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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Just went to that - very good

    Before that I went to the National Army Museum. They have a special exhibition about Commando comics artwork at the moment. Sadly it didn't include any of the Commando stories my dad wrote in the 60s/early 70s, but still highly recommended, as is the rest of the museum
    I still have a box of those somewhere I think. I had loads of them.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
    I wouldn't bother if I were you.

    Head to the NG - they've got a very nice (free) alterpiece exhibition. Lots of interesting science stuff about how they work out what goes where.
    Just went to that - very good

    Before that I went to the National Army Museum. They have a special exhibition about Commando comics artwork at the moment. Sadly it didn't include any of the Commando stories my dad wrote in the 60s/early 70s, but still highly recommended, as is the rest of the museum

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  • psychocandy
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    Always wondered what its like being taken up the Mudchute....

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    In Stratford. It lacks Lewisham's quaint charm. It appears, in fact, to be a shopping centre.
    But going past the olympic stadium to get there is quite nice. And you would have seen them building the olympic statue you can climb up.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
    If you're out east, you could always pop along and see the Thames Barrier in the flesh, nice park there too.
    I got quite a good view of it from the DLR on my trip down to Woolwich, but it would be fun to go and have a proper look next time I go for an adventure down that way

    Back at the hotel in Edgware now, thinking about dinner

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
    Nick - hope you find a lucrative contract in a flash - Good Speed NickFitz

    I hope all the Agents on this site will do their bit to help given your stellar contributions to this site The Monday Links in particular - OK Gentlemen ?
    Thanks AJP - although to be honest, I could do with a couple of weeks break

    Still, that's mainly because this last project was on such an insane schedule. The majority of gigs would seem like a rest cure after the last few weeks

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  • Scrag Meister
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    If you're out east, you could always pop along and see the Thames Barrier in the flesh, nice park there too.

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Poplar now, heading for Woolwich. Went into a Starbucks for the first time ever at Stratford. Sort of Microsoft coffee-flavoured drink, isn't it.
    Nick - hope you find a lucrative contract in a flash - Good Speed NickFitz

    I hope all the Agents on this site will do their bit to help given your stellar contributions to this site The Monday Links in particular - OK Gentlemen ?

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  • NickFitz
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    Poplar now, heading for Woolwich. Went into a Starbucks for the first time ever at Stratford. Sort of Microsoft coffee-flavoured drink, isn't it.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I tried but some gits were nearer the door and beat me to it

    I'll go to the terminus and try again

    Wonder if Mudchute is as pretty as it sounds?
    Indeed mudchute is. But if you ride/walk to island gardens that is quite nice - you can even walk to greenwich via the WW2 damaged foot tunnel.

    Most weekends I take Baby BP on the dlr - with his severe autism he doesn't like a variety of things to do. I go to local BR - train to lewisham - dlr to bank - Northern line to LOndon Bridge anf home via train. He gets upset at the slightest detour.

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  • NickFitz
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    In Stratford. It lacks Lewisham's quaint charm. It appears, in fact, to be a shopping centre.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    Oh, so I'm not the only one who does that then...
    Doesn't everyone. Its the same reason why children always seat upstairs at the front on a bus. A fake feeling of absolute control.

    Just like MF project managing something.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    NF you seem to get through more contracts than MF!
    On the project for eight or so weeks, but the site is for a fashion company promotion so it'll only be up for a few months tops. There's a lot of short-term stuff in the media industry

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  • d000hg
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    NF you seem to get through more contracts than MF!

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  • NickFitz
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    Lewisham seems nice. Very ethnically diverse. DimPrawn would like it there

    At the front now

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