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Imperial Community => International => Topic started by: droidbait on January 31, 2010, 02:22:15 AM
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Hello all many off u now that 2010 is not a great year we started off with a tonne of snow, where schools and work was closed and there was limited food. Well i woke up this morning to find 2 inches of snow ( oh yipee >:( )
onto star wars well the uk dont have alot to offer us at this moment if we mainly want it we have to get it off an online store like www.staractionfigures.co.uk
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well i come from a small market town of Maldon (where the world famous sea salt comes from ) its in the fair county of Essex and about twenty miles from the oldest chartered Town in England ,Colchester the famous Roman garrison town ,Maldon has been around since the 5th century its original name was Maeldune (Anglo-Saxon = Meeting place on the hill) it has a lot of historical buildings most of the pubs in the high st (main street) date from the 14th-16th century ,it was once the site of a royal mint ,it has at least five churches,an ancient friory and a 13th century leper hospital(ruins) in a 2 mile radius of the town centre the newest(church) one dates from the 18th century)the church i got married in(St Mary's) sits right on the quay and is from the 1190's,also All Saints church is the only church in europe with a triangular spire ,there was a famous battle here in 991 A.D. between the anglo-saxons and the Vikings which is immortalised in a poem it is also the oldest protected battlefield on "English Heritage's" books in England .heres an interesting fact for those american shipyarders :The vicar of Purleigh Church, Lawrence Washington, who was the great, great grandfather of George Washington, first president of the United States, is buried here(All Saints) there is a window in the church dedicated to his memory it was a gift from the citizens of Malden ,Massachusetts to the town.it is also the last mooring place of the famous coastal barges most of which are well over 100 years old and only a handful survive .
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Maldon high street
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the top of Market Hill in Maldon
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The Town Sign and heraldry
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St Mary's Church
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All Saints Church Maldon
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The Maldon Barges
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The Famous Maldon Sea Salt used by top world chefs
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The Famous Washington Window (All Saints Church)
just thought i'd show you my neck of the woods :)
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omg jay ive been there and i must say it is a beautiful place
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looks beautiful Jay.
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Great pics Jay. Maldon looks very beautiful.
I'm not sure but I think I tried this sea salt when I was in Vienna two years ago.
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I've got to get some pics of our country, and especially the Harrisburg Capitol, after those phenominal pictures!
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dont gypsys live in maldon?????????????????
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gypsies are everywhere mate there doesnt seem to be many here i havent seen one in ages
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dont come to radcliffe trail theres alot of gypsies in caravans
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I'm from Sheffield, situated in South Yorkshire. I'm mostly a city boy even though I live on the outskirts of the city on the border of Sheffield & Derbyshire. Sheffield is well known for it's steel industry & sports facilities & is also home to quite a few famous people (Michael Palin of Monty Python fame, Sean Bean, Def Leppard & current Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg just to name a few). Sheffield is also the birth place of English football, or Soccer as you Yanks call it ;) & we have 2 major teams, Sheffield United & Sheffield Wednesday. We are also one of the few cities in England to run a tram service, which was modernized & re-introduced in 1994. We fell victim to one of the worst british floods in recent memory in 2007 & some areas of the city are still rebuilding their lives to this day. We are also home to one of the largest indoor shopping centres in England, Meadowhall.
Here are a few images of my hometown.
The Sheffield Winter Gardens
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Sheffield Station
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The Peace Gardens & Town Hall
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A Sheffield Supertram
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That's barely touching the surface of what a great city Sheffield is :)
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look everyone a t'supertram!(joke between me and steve)
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Incredible shots there, SL. looks like a great place.
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Incredible shots there, SL. looks like a great place.
its a great place i thoroughly enjoyed my visit up north!
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Cool, I love seeing the pics with older architecture.
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Incredible shots there, SL. looks like a great place.
its a great place i thoroughly enjoyed my visit up north!
Hehe, remember the fountains that wouldn't stay up for you LOL
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i live in the borders of essex cambrigeshire and suffolk , its nice little town but not that nice theres a cineworld and leisure centre and a small high street its absolute horrible i live near a sainsburys and a tesco its basically a london wanna be except theres less immigrants .. .. not a place to haul figures but i know theres a few sw collectors in the town its evidential . a few stores like premier skinflash tattooing ( my fathers shop ) primark new look barclays and loyds tsb banks a whsmith chapman and sons subway franki and bennys prezzo kfc and the usual ... theres a estate most crime is in .... the clements ... lock your car doors and have your wallet tucked away while passing through that area ... the shetland estate copper estate rather also howe estate another copper estate where i live .. east town park a nice park .. filled with wild life ... and chalkstone estate ...........
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LONDON
March 11, 2023
You can see my toy hunt with Centurions Corner (https://www.youtube.com/@CenturionsCorner) through London here (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=11078.msg232655#msg232655).
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Awesome update. I need to give that video a watch. Glad to hear Centurions Corner is still around. Nice photo editing too. I would have never thought to do all that, but smart thinking.
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Very cool. How long did you stay? I need to go somewhere while my passport is still valid.
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Tamer: Thank you, Shawn! Yes, I saw a lot of the South-East and had a really good time! Thought I'd share what I saw with you on here to enjoy as well. Steve is doing well and his accounts on YouTube and Instagram keep gaining more fans.
JDeck: Thanks for coming by and asking! I flew in on Friday and left on Monday, again. I wish I had time to visit the Harry Potter Studios, but I saved that for next time. It was a nice long weekend with my buddy Steve aka Centurions Corner (https://www.youtube.com/@CenturionsCorner). It was a blast to say the least and we walked over 35 miles over those 3 1/2 days.
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Canterbury
March 12, 2023
On the train to Canterbury we stopped at Selling. Hardly did I know what GAME had on sale there. Check out our store report here (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=11078.msg232785#msg232785).
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Didn't take long 'til we found a book shop downtown Canterbury. They sold some nice merch and even some LEGO there.
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This building was built in 1573. The medieval look of Canterbury is what impressed me most.
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On our way to GAME (http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=11078.msg232785#msg232785) 4 miles out of town.
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The Cathedral of Canterbury was built in 1067.
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Very scenic. You are seeing it all!