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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 18, 2010 18:15:18 GMT
Good! It's always nice to have a tour guide who knows the area well AND has a love for the city Indeed. I also know Chester quite well also. Chester is easy, pick up a leafet, walk around the Roman Wall and you are done. There are some half decent pubs/bars in Chester, my fave is 'The Liverpool Arms' hmm, naturally. Then there is Manchester (30 miles away) fairly well laid out city centre, worth a visit / night out. The Printworks is ok, bit like an indoor Mathew Street, without The Cavern; decent tourists; friendly locals and atmosphere, but it's ok. Leeds (70 miles away) is ok. I went there last year for the first time in ages and had a good time. Some great real ales pubs. And finally Newcastle Upon Tyne. (155 miles away). Just like Liverpool only smaller, fewer theatres / art galleries and cultural delights and not as exciting... apart from that it's just like Liverpool. Worth a weekend away there all the same. I'm like bf.com's North of England correspondent
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Post by aintshesweet on Jan 18, 2010 22:51:39 GMT
Indeed. I also know Chester quite well also. Chester is easy, pick up a leafet, walk around the Roman Wall and you are done. There are some half decent pubs/bars in Chester, my fave is 'The Liverpool Arms' hmm, naturally. Then there is Manchester (30 miles away) fairly well laid out city centre, worth a visit / night out. The Printworks is ok, bit like an indoor Mathew Street, without The Cavern; decent tourists; friendly locals and atmosphere, but it's ok. Leeds (70 miles away) is ok. I went there last year for the first time in ages and had a good time. Some great real ales pubs. And finally Newcastle Upon Tyne. (155 miles away). Just like Liverpool only smaller, fewer theatres / art galleries and cultural delights and not as exciting... apart from that it's just like Liverpool. Worth a weekend away there all the same. I'm like bf.com's North of England correspondent That's good to know about Chester...most of my time would be spent there seeing as I'd be living and going to school at U of Chester. I've heard that Manchester is pretty average but fun on the weekends, and I assume it's probably a little like where I live now...that just about describes Wichita. Haha, you should need to cash in on that and write a book!
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Post by The End on Jan 18, 2010 22:52:50 GMT
Don't forget London!!!!! The capital city!!
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Post by aintshesweet on Jan 18, 2010 22:55:18 GMT
Don't forget London!!!!! The capital city!! Of course!!! How could anyone ever forget London! I fully plan on finding a few university friends to make weekend trips with!!!
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Post by The End on Jan 18, 2010 23:00:02 GMT
I know all the best places to go in London... but they're all pubs!! LOL
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 19, 2010 0:08:13 GMT
I know all the best places to go in London... but they're all pubs!! LOL Oh yeah, London is ok as well - but to be fair we were concentrating on the north. For London I recommend The Dominion Theatre for Queen / Ben Elton's "We Will Rock You" -- not much else happening in London! Nah, I love it down there really. Don't forget Scotland - Glasgow is great, Edinburgh worth a look also and I'm sure 'RevolverDundee' will chip in with the delights of his hometown. In Wales you have Cardiff and perhaps Swansea (I lived there for a year)-- learn some Welsh (one of the oldest languages in the world) before entering. North Wales can be fun, but no major cities there (sorry Wrexham!) I almost for the midlands! I live in Staffordshire for two years great people in Wolverhampton and Birmingham and some good nights out can be had. Great countryside all over the UK, ie Cumbria and The Lake District, The Peak District, as well as my fave, fantastic Northumberland as well as many parts of Scotland and Wales. I've never been to Belfast or any part of Northern Ireland, so I can't comment. And don't forget Dublin, over with our neighbours, The Repubic of Ireland. As mentioned elsewhere, the UK is easy to get around, but it can be expensive, you can fly into continental Europe for a few quid, but it can cost you ££'s just to go 200 miles on the train. National Express coaches or similar may be a good idea for you.
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Post by aintshesweet on Jan 19, 2010 19:31:46 GMT
Oh yeah, London is ok as well - but to be fair we were concentrating on the north. For London I recommend The Dominion Theatre for Queen / Ben Elton's "We Will Rock You" -- not much else happening in London! Nah, I love it down there really. Don't forget Scotland - Glasgow is great, Edinburgh worth a look also and I'm sure 'RevolverDundee' will chip in with the delights of his hometown. In Wales you have Cardiff and perhaps Swansea (I lived there for a year)-- learn some Welsh (one of the oldest languages in the world) before entering. North Wales can be fun, but no major cities there (sorry Wrexham!) I almost for the midlands! I live in Staffordshire for two years great people in Wolverhampton and Birmingham and some good nights out can be had. Great countryside all over the UK, ie Cumbria and The Lake District, The Peak District, as well as my fave, fantastic Northumberland as well as many parts of Scotland and Wales. I've never been to Belfast or any part of Northern Ireland, so I can't comment. And don't forget Dublin, over with our neighbours, The Repubic of Ireland. As mentioned elsewhere, the UK is easy to get around, but it can be expensive, you can fly into continental Europe for a few quid, but it can cost you ££'s just to go 200 miles on the train. National Express coaches or similar may be a good idea for you. Since you mention "We Will Rock You", which I've heard is great, I am absolutely crazed with excitement at the idea of seeing some real London theatre. I'll have to scrounge up the cash to buy some tickets while I'm there. There's no way I'll pass that up, I'm too much of a theatre buff! I hadn't even thought of Wales...I've been dying to visit Ireland and Scotland though. I hadn't planned on visiting Northern Ireland, though, as you said. I would love to see it but I'm a little iffy about the goings-on there, and I don't know how welcome a young American would be. So where's the best place for shopping in the north? I LOVE to shop. And eat. I've been getting more and more information on doing the semester in England and the more I learn the more I think I may actually go study in Liverpool instead of Chester. What's the general opinion of Liverpool Hope U? They've got a great international program that really would work well for me financially. Haha, Al, you would know all the pubs, wouldn't you?
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Post by The End on Jan 19, 2010 19:46:10 GMT
Of course! Well, I could of course sing the praises of London... but I'm shy! LOl
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 19, 2010 20:52:36 GMT
I'm too much of a theatre buff! You will be in the right place in Liverpool, we have: 1. The Liverpool Empire Theatre 2. Everyman Theatre (Freddie Mercury used to drink tea in the bistro!) 3. LIPA (Paul McCartney "Fame" School. 4. The Philharmonic Hall (Beatle AND Queen links in The "Phil Pub" across the road) 5. The Playhouse Theatre 6. The Royal Court Theatre 7. Unity Theatre 8. Olympia (outside city centre) All of the above offer a mix of old or new locally written comedy/drama/plays/musicals from the likes of Willy Russell and other famous local writers, to large, lavish productions direct from London's West End. Maybe look up the websites of the above sometime. What's the general opinion of Liverpool Hope U? No idea, sorry As for shopping in the north of England:Liverpool ONE - new £1bn city centre shopping centre www.liverpool-one.comThe Trafford Centre (Boo, hiss, don't go to Manchester!) Meadowhall Shopping Centre (Sheffield) I hear that Leeds is very good (quite near Sheffield) The Metro Centre, Europe's largest indoor shopping centre in Gateshead, across the river from Newcastle in the North East. It's often said Chester city centre is very good for shops, I'm a bloke, so I don't do shops very well.
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Post by The End on Jan 19, 2010 22:18:06 GMT
I'm too much of a theatre buff! The Adelphi Theatre The Albery Theatre (known as the Noel Coward Theatre from June 2006) The Aldwych Theatre The Almeida Theatre The Apollo Theatre The Apollo Victoria Theatre The Arts Theatre The Barbican Centre The Bloomsbury Theatre The Cambridge Theatre The Carling Apollo Hammersmith The Coliseum Theatre(see London Coliseum) The Comedy Theatre The Criterion Theatre The Dominion Theatre The Donmar Warehouse The Drury Lane Theatre Royal The Duchess Theatre The Duke of York's Theatre The Fortune Theatre The Garrick Theatre The Gielgud Theatre The Globe Theatre The Greenwich Theatre The Hackney Empire Theatre The Hampstead Theatre Haymarket Theatre Royal Her Majesty's Theatre The London Coliseum Theatre The London Palladium Theatre The Lyceum Theatre The Lyric Theatre The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre The National Theatre - Lyttelton The National Theatre - Oliver The New Ambassadors Theatre The New London Theatre The New Wimbledon Theatre The Noel Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre) The Novello Theatre The Old Vic Theatre The Open Air Theatre The Palace Theatre The Peacock Theatre The Phoenix Theatre The Piccadilly Theatre The Playhouse Theatre The Prince Edward Theatre The Prince of Wales Theatre The Queen's Theatre The Royal Court Theatre The Royal Opera House The Sadler's Wells Theatre The St Martin's Theatre The Savoy Theatre The Shaftesbury Theatre The Soho Theatre The Trafalguar Studios The Vaudeville Theatre The Victoria Palace Theatre The Wyndham's Theatre The Young Vic Theatre Oxford Street Regent Street Etc etc
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 19, 2010 22:28:45 GMT
Excellent! And all that was from memory yeah, no copy/paste?! The request was in the north Al, IN THE NORTH! That is the big bit above Watford.
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Post by aintshesweet on Jan 19, 2010 22:53:02 GMT
Good lord, Al, what is that, all the theatres in England??!!! WOW so I'm looking at websites for the Liverpool arts/theatre scene and I am impressed!! (but not surprised ) I'm definitely into that kind of stuff, it'll be a good distraction from studies, haha! Hmm, I sense a little animosity where Manchester is concerned...I can only guess that it has to do with football (or soccer, in my little American mind.) Would I be right??
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Post by The End on Jan 19, 2010 23:06:34 GMT
Good lord, Al, what is that, all the theatres in England??!!! WOW so I'm looking at websites for the Liverpool arts/theatre scene and I am impressed!! (but not surprised ) I'm definitely into that kind of stuff, it'll be a good distraction from studies, haha! Hmm, I sense a little animosity where Manchester is concerned...I can only guess that it has to do with football (or soccer, in my little American mind.) Would I be right?? Nope, just some of the theatres that can be found in London - the capital city of England! Don't get him started on Manchester... it's partly to do with football yeah, but it goes much deeper than that - best let it go!!! LOL
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Post by The End on Jan 19, 2010 23:07:32 GMT
Excellent! And all that was from memory yeah, no copy/paste?! The request was in the north Al, IN THE NORTH! That is the big bit above Watford. Of course it wasn't copy/paste - my memory automatically works in alphabetical order!!
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 19, 2010 23:16:14 GMT
WOW so I'm looking at websites for the Liverpool arts/theatre scene and I am impressed!! (but not surprised ) Ha! Take that London! *sings* One-Nil, One-Nil, One-Nil, ! I sense a little animosity where Manchester is concerned...I can only guess that it has to do with football (or soccer, in my little American mind.) Would I be right?? Yeah - and the fact that they have a big international airport and have robbed us of a decent economy for the last 40 years or so! Ofcourse, it was Liverpool's extensive dock network that was the superpower once, sea port, above air port. And the Liverpool economy, I'm happy to say is thriving, bucking this latest recession. Yeah, there is a soccer thing as well, although Liverpool are more successful than Man-Ure United and Everton more successful than Man S****y You will find animosity between the two cities, but no more than between Newcastle-Sunderland (Jeez, they HATE each other!) Cardiff-Swansea (same), Glasgow and, well THE ENGLISH! It's a very old, complicated nation and we love to get at each other, silly really. Truth is, on paper Liverpool and Manchester work very well - and in the theatre and arts scene, so may interest you. I think it's called The North West Development Agency, something like that. I like to see as many colaborations between the two cities as possible and I have some friends over there. I have no personal axe to grind against Manchester (or anywhere else) ... just a bit of friendly banter
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 19, 2010 23:18:57 GMT
Don't get him started on Manchester... it's partly to do with football yeah, but it goes much deeper than that - best let it go!!! You are on fine form tonight fella!
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Post by The End on Jan 20, 2010 15:07:14 GMT
Don't get him started on Manchester... Too late!!! LOL
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Post by aintshesweet on Jan 20, 2010 15:11:56 GMT
I sense a little animosity where Manchester is concerned...I can only guess that it has to do with football (or soccer, in my little American mind.) Would I be right?? Yeah - and the fact that they have a big international airport and have robbed us of a decent economy for the last 40 years or so! Ofcourse, it was Liverpool's extensive dock network that was the superpower once, sea port, above air port. And the Liverpool economy, I'm happy to say is thriving, bucking this latest recession. Yeah, there is a soccer thing as well, although Liverpool are more successful than Man-Ure United and Everton more successful than Man S****y You will find animosity between the two cities, but no more than between Newcastle-Sunderland (Jeez, they HATE each other!) Cardiff-Swansea (same), Glasgow and, well THE ENGLISH! It's a very old, complicated nation and we love to get at each other, silly really. Truth is, on paper Liverpool and Manchester work very well - and in the theatre and arts scene, so may interest you. I think it's called The North West Development Agency, something like that. I like to see as many colaborations between the two cities as possible and I have some friends over there. I have no personal axe to grind against Manchester (or anywhere else) ... just a bit of friendly banter I can understand the rivalries. Everything is in such close proximity in the UK that it's inevitable that conflicts would surface, especially where things like economy are concerned. Cities in the US are so spread out, especially where I live, in the Midwest, that we don't have a lot of conflict like that. Plus, our country's not half as old, so maybe there just hasn't been time Unless you're talking about sports. Mainly baseball and football, i.e. I am a born and bred Dallas Cowboys fan, but my family on my mom's side are Kansas City Chiefs fans (the arch nemeses of the Cowboys). We have a lot of, ah, interesting family meals whenever we're all together and Monday nights roll around (Monday Night Football, for the win! )
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Post by aintshesweet on Jan 20, 2010 15:12:30 GMT
Don't get him started on Manchester... it's partly to do with football yeah, but it goes much deeper than that - best let it go!!! You are on fine form tonight fella! Looks like Al's cruisin' for a bruisin'!
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Post by yerblues1234 on Jun 26, 2011 3:55:38 GMT
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