The comedy club downstairs at The Kings Head was fantastic in the 80's, there were loads of unknown new comedians who are now household names.
For the first ten years I lived in London I had a great time, but as soon as my first kid was on the way I moved back, there's many things far more important than the quality of the nearest theatre.
the only real reason we all subsidise London weighting is because down there they are fools with their money and as such are easily parted . you only have to watch the apprentice to appreciate how dumb they are in the "funky" parts of the capital .
The whole metropolitan area lays claim to the same bits too. Travel time wise, we could get to Leeds in about the same time it takes some of them to reach the sights they claim as "theirs".
We could buy a 5 or 6 bed house in Hull for the price of our two bed here. Ridiculous. The major plus, I suppose, is two outstanding secondary schools and one "only" good in the town (only three secondaries in the town).
I did different things in my 20s and 30s to the things I do in my 40s, 50s and 60s but there's nothing I can't do in London. I live in a 6 bedroom house with 3 shower rooms 2 kitchens and an office with a nice garden. It's not luxurious like the linked £3m mansion but then again I'm a minimalist. I can do anything I want any day I want. In Hull there's certain types of entertainment you have to wait to be available. I'm near the Northern Line and District line tubes and Wimbledon rail station. I can get to central London or the countryside easily. Just the other day I went to a conference in Canary Wharf that I could get to on the tube. A similar conference up north would have involved travelling to Leeds. The income potential in London is so much greater than in Hull. If I was retired and I didn't want to live near family I might move to Hull but for my particular circumstances I can't see it happening.
Staying in Muswell Hill at the moment and just off down the Queens and then for a curry. Nice area but £1 1/2 million doesn't get you much around here. Crazy prices.
You really think these people are representative of people in business? Anyway, plenty of them are from outside London.
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/31665676#Ya7353Mx95X3oQle.97 But people don't spend that kind of money unless they are earning a lot or have been moving up the property ladder for a while. My step daughter owns two quarter of a million pound 2 bedroom flats with relatively small mortgages and she's only 32 and not on a huge salary.
Whatever you're typing on (phone? Laptop? Etc) are just underlining spelling mistakes or words which aren't added to the your dictionary.
It was just after we had beaten Arsenal 2-1 away. 'You kicked us off the field' was the opening line. Then condescending ****e like 'Is this your first time in the Capital' ? and 'do people eat out in Hull and the wines a bit expensive......are you sure you can afford it' ? There were four of us in a party of about 12, we sat by ourselves at the end of the table whilst the Horray Henry's whopped it up at the other end, taking the piss out of us, ordering champagne ( four bottles) of which we never got a sip........then said ' split six ways that's £150 per couple' We had ordered pasta and lagers. I/we paid up, went with them to another pub in which they all sat down after ordering **** knows what cocktails at £12 a shout and expecting us thick Northerners to pay. It was then when I told them what I really thought of them all, set of shallow big headed bastards.
I have two children of school age. Fact is, according to OFSTED, overall the state schools in London are the best in the country.
not the "contestants" im talking about the general public they sell tat to - check out the shabby chique (sp) episode for example
There's good and bad schools in all areas, but for the best schools in London, you're looking at £20k a year each, my kids school pass results... 5 GCSE A+-C(Inc Maths and English) - 96% 3 A levels - 99% There's barely any schools in the UK bettering these results and it didn't cost me £20k a year each.
OFSTED's criteria in the last 6 months has changed immensely and lots of previously good and outstanding schools have fallen into special measures in this time, with many more ready to follow.
It has to be said that even in a poor school if the parents are on the ball the kids will do ok. I went to Riley just before it closed and did ok due to my parents taking an interest from an early age.
Used to drink in the Famous Royal Oak in St Jame's Lane off the Broadway and Victoria Stakes at the bottom of Muswell Hill. Also Maynard Arms on Park Road when on a "crawl".
Absolutely true, the attitude of parents has a far greater bearing on a child's achievement and attitude than any school.
