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posted by [personal profile] bugshaw at 04:34pm on 30/10/2006
Fireworks display on Midsummer Common on Saturday. Thanks, [livejournal.com profile] alexmc. I've been living here for three years. How come the first time I've heard of this is from someone in Leytonstone??
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posted by [identity profile] johncoxon.livejournal.com at 04:48pm on 30/10/2006
Leytonstone, surely?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 04:56pm on 30/10/2006
I said Leytonstone... Okay, I didn't, but I've corrected it now. My geography is a bit hazy in that area.
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posted by [identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com at 05:03pm on 30/10/2006
I dunno. We probably all expected you knew.

It can be very pretty - especially if you happen to know someone with one of the houses that looks out over it. One of [livejournal.com profile] bellinghwoman's ex-colleagues was living in one of the cottages on the walk leading from Maid's Causeway onto the common, and he used to throw a party, with guests trooping out to the front door for the display itself.

Bear in mind, there will be big crowds.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 05:05pm on 30/10/2006
I guess Novacon has often happened at the same time.

The Council's web site is very clear on the subject of crowds. It is really quite helpful, in that respect.
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posted by [identity profile] dougs.livejournal.com at 08:19pm on 30/10/2006
Last New Year's Eve we all stood on [livejournal.com profile] frandowdsofa's doorstep to look across at the fireworks over Sheffield at midnight. A very good way to see the display, with warm indoors-type places and vodka within easy reach.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 08:24pm on 30/10/2006
My father's house in London was great for this - on the side of a hill, with a third floor balcony and views across to Paddington. Some spectacular displays (also very good for viewing thunderstorms). Cambridge is a little flat for this.
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posted by [identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com at 05:25pm on 30/10/2006
Oh, phooey. I'll be in Cambridge Thursday/Friday, gone by Saturday. Sigh. I always leave the fireworks behind me.

Hmm - thoughts for an epitaph? "He Always Left the Fireworks Behind Him"...?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 05:32pm on 30/10/2006
I'll probably see you on Thursday at Heffer's.

My epitaph would be "It should be me up there!" (am bit of stage queen)
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posted by [identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com at 11:25am on 31/10/2006
Thursday? Heffers?

18:30?
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posted by [identity profile] rhubarbfool.livejournal.com at 01:23pm on 31/10/2006
Is this the sf evening thing they do occasionally, if do who's going to be there ?
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posted by [identity profile] ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com at 07:27pm on 31/10/2006
We're deliberately leaving for our holiday on Sunday so as to catch them. Shout if you want to meet up!
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