Not really about cycling, other than in the sense that having the
Brom made it feasible, but I was at Olympia today and took a detour
via Lillie Road, where my grandparents lived in my youth.  One of
the great excitements in life was the appearance of blue and white
striped paper bags from Patrick's Toys - and they are still there!
Tom Williams House is still Tom Williams House, but so much smaller
than when I was five; I remember it as a towering skyscraper, but
it's only about six double floors (actually the ground floor were
single-storey, the others are two-storey flats, I think).  The place
feels much the same but... less.

http://images.francisfrith.com/c10/450/27/fulham_F69024.jpg

I defy anyone my age to see that and not think of Marineville :-)

And a nice ride through the park on the way back, too.

Guy
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> Not really about cycling, other than in the sense that having the
> Brom made it feasible, but I was at Olympia today and took a detour
> via Lillie Road, where my grandparents lived in my youth.  One of
> the great excitements in life was the appearance of blue and white
> striped paper bags from Patrick's Toys - and they are still there!
> Tom Williams House is still Tom Williams House, but so much smaller
> than when I was five


Well that is absolutely totally fucking fascinating - amazing.

Did you have a shit this morning - was the color of it OK?

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> I defy anyone my age to see that and not think of Marineville :-)

"Stand by... "

Nah, no interceptor missiles and leaping Terror Fish!

Pete.
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In news:q3k9e4pbb0t39cqcsrb2vu9dt6o62pk8hb@4ax.com,
Just zis Guy, you know?  tweaked the Babbage-Engine 
to tell us:

> Tom Williams House is still Tom Williams House, but so much smaller
> than when I was five; I remember it as a towering skyscraper, but
> it's only about six double floors (actually the ground floor were
> single-storey, the others are two-storey flats, I think).  The place
> feels much the same but... less.

Barely a stone's throw from the site of many a drunken and debauched night 
of bridge-playing back when I was a Penniless Student Oaf - some of my 
fellow Oaves lived on the corner of Lillie Road and North End Road.

-- 
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Bandersnatch? I would never have guessed.

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:59:32 +0100, Peter Clinch
 wrote:

>Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>
>> I defy anyone my age to see that and not think of Marineville :-)
>
>"Stand by... "
>
>Nah, no interceptor missiles and leaping Terror Fish!

Oh do be quiet.  QUIET.

Peter Clinch wrote:
> Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> 
>> I defy anyone my age to see that and not think of Marineville :-)
> 
> "Stand by... "

"for Action!"


" Anything can happen in the next 1/2 hour!"

Marc wrote:
> Peter Clinch wrote:
>> Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>>
>>> I defy anyone my age to see that and not think of Marineville :-)
>>
>> "Stand by... "
> 
> "for Action!"

> " Anything can happen in the next 1/2 hour!"

Only if they're about to launch... Stingray!, however.

Pete.
-- 
Peter Clinch                    Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637   Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177              Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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