* Official website: http://www.hareandtortoise.co.uk/\n\nThis is a cheap and cheerful noodle bar just along the road from Russell Square tube station\n\n==== Food ====\n\nMain courses are priced from Ł4.30, inclusive of rice or noodles. The portions are decently-sized; a main course will fill you up. \n\nThe noodles used are wheat noodles but don't contain egg, so are suitable for vegans; you can choose plain steamed rice instead of noodles in any case. The vegetable stirfry in satay sauce is kind of greasy, especially when you have it with noodles, and it has too much sauce in relation to the other ingredients. (In fact, all of the dishes I've tried here seem to have a bit of a problem with the ingredients--sauce--rice ratio, though I might be unusual in rather liking rice in itself rather than as something to soak up juices. --[[Kake]]) The nicest vegan dish is possibly Saute Beancurd and Mixed Vegetables Lo Mein ; the beancurd is well-seasoned with a sweetish, soy-sauce-based marinade, and hence less bland than in the other vegetarian dishes.\n\nTheir edamame (salty, boiled green soya beans, served as a starter or accompaniment to drinks) are nice, and a reasonably-sized bowl costs Ł2.50.\n\nYou can get takeaway if you prefer not to eat in.\n\n==== Drink ====\n\nThey have beer (including Kirin on draught at Ł2.90/pint) and wine and a range of soft drinks. A large (250ml) glass of house white wine is Ł3.40, and not particularly awful.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.w202.com/eat/hareandtortoise.htm w202.com review]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:41:04 Clubs 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Clubs]]\n 2003-04-19 21:41:12 Farringdon Station 1

Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531567&Y=181852&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Farringdon Journey Planner]

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[[Hammersmith And City Line\|Hammersmith and City]] [[Circle Line]] [[Metropolitan Line]]	west	[[King's Cross St Pancras Station\|King's Cross St. Pancras]]	Farringdon	[[Barbican Station\|Barbican]]	east
[[Thameslink]]	north	[[King's Cross St Pancras Station\|King's Cross (Thameslink)]]	Farringdon	[[Barbican Station\|Barbican]]	Moorgate
[[Thameslink]]	north		Farringdon	[[City Thameslink Station\|City Thameslink]]	south

\n\nConveniently there is [[mobile phone reception]] on the platforms. The reason I made this page is because when I first used this station I was confused by the signs that pointed me to the right platforms for the Circle and Metropolitan lines, but completely failed to mention the Hammersmith & City one. This is an oversight, just follow the signs. It's all the same platforms.\n\n
\n----\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nA few steps connect the southbound [[Thameslink]] with the westbound tube platform. Other interchanges involve a staircase.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* [[Metropolitan Line]] westbound: Second carriage from the rear\n* [[Metropolitan Line]] eastbound: Second carriage from the front\n* [[Circle Line|Circle]] and [[Hammersmith And City Line|H&C]] eastbound: front of train\n* [[Circle Line|Circle]] and [[Hammersmith And City Line|H&C]] westbound: rear of train\n\nThis is because [[Metropolitan line]] trains are longer than the others.\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Jerusalem Tavern, EC1M 5NA|Jerusalem Tavern]]\n* [[Clerk's Well At Farringdon Lane|Clerk's well]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:41:23 Tai, W1D 4DH 1 * Phone: 020 7287 3730\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1D4DH&Z=1 10 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 4DH]\n* Locale: [[Soho]] / [[Chinatown]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]]\n\nOne of the chain of [[Chinese vegan buffet restaurants]], this one is just down from Soho Square - weird but yummy. They do rather good fake meat dishes as well as vegetable and tofu ones. It's all-you-can-eat, and costs Ł5 at lunchtimes and Ł6 otherwise, or you can get a takeaway box full of whatever you choose for Ł3. The food's not at all bad for stuff that's hanging around being kept warm. They won't serve you tap water; you have to buy mineral water. They also do beer, but this isn't mentioned on the menu.\n\n----\n\nI've had ocasional very bad experiences with the food here - [[Dodo]].\n\nWhat kind of bad experiences? Actually, I wouldn't eat the prawn-cracker-a-likes here; I peeked into the storage room downstairs while I was waiting for the ladies' and saw a dirty plastic crate full of them with another dirty crate balanced on top. --[[Kake]]\n\nOne time they'd carefully burnt the noodles, you filled your plate up, took one bite, and had a horrid smoky flavour on your palate. Couldn't eat anything else - and it was happening to everyone. Had a couple of feeling ill incidents as well - could just be the sheer amount of deep fat frying! Circumstantial evidence implies the one in Knightsbridge is better. - [[Dodo]]\n\nYes, the one in Knightsbridge is good, though I've not tried the buffet there, just the a la carte in the evening. Website at http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/vegchinese/ - will write it a page of its own at some point. --[[Kake]]\n\nThe London Vegans website says that the Knightsbridge one has closed now. There is a new one opposite [[Angel Station]] though. There is also [[CTB, EC1N 7TT|one on Leather Lane in Clerkenwell]]. --[[Kake]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:41:28 Stratford Station 1 Zone 3 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=538497&Y=184379&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Stratford Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Silverlink North London Line]]:	west	[[Hackney Wick Station\|Hackney Wick]]	Stratford	[[West Ham Station\|West Ham]]	east
[[Central Line]]:	west	[[Mile End Station\|Mile End]]	Stratford	[[Leyton Station\|Leyton]]	east
[[Jubilee Line]]:		terminates here	Stratford	[[West Ham Station\|West Ham]]	south
[[DLR]]:		terminates here	Stratford	[[Pudding Mill Lane Station\|Pudding Mill Lane]]	south
[[First Great Eastern]]:	west	[[Liverpool Street Station\|Liverpool Street]]	Stratford	[[Maryland Station\|Maryland]] Ilford Shenfield	east

\n\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThere are [[Cross Platform Interchanges]] between westbound [[Central Line]] and main line services, and between eastbound [[Central Line]] and main line services. Also, the [[DLR]] and [[Jubilee Line]] termini are next to each other and on the same level, as is the [[Silverlink North London Line]] westbound platform. A pair of lifts can be used to move between these and the [[Silverlink North London Line]] eastbound platform.\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nOnly one, which leads to the Bus Station and the Shopping Centre.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* Central Line (and main line): exits are near the west end of the train and about 1/3 of the length of the train east of that. Use the more eastern exit if leaving the station or changing to Silverlink eastbound, the more western one if changing to other lines.\n* Jubilee Line, DLR, Silverlink westbound: the front of the train.\n* Silverlink eastbound: the back of the train.\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nStratford is quite modern in train station terms and has been partially rebuilt in huge sections of curving glass and steel.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Public Toilets (under the stairway in the main entrance).\n* Cash machines immediately outside the station (one HSBC, one Nationwide).\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\nAs for [[Stratford]] itself, there is a shopping centre, cinema, and theatres, but not a lot else.\n\nThere is a fairly large bus station directly outside the main station area.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:41:35 Category Buses 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Bus]]\n 2003-04-19 21:41:44 Photos 1 I am planning a commercial project which involves photos of London as a souvenir. However I need your help.\n\n* What places do you want to see photos of? \n* What places are important for a visitor to see (presumably every page in Grubstreet?)\n* Do you want to submit photos too?\n\nIf there is enough interest I can donate a low res set of images to Grubstreet.\n
\n----\n Categories: [[Category Photography]]\n 2003-04-19 21:41:49 Category Bus 1 "The way to see London is from the top of a bus - the top of a bus, gentlemen."
\n- William Ewart Gladstone, to some American tourists.\n\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Bus View all grubstreet pages in Category Bus]\n\nLondon has a large and efficient (although slow) bus network that should, in theory, be able to take you almost anywhere in the city. At night the system switches over to the night bus network, which is often the only cheap way to get home at 4 in the morning since the [[Tube|Tubes]] stop running at around midnight.\n\nEach route is numbered, and the larger bus stops with shelters bear maps showing the routes of all buses that stop at them. However, the old realistic bus shelter maps showing a large area with all the bus routes are now being replaced with so-called [[spider maps]] which is not such a good thing if you don't know how you're getting to your destination. Most if not all stops should also have notices showing the frequency of the service throughout the day and night, and some even have [[Countdown Electronic Displays|electronic displays]] showing how long a wait you have until the next bus.\n\nThe red [[Routemaster]] bus is one of the enduring symbols of London, along with the black [[Taxis]].\n\n==== Bus Routes and Timetables ====\n\n* [http://www.busmap.co.uk/ The Greater London Bus Map] is a very useful (if unofficial) publication showing services in Central and Greater London (including a quick-reference route list for every London bus route). PDFs are available from the website for free, or you can buy your own copy to carry around with you for only Ł1.50 (secure online transactions available). New editions roughly three times a year. I have the latest (No. 19, August 2002) and find it very handy. Buy one! It's great!\n\n* London Buses\n** http://www.londontransport.co.uk/buses/\n\n* [http://www.firstlondontimetables.co.uk/ First London Timetables] has full timetable information for all the London buses operated by [http://www.firstcapital.co.uk/ First London]\n\n==== Bus Fares ====\n\nYou can pay for a bus journey in one of several ways: by cash on the bus itself, by buying a book of saver tickets, with a [[bus pass]] or with a [[travelcard]].\n\nThe normal [[travel zones]] do affect adult single fares and bus passes — [http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/buses/nftt_bus_saver.shtml the adult single fare for any bus journey including zone 1 is £1 whereas for a journey not including zone 1 the price is 70p].\n\nHowever, any [[travelcard]] is [http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/buses/wnb_busimprove.shtml valid across all zones for bus travel]. This very useful fact seems not to be very widely known.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:41:55 Stonemasons Arms, W6 0LA 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=522959&Y=178749&A=Y&Z=1 54 Cambridge Grove, London W6 0LA]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[Hammersmith Station|Hammersmith]] / [[Ravenscourt Park Station|Ravenscourt Park]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nStrongbow cider. St Peter's beers in bottles -- I saw five on the blackboard, priced at either Ł2.90 or Ł3.20. They have the very yummy cinnamon and apple (Ł3.20). A range of cocktails, too. Absinthe done reasonably properly (according to Alan). [Prices at 2002-03-19.]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nThe food menu is odd. It's presented as a couple of sheets of paper on a clipboard. Steph passed it over to me and said "I can't concentrate on it", and she was right; it's in ALL CAPITALS and widely spaced out. I had to stare at it for ages in order to take notes on it, and this was after only a few sips of beer. It had the current date printed on it, but whether this means that the menu changes every day, I don't know.\n\nThere were six main courses, one vegetarian, ranging in price from Ł7.50 for the vegetarian choice of roast beetroot, artichoke, butternut squash and potato rosti with shiitake mushrooms, up to Ł10.75 for sirloin steak with salad and chips.\n\nBig bowl of chips Ł2, home-made hummous & Lebanese bread Ł3.75 (I think), soup of the day Ł3.75.\n\nAll that was just read off the menu; we didn't try any of it. [Prices at 2002-03-19.]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nAll the seats were taken at 7pm on a Tuesday, and the clumps of people hovering for somewhere to sit got worse over the next hour before we got fed up of the noise and left. There's not actually a drastic shortage of table space, but there aren't enough chairs! It's very noisy due to the many shiny surfaces and the low ceilings.\n\nMusic was playing but we couldn't hear it over the reflected conversations.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nAs far as I could see, one big split-level room with large wooden tables.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://ultimatepubguide.com/pubs/commentspage.phtml?pub_id=20 Hammersmith Pub Guide user comments]\n* [http://www.walkingspace.freeuk.com/mysite/publist.htm#stonemasonsarms Chris Amies' Hammersmith Pub Guide] (note their disparaging comments about the beer are either mistaken or no longer relevant -- see "Drinks" section above)\n* [http://www.xtreme.positive-internet.com/product_web/leonb000317_1.html sorted.com review] (sounds very partisan and judging by the rest of sorted.com almost like a press release rather than an independent review. The food and drink comments seem reasonably accurate, though I'm not at all sure about the rest of the review)\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:42:02 Central Line 1 ==== Alternatives to the Central Line during the current disruption (January 2003) ====\n\n* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2694361.stm Details of the accident at Chancery Lane that caused the Central Line closure]\n* [http://groups.google.com/groups?th=958ce8c0a8a018ae uk.transport.london thread listing bus routes that can be used instead of the eastern ends of the Central Line]\n\n----\n\nhttp://www.thetube.com/content/faq/lines/central.asp\n\n== The Tuppenny Tube ==\n\nStarting life early in the 1900s as the Tuppenny Tube (any ticket was a flat rate of two old pence), the Central Line is still pretty important. Beck's first version of the [[Tube map]] used the Central Line as the horizontal anchor, a role it maintained until the 1990 revision which diverted it at [[Bank Station]] to make the new DLR and older [[Monument Station]] links more prominent.\n\nThe line extends westwards to [[North Acton Station]], where the line splits between west to [[Ealing Broadway Station]] and north-west to West Ruislip. Eastwards takes you towards the Essex stations of Epping and Hainault (via Newbury Park). The run from Ruislip to Epping is the longest non-stop section on the Underground; it takes an hour and a half to travel this section in full.\n\nSections of track near [[Bethnal Green Station]] are amongst the worst in the London Underground network resulting in some of the noisiest trains around. The signalling frequently breaks down resulting in confusion and delays all round. \n\nTo the East the Central Line goes through [[Liverpool Street Station]], [[Bethnal Green Station]], [[Mile End Station]], [[Stratford Station]], [[Leyton Station]], [[Leytonstone Station]]. [[Leytonstone Station]] is on the border between zone three and four, and is also the last station before the split with some trains going to Woodford then Epping, and some to the Hainault loop, which eventually goes to Woodford.\n\n'''Historical note:''' There used to be a small separate section of Central Line, which ran a shuttle service between Epping and Ongar, with intervening stops [http://www.urban75.org/photos/london/lon234.html Blake Hall] and North Weald. This section closed in 1994.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:42:08 Evil London 1 Okay, this is just me being silly, but: Evil Parallel Universe London Names.\r\n\r\n* Golem Square\r\n* Spitalfiends\r\n* Hammersmite\r\n* Notting Hell\r\n\r\nCan anyone come up with any more?\r\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:42:13 Closing Time 1 This is a weird thing that we have in the UK where pubs close (by law)\n\nUsually\n\n

11:00pm Monday to Saturday\n
10:30pm Sunday and Bank Holidays\n

\n\nPubs traditionally ring a bell for last orders ten minutes before they close the bar (your last chance to get a drink) and again to indicate the bar has closed. Modern pubs tend to do this less and simply (and annoyingly) close the bar. Nice pubs also let you have some drinking up time (up to a maximum of 20min by law).\n\nThere are exceptions to closing time. You can go on later if you have live music, and later still if you have live dancing. The landlord has to apply for a special licence.\n\nBecause of closing time, people either tend to go onto clubs (where they can still drink) or late night drinking dens. Closing time has also been blamed for a "culture of binge drinking" arising in Britain.\n\nSee also [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1353426 this article on Everything2].\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:42:19 Category Takeaway Delivery Hammersmith 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Delivers To Hammersmith]]\n 2003-04-19 21:42:26 CyberDog 1 * '''Telephone:''' (020) 7387 5094\n* '''Website:''' http://www.cyberdog.co.uk/\n\nA chain of clothing shops with loud music, flashing lights, stretchy silver clothes, chunky biker-type jackets, t-shirts with flashing lights on (Matrix code, anyone?) and other stuff for people of a particular fashion persuasion. It's ''futuristic'', man, get with it.\n\nThere are two branches in London:\n\n;[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528567&Y=184212&A=Y&Z=1 The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town, NW1]:Open Fri, Sat, and Sun 10:00am - 6:30pm\n\n;[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530025&Y=181065&A=Y&Z=1 9 Earlham St, Covent Garden, WC2]:Open Mon - Sat 11:00am - 7:00pm, Sun 1:00pm - 6:30pm \n\n 2003-04-19 21:42:40 Acton 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Acton]]\n 2003-04-19 21:42:46 Blue Anchor, W6 9DJ 1 * '''Phone:''' 020 7385 3929\n* '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=w69dj&Z=1 13 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DJ]\n* '''Locale:''' [[Hammersmith]] / [[Chiswick]]\n* '''Nearby Tube stops:''' [[Hammersmith Station]] / [[Ravenscourt Park Station]]\n\nSituated next to Hammersmith Bridge, this pub (originally built in 1722) is a prime spot to watch the annual [[Boat Race]] from, and according to a plaque outside, is where Gustav Holst wrote his ''[http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?ean=30911103927 Hammersmith Suite]''. If you've seen the movie ''[http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0120148 Sliding Doors]'', you'll recognise it as the pub where the rowing game is played.\n\nBorrowed from another site (full review coming shortly):
\n"Pleasant interior with old-style tiled floor, Victorian iron tables and chairs and much bric-a-brac around the walls. Pewter bar counter and stubby hand-pulls many of which refer to keg brews on adjacent founts. Many seats outside too."\n\nThe Blue Anchor is where I drank during my school years, and is IMHO a better pub than the Rutland (review also coming soon) which is next-door at no. 15. Although the beer is a little more pricy, the atmosphere is much cosier and less noisy. --[[Earle]]\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub1331.htm fancyapint.com]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:42:52 Using Images 1 == How to put pictures in your pages on Grubstreet ==\n\nIt's very simple, and follows the traditional HTML way of doing things. Entering this:\n\n\n\nWill produce this:\n\n Example Image

\n\nNote that the image has a thin black border (or should do; if you can't see it, your browser can't handle stylesheets properly). This is applied by default to make images look neater on the site. If the picture you're using already has a border, or a transparent background, you can turn the border off by inserting the phrase ''class="n"'' :\n\n\n\nproduces:\n\n Example Image

\n\nPlease make sure that you always include ALT text for the image, so that people reading the site with text-only browsers aren't adversely affected.\n\n=== Positioning ==\n\nIf you want the image to "float" on the left or the right of the page, you can use styling: simply enclose your image tag in the following tags:
\n your image here \n\nObviously, replace "right" with "left" if need be. Use the margin setting to adjust how much blank space to surround the image.\n\nSee also: [[Text Formatting Examples]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:42:59 Leaping Salmon 1 ''Stress is for the other fish''\n\n* web: http://www.leapingsalmon.com\n\nLeaping Salmon is a food ordering/shop service which provides meal kits. The difference between these an TV dinners is the quality and type of food that they serve, along with the fact that you still have to cook it yourself - they just do a lot of the preparation for you.\n\nThey also provide an exotic end to their menu, including items that it may be difficult to find, as well as potentially expensive if not bought in large quantities.\n\nThey have a standard menu, as well as seasonal items such as in season meat and veg, as well as christmas dinners and the like. They try and keep the menu rotating, so don't expect to find the same thing from week to week.\n\nExamples:\n\n* Ostrich steak\n* Beef Wellington\n* Gravadlax\n* Roast lamb/duck/partridge\n\nThey also do some vegetarian dishes, starters, puddings, hampers and "meal deals". It's not cheap, but is meant to be good.\n\nThere are branches in [[Liverpool Street Station]] ([[Broadgate Circle]] above the station), the vault under the mainline section of [[London Bridge Station]], and the [[Victoria]] concourse. They also do delivery to your office before you go home, as well as to your home, through their website.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:05 Bow Bells 1

\n\n"You owe me five farthings," say the bells of St Martin's.
\n"When will you pay me," says the bell of Old Bailey.
\n"When I grow rich," say the bells of Shoreditch.
\n"When will that be?" say the bells of Stepney.
\n"I do not know," says the great bell of Bow.\n\n

\n\nTurn again, Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London. The bells that called [[Dick Whittington]] back to London in [http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales_dickwhittington.html the story].\n\nOne definition of a [[Cockney]] is "one born within the sound of Bow bell".\n\nContrary to what some believe, the Bow Bells are not in [[Bow Church]] in the [[East End]], but at the [[Church of St Mary le Bow]], on [[Cheapside]] in the [[City of London]]. The current ones are also not all that old, having been cast at the [[Whitechapel]] bellfoundry in 1956.\n\n* [http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/bells.html All about the Bow Bells, from the St Mary le Bow website]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:10 Category Buildings 1 == Interesting buildings ==\r\n\r\nIf you've done a writeup for something that happens to be, or be in an interesting building, label it with this category.\r\n\r\nClick on the title link to see all pages that have been labelled as being in this category.\r\n\r\n(It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".) \r\n\r
\n----\r\n[[Category Category]] - leave this here for autoindexing.\r\n 2003-04-19 21:43:14 St. Martin-In-The-Fields 1 * [http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/ Homepage]\n\nThe church on one side of [[Trafalgar Square]].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:23 Goose Pub Chain 1 A pub chain owned by Bass. Does your normal kind of pub food from a standard menu: cheap, reasonably-varied, reasonable-but-not-great quality.\r\r\n\r\r\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Goose+Pub+Chain Search grubstreet for Goose pubs]\r\r\n\r\r\n
\r\n----\r\r\n 2003-04-19 21:43:27 Gordo 1 The Wenlock Web Warden...\n\n[[Wenlock Arms, N1 7TA]]\n\n\nHello Gordo, welcome to grubstreet! --[[Kake]]\n\nWell hello..... how did we get here?\n\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:31 Cucina 1 * '''Address:''' South End Road, London, NW3 2QB\n* '''Locale:''' Belsize Park\n* '''Nearby Tube Stops:''' [[Belsize Park]] \n* Phone Number: 020 7435 7814\n\nAbove (well to the side if I am honest) a food shop, this popular restaurant has an unusual entrance. Once inside you find yourself in a well designed and trendy eatery. There is a really pleasant bustling atmosphere (although some may find this a little noisy). The staff are very friendly. Upon sitting we were treated to some fantastic home made bread (so good we asked for another serving), the walnut and date was particularly memorable. The menu appears to be special for everyday (at least it is printed everyday). For starters we had one of everything. Tiger Prawn Risotto this was spicy with ginger and chilli with perfectly cooked rice and shiitake. The ricotta and pine nut terrine was light and tasty. The smoked haddock rarebit and leek flan were also delicious. For the main courses, we selected Cajun Cod with squid ink mash and a tomato salsa. The salsa was really intense and the cod melting tender almost to the point of being undercooked. The squid ink mash tasted just like normal mash (but it was disconcertingly black... presumably for visual impact). The salmon with fettucine was equally well received as was the lamb with mediterranean vegetables. The high point of the meal was the fantastic house white wine, a bottle of Jourot Sauvignon Blanc from the Pay d'Oc; this had some of the best steely qualities of new-world sauvignon whilst maintaining some fruity-ness and fragrance and at Ł11.95 was a absolute bargain.\n\nI think we'll be coming back here again.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:19 Category East Sheen 1 Click on the title above for venues in East Sheen\n\n* [[Postal District]]: SW14\n\n* [[Local Government]] authority: London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames\n\n----\n\n''We could do with some content here''--IvorW [[Fix Please]]\n\n
\n----\n'''Neighbouring Locales:''' [[Category Richmond| Richmond]] / [[Category Barnes| Barnes]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:35 Category Malls 1 Follow the title link to see all pages about malls.\n\n'''See also:''' [[shopping]].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:40 Tube Map/London Connections 1 This is the London Connections map, showing [[Tube]] and [[rail]] lines.\n\n

\n\nZoom in:\n* [[/London Connections Medium|Medium size]]: 1345x1046 pixels, 526KB\n* [[/London Connections Large|Large size]]: 2689x2901 pixels, 1.549MB\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:44 Canary Wharf 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Canary Wharf]]\n 2003-04-19 21:43:51 Tube/Ticket Touts 1 At many major Tube stations you'll find people at the exits or even inside the station offering to sell you a cheap [[Travelcard]], or asking if you can give them one that you've finished with so they can sell it on.\n\nNeedless to say, this is antisocial (touts have been known to get violent with people) and, well, it's cheating.\n\nUnderground staff have been instructed to come down hard, both on touts, and on people obtaining their tickets from them. You may also hear announcements warning you of touts; I remember hearing one in [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] --IvorW.\n\nAs of late 2002, at [[Brixton Station]] there is [http://www.thetube.com/content/pressreleases/0212/17.asp a new scheme] that allows passengers to convert used Travelcards into a donation to the homeless charity [[St Mungo's]].\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:43:57 TfL 1 #REDIRECT [[Transport for London]]\n 2003-04-19 21:44:03 Category Takeaway 1 Click on the title link to see all pages that have been labelled as being in this category.\r\n\r\n(It is assumed that you have the sense to figure out your local value of "click".)\r\n\r
\n----\r\n[[Category Category]] / [[Category Food]]\n 2003-04-19 21:44:08 Swiss Cottage Station 1 Zone 2 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526738&Y=184280&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Swiss+Cottage Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n* [[Jubilee Line]]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

west

[[Finchley Road Station|Finchley Road]]

Swiss Cottage

[[St. John's Wood Station|St. John's Wood]]

east

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nNo direct interchanges, but [[South Hampstead Station]] on the [[Silverlink Watford Line]] is a few minutes walk.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n[[Fix Please]]\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* The [[Swiss Cottage]] - a [[Samuel Smith's]] pub\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:44:14 Calthorpe Arms, WC1X 8JR 1 === The Calthorpe Arms ===\r\n\r\n

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\r\n* Brewery: [http://www.youngs.co.uk/ Youngs]\r\n* Phone: (020) 7278 4732\r\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530780&Y=182355&A=Y&Z=1 252 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8JR]\r\n* Locale: [[Clerkenwell]] / [[Bloomsbury]] / [[St Pancras]]\r\n* Tube: The closest Tube station is probably [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]] — turn right on coming out of the station then take the next right into Grenville Street. Turn left at the end of that into Guilford Street and walk along to the end, where it meets Grays Inn Road. The pub is across the road and along to your left a bit. [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] and [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross]] are also reasonably close, at either end of Grays Inn Road.\r\n* Bus routes: Numbers 17, 45 and 46 go down Grays Inn Road. In addition, 19, 38, 55 and 243 go along Theobalds Road, which intersects with Grays Inn Road a few minutes' walk south of the pub.\r\n\r\n==== Drinks ====\r\n\r\nLots of lovely, lovely beer. The seasonal ale (eg Waggledance or Winter Warmer) at around Ł2.30/pint, also bottles of other Youngs beers, including Chocolate Stout, Winter Warmer, Special London Ale. [Prices as of August 2002]\r\n\r\nThe Winter Warmer is the current seasonal ale (November 2002).\r\n\r\nThe Calthorpe Arms was [http://www.camranorthlondon.org.uk/awards.html CAMRA North London pub of the year in 2001].\r\n\r\n==== Food ====\r\n\r\nServed all day until 9pm. And cheap! Menu examples include sausage, beans and chips (Ł3.75), tuna melt with chips and salad (Ł3.00), sausage in French bread (Ł2.50); there are also specials at Ł4.50, such as roast stuffed marrow, Thai chicken noodle stew, cottage pie, or blackened chicken salad. [Prices as of August 2002]\r\n\r\nUnfortunately the food quality is not great. The meat seemed to be all deep-fried, including Leon's “steak”, and the tuna melt sandwich was a bizarre combination of room-temperature melted cheese and chilled tuna. The veggie option (stuffed roast marrow) wasn't bad, though, and I had a really very nice chicken and ham pie with mashed potatoes (from the specials menu) last time we were here (September 2002).\r\n\r\n==== Service and Ambience ====\r\n\r\nA pleasant, quiet little pub, possibly because it's not directly outside a Tube station (well worth the short walk, though). Clientele seems quite mixed, and generally of the more mature persuasion. No background music. Although there's a television in the bar, the sound was turned off two of the times I've been here, and the other time it was turned down too low to hear, let alone to be obtrusive.\r\n\r\nOften quiet even on a Friday night, very useful to know such a place within a short walk of the busier, suit-filled pubs on High Holborn.\r\n\r\n==== Layout ====\r\n\r\nSingle, medium-sized room downstairs. There are small tables around the edges but regulars seem to cluster around the bar. The loos are off a corridor through the back.\r\n\r\n==== Facilities ====\r\n\r\nFunction room (seats 30) upstairs, Ł15 to hire it out. [Price as of July 2002] (They don't seem to charge [[London Perl Mongers]] any more, though, possibly since we've been here a few times and they know we're going to spend a lot on drinks.)\r\n\r\nLadies' loos are quite nice, very minimally decorated but with plenty of room to manouevre. Men's loos are somewhat smelly; last time I was here some people at the bar were making sure that everyone passing through the connecting door closed it after them because of the smell. ''Every time I've been here I've noticed this. "Somewhat" is too weak a word; it is, to be honest, disgusting. The whiff is so bad that it goes halfway up the stairs - and that's just ''outside'' the toilet. Given the nature of the rest of the pub, I am astounded that they don't take steps to rectify this. --[[Earle]]''\r\n\r\n==== Other Reviews ====\r\n\r\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub342.htm FancyAPint review]\r\n\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:44:18 Category Hounslow 1 Follow the link above to see all pages marked as being about Hounslow.\n\nWhat is there to say about Hounslow?\n\nI don't know. Not much, possibly. It's on the western edge of London, about halfway between north and south. [[Earle]] was there, recently, in a place called Feltham. This is what he can tell you about it.\n\n=== Feltham ===\n\nA dead place. This decaying one-horse town has very little to recommend it, except possibly the fact that it's close to [[Heathrow Airport]]. Feltham has been in the news recently due to being home to the country's most notorious juvenile offenders' facility. Somehow, this doesn't suprise me.\n\nIn Feltham, [[taxis]] with signs that say "Taxi" do not exist. If you need to get somewhere you'll have to get a [[bus]] or a [[minicab]]. The minicab company's phone number is (020) 8890 2424. (Personally, I suggest you get a train and go somewhere else.)\n\n==== Feltham - It's not that bad ====\n\nPoor old Feltham, not as bad as everyone says. Though as the above says there's not much to recommend - except cheap house prices. Half decent pub is the General Roy. The Moon on the Square, and The Red Lion are ok but if anyone has been brave enough to go into the pub by the station with no windows please do post what's inside.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:44:23 Taxi 1 #REDIRECT [[Taxis]]\n 2003-04-19 21:44:28 Euston Square Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529427&Y=182433&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Euston+Square Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n* [[Circle Line]]\n* [[Hammersmith and City Line]]\n* [[Metropolitan Line]]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

west

[[Great Portland Street Station|Great Portland Street]]

Euston Square

[[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross St Pancras]]

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\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThere are no interchanges in the station itself, but [[Euston Station]] and [[Warren Street Station]] are very close.\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThere are exits either side of the [[Euston Road]]. The north exit is handy for [[Euston Station]], and for [[Drummond Street]]. The south exit brings you to [[Gower Street]].\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* westbound: front of train\n* eastbound: rear of train\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Pay phones\n* Photo booth\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[UCL]]\n* [[Drummond Street]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:44:44 Foyles 1 == Foyles Bookshop ==\n\n* Tel: (020) 7437 5660\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529838&Y=181184&A=Y&Z=1 113-119 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EB]\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Tube: [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]]\n* Website: http://foyles.co.uk/\n\nTraditionally London's largest bookshop on [[Charing Cross Road]] and now thankfully responding to the threat from modern American-style bookstores.\n\nThe excellence and massive range of their stock was always diminished by the sheer unhelpfulness of the sullen staff and a complex system of payment which involved getting a form to buy a book and taking it to a second till. This may have been due to the fact that until a couple of years ago staff were on short six month contracts and thus never really cared much about the store.\n\nThere is a certain decaying grandeur and seediness to Foyles which was allegedly misrun for years by a lady who paid her staff virtually nothing. This combined with the shop's chaotic organisation meant they paid her back by stealing the stock.\n\nIt's now under new management and cleaned up and they even have telephone and [http://foyles.co.uk/upready3/ interweb ordering]. ''(If you are lucky you will receive someone else's bill, or someone else's books even using this method, or you may not be charged at all. -- [[Kaet]].)'' The "get a bill and pay elsewhere" system is gone and they are re-fitting the entire store to look more modern. There is now a coffee shop [[Ray's Jazz Cafe]] in the store on the first floor (next to Computing) and they have an art gallery on the second floor which is usually worth popping in to.\n\nThey may even answer questions like "do you have book X" with a smile rather than snapping "well? do you know who the publisher is?". (Nah - they still ask who the publisher is - AlexMcLintock)\n\n\n[[Hatchards]] is more civilised.\n\n''(Another opinion: However, for technical or arcane books Foyles is still in a league of its own, even when also compared to the traditional shops of the old University towns.)''\n\nSeconded. It's the only bookstore in London that had the novels of Gustav Meyrink (The Angel of the West Window, The Golem, et. al.) AND they're providing a new home for [[Ray's Jazz Shop]].\n\n''Thirded: its my first stop for the esoteric religous books, or strange things that my mum has discovered that she likes that month. On the upper floors (outside of the computer dept) the staff seem quite friendly, and seem to know where things are''\n\n== Nearby ==\n\nThe nearest pub to Foyles is [[Pillars Of Hercules, W1D 4DJ]] which is a frequent haunt of Foyles staff. Also nearby is [[Milroys]] a whiskey shop with a small bar downstairs. There are other drinks but very few of them. You can ask for a bottle of champagne in the bar at prices little more than the retail.\n\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:45:18 New To London 1 Top tips for London virgins:\n\n* Buy an [[A-Z]] and use it. It's far less embarrassing and annoying than getting lost. Also, the locations and distances between Tube stations as shown on the [[Tube map]] are deceptive.\n* Be mindful of [[Tube/Etiquette|Tube Etiquette]].\n* Don't stand around in the middle of the pavement ([[Americans In London|Americans]]: sidewalk), even if you are lost, or in awe of some impressive landmark. Move to the side and let people pass, and everyone will be happy.\n* Understand the etiquette of [[/tipping|tipping]].\n* Watch out for [[New To London/Easily Made Mistakes|easily made mistakes]] about place names.\n\nThe [http://www.invectis.co.uk/iow/wardlock.html Ward, Lock & Co. Guide] to London, from 1929, advises:\n\n

"Visitors from abroad desirous of doing in London as Londoners do may welcome a hint or two under [the subject of dress], though great latitude is allowed, and all varieties of costume may be seen in the streets. For formal calls and social events of importance a black morning coat and silk hat are ''de rigueur'', but [[City of London|City]] and business men are usually content with lounge suits, and "bowlers", and soft felt hats are generally worn. Evening dress is usual when dining at high-class restaurants, and is compulsory for those who desire to dance (this does not, of course, apply to dance teas). At theatres, evening dress is nearly always worn in the boxes and stalls, and generally in the dress circle."

\n\n=== Pronounciation ===\n\nYou may well need some tips on how to pronounce London place names.\n\n* [[Gloucester Road]] - GLOSS-ter Road\n* [[Leicester Square]] - LESS-ter Square\n* [[Holborn]] - HOE-burn\n* [[Covent Garden]] - the 'o' is short as in codpiece - alternatively pronounce as in oven\n* [[Greenwich]] - GRENNITCH\n* [[Dulwich]] - DULLITCH\n* [[Vauxhall]] - VOX-all\n* [[Plaistow]] - PLAH-stow\n* [[Chiswick]] - CHIZZICK\n* [[Marylebone]] - Mary-lea-bone (say it fast)\n* [[River Thames]] - River TEMMS\n 2003-04-19 21:45:23 South Kensington 1 #REDIRECT [[Category South Kensington]]\n 2003-04-19 21:45:29 Monument 1

The Monument (photo by [[aegidian]])

\n=== Address ===\nCannon Street EC4\n\n=== Opening Times ===\n\n

Monday - Friday	9.30am - 5pm
Saturday & Sunday	9.30am - 5pm

\n\n\n=== Admission ===\nChildren under 16, 50p
\nAdults, £1.50\n\nThis fireball-topped column is a Christopher Wren designed monument to the Great Fire of London of 1666. Now owned and maintained by the [[City of London|Corporation of London]], for a small admission fee you can climb the 303 steps of the internal staircase to the small, caged-in viewing platform at the top. The height marks the distance of the monument from the spot where the fire started.\n\nThe closest tube station is (of course) [[Monument Station|Monument]] or [[Bank Station|Bank]].\n\n
\n----\n'''Categories''' [[Category Buildings]] / [[Category History]] / [[Category Major Attractions]] / [[category City of London]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:44:48 Poplar Station 1 Zone 2 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=537500&Y=180538&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Poplar Journey Planner]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

north		[[All Saints Station\|All Saints]]		Poplar		[[West India Quay Station\|West India Quay]]		south
west		[[Westferry Station\|Westferry]]		Poplar		[[Blackwall Station\|Blackwall]]		east

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\n----\nCategories: [[Category DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 21:44:56 JD Wetherspoon 1 * '''Website:''' http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/\n\nWetherspoons is one of the better known national pub companies, which started in London. Unlike the spinoffs of Watneys' empire (which was broken up in the 1980s, as a result of the beer orders), Wetherspoons have no special relationship with a single brewer.\n\nWetherspoons have always been sympathetic towards the [[real ale]] drinker, and have several beer festivals during the year.\n\nThey also defined a policy of having quiet bars, with no music or television screens. They have departed from this in one instance, in the downstairs bar of [[Penderel's Oak, WC1V_7HP|Penderel's Oak]]. But, the upstairs bar is still music and television free. More recently, Wetherspoons have spun off a separate brand called '''Lloyds No1.''' which do have music and television screens. ''If anybody knows of other Wetherspoon branded pubs that are going against this policy, please add the pub names here.''\n\nThe beer range available in the pubs is quite variable. Some places, e.g. [[Crosse Keys, EC3V 0DR| The Crosse Keys]] are absolutely superb. Others may have just Theakstons and London Pride. In terms of cellarmanship, many of their pubs have been awarded the Cask Marque, and are proud of it. Others are not as good.\n\nThe food is a [[/Menu|standard menu]], but with different price ranges for different area, the [[City]] and [[West End]] being the most expensive.\n\nAlthough Wetherspoons is a standard formula, a pub chain of this size inevitably leads to variable quality and atmosphere. It is best to judge each pub individually, and see the reviews on Grubstreet for individual London Wetherspoon pubs. Others have tried to copy the formula with varying degrees of success.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:45:00 Drive Yourself 1 Maybe not such a good idea. The average traffic speed in London is now something like six miles an hour, which is slower than a horse and carriage.\r\n\r\nIn spite of this, and fuel that's among the most expensive in the world, driving is still cheaper and usually faster than [[public transport]]; and it's the only option if you have heavy kit to move about (unless someone else is paying for it). So, be sensible. Don't try to drive during rush-hours, in practice about 7.30-9.30am and 3.30-7pm. (Even going against the rush - while much better than going with it - will be slower than normal driving. Think junctions.) Know your routes, and know your backup routes in case of sudden jams, road-works, street parades, or whatever. Get a good [[A-Z]] (or similar atlas of London) - ideally one of the inch-thick A4 ones that covers everything within the [[M25]] - and learn to use it.\r\n\r\nFrom February 2003, driving in central London during office hours will incur a [[congestion charge]] of £5.\r\n\r
\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:45:34 Where To Alight 1 Every platform at every [[Tube]] station obviously has a way out. However, all Tube platforms are not the same. If you see a Where To Alight notation on a page about a Tube station, riding to Tube at the point indicated should cause you to end up next to the exit from the platform when you arrive at your station. You can also actually buy [http://www.stanfords.co.uk/mapdetails/mapdetails?item_code=102498&loc_id=1297 a Tube map with this information on it].\r\n\r\nFor longer journeys, you might be more interested in [[Where To Get On]] to be in the least-crowded part of the train.\r\n\r\n
\n----\r\n[[Category Tube]] - leave this at the bottom of the page; it's to help with automatic indexing.\r\n 2003-04-19 21:45:38 Category Sushi 1 There are two rough categories of places to get sushi from in London — Japanese restaurants/cafes/takeaways such as [[Zipangu,_WC2H_7JJ]], and generic lunchtime food (sandwich/salad/soup/sushi) shops, such as [[Eat, WC1V 6AA]]. The former obviously is generally better quality; the latter is often more convenient and cheaper.\n\n\n\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/grubsearch.cgi?Cuisines=Sushi&do_search=1 Search grubstreet for places to eat sushi]\n\n
\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:45:43 Mad Bishop And Bear, W2 1 * Brewery: [[Fuller's]]\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526597&Y=181342&A=Y&Z=1 Upper Concourse, The Lawn, Paddington Station, London W2]\n* Locale: [[Paddington]]\n* Nearby tube/train stops: [[Paddington Station|Paddington]]\n\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\n\n\nA full range of Fuller's Ales, including bottles, Stella, Carlsberg, Strongbow, some wine. The ale is kept well, and I have yet to have a duff pint.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFairly standard Fuller's style pub menu, with a selection of starters and sharers. Ranges from fish and chips and sausage and mash, to currys and simple Thai. Prices Ł5->Ł9.\n\nI had sausage and mash with onion gravy (Ł5.95). The mash was very smooth and might have come from a packet. The gravy tasted mostly of salt and only had a couple of bits of onion in. But it was fine as pub food goes, and I might order it again.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\n\n\nService is generally quick and good. The pub is ambience is strange due to its layout — it's on the top floor of [[Paddington Station]]. It is however done out in a fairly traditional manner, and feels like a "proper pub". There is no music, but there are normally a good number of people in the pub (waiting for their trains) leading to a nice hum.\n\n(There was piped music the night we were there (Feb 2003) — bland kind of stuff, noticeable but not obtrusive. --[[Kake]])\n\nIt has an entry in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide, one of the only (if not only) in-station pubs in there.\n\n\n\n==== Layout ====\n\n\n\nMain bar with whole front open to the inside of the top floor of the station. Seating area outside - there is a roped of area for pub patrons only, but if this is full there seem to be few complaints about spreading to the surrounding tables (normally earmarked for the rather sparsely used food facilities up on the top floor).\n\n\n\nThe main area has a selection of tables and table sections around pillars (with high stools). There are a few stools at the bar - it's a long bar so you aren't normally in the way.\n\n\n\nThere is a raised section to left, carpeted with booths to the back and tables over the rest. This area can be hired out for private parties.\n\n(I think the raised area is non-smoking. Certainly at least part of it is. --[[Kake]])\n\nThe feel of the outside and inside of the pub is different. Sitting outside you do feel like you're in a railway station, and there is even the occasional pigeon flying overhead up by the roof.\n\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n\n\nLadies and Gents at the front left of the pub. Disabled lift in the same area to give access to toilets and raised section of the pub.\n\nLadies' has real taps!\n\n==== Random Facts ====\n\n\n\nThe name comes from that of a road to the north of the station (Bishops Bridge Road) and, of course, Paddington Bear...\n\n\n\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:46:09 Tower Gateway Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=533741&Y=180823&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Tower+Gateway Journey Planner]\n\n== DLR station ==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Tower Gateway

[[Shadwell Station|Shadwell]]

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([[Beckton Station|Beckton]])

\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\n[[Tower Hill Station]] and [[Fenchurch Street Station]] are two minutes walk.\n\n
\n----\nCategories: [[Category DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 21:47:54 New To London/Easily Made Mistakes 1 London has some peculiarities in how parts of it are named, which can catch out those who are [[new to London]].\n\n* [[Tottenham Court Road]] is not in [[Tottenham]], which itself should not be confused with [[Tattenham]].\n\n* [[Edgware]] is nowhere near the [[Edgware Road]]. Generally, "X Road" means "the road that goes to X"; by the time it gets to X, it'll have changed its name to be "(where you started from) Road". This doesn't generally apply to names ending in ''street'', though. Go figure.\n\n* [[Northfields]] is not near [[Southfields]].\n\n* Charing Cross Hospital is not in [[Charing Cross]], but in [[Hammersmith]]; Hammersmith Hospital is similarly not in Hammersmith, but in [[White City]].\n\n* [[Maps|London is big]], but it's not the whole country - neither [[Oxford Circus]] nor [[Leicester Square]] are anywhere near the places they're named after.\n
\n----\n=== [[Tube]] bloopers ===\n\n* Always use the full name of the station when buying a ticket, i.e. [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]], [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]], not Leicester or Piccadilly. The exception to this rule is [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross St Pancras]], which is unambiguously abbreviated to King's Cross.\n** There is an urban legend tale of an American tourist being sold a ticket to Manchester Piccadilly, when they wanted a ticket to Piccadilly Circus.\n\n* Do not take the Tube between [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] and [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]] — it is quicker to walk.\n** Ditto [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] and [[Covent Garden Station|Covent Garden]] — the train barely has time to speed up on leaving one before it needs to slow down for the other.\n** Ditto Bayswater and Queensway, which the tube map would have you believe are two trains and an interchange apart, but are in fact only 150 yards away from each other - on the same side of the same street.\n\n\n* [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]] is not the nearest station to [[Charing Cross Road]]: you're better off using [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]] or [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]].\n\n* [[Bank Station|Bank]] and [[Monument Station|Monument]] stations are actually only one station - with internal interchanges and two different names at the platform.\n\nCan anybody think of any others?\n\n----\n=== Confusing terminology ===\n\nEnglish language usage has evolved differently, on each side of the Atlantic. An American may be used, in a restaurant, to settling the ''check'' with a ''bill'', whereas in England, you can pay your restaurant ''bill'' with a ''cheque''.\n\n* '''Subway''' - In England, a subway is a pedestrian walkway which takes you underneath a busy road. There is no [[Tube]] station there unless the signs indicate this.\n\nSee [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1328154 this page on Everything2] for more examples of confusing terms.\n\n=== Other mistakes ===\n\nA commonly made mistake is to assume the most ornate bridge with the lifting spans is [[London Bridge]]. It's not, it's [[Tower Bridge]]. London Bridge is a plain structure. \n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:48:00 Colindale Station 1 [[Northern Line]], Edgware branch.\r\n
\n----\r\n[[Category Tube]]\r\n 2003-04-19 21:48:07 Silverlink North London Line 1 * Website: http://www.silverlink-trains.com/\n\nThe rail operator Silverlink were originally known, after privatisation, as North London Railways. The line has sometimes been called the Gutter, to go with the Drain ([[Waterloo and City Line]]).\n\nThe North London Line runs between [[Richmond Station|Richmond]] and [[North Woolwich Station|North Woolwich]], with a number of incredibly useful connections to other rail and tube lines. Trains are timetabled to run every 15 minutes during weekdays, but there are often delays and cancellations. In the evening, the service stops at around 11:30 p.m. If you want to use this service late into the evening, it is worth checking the timetable, as the last trains do not go beyond [[Stratford Station|Stratford]] or [[Willesden Junction Station|Willesden Junction]]. Also, avoid this line at weekends without further research, as there will inevitably be part of the line closed for engineering work, and replaced with a bus service.\n\nThe line is often used by goods trains crossing London. Do not be surprised by the sight of a full-length series of freight wagons on this apparently peaceful commuter line.\n\n* '''[[Richmond Station|Richmond]]''' - mainline services (Connex South Central) from [[Waterloo station|Waterloo]]\n* '''[[Gunnersbury Station|Gunnersbury]]''' - [[District Line]]\n* '''[[Willesden Junction Station|Willesden Junction]]''' - [[Bakerloo Line]], Silverlink services to [[Euston Station|Euston]], Watford and [[Clapham Junction Station|Clapham Junction]]\n* '''[[West Hampstead Station|West Hampstead]]''' - [[Jubilee Line]], [[Thameslink]]\n* '''[[Finchley Road And Frognal Station|Finchley Road & Frognal]]''' - short walk to [[Finchley Road Station]] for [[Metropolitan Line]] and [[Jubilee Line]]\n* '''[[Gospel Oak Station|Gospel Oak]]''' - [[Silverlink Barking Line|Silverlink service]] to [[Barking Station|Barking]]\n* '''[[Highbury And Islington Station|Highbury & Islington]]''' - [[Victoria Line]], WAGN services to [[Moorgate Station|Moorgate]], Welwyn Garden City and Hertford North.\n* '''[[Stratford Station|Stratford]]''' - [[Central Line]], [[Jubilee Line]], Anglia trains to [[Liverpool Street Station|Liverpool Street]] and East Anglia, [[DLR]], Future Eurostar terminal\n* '''[[West Ham Station|West Ham]]''' - [[District Line]], [[Hammersmith And City Line]], [[Jubilee Line]], [[c2c]] service to [[Fenchurch Street Station|Fenchurch Street]] and Southend\n* '''[[Canning Town Station|Canning Town]]''' - [[Jubilee Line]], [[DLR]]\n* '''[[Custom House Station|Custom House]]''' - [[DLR]]\n\n==== A technical note on 313 units ====\n\nApart from on the [[Silverlink Barking Line|Barking service]], Silverlink Trains make exclusive use of 313s on all their services. The 313 is a versatile unit, capable of being powered both by overhead electric cables via pantagraph, or by third rail. It is also small enough to fit in tube tunnels. This capability of switching power pickup is used on the North London Line, as some sections are third rail, and some have overhead cables.\n\n* [[Richmond Station|Richmond]] to [[Acton Central Station|Acton Central]]: Third rail\n* [[Acton Central Station|Acton Central]] to [[Camden Road Station|Camden Road]]: Pantagraph\n* [[Camden Road Station|Camden Road]] to [[Hackney Wick Station|Hackney Wick]]: Third rail\n* [[Hackney Wick Station|Hackney Wick]] to [[North Woolwich Station|North Woolwich]]: Pantagraph\n\nThe [[GN Electrics line]] also uses 313s, and switches over to third rail when heading south at [[Finsbury Park]].\n\n\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Rail]]\n 2003-04-19 21:48:12 Arts 1 It's the arts!\n\nLondon has a multitude of reasons for existance. Some would say it's the arts capital of Europe - it certainly has the broadest range of entertainment, and the largest range of venues.\n\n== Art galleries ==\n\nThere are many, many galleries in London - from wide ranging public galleries to smaller, specialist galleries, and selling galleries. See [[Category Art]].\n\n=== Public galleries ===\n\n=== Specialist galleries ===\n\n\n== Theatre ==\n\n=== Musicals ===\n\n=== West-end ===\n\n==== Off west-end / Fringe ====\n\n=== Cheap theatre tickets ===\n\nHalf price theatre tickets are available on the day from the Half Price TKTS booth in Leicester Square.\n\nAlso, if you live in Southwark or Lambeth, the Young Vic is offering every resident a free ticket over the next few years. Contact [http://www.youngvic.org/tpr1.html them] for more information.\n\n== Opera / Ballet ==\n\n== Music ==\n\n== Entertainment centres ==\n\n\n 2003-04-19 21:48:18 Audley, W1K 2RP 1 * Phone: (020) 7499 1843\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528385&Y=180605&A=Y&Z=1 41--43 Mount Street, London W1K 2RP]\n* Locale: [[Mayfair]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Green Park Station|Green Park]] / [[Marble Arch Station|Marble Arch]] / [[Bond Street Station|Bond Street]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nDirectors Ł2.43/pint, also Theakstons Best, Courage Best, and an IPA (I'm fairly certain it was the Greene King one) which ran out during the evening.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFood served 11am--9:30pm Monday--Saturday and noon--9pm Sunday, although be warned that the restaurant takes priority over bar food; the night we were there they stopped serving food in the bar for about an hour due to heavy demand in the restaurant.\n\nThere's a good range of main courses on the menu -- three fish dishes, two meat dishes, a pie of the day, and three vegetarian dishes. Specific ones I noted were Salmon & Broccoli Fishcakes served with salad and hollandaise sauce (Ł7.75, a little disappointing, not very plausible sauce), Sausages & Mash with Red Onion Gravy (Ł6.25, very good mash, Leon said good gravy too), Penne with Mushroom Sauce served with garlic ciabatta (Ł6.95, Andrew said it was good) and Red Pepper, Courgette and Mushroom Lasagne (Ł6.95). They also do sandwiches priced between Ł3.75 and Ł5.25. [All prices as of June 2002]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nNo background music, which is a plus. There was plenty of ambient noise from people talking, anyway. Although there were people smoking, it didn't feel smoky, possibly because there was a lot of coming and going and door-opening, and the pub is quite spacious and has a reasonably high ceiling.\n\nThere were a lot of people in black tie the night we were there (a Thursday evening), and most of the others were in suits; a lady I was chatting to said that the mix of people that night wasn't unusual. We were a table full of scruffy geeks, but we didn't feel particularly out of place; the other people in the pub seemed to be concentrating much more on themselves than on whether everyone else was dressed "appropriately".\n\nThe service was pretty friendly, and generally competent. They made a mistake with our food order, but it got rectified.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThere are two bar areas (according to pubs.com; I didn't explore too widely) one more for dining and the other your standard pub bar. We were in the bar bit, in one of the U-shaped sofaed alcoves lining the wall opposite the bar. It felt nice and cosy there despite the large number of people in the room. There are also standard rectangular tables between the alcoves and the bar, and another room off to the side of the bar with more seating. The decor is in good condition, and pretty ornate, with a decorated ceiling and a couple of chandeliers.\n\n==== Disabled Access and Other Facilities ====\n\nThe ladies' (not sure about the men's) is on the same level as the main bar, and was clean if a little cramped (though not unusually so for Central London).\n\nThere is a function room available for hire, at no cost if the bar take is over Ł350. It's in the basement, but there are toilets on the same level. None of the handpulled beers are available on the function room bar, unfortunately, though people would be welcome to order them upstairs and take them down. Proper food isn't served in the function room, either; the only food option is a buffet of things like sausage rolls, chicken drumsticks, onion rings, samosas, etc, for Ł4.25--Ł6.50 per head.\n\nThere isn't a beer garden, but there are three or four benches outside on the pavement.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.pubs.com/audlw1.htm pubs.com review]\n* [http://www.portal.e-street.net/com/uk/lon/BusinessPage.ly?businessID=10008887 e-street.com brief review and photo]\n* [http://www.alpc.co.uk/pcrawl7.htm Aidan's London Pub Crawls -- Mayfair] mentions the Audley about halfway down the page\n* [http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/pub/londonwestend/audley.html Harbottle's pub guide review of the Audley] has photos of the nice decor\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:48:23 London Bridge Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532909&Y=180204&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=London+Bridge Journey Planner]\n\nLondon Bridge is one of the oldest stations in London. It's also rather complex, containing a tube station serving two lines (the [[Jubilee Line]] and the [[Northern Line]] Bank branch), a terminus for trains from the the ex-BR Southern Central region from Sussex, north Surrey and South London Suburban lines, and also platforms for trains from south-east London and Kent that continue on to [[Blackfriars Station]], [[Cannon Street]] or [[Charing Cross]], and [[Thameslink]] services between Brighton, central London and Luton and Bedford.\n\n== Tube Station ==\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	west		[[Southwark Station\|Southwark]]		London Bridge		[[Bermondsey Station\|Bermondsey]]		east
[[Northern Line]]:	north		[[Bank Station\|Bank]]		London Bridge		[[Borough Station\|Borough]]		south

\n\nThe tube station was completely rebuilt when the [[Jubilee Line]] was extended through South London in the late 1990s. There are now entrances to the station underneath the main line ticket hall and on Borough High Street.\n\n[http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=London+Bridge Station Information, and Journey Planner to and from London Bridge]\n\n== Mainline Station ==\n\nThe station is on top of a set of arches. There are the usual station food outlets (Burger King, Upper Crust) and other shops.\n\nTrains from London Bridge go to Brighton, Gatwick, Hastings, Dover and other Kent and Sussex suburban destinations.\n\n{More from a regular user would be nice.}\n 2003-04-19 21:48:43 Pub Crawls 1 The basic premise of the pub crawl is to visit a succession of pubs, rather than spending the entire evening or day in a single establishment. London offers an excellent choice of themes for your pub crawl.\n\n==== Area-based crawls ====\n\nThe simplest pub crawl idea is to visit a number of pubs in a given area, for example [[Soho]], or [[Holborn]].\n\n* [http://www.alpc.co.uk/ Aidan's London Pub Crawls] lists several area-based pub crawls, with maps showing the location of the pubs and interesting historical information on the areas covered.\n\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/crawls/gen.shtml beerintheevening.com's pub crawl generator] will attempt to generate a crawl originating in a particular area. You can choose the number of pubs you want to visit, and the maximum distance between them.\n\n''I plan to put together some pre-defined pub crawls, which give a cross section of types of pub and breweries etc.'' --IvorW\n\n* [http://www.edmund1.demon.co.uk/belgravia2002.html Belgravia Crawl] \n* [[/London Bridge|London Bridge crawl]]\n* [[London Wall/Pub Crawl]]\n* [[/City|City of London crawl]]\n* [[/Shoreditch|Shoreditch crawl]]\n\n[[IvorW/todo]]\n\n==== River crawls ====\n\nStart at a suitable pub on the riverbank, and travel along the bank in one direction, visiting pubs you pass on the way. For example, you could start at the [[Old Thameside Inn, SE1 9DG|Old Thameside Inn]], and take in [[Anchor Bankside, SE1 9EF|the Anchor]], [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub155.htm the Founders Arms], and [[Doggett's Coat And Badge, SE1 9UD|Doggett's Coat and Badge]].\n\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi?By+the+river=River&do_search=1 Search grubstreet for riverside pubs]\n\n==== Tube line or bus route crawls ====\n\nTravel along one of the Tube lines or bus routes, visiting a pub at every stop.\n\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/crawls/ideas.shtml beerintheevening.com's pub crawl page] describes crawls including various parts of the Northern line and the K5 bus route.\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/ fancyapint.com] has the facility to list pubs near a given Tube station, as now does the [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi grubstreet pub search]\n\n* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22circle+line+pub+crawl%22 Search Google for pages on the popular Circle Line Pub Crawl]\n\n==== Other themes ====\n\n* [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22monopoly+board+pub+crawl%22 Search Google for pages on the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl]\n\n* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/crawls/ideas.shtml beerintheevening.com's pub crawl page] has several interesting ideas\n\n* Pubs with [[Beer Gardens]] (there are lots of these; it might be a plan to combine this with other criteria)\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:48:48 Cow Parade 1 #REDIRECT [[The Painted Cows]]\n 2003-04-19 21:49:16 Category People 1 I hope to create a page with easy links to the main people who are contributing to Grubstreet. This is partly so that I can say hello, and partly so that I can figure out who you are. - [[AlexMcLintock]]\n\nThe [[Admins]]:\n* [[Earle]] interface wrangler\n* [[Kake]] search maven\n* [[IvorW]] search maven\n\nA cast of (almost) thousands:\n* [[Billy]] (ex of ICSF perhaps?)\n* [[Dave M]]\n* [[Roger]]\n* [[AlexMcLintock]] new round here\n* [[Bob]]\n* [[Aegidian]] aka Giles.\n* [[Marna]]\n* [[DrHyde]] the MAN\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:49:20 Camden 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Camden]]\n 2003-04-19 21:49:35 Holborn Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530546&Y=181503&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Holborn Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Central Line]]:	west		[[Tottenham Court Road Station\|Tottenham Court Road]]		Holborn		[[Chancery Lane Station\|Chancery Lane]]		east
[[Piccadilly Line]]:	west		[[Covent Garden Station\|Covent Garden]]		Holborn		[[Russell Square Station\|Russell Square]]		east

\n\nHolborn Station is the only interchange between the [[Piccadilly Line]] and the [[Central Line]], replacing the earlier [[British Museum Station]] in 1933. This explains why it doesn't have central platforms like many Central Line stations.\n\nHolborn has four (long) escalators from street level to an intermediate level. From there, you turn left to the Central Line which is down a staircase or right to the Piccadilly Line, which is down escalators; for the northbound line, you pass under the other lines and climb up to the platform level.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\nFor Piccadilly Line exits, the best place to be is toward the front of westbound trains or the back of northbound ones; for the Central Line, it's about 1/3 back on westbound, and 2/3 back on eastbound.\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\nPiccadilly line westbound, go to the right-hand side of the platform to be at the less-crowded back of the train. To be honest, at [[rush hour]] I'd say walk to [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]] instead; you're much more likely to get a seat there and it's less than 10 minutes' walk away. At [[rush hour|peak times]], the number of people entering the station is restricted, so you'll see queues outside the station.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere are no facilities inside the station, apart from a cashpoint just outside the barriers, but there are lots of sandwich shops around, and there's a Sainsburys opposite. In the evenings, there's sometimes a man selling hot dogs. This evening I saw a man outside selling roast chestnuts, but I was in too much of a rush to buy any. [[Coffee Matters, WC1B 4AA|Coffee Matters]] is good, and close, but only open in the day.\n\nJust down [[Kingsway]] (the road running down from the Sainsburys to [[Bush House]]), there's a [[Wimpy]], [[Belgo]] and a [[JD Wetherspoon]] pub.\n\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi?Nearby+Tube+Station=Holborn&do_search=1 Search grubstreet for nearby pubs]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:49:02 Glasshouse Stores, W1F 9UJ 1 * Brewery: Samuel Smith's\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W1F9UJ&Z=1 55 Brewer Street, London W1F 9UJ]\n* Locale: [[Soho]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Piccadilly Circus Station|Piccadilly Circus]] / [[Leicester Square Station|Leicester Square]]\n* Cards accepted: Not in the cellar bar\n\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nThe cellar bar at least has no hand-pulled beers, which makes some people complain. Also no alcopops. They do have the standard Sam Smith's bitters, lager and cider. We think the bitter is Ł1.60/pint. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nThe menu is quite varied, and includes four vegetarian options: Vegetable Chilli; Yorkshire Pudding with Chickpeas, Spinach and Mushrooms; Veggie Sausages and Mash; and "Thai Vegetable Schnitzel", whatever that is. Main courses cost around Ł6; there is also a small "specials" menu which is about Ł1 cheaper. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\nThe vegetable chilli isn't at all bad for pub food; mixed beans and (frozen diced) vegetables in a (somewhat thin) tomato sauce. It might even be vegan. Paul thought his pie was fine. Other people didn't like their food. The garlic bread was very odd, vinegary tasting and not nice.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nWe were in the cellar bar between about 7--10pm, on a Tuesday evening. There was a nice atmosphere, quiet, peaceful and non-aggressive. The bartender was friendly and helpful.\nThe cellar bar itself is nooky and bricky and nice. ([http://husk.org/pics/index.cgi?view=glasshouse_stores_2002-05-21/barmaid_spotlighted.jpg Photo taken from one of the nooks.])\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nThe cellar bar is essentially divided into two halves, one of which has the nooks described above, and the other is larger and more open, with low tables and small armchairs and sofas.\nSee also the [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20020520/020197.html ASCII diagram of the cellar bar] sent to the [[London Perl Mongers]] mailing list by [[Kake]].\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThe cellar bar is bookable in whole (for approximately 100 people) or in part (for fewer), given a deposit of Ł50. The deposit is returned "if you spent enough".\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub231.htm FancyAPint review]\n* [http://www.portal.e-street.net/com/uk/lon/BusinessPage.ly?businessID=10010192 e-street.com brief review and photo]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:49:08 Wiki Discussion/Pages For Pages Sake 1 IvorW discussion item:-\n\nI notice a changing pattern in Grubstreet, in how the information is being used. We all started off with lengthy reviews of venues we like and/or know something about. Now, recent developments and experimentation with metadata means that the information is potentially being used in a different way. \n\n"Show me the nearest pub to Highgate tube" or its syntactic query equivalent, is the direction we are moving towards.\n\nWhat's bugging me is that perhaps we should have an entry for every establishment, not just those we like or have a chance to review. If we did, there is a risk we might dilute the quality of the site as a whole. But with automatic geo- maps and the like, we could greatly increase the usefulness.\n\nIn a nutshell: ''Are we trying to be an Egon Ronay guide or Yellow Pages?''\n\nThese are the two extremes.\n\nMaybe a compromise is needed. I can see the benefits of having all the Underground and main line stations on Grubstreet, even without any information attached (apart from X-Y location and which line).\n\nMaybe we need a more comprehensive tagging system for work in progress, rather than just "Fix Please" and "Todo". Or perhaps a tag for "complete" or "reviewed".\n\nWhat do others think?\n 2003-04-19 21:49:28 Tube/Disused Stations 1 \n\n\n\n\n

Tube stations that are no longer in use by the general public. The definitive reference on these stations may be found at Hywel's [http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/ Tube History] site. See also the [http://homepages.tesco.net/~Pendar/Transport/ Abandoned Tube Stations photo gallery] and [http://www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/stations.htm Closed and Disused Stations], which refers to Douglas Rose's excellent '''Diagrammatic History''', and has some images scanned in from this.\n* [[Aldwych Station]]\n* [[British Museum Station]]\n

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\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:49:39 The Resin Ruminant Rustler 1 Was this perhaps going to be an article about [[the painted cows]]?\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:49:45 Category Food 1 ==== Grubstreet pages about food ====\n\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Food View all pages in Category Food]\n* [http://the.earth.li/~kake/cgi-bin/grubsearch.cgi Grubstreet grub search]\n\n==== Other Useful Links ====\n\n* [http://www.smokefreeworld.com/london.shtml Smoke-free food and drink in London]\n* [http://www.londontourist.org/eats.html London Tourist guide to food]\n
\n----\n[[Category Category]] - leave this here for autoindexing.\n 2003-04-19 21:49:49 Angel, N1 9LQ 1 * Pub chain: [[JD Wetherspoon]]\n* Address: 3–5 Islington High Street, London N1 9LQ\n* Locale: [[Islington]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Angel Station|Angel]]\n\nJust a standard [[JD Wetherspoon|Wetherspoon]] pub — but very convenient for meeting people off the Tube, as it's right opposite [[Angel Station]]. Does the [[JD Wetherspoon/Menu|normal Wetherspoon menu]], I think at “Med” prices.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub978.htm FancyAPint review]\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:49:53 Waterloo Station 1 Major terminus for trains from the south-west of England and a tube nexus. {Lots more here later} {JLE travelators? Bakerloo? Connection to Waterloo East/Southwark?} [[fix please]]\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:49:57 Wasabi, WC2N 6NJ 1 *Phone: 020 7807 9992\n*Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC2N6NJ&Z=1 34 Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NJ]\n*Locale: [[Strand]]\n*Nearest Tube station: [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]] / [[Embankment Station|Embankment]]\n*Website: http://www.wasabi.uk.com/\n*Opening hours: Monday--Sunday 11am--8pm\n\nOpened early December 2002, this is a “pick and mix” sushi takeaway — the first of its kind I've ever seen, though no doubt there are others. There are two chill cabinets inside full of individually-wrapped nigiri and gunkanmaki, and wrapped-in-pairs maki. The one on the left is “two things for Ł1” and the one on the right is “two things for Ł1.50” (though they move them into a single chiller when the stock runs down in the evening).\n\nThere are four potentially-vegetarian sushi choices, three potentially vegan — egg or tofu nigiri, and cucumber or avocado maki. I didn't check whether the nori used was free of fish-based flavourings, though.\n\nThis is pretty nice sushi. The rice was good-quality to start with, and well-cooked and seasoned. The nigiri choices I tried (tuna, salmon and tofu) had just the right proportion of rice to topping. I particularly liked the tofu one; the same kind of fried, sweetened, soy-sauced tofu used in inari sushi.\n\nThey also do bento boxes from Ł3.80.\n\nI discovered this place one evening while heading for a pub on the same street without having eaten properly beforehand, and liked it so much I went back for lunch two days later, even though it meant taking about an hour just to go get takeaway (I work in Holborn).\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:50:01 South Ealing Station 1

Zone 3 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=517605&Y=179368&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=South+Ealing Journey Planner]

\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[Piccadilly Line]]:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

west

[[Northfields Station|Northfields]]

South Ealing

[[Acton Town Station|Acton Town]]

east

\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* Picadilly Line eastbound - first carriage\n* Picadilly Line westbound - last carriage\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\n* both directions - the further down the platform you go, the less crowded it gets. As this train is on the Heathrow line, there are often big pieces of luggage knocking around the train, so the main doors are more recommended than the end doors of each carriage.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:50:08 Limehouse Station 1 Zone 2 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=536148&Y=181091&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Limehouse Journey Planner]\n\n== DLR station ==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

west

[[Shadwell Station|Shadwell]]

Limehouse

[[Westferry Station|Westferry]]

east

\n\n== Main line station ==\n\nThe main line service is operated by [http://www.c2c-online.co.uk C2C] out of [[Fenchurch Street Station]], to Southend and Shoeburyness.\n\n==== Nearby places of interest ====\n\n* [[Limehouse Basin]], where the [[Grand Union Canal]] has a tidal lock into the [[River Thames]].\n* The [[Boxing Club]]\n\n
\n----\nCategories: [[Category DLR]] / [[Category Rail]] \n 2003-04-19 21:50:15 Motorway 1 A motorway is Britain's version of high-speed roads.\n\nA motorway is a legal definition: some classes of road user are explicitly prohibited from entering them (pedestrians, pedal cycles, motorcycles under 50cc, invalid carriages, learner drivers, animals, agricultural vehicles, and some other slow vehicles and those with oversized loads). As a general rule, signs having to do with motorways have a blue background (as opposed to the green background of major non-motorway roads).\n\nA motorway is a divided road, with a crash barrier between the two carriageways. Generally, there are three lanes in each direction, plus a hard shoulder (for emergency use only); some newer roads only have two lanes in each direction, but the hard shoulder is a constant.\n\nThere are emergency telephones every mile; each distance marker (at 100m intervals) has an arrow pointing towards the nearest phone.\n\nAccess to the road is limited to junctions (normally identified by number); informational signs are placed 1 mile and 1/2 mile ahead of the junction,\n\nUnlike the American Interstate highways, food and fuel are generally located at designated "service areas", rather than near junctions. As one might expect from a monopoly provider, prices are generally higher and quality lower than elsewhere.\n\nSpeed limits are 70mph for most vehicles; 60mph for cars towing caravans or other trailers, or heavy goods vehicles. These are widely ignored.\n\nLegal restrictions on motorway use may be found in detail at [http://www.roads.dtlr.gov.uk/roadsafety/hc/12.htm whatever the Department of Transport is called this week].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:50:19 Japanese Food 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Japanese Food]]\n\n 2003-04-19 21:51:00 C2c 1 * '''Web site''': http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/\n\nc2c runs trains from [[Fenchurch Street Station|Fenchurch Street]] and [[Liverpool Street Station|Liverpool Street]] to Southend and other benighted places. Outside rush hours, it can be useful for connectivity:\n\n[[Liverpool Street Station|Liverpool Street]] -> [[Stratford Station|Stratford]] -> [[Barking Station|Barking]] -> [[Upminster Station|Upminster]]\n\n[[Fenchurch Street Station|Fenchurch Street]] -> [[Limehouse Station|Limehouse]] -> [[West Ham Station|West Ham]] -> [[Barking Station|Barking]] -> [[Upminster Station|Upminster]]\n\nDon't even try it in the rush hours though. c2c appears to have a disproportionate number of delays and cancellations.\n\nThis is also the line that leads to Chafford Hundred, the station for [[Thurrock Lakeside]].\n\n----\n\nCategories: [[Category Rail]]\n 2003-04-19 21:51:04 Punch Bowl, W1J 5RP 1 * Brewery: Scottish & Newcastle\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528533&Y=180538&A=Y&Z=1 41 Farm Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5RP]\n* Phone: (020) 7493 6841\n* Locale: [[Mayfair]]\n* Nearby Tube Stops: [[Green Park Station|Green Park]] / [[Bond Street Station|Bond Street]]\n\nThe second oldest pub in Mayfair, built in the 1750s, according to [http://www.pubs.com/ pubs.com].\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nOld Speckled Hen Ł2.50/pint, also Courage Best and Directors. The Speckled Hen at least seems fine. Kronenbourg and Fosters lagers. [Prices as of January 2003]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nOnly served at lunchtime.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nNice, quiet little pub. Bit of a “local”, perhaps. The clientele were mostly on the older side; we were probably among the youngest people there, being in our twenties. We were also two of the only women, although there were three or four others. We came here on a Tuesday evening. It wasn't too crowded when I arrived at around 5:30, and it was even emptier yet still lively when we left at around 9:30. Just before we left, a man sitting at the bar struck up a conversation with a couple of Americans sitting at a nearby table, and by the time we went out they were having a friendly argument and seemed to have made the best of friends.\n\nBarstaff are friendly too.\n\nNo music. There is a small television mounted up high opposite the bar, and they advertise “watch Sky Sports here!” but the night we were there the television was turned right down and I forgot it was there until just now.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nWe were in the bar at the front, entered from Farm Street; there's another room at the back. The front bar has large and small wooden tables and chairs; seating for maybe 20–30 people. A bit of standing room too and a barstool or two. Toilets and function room are upstairs.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere is a “Victorian dining room” upstairs, available for “business lunches and meetings”. I don't know if there's a hire charge. I had a quick squint through the door on my way to the loo and it looks like a fairly standard function room, seating for perhaps 20 or 30 people on four or five individual tables. But the lights were off so that's just a vague impression and a guess. I don't know whether the room is available in the evenings as well as at lunchtimes.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub288.htm FancyAPint review]\n* [http://www.pubs.com/puncw1.htm Pubs.com review] (note that they're incorrect about food being served in the evening; I asked behind the bar (Jan 2003))\n* [http://www.alpc.co.uk/pcrawl7.htm Aidan's Mayfair pub crawl] has a couple of amusing paragraphs about the Punch Bowl (scroll almost to the bottom)\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:51:08 Regent's Canal 1 The Regent's Canal dates from 1820 and is part of the [[Grand Union Canal]], which links London to various other canal systems across Britain. Previously the [[Grand Union Canal]] had reached as far as [[Paddington]] and so the Regent's Canal was added in order to extend it all the way to [[Limehouse]] in the London [[Docklands]]\n\nAlso known as the North Metropolitan Canal, the Regent's Canal runs from [[Little Venice]] in the east, past [[Regents Park]] to [[Camden Lock]], where the famous [[Camden Lock Market, NW1 8AH | Camden Market]] is held, onwards past pretty [[Victoria Park]] and its junction with the [[Hertford Union Canal]], alongside [[Mile End Park]] and on all the way to the [[Docklands]].\n \nAlong the way there are numerous waterside pubs and restaurants, which make up a very pretty route right through the centre of London. You can also go on various narrowboat cruises along the canal, which is a lovely way to see a hidden part of London.\n\nOn New Wharf Road, near King's Cross Station, there is a [[Canal Museum]] where you can find out more about London's canals.\n\nThe Regent's Canal is an excellent [[Cycling|cycling]] route across East London if you have a free British Waterways cycling permit.\n\n-- [[aegidian]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:51:14 Jubilee Line 1 '' The shiny shiny JLE ''\n\nFirst opened in 1977, year of the Queen's silver jubilee (the original name of the line was to have been the Fleet Line), and extended massively during the 1990s, the Jubilee Line is the only line to connect with all the others, and one of only three not to have any forks or spurs.\n\nRunning from [[Stanmore Station]] in the North, through [[Bond Street Station]] in the [[West End]], [[Westminster Station]], [[Category Docklands|Docklands]] (at [[Canary Wharf Station]]) and terminating at [[Stratford Station]], the line covers an interesting section of the city.\n\nPrior to 1977, the stretch from Baker Street to Stanmore used to be a branch of the [[Bakerloo line]]. The new line was planned to relieve congestion at the southern end of the Bakerloo line. It took over the Stanmore–Baker Street branch and extended it southwards through [[Bond Street Station|Bond Street]] and [[Green Park Station|Green Park]] to [[Charing Cross Station|Charing Cross]]. The extension that was completed in the late 1990s, however, was built from Green Park and the Charing Cross spur was then closed off to the public.\n\nFor more on the history of the line, see [http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/jubilee.html Clive's Underground Line Guides — Jubilee Line].\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:51:19 Goose, WC1N 1AP 1 * Brewery: Part of the [[Goose pub chain]]\n* Telephone: (020) 7923 5961\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530161&Y=182299&A=Y&Z=1 31 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AP]\n* Locale: [[Bloomsbury]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Russell Square Station|Russell Square]]\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nLondon Pride Ł2/pint. [Prices as of October 2002]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nThe standard Goose menu (see [[Goose, SW16 1HJ]] for more details). I had the sausage and mash (Ł4.75): the mash seemed to be from a packet mix, the sausages were a bit gristly and not that well cooked, and the onion gravy was over-salted and under-flavoured — but it wasn't awful, just not great, and it did the job. [Prices as of October 2002]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nNothing to complain about, nothing to rave about.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nA large room downstairs, with large windows and a couple of big leather sofas in the (reasonably effective) non-smoking area. There's another room upstairs (which is where the toilets are too), but I didn't examine it closely. Three or four benches outside on the pavement.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/pub/londonwestend/goose.html Harbottle's pub guide review of the Goose]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:51:23 London Perl Mongers 1 The London chapter of the international [http://pm.org/ Perl Mongers] user group for people who program in [http://www.perl.org/ perl]. They hold regular technical and social meetings every month.\r\n\r\n* '''Official website:''' http://london.pm.org/\r\n\r
\n----\r\nCategory [[Category Clubs And Societies]]\r\n 2003-04-19 21:51:27 Category River 1 = The River Thames =\n\nFollow the title link to see all pages about the Thames.\n\nThe Thames - pronounced 'tems' - is the river that winds its way through the heart of London, dividing it into [[north London]] and [[south London]]. The city was created some two thousand years ago as a port; this original location remains the city's core, and is known still as the [[City of London]]. The eastern end of the section of the river that passes through London is the [[Docklands]], which were, from the 17th to mid-20th centuries, the busiest part of the city, playing home to a huge trade of seaborne shipping. Note - it's always described, archaically, as 'the River Thames', or just 'the Thames' - never 'the Thames River'.\n\nThere are [[river buses]] that can take you up and down the river, as well as numerous [[river cruises]] and also [[floating restaurants]]. There are of course also numerous [[Category Bridges|bridges]] passing over it and [[/Tunnels|tunnels]] passing under it.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:51:31 Seven Dials 1 * '''Locale:''' [[Covent Garden]] / [[Holborn]]\n* '''Streetmap.co.uk location:''' http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530054&Y=181089&A=Y&Z=1\n\nSeven Dials is a roundabout where 7 roads meet or cross, at the intersection of [[Earlham Street]], [[Monmouth Street]] and [[Mercer Street]], with [[Short's Gardens]] making the seventh road, terminating at the junction.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:51:56 Cogers 1 = Cogers societies =\n\nThe London cogers societies have formed the "Cogers Educational Trust"\n* '''Website:''' http://www.cogers.org\n\n== The [[City of London]] Cogers Society ==\n\n* '''Venue:''' [[Old Bank Of England, EC4A 2CT|The Old Bank of England]]\n* '''When:''' Second Monday of the month\n* '''Time:''' Meetings start 6:30pm promptly\n\n== The City of [[Westminster]] Cogers Society ==\n\n* '''Venue:''' [[Plumbers Arms, SW1W 0LN]] (200 yards from [[Victoria Station]]) \n* '''When:''' Fourth Wednesday of the month\n* '''Time:''' Meetings start 7:00pm\n\n= Cogers FAQ =\n\n'''Who are the Cogers?''' The society is a free-speech forum where issues arising from current events can be discussed in lively and convivial surroundings. Pronounced "Koh-jers", the society has met in the City of London since 1755. It is the sole survivor of the many debating clubs which met in the taverns and coffee houses of Fleet Street during the eighteenth century.\n\n'''Why 'Cogers'?''' The origin of this name is uncertain. Records of the society, now kept in the Guildhall Library, date only from 1831. Consensus of opinion derives the name from the dictum of the French philosopher, Descartes: 'Cogito Ergo Sum' (I think therefore I am). Although the society serves as a platform for all political opinions, it is independent of any political organisation.\n\n'''What do you talk about?''' The general topic of debate is "Current Events". This gives members and visitors to discuss any subject of their choice which has appeared in any newspaper of recent date. Most subjects of discussion tend to be of political interest but items of social and cultural interest can also be introduced.\n\n'''What are the Rules of Debate?''' The tone of discussion is informal and free flowing. However, debate is conducted according to some elementary rules and courtesies to encourage the widest possible expression of opinion. Order is maintained throughout the proceedings by a chairman who is addressed as 'My Grand'. The debate always begins with an Opening which lasts for 15 minutes and offers a brief review of current events. After this, any member (or visitor) is welcome to address the meeting from 'the Box' for a maximum of five minutes. The meeting is closed with a brief Evaluation from one of the members and the award of the Apple of Discord - the emblem of the Cogers - to the best speaker of the evening. \n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:52:03 Category Notting Hill 1 * [[Postal District]]: W11\r\n* [[Local Government]] authority: [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]\r\n\r\nEarle could probably write some decent introductory blurb here.\r\n\r\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Notting+Hill View all grubstreet pages about Notting Hill]\r\n* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=524750&Y=180750&Z=1 Streetmap centered on Notting Hill]\r\n
\r\n----\r\nNeighbouring locales: [[Shepherd's Bush]]\r\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:52:14 Tube/Buskers 1 One thing you can't miss on the [[Tube]] is the buskers, that is, the people who perform music for money. There are two kinds: the in-station kind, who stand in station passageways, hoping to get something from the passing people, and the train (or "bloody annoying") kind, who move from carriage to carriage serenading the helpless passengers with their dubious skills. Some stations have "busking hotspots", where there are always different people playing; I think there's some sort of rota system that they've arranged, or possibly forced each other to agree to by threat of main force.\n\nIf you use the system enough, you may well get to recognise some of the regulars:\n\n* ''The drumming guy:'' A rasta bloke who stands in the long passage between the [[Northern Line]] and [[Central Line]] at [[Bank Station]], beating out a monotonous rhythm on a drum.\n* ''The accordion kids:'' Three young kids - I think they're from somewhere in Eastern Europe - who ride the [[Circle Line]], playing accordions, either alone or together. Until recently I only knew of the two small boys (Rolf would be proud) but they also seem to have an even smaller sister who also does the same thing\n* ''The protest singers:'' A couple of homeless guys - I've seen them a few times on the [[Hammersmith and City Line]] but I've heard of them elsewhere as well. They play their own songs including the rather stupid "These are the stations on the Hammersmith and City" of which I imagine there is more than one version and, the actually very good "If you can't have a shave in a toilet (where can you have a shave?)". Many of their numbers are political. \n* ''The cats:'' A sign at [[Bond Street Station|Bond Street]] warns passengers not to give money to the buskers "who persistently perform at this station dressed as 'cats' ". (I have regularly seen the Cat busker play a trumpet at Liverpool Street Station - but I thought he was one person -- [[AlexMcLintock]] )\n\n''Anyone else?''\n\nThese buskers are currently illegal, but there are plans to introduce licenced buskers to selected stations -- see http://www.thetube.com/content/faq/busking.asp\n\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:52:21 Goodge Street Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Goodge+Street Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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[[Warren Street Station|Warren Street]]

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\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Tottenham Court Road]]\n* [[Fitzrovia]].\n* [[Pollocks Toy Museum]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:52:27 Burger King 1 Branches in London:\n\n\n\n* [[Edgware Road]]\n\n* [[London Bridge Station]]\n\n* [[Notting Hill Gate]]\n\n* [[Victoria Station]]\n\n* [[Liverpool Street Station]]\n\n* [[Tottenham Court Road Station]]\n\n\n\n...add your own\n\nProbably the best of the surviving fast food chains now that [[Wendy's]] is no more. But small local greasy spoons are much better.\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:52:33 Kigi Turkish Cafe, N1 1BB 1 * Phone: (0)207 700 6570\n* Address: 322 Caledonian Road, London N1\n* Locale: [[Islington]] / [[Barnsbury]]\n* Nearby tube stops: [[ King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross Station]] / [[Caledonian Road Station]]\n* Bus: 17, 259, 91 from Kings X (stop outside Caledonian Rd. Baths then 5 min walk), 274 from Camden Town.\n\n== Kigi Cafe ==\n\nExcellent fried breakfasts, and very good turkish food if you're not too hung over. Yumi the owner and Sammy (who owns [[Menelik Ethiopian Restaurant, N1 1EF|Menelik Ethiopian Restaurant]] opposite) are doing a great job of making the area look positively civilised.\n\n==== Layout ====\n\nStandard Cafe, but very nice tables/chairs/umbrellas outside when it's warm. Strange to see Caledonian road looking so cosmopolitain. Interestingly broken fake waterfall light picture and some classicly bad posters in frames. Cheery atmosphere, especially on the weekends when it's full of locals socialising and enjoying the food.\n\n==== Lunch ==== \n\nReally good omlettes, kebabs are superb. Feta salad is very nice with a fresh non-oily dressing. The breakfast is served all day, but the counter is always full of interesting turkish dishes. The stuffed aubergines are out of this world, and the lamb Guivech is to die for.\n\n==== Dinner ====\n\nSee lunch, but I think they shut quite early. Maybe try [[Menelik Ethiopian Restaurant, N1 1EF|Menelik Ethiopian Restaurant]] across the road.\n\nEfes Beer, you have to ask for good coffee but they do have it ++ interesting turkish sweets.\n\n==== Entertainment ====\n\nSit on Cally road and watch the world go by. Sometimes there's this ancient drunk lady who flashes and urinates in public, that's entertainment, and there's still a fair amount of stone-throwing, bike-stealing kids who can be relied upon for some kind of amusement.\n\n==== Directions ====\n\nEquidistant on Caledonian Road between Kings X and Caledonian Road station. 5 mins from either. On the left if you're coming from Kings X, on the right if you're coming from Cally Rd. station. It's got a big white sign with italic green writing saying Kigi (which doesn't mean anything in Turkish apparently).\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:52:37 Russell Square Station 1

Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=WC1N1LJ&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Russell+Square Journey Planner]

\n\nNote: This station is small but gets a lot of tourist traffic. Try not to have to buy your ticket here — even outside [[rush hour]] you might have a long wait, unless you can use the [[Tube ticket machines|ticket machines]].\n\nNote also that since it has lifts instead of escalators, it will be closed in the event of a firefighters' strike.\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* Piccadilly Line eastbound: last carriage.\n* Piccadilly Line westbound: first carriage.\n\n==== [[Where To Get On]] ====\n\n* Piccadilly Line westbound: Go to the far right of the platform, which is where the back of the train will be. Firstly, the train is usually less crowded there when it arrives at the platform, and secondly it's away from the platform entrance, so people don't tend to walk down that far.\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* None, really.\n* There is however a kind of mini supermarket thing just opposite the station entrance; it does papers, sandwiches (including two vegan ones which are however not always in stock -- roasted vegetable wrap (not great; mostly cabbage), and the ubiquitous "falafel sandwich" (hitherto says too much parsley, Kake is more concerned that the falafel are crap), hot food at lunchtimes, bread, loads of juices, basic supermarket stuff really. Open from before 8am till I think at least 11pm; don't think it's 24-hour, though.\n* Lifts (three), not escalators.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:52:51 Museum Of London 1 * '''Telephone:''' 020 7600 0807\n* '''Website:''' http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/\n* '''Address:''' [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532165&Y=181590&A=Y&Z=1 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN]\n* '''Locale:''' [[City of London]]\n* '''Nearest [[Tube]] stations:''' [[St. Paul's Station|St. Paul's]], [[Barbican Station|Barbican]], [[Moorgate Station|Moorgate]]\n* '''Opening times:''' Mon to Sat 10am-5:50pm, Sun 12-5:50pm, last admission 5:30pm.\n* '''Admission:''' Free.\n\nThis award winning museum will take you on a journey through the history of London. Starting in pre-Roman times, the galleries gently spiral down around a green courtyard visiting Roman Londinium, Saxon times, Mediaeval London and then on through the London of [[Pepys]] and Queen [[Victoria]], Edwardian and Pre-WWI London ''(Phew)''.\n\nThere's a pleasant cafe attached to the museum serving hot and cold food and a few bottled beers too.\n\n
\n----\n'''Categories''' [[Category Museums]] / [[Category History]] / [[Category Major Attractions]]\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:53:07 Hyde Park 1 The largest central London park with [[Marble Arch]] and [[Speakers Corner]] at the north east corner, and [[High Street Kensington]] on the south west. \nIt borders onto [[Kensington Gardens]] on the west.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:53:11 The Greenway 1 Six level miles of car free travel. This is what's promised by the path laid atop a long green mound that covers Bazalgette's famous sewer pipe.\n\nThe Greenway stretches from [[Victoria Park]], crossing the [[River Lea]] and the Bow Back Rivers before being interrupted (momentarily) by a railway line near [[Stratford]]. From there it rockets on past the Victorian-gothic majesty of Abbey Mills pumping station and the massive East London Cemetary. Then into [[Plaistow]] and on, ever Eastward, into [[Beckton]].\n\nThe only hazards on this remarkable urban route are the carcases of burned-out, stolen motorbikes and scooters, the inevitable leavings of dog walkers, and the occasional whiff rising from the rivers at low tide.\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:53:16 Bushwacker Wholefoods, W6 0QU 1 * Phone: (020) 8748 2061\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=W60QU&Z=1 132 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 0QU]\n* Locale: [[Hammersmith]]\n* Nearby Tube Stops: [[Ravenscourt Park Station]] / [[Hammersmith Station]]\n* Opening hours: Till 6pm on weekdays, closed on Sunday (I think)\n\nWholefood shop within 5 minutes' walk of the two Hammersmith Tube stations (H&C marginally closer). Plant milks, dried goods, dried seaweed, canned vegan soups and readymeals, lots of cereals, high-cocoa chocolate.\n\nOut the back is:\n* a freezer with ready-made curries, vegan icecream in several flavours, tempeh, etc;\n*a fridge with vegan cheese, vegan/veggie sausages (try the very long Taifun ones, smoky and nice, good in stew), vegan yogurt, several kinds of tofu prepared in interesting ways, ready-to-eat things like rice parcels and a couple of pre-packed salads;\n* a selection of organic vegetables;\n* and a shelf of eco-friendly household goods like kitchen towels and washing-up liquid.\n\nNear the tills is another chilled display with vegan and veggie pasties, cakes, and so on.\n\nThey also do essential oils and complementary medicine type things, but I ([[Kake]]) am not particularly into that so I never notice details.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:53:21 Wiki Discussion/Pretty Headings 1
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\n== grubstreet: the open-source guide to London. ==\n

\n\n* I really like the white on green of the grubstreet heading on the [[HomePage | main page]]. Any chance we could make the stylesheet do that for all (say) level 2 headings? I have an aversion to putting a lot of HTML in these things. Well, actually, I dislike all HTML in these things. But that's me. ''-- Jerakeen''\n\n* Hm, not sure about that; it seems rather an obtrusive style to use globally. --[[Kake]]\n\n* Tell you what: people, work up some styles and whack them on a web page on your own site somewhere. Then we can all go look at them, pick suitable ones, and when we have a consensus I'll put them in the global stylesheet, or perhaps special classes that people can apply if they wish. -- [[Earle]]\n 2003-04-19 21:53:26 Ma Goa Express, SW14 8QT 1 * Phone: (020) 8876 2288\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=SW148QT&Z=1 199 Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen, London SW14 8QT]\n* Locale: [[East Sheen]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: none, but [[Mortlake Station]] for overground trains\n* Opening hours: Tue--Sat 6pm--11pm, Sun 6pm--10pm, closed Mondays\n\nThis is the takeaway branch of [[Ma Goa, SW15 6TG]]. You can pick up food here or get it delivered, but there's no eat-in facility. There isn't a delivery charge, but the minimum order for delivery is £7.50. [Prices as of December 2002]\n\nFrom the takeaway menu:\n\n

\nDear Neighbour,\n\nOver the past 9 years my parents and I have prepared our favourite dishes in our family restaurant in Putney. We use traditional family recipes handed down through the generations. We cook little and often. We use only the finest herbs, vegetables and meats, the purest spices and no artificial colours. Above all, we cook with love and passion which we believe are the most important ingredients by far.\n\nWe are now proud to offer a delivery and takeaway service from our new Sheen outlet. All food is cooked fresh to order and delivered hot to your home.\n\nI hope that you will enjoy the food that I ate each evening at home as a child.\n

\n\nThis is the very best Indian food that I've eaten for quite some time; possibly ever. The Prawn Caldin (£7.50), cooked in “a traditional Goan sauce made with coconut milk, curry leaves, kokum (sour fruit), mustard seeds and palm vinegar”, is rich and delicious, made with king prawns with their tails still on. The Palak Murgh (£6.50), chicken cooked on the bone with spinach, dill and fenugreek, is good too; plenty of tasty shredded greenery and large, decent-quality, competently-cooked pieces of chicken. The pullao rice (£3 for a two-person portion) is simply cooked in “a rich vegetable stock” but is almost good enough to eat on its own. [Prices as of December 2002]\n\nVegetarians are catered for with eight dishes which can be served as side dishes for £3.50 or main dishes for £5.95 — we tried Tauri (courgettes with tomato and mustard seeds); the courgettes were perfectly cooked and the dish was full of flavour (pretty spicy though). Next time I'm going to try the Bund Gobi (stir-fried shredded cabbage and carrots with ginger and cumin) — I've made something similar at home but not had it from a restaurant. [Prices as of December 2002]\n\nYou really need to get your fingers into this food; I tried eating it with a fork but soon started picking up the chicken pieces to get at the best bites, and pulling apart the prawns to get into the tail meat.\n\nAn ample amount of food for two people came to just under £25. Well worth it. This place is very highly recommended. [Prices as of December 2002]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:53:30 English Food 1 #REDIRECT [[Category English Food]]\n 2003-04-19 21:53:39 Venues 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Venues]]\n 2003-04-19 21:53:48 Barbican Station 1

Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532062&Y=181882&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Barbican Journey Planner]

\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[Circle Line]]\n* [[Metropolitan Line]]\n* [[Hammersmith and City Line|Hammersmith & City Line]]\n* [[Thameslink]] spur\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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[[Farringdon Station|Farringdon]]

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\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThere is only one exit. If you take the outside stairs up once you get there, you can enter the Barbican Estate (and the arts centre) without returning to street level.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* Westbound trains: the last door of the last-but-one carriage\n* Eastbound trains: the first door of the second carriage\n\n[[Fix please]] - this is from [[Roger]]'s memory\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Photo booth\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n[[Barbican Centre]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:54:02 PC Bookshop 1 === "London's Specialist Computer Bookshop" ===\n\n\n\n* Tel: (020) 7831 0022\n\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530446&Y=181612&A=Y&Z=1 21 Sicilian Avenue, Holborn, WC1A 2QH]\n\n* Locale: [[Bloomsbury]] / [[Holborn]]\n\n* Tube: [[Holborn Station|Holborn]]\n\n* Web: http://www.pcbooks.co.uk/\n\n\n\nThere are a number of branches but the best known is the Holborn branch which seems to expanded over the years to swallow many units on [[Sicilian Avenue]], including the former [[Skoob Books]]. (Actually the Bank branch of PC Bookshop closed down in 2001 and moved to Cannon Street)\n\n\n\nVery good selection of computer books many of which are very difficult to find elsewhere. A lot of those books with out of copyright woodcarving clipart on the cover. It's a good place to spend a lot of money quickly.\n\n\n\nIn the far off Golden Dot Com Days the arrival of the Perl Journal here would spark excited posting to mailing lists.\n\n\n\nUsually plenty of [http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD] CDs and Linux distributions.\n\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:54:15 Limehouse Cut 1 The Limehouse Cut was built in the mid-18th century to create a short-cut between the [[River Lee Navigation|River Lee]] and that part of [[Category River|the Thames]] through the City of London, avoiding the long southward loop of the Thames round the Isle of Dogs. It saved sailing barges coming down the Lee to trade to London from having to wait for the tide before beating round the long southward loop of the Thames around the Isle of Dogs.\r\n\r\nIts long, straight but narrow and occasionally stepped towpath is a dreary walk through industrial east London, and cycling along it is prohibited.\r\n\r\n-- [[Aegidian]]\r\n
\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:54:20 GN Electrics Line 1 ==== History ====\n\nThis line has an involved early history, the full details of which are on CULG: http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/northern.html\n\nWhen London Transport was formed, the line was part of the tube network, running a shuttle service between [[Finsbury Park Station|Finsbury Park]] and [[Moorgate Station|Moorgate]]; It was called the Northern City Line; in 1970 it was renamed the Northern Line - Highbury Branch.\n\nWhen the [[Victoria Line]] opened, the service was terminated at [[Drayton Park Station|Drayton Park]].\n\nFebruary 1975 saw the Moorgate Tube Disaster, in which a train on his line crashed the barriers at [[Moorgate Station|Moorgate]] causing injuries to many passengers. This saw the closing of the line, and its removal from the tube network.\n\n1976 saw the line reopened by British Rail, extending the service to beyond [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] - linking with their existing services from [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross]]. The line was renamed the GN Electrics line, and operated the services that it does at present. \n\n==== The present day ====\n\nPrivatization saw the line being run by West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN), who also run the services to Cambridge and beyond, out of [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross]] and [[Liverpool Street Station|Liverpool Street]].\n\nTrains run between [[Moorgate Station|Moorgate]] and Hertford North, Letchworth or Welwyn Garden City.\n\n* Website: http://www.wagn.co.uk/\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:54:25 Fitzroy Tavern, W1T 2NA 1 * Brewery: Samuel Smith's\n* Phone: (020) 7580 3714\n* Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529522&Y=181615&A=Y&Z=1 16 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2NA]\n* Locale: [[Fitzrovia]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Goodge Street Station|Goodge Street]] / [[Oxford Circus Station|Oxford Circus]] / [[Tottenham Court Road Station|Tottenham Court Road]]\n\n== The Fitzroy Tavern ==\n\n

\nAnnexe to the Temple of the Muses
\nWhere, musing done, the poet boozes.
\n — Patrick Kirwan, February 1929, Annie Kleinfeld's autograph book\n

\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\n[http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20030127/016389.html Tony says on the london.pm list:] “The beer is indeed very well kept in there and last time I was in they\nseemed to have the full SS's range”.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFull menu served till 9:30pm. [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20030127/016389.html Tony says on the london.pm list:] “the food varied between very good and pretty standard faire (and the veg soup tasted like I had opened a cheep tin at home).\n\nI was here (briefly) on Monday night. We didn't actually eat there; we tried to order shortly before 9:30pm and were told that they were not serving food any more. From the menu (or what I can remember of it) they do burgers (beef, chicken, veggie), two fried fish things, Tikka Malasa (veggie or chicken), a pasta dish or two, baguettes with hot food inside. Main courses cost from Ł6 - Ł8. Starters/snacks like wedges, fried camemberts and jalapeno cheese dips\nwere available at Ł3 - Ł5. [[Marna]]\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nSome people love this place, some hate it. [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20030127/016388.html Ben says on the london.pm list:] “I've been drinking in\nthere since about 1995, and I like it. [...] The OB is reasonably well-kept, though not excellently so.” [http://london.pm.org/pipermail/london.pm/Week-of-Mon-20030127/016386.html Joel says on the london.pm list:] “The Fitzroy Tavern is horrible — rude australian barstaff, poor beer, noisy, intrusively flashing fruit machines, full of people in reebok classics trainers — I can't think of a less appealing pub to go to.”\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere is a function room in the basement, with\ntoilets on the same level, but it costs Ł25 to book (and another\nŁ25 if you want the bar open) and the person I spoke to sounded\ndubious about us getting more than 35 people in there.\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.professorharbottle.co.uk/pub/londonwestend/fitzroy.html Harbottle's pub guide]\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub6.htm FancyAPint]\n\n\n\n\n\n==== History ====\n\nThe building was originally constructed as the Fitzroy Coffee House, in 1883, and converted to a pub (called “The Hundred Marks” due to the many German immigrants living in the area) in 1887, by [[William Mortimer Brutton]].\n\nIn the early years of the 20th century, Judah Morris Kleinfeld, a [[Savile Row]] tailor and naturalised British citizen originally from Polish Russia, decided that he wanted to become a pub licensee, and started the work of persuading the brewery that owned the Hundred Marks, Hoare & Co., that he was the man for the job. Although they originally thought that his name sounded too German, his British citizenship, which he'd obtained a decade and a half earlier, swung the balance; and he was even given special permission for his under-age daughter, Annie, to work behind the bar, since his three sons were all serving in the Forces at the time. Annie had had ambitions to go to finishing school and become a fine lady, but gave them up to help her father with his dream. Annie did all the book-keeping for the pub, since Judah couldn't write English. The pub re-opened as the Fitzroy Tavern in March 1919.\n\nThe area of [[Fitzrovia]] is named after this pub; the term was coined during the 1930s, when the Fitzroy Tavern was frequented by writers, artists, sculptors, composers and poets in some kind of Bohemian community:\n\n

\n“In those days”, said Charles Allchild — he was talking of the days just after the First World War — “if one of them sold a picture, or had an article accepted, they were all in the money for as long as it lasted. Then they were all broke until another one was lucky.” (quoted from http://www.pennies-from-heaven.org/)\n

\n\nIt was the strong personality of Judah Kleinfeld, known as 'Pop' Kleinfeld, which made the place. Nina Hamnett, one of the main people on the social scene, tried out all the pubs in the area, and decided that Pop Kleinfeld and his lively Fitzroy Tavern were the closest she was going to get in London to the Parisian cafes, and introduced her 'set' to them. Augustus John and Jacob Epstein were only two of the famous personages who used to drink here. Even Aleister Crowley was a customer, though Annie didn't approve of his presence.\n\nThe Fitzroy Tavern was the birthplace of the [http://www.pennies-from-heaven.org/ Pennies From Heaven] charity, which developed from an idea by Pop Kleinfeld. He saw the loser of a darts match in the public bar throw a dart into the ceiling out of exasperation, and decided to provide darts with little paper bags attached for people to put money in and throw at the ceiling. \n\nThe history of the pub is described in [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857760239 The Fitzroy: The Autobiography of a London Tavern] ([http://www.pennies-from-heaven.org/images/book.jpg photo]) (the story of Sally Fiber, the grand-daughter of Pop Kleinfeld, as told to Clive Powell-Williams). Much of the historical information on this page comes from that book. --[[Kake]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:54:30 Banker, EC4R 3TE 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532541&Y=180680&A=Y&Z=1 Cousin Lane, London EC4R 3TE.]\n* Locale: [[City]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Cannon Street Station]]\n* Opening hours: Early closing -- 9pm on weekdays. Probably not open at weekends.\n\nOverlooking the river Thames, underneath the railway platforms of Cannon Street station, this pub is a good meeting point. The pub doesn't get overcrowded, and is a welcome respite from the City wine bars in the vicinity. Watch out for the drips! The pub has a perennial leaky roof problem in some parts.\n\nThere are 2 pool tables upstairs, which are usually busy.\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nThe pub offers Fullers' beers: London Pride, Chiswick and ESB. Strongbow Cider is on draft.\n\n==== Food ====\n\nStandard Fullers' fayre - pie and chips style.\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:54:38 Museum Of The Moving Image 1 This once award-winning museum closed its doors in 1999 "for redevelopment". However, there are, sadly, no plans to re-open it.\n\nFurther reading:\n* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,805056,00.html Guardian article on the closure]\n* [http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,811196,00.html Joan Bakewell (chair of the British Film Institute) writes about the end of the MOMI.\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:54:44 High Holborn 1 Street that runs East–West between [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] and [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] Tube stations. At its western end is [[St Giles Circus]], and its eastern end is [[Holborn Circus]], though the road continues as Holborn Viaduct, Newgate Street and then Cheapside, which enters the star junction at [[Bank Station]]. See [[Category Holborn]].\r\n\r
\n----\r\n 2003-04-19 21:54:50 Category Brick Lane 1 * [[Postal District]]: E1\n* [[Local Government]] authority: London Borough of Hackney\n\nA street in East London, often referred to as "Banglatown", and the home of many curry restaurants. The [http://www.eastlondonmarkets.com/Brick%20Lane.htm Brick Lane Market], "a mad mixture of treasures and trash", is held every Sunday until about 2pm, and the Brick Lane Festival, a "celebration of trade and culture", is held in September.\n\n==== Grubstreet pages about Brick Lane ====\n\n* [http://grault.net/cgi-bin/grubstreet.pl?search=Category+Brick+Lane View all pages in Category Brick Lane]\n\n==== Other useful links ====\n\n* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=533863&Y=181831&A=Y&Z=1 Brick Lane on streetmap]\n* [http://www.bricklanerestaurants.com/ bricklanerestaurants.com (Cityside Regeneration site)]\n* [http://www.britannia.com/travel/london/cockney/brick.html Go Britannia! report on Brick Lane]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:55:00 Crocker's Folly, NW8 8JR 1 * Address: 24 Aberdeen Place, London, NW8 8JR\r\n* Streetmap link: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526664&Y=182299&A=Y&Z=1\r\n* Locale: Maida Vale.\r\n* Website: http://www.pubs.com/crocnw8.htm\r\n\r\nThis is a pub with an interesting story (see website). The decor alone makes this pub worth a visit, not to mention the large selection of ales.
--IvorW\r\n\r
\n----\r\n[[Category Pubs]] - leave this at the bottom of the page; it's to help with automatic indexing.\r\n 2003-04-19 21:55:05 Category Bookshops 1 Follow the title link to see all pages about bookshops.\n\nSuggestions for writeups:\n\n* [[Waterstone's]] (Your local branch?)\n* [[Barnes and Noble]] (ditto)\n* [[Blackwells]]\n* [[Borders]]\n* [[Foyles]]\n* [[Books Etc]]\n* [[PC Bookshop]]\n* [[Skoob Books]]\n* [[Financial World, EC2N 4DQ|Financial World]]\n* [[Forbidden Planet]] (Science Fiction and Fantasy)\n* [[Gosh Comics]] (Graphic Novels)\n* [[Murder One]] (crime, SF and F)\n\nPerhaps for chains like Waterstone's there should be one main page for the chain, and subpages for each branch.\n\nTwo for Earle:\n\n* [[Record and Tape Exchange]]\n* [[Book Mongers]] on [[Coldharbour Lane]] in [[Brixton]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:55:10 Oxford Tube 1 This is a coach, not a tube; it goes between London and Oxford 24 hours a day. See also the [[X90]], which does roughly the same thing but stops in slightly different places and doesn't have a loo.\n\nIt stops at various places within London, for example Hillingdon, Marble Arch and Grosvenor Gardens (near Victoria).\nI'm told that\nsome people use it to travel between Hillingdon and Central London, though I can't see why as it is not very comfortable\ndue to there not being enough space between the seats. I'd rather take the real tube and not have to be stuck in traffic\nwith no space to put my knees.\nSee also [http://www.stagecoach-oxford.co.uk/oxfordtube/ the Oxford Tube page on the Stagecoach website] for more detailed\nstop info and timetables.\n\nI decided to make this page because Piers was on IRC looking for a pub near an\nOxford Tube stop, and Alex knew one. This would be kind of handy information to keep around, so here it is.\n\n==== Decent Pubs Near Oxford Tube Stops ====\n\n* Marble Arch stop\n** The [[Marlborough Head, W1Y 1WD]]. It's an Eerie chain pub but they do good food and good beer, and the upstairs isn't too obtrusive. Get off the coach and walk about 200 yards down Oxford Street. There's a right-hand turn, it's just down a side road.\n\n\n 2003-04-19 21:55:18 Category Covent Garden 1 ''Click the title above for a list of all the pages in '''Category Covent Garden'''.''\n\n* [[Postal District]]: WC2\n* [[Local Government]] Authority: London Borough of Camden\n* [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530202&Y=181038&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap] centred on Covent Garden\n\nCovent Garden is a part of the [[West End]] very popular with tourists. Stepping out of [[Covent Garden Station]], you may hear many languages being spoken.\n\n==== History ====\n\nTraditionally, Covent Garden was a warehousing district, including print works and other light industry. In the 1980s, Covent Garden became very popular and trendy. Many of the old warehouses were converted into bijou shops and studios, in a similar way to what is happening in [[Shoreditch]] 20 years later.\n\nThe market was traditionally a fruit and veg market. This market was moved to the south bank and renamed "[[New Covent Garden Market]]". There is still a market in the plaza, but this is primarily selling jewellry and crafts, and caters mainly for tourists.\n\n==== Attractions ====\n\n* [[Neal Street]]\n* [[St Martin's Lane]] - home of many [[West End]] [[Theatres]]\n* [[Covent Garden Plaza]]\n* [[London Transport Museum]]\n* The Doc Martins store.... three floors of leather boots.\n\n\n==== Neighbouring Locales ====\n\n[[Soho]] / [[Chinatown]] / [[Bloomsbury]] / [[Holborn]] / [[Strand]]\n\n
\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:55:36 Chinese Food 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Chinese Food]]\n 2003-04-19 21:56:06 Shadwell Station 1 Zone 2 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=534995&Y=180992&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Shadwell Journey Planner]\n\n== DLR station ==\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

west		[[Bank Station\|Bank]]		Shadwell		[[Limehouse Station\|Limehouse]]		east	([[Lewisham Station\|Lewisham]])
west		[[Tower Gateway Station\|Tower Gateway]]							([[Beckton Station\|Beckton]])

\n\n== Tube station ==\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[East London Line]]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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[[Whitechapel Station|Whitechapel]]

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\n----\nCategories: [[Category Tube]] / [[Category DLR]]\n 2003-04-19 21:56:16 City Pride, E14 8JH 1 * Address: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=E148JH&Z=1 15 Westferry Road, London E14 8JH]\n* Locale: [[Canary Wharf]] / [[Isle Of Dogs]] / [[Docklands]]\n* Nearby Tube stops: [[Canary Wharf Station|Canary Wharf]]\n* Website: http://www.foundationgroup.co.uk/pubs/citypride/cityp.htm\n\n==== Drinks ====\n\nŁ4.90 for a pint each of Dry Blackthorn and Tetley's. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Food ====\n\nFood served noon till 9:30pm, seven days a week. The food bar is opposite one side of the main bar, and operates a pager system.\n\nThere are two vegetarian main courses: Penne with tomatoes, vegetables and vegetarian cheddar (Ł6.25) and Mediterranean risotto served in a whole pepper (Ł5.95). Mostly the menu is weighted towards meat ([http://www.foundationgroup.co.uk/pubs/citypride/citypmenu.htm view the complete menu online]). I had the Paella (Ł6.75), which was pretty nice for pub food; the squid wasn't overcooked, and the sauce was nicely spiced and had just the right amount of oil (although the prawns were very ickle). I'd order it again. Ingvar had chips and onion rings; I didn't try either of these, but they looked as though they'd probably be somewhat nicer than generic pub freezer-to-lukewarm-oil offerings. [Prices as of May 2002]\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nWe were here 9--10:30pm on a Friday night. The tables were sticky; unsurprising, since I didn't see any of the bar staff wiping any of them down when they cleared glasses. The service was a bit patchy in general; friendly, but I think rather inexperienced. The style and volume of the music varied somewhat ridiculously during the time we were there, from PJ Harvey to bleepy dance stuff, and from perfectly comfortable to seriously getting in the way of conversation.\n\nThe decor is modelled after Ye Olde Traditional Pubbe; I quite liked it, particularly the tables made out of the treadle bits of old Singer sewing machines.\n\nUnlike the other places (All Bar One and the ilk) we'd passed on the way here, this pub wasn't ridiculously overcrowded, but the clientele seemed to be pretty similar to the others; drunk people in suits and/or too much makeup, yelling at each other. Best of a bad lot, possibly (though I'd love to be proved wrong...).\n\n==== Other Reviews ====\n\n* [http://www.fancyapint.com/thepubs/pub313.htm fancyapint.com review]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:56:21 Westminster Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530254&Y=179725&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Westminster Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

[[Jubilee Line]]:	west		[[Green Park Station\|Green Park]]		Westminster		[[Waterloo Station\|Waterloo]]		east
[[District Line]]:	west		[[St James's Park Station\|St James's Park]]		Westminster		[[Embankment Station\|Embankment]]		east

\n\n[[Circle Line]] as [[District Line]].\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThe modern [[Jubilee Line]] platforms have two levels of escalators to get down, but there are lifts available for the disabled.\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nIn addition to the main exits, there are subway exits to either side of Whitehall, and to the Embankment.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\nMiddle of train\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\nBuilt at the same time as [[Portcullis House]] above it, Westminster rests on several massive pillars surmounted by a thick concrete slab, upon which the Parliamentary offices sit.\n\nThe District Line is suspended from this slab, while two helix-like runs of escalators descend to the Jubilee Line, which, uniquely here for the extension to the line, is arranged not horizantally but vertically.\n\n* [http://www.ashleypomeroy.com/images/cosinawestminster.jpg arp's futuristic architecture photo]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\nThere's a small WH Smiths inside the station, and just outside the main entrance are a coffee shop and a small supermarket style place.\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* The [[Houses of Parliament]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:56:38 Wiki Discussion/Wiki Organisation 1 * Have made a start at implementing Wiki:WikiCategories for automatic indexing - see [[Category Pubs]] and indeed [[Category Category]]. I like these much better than hand-maintained static indices, which always seem to get out of date. --Kake\n
\n 2003-04-19 21:56:44 Universities 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Universities]]\n 2003-04-19 21:56:52 Clothing Shops On The Portobello Road 1 Warning: rant approaching.\n

\nSince I am in desperate need of some new clothes I spent a couple of hours wandering down the [[Portobello Road]] and having a look at what was on offer in the various clothing stores... a bad decision.\n

\n[[North Kensington]] is one of the spiritual homes of the trendy git, and is therefore a home also of the trendy git's source of clothing. Rarely have I seen such a noxious range - or, perhaps, non-range - of clothing. There are numerous stores, all of which sell:\n

Truly ugly Hawaiian shirts, or short-sleeved shirts with cod-Oriental flames/dragons/etc running over them.
T-shirts in a range of ugly colours with - presumably - retro 1970s-esque logos, such as the names of non-existent American colleges or sports teams.
T-shirts with trendy brand names and obscurantist yet bland and obvious designs, like cutaway diagrams of Volkswagen buses or quasi-meaningful design-wank slogans that are clearly meant to be "a bit edgy, a bit out there, you know", but instead allow you to announce yourself to everyone within visual range that you are a twat who has just spent £45 on a t-shirt.
T-shirts with vaguely hip-hop related motifs, generally featuring a badly drawn picture of someone on a pair of decks.
Short-sleeved shirts with embroidered logos on the back of some imaginary engineering, repair or auto detailing company, and a name-badge sown on the front above the pocket. Presumably, like a 1970s gas station attendant might wear. This particular kind of clothing is very much in fashion with [http://thegestalt.org/simon/cunt/ Nathan Barley] and his friends in [[Hoxton]].
A rack of short-sleeved shirts in the most incredibly ugly pastel shades of orange, brown, blue and green.

\nNeedless to say that everything in the above list was breathtakingly expensive. I have no idea why this sartorial obsession with the 1970s has formed; it's grotesque, annoying, and only contributes to the growing problem of highly visible twattage on the streets of London.\n 2003-04-19 21:56:57 Thurrock Lakeside 1 * '''Hours:''' 10am-10pm weekdays, 7am-10.30pm Saturday, 11am-5pm Sunday for main mall\n* '''Official web site:''' http://www.lakeside.uk.com/\n* '''Streetmap URL:''' http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=558462&Y=178935&A=Y&Z=1\n\nA large shopping mall in the American style combined with a retail park, situated near the junction of the [[M25]] and the [[A13]]. The main shopping mall has "over 320 shops, 4 major departments stores, 30 cafes and restaurants, a 7 screen multiplex cinema, a chapel and a 26 acre lake complete with PADI certified diving school complex" - but the four department stores are House of Fraser, BHS, Debenhams and Marks & Spencer, and the remainder is similarly disappointing.\n\nThe retail park has a variety of other shops, including a large B&Q and one of London's three branches of [[Ikea]]. These shops set their own opening hours.\n\nThe place is designed entirely to be reached by car; even walking between the shops in the retail park is very much discouraged (lack of pavements in many places, for example). It is possible to get a [[c2c]] train to a nearby station, though, and there are apparently bus services.\n\nThe fact that they have a .uk.com domain name, and have become the preferred shopping site for much of south-western Essex, should tell you all you need to know about this place. The term "Thurrocks" has been invented to describe the people who like the place, as: "I was about to leave the shop when a bunch of Thurrocks jammed the door trying to get back to their coach".\n\nIf you want this sort of place, go to [[Bluewater]] instead.\n\n----\nCategories: [[Category Shopping]] / [[Category Malls]] / [[Category Essex]]\n 2003-04-19 21:57:05 Ealing Common 1 Ealing Common is a small area of grass land in the Ealing district. Nearest tube is unsurprisingly [[Ealing Common]].\n\n\n\nIn England a "Common" is an area of land which was legally set aside for the common grazing of animals. However it is rarely used for that purpose nowadays. Happily it does mean that we have small areas of wild land in the middle of our cities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n----\n\n 2003-04-19 21:57:11 Pubs 2 #REDIRECT [[Category Pubs]]\n 2003-04-19 21:57:16 Postal District 1 Outlying London post codes are divided according to six of the eight compass directions - there are no South or North-East postcodes (NE is Newcastle, and S is Southampton). Central London has WC and EC post codes.\n\nThe outlying postcodes were originally numbered according to alphabetical district names.\n\n''Thank you very much whoever filled all these details in after I made a start.'' --IvorW\n\n== Central London ==\n\n(WC1, WC2, W1, SW1: [[West End]])\n\n(EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4: [[City]])\n\n* '''WC1''' [[Euston]], [[Bloomsbury]]\n\n* '''WC2''' [[Holborn]], [[Covent Garden]], [[Strand]]\n\n* '''W1''' [[Fitzrovia]], [[Mayfair]], [[Soho]], [[Chinatown]]\n\n* '''SW1''' [[Victoria]], [[Belgravia]]\n\n* '''EC1''' [[Clerkenwell]], [[Barbican]], [[Moorgate]]\n\n* '''EC2''' [[Old Street]], [[Liverpool Street]]\n\n* '''EC3''' Bank\n\n* '''EC4''' Cannon Street, Tower Hill\n\n\n== North London ==\n\n* '''N1''' [[Islington]]\n\n* '''N2''' East Finchley\n\n* '''N3''' Finchley Central, Finchley Church End\n\n* '''N4''' Finsbury Park, Manor House\n\n* '''N5''' Highbury \n\n* '''N6''' Highgate \n\n* '''N7''' Holloway\n\n* '''N8''' Hornsey\n\n* '''N9''' Lower Edmonton \n\n* '''N10''' Muswell Hill \n\n* '''N11''' New Southgate\n\n* '''N12''' North Finchley, Woodside Park\n\n* '''N13''' Palmers Green \n\n* '''N14''' Southgate \n\n* '''N15''' South Tottenham, Seven Sisters \n\n* '''N16''' Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill \n\n* '''N17''' Tottenham \n\n* '''N18''' Upper Edmonton \n\n* '''N19''' Upper Holloway, Archway, Tufnell Park \n\n* '''N20''' Whetstone\n\n== East London ==\n\n* '''E1''' Aldgate, [[Brick Lane]]\n\n* '''E2''' Bethnal Green, [[Shoreditch]] \n\n* '''E3''' Bow, [[Bromley|Bromley-by-Bow]]\n\n* '''E4''' Chingford, Highams Park \n\n* '''E5''' Clapton \n\n* '''E6''' East Ham\n\n* '''E7''' Forest Gate, Upton Park \n\n* '''E8''' Hackney, Dalston \n\n* '''E9''' Hackney, Homerton\n\n* '''E10''' Leyton \n\n* '''E11''' [[Leytonstone]]\n\n* '''E12''' Manor Park \n\n* '''E13''' Plaistow \n\n* '''E14''' Poplar, [[Canary Wharf]]\n\n* '''E15''' [[Stratford]], West Ham \n\n* '''E16''' Victoria Docks & North Woolwich\n\n* '''E17''' Walthamstow\n\n* '''E18''' Whipp's Cross\n\n== South East London ==\n\n* '''SE1''' [[Southwark]], [[London Bridge]] Bermondsey\n\n* '''SE2''' Abbey Wood\n\n* '''SE3''' Blackheath, Westcombe Park\n\n* '''SE4''' Brockley, Crofton Park, Honor Oak Park \n\n* '''SE5''' Camberwell \n\n* '''SE6''' Catford, Hither Green\n\n* '''SE7''' Charlton \n\n* '''SE8''' Deptford \n\n* '''SE9''' Eltham\n\n* '''SE10''' Greenwich\n\n* '''SE11''' Lambeth, Kennington \n\n* '''SE12''' Lee, Grove Park \n\n* '''SE13''' Hither Green, Lewisham\n\n* '''SE14''' New Cross, New Cross Gate \n\n* '''SE15''' Peckham, Nunhead \n\n* '''SE16''' [[Rotherhithe]], South Bermonsey, Surrey Docks \n\n* '''SE17''' Walworth, [[Elephant and Castle|Elephant & Castle]] \n\n* '''SE18''' Woolwich\n\n* '''SE19''' Crystal Palace, Norwood\n\n* '''SE20''' Anerley\n\n* '''SE21''' Dulwich\n \n* '''SE22''' East Dulwich \n\n* '''SE23''' Forest Hill [[Brockley And Honor Oak]], [[Honor Oak Park]]\n\n* '''SE24''' Herne Hill \n\n* '''SE25''' South Norwood \n\n* '''SE26''' Sydenham \n\n* '''SE27''' West Norwood, Tulse Hill \n\n* '''SE28''' Thamesmead\n\n== South West London ==\n\n* '''SW2''' Brixton\n\n* '''SW3''' Chelsea, Brompton \n\n* '''SW4''' [[Clapham]]\n\n* '''SW5''' [[Earl's Court]] \n\n* '''SW6''' [[Fulham]], Parson's Green\n\n* '''SW7''' [[South Kensington]]\n\n* '''SW8''' South Lambeth\n\n* '''SW9''' Stockwell\n\n* '''SW10''' World's End, West Brompton\n\n* '''SW11''' [[Battersea]], Clapham Junction \n\n* '''SW12''' Balham \n\n* '''SW13''' [[Barnes]]\n\n* '''SW14''' Mortlake, [[East Sheen]]\n\n* '''SW15''' Putney\n\n* '''SW16''' [[Streatham]]\n\n* '''SW17''' Tooting \n\n* '''SW18''' Wandsworth\n\n* '''SW19''' Wimbledon\n\n* '''SW20''' South Wimbledon, West Wimbledon\n\n== West London ==\n\n* '''W2''' [[Paddington]]\n\n* '''W3''' [[Acton]]\n\n* '''W4''' [[Chiswick]]\n\n* '''W5''' [[Ealing]]\n\n* '''W6''' [[Hammersmith]]\n\n* '''W7''' [[Hanwell]]\n\n* '''W8''' [[Kensington]]\n\n* '''W9''' [[Maida Vale]]\n\n* '''W10''' [[North Kensington]]\n\n* '''W11''' [[Notting Hill]]\n\n* '''W12''' [[Shepherd's Bush]]\n\n* '''W13''' [[West Ealing]]\n\n* '''W14''' [[West Kensington]]\n\n== North West London ==\n\n* '''NW1''' [[Camden]]\n\n* '''NW2''' Cricklewood\n\n* '''NW3''' [[Belsize Park]]\n\n* '''NW4''' Hendon\n\n* '''NW5''' [[Kentish Town]] \n\n* '''NW6''' [[Kilburn]]\n\n* '''NW7''' Mill Hill \n\n* '''NW8''' [[St. John's Wood]]\n\n* '''NW9''' [[Colindale]]\n\n* '''NW10''' [[Park Royal]]\n\n* '''NW11''' Golders Green\n 2003-04-19 21:57:23 Bayswater Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=525842&Y=180807&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Bayswater Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
[[District Line]]: west [[Notting Hill Gate Station|Notting Hill Gate]] Bayswater [[Paddington Station|Paddington]] east
[[Circle Line]]: anticlockwise clockwise
\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nAlthough there are no interchanges, [[Queensway Station]] on the [[Central Line]] is two minutes walk.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n[[Fix please]]\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Kensington Palace Gardens]]\n* [[Queens Ice Rink]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:57:42 Chinatown 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Chinatown]]\n 2003-04-19 21:57:49 Temple Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530967&Y=180823&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Temple Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n* [[District Line]]\n* [[Circle Line]]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
west [[Embankment Station|Embankment]] Temple [[Blackfriars Station|Blackfriars]] east
\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nAlthough there are no interchanges, it is worth noting that [[Chancery Lane Station|Chancery Lane]] and [[Holborn Station|Holborn]] stations are about 10 minutes walk. This could be useful to know if the [[District Line]] becomes snafu-ed.\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\n* Westbound: Second carriage from the rear\n* Eastbound: Second carriage from the rear\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n* Payphones\n* Photo booth\n* Newsagent\n* Fruit & veg stall\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* The [[Royal Courts Of Justice]]\n* Inns of court: [[Middle Temple]], [[Inner Temple]]\n* [[Somerset House]]\n* The [[Knights Templar, WC2A 1DT|Knight's Templar]]\n* The [[Old Bank Of England, EC4A 2CT|Old Bank of England]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:58:02 Knightsbridge Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527759&Y=179661&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Knightsbridge Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
[[Piccadilly Line]]: west [[South Kensington Station|South Kensington]] Knightsbridge [[Hyde Park Corner Station|Hyde Park Corner]] east
\n\n==== Exits ====\n\nThere are two separate exits, one at each end of the platform. The Knightsbridge exit is handy for [[Hyde Park]], and the Brompton Road exit is handy for [[Harrods]]\n\n==== [[Where To Alight]] ====\n\nThis depends on which exit you intend to use. \n\n==== Architecture and Points of Interest ====\n\n[[Fix Please]]\n\n==== Facilities ====\n\n[[Fix Please]]\n\n==== Nearby Places of Interest ====\n\n* [[Hyde Park]]\n* [[Harrods]]\n\n----\n 2003-04-19 21:58:42 Bus 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Bus]]\n 2003-04-19 21:58:49 Notting Hill 1 #REDIRECT [[Category Notting Hill]]\n 2003-04-19 21:59:01 Angel Station 1 Zone 1 Station / [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531467&Y=183246&A=Y&Z=1 Streetmap Link] / [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Angel Journey Planner]\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
[[Northern Line]]: north [[King's Cross St Pancras Station|King's Cross]] Angel [[Old Street Station|Old Street]] south
\n\nOne slightly confusing thing about Angel Station is that although you get to it from [[King's Cross St Pancras Station]] by going southbound on the Northern Line, its entrance is actually very slightly north of the main entrance to King's Cross.\n\n[[Angel, N1 9LQ|The Angel]] is a convenient pub, just opposite, for meeting people.\n
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