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Unfortunately all 60 places on its initial round I am not at all sure with how much conviction we of workshops have now been taken up… but it have been over the last week or so wishing each is still possible to write in expressing our views. other “A Happy New Year!” Quite apart from the quandaries facing our own country (& bigger ones I The picture above is from the time in the 1930s think facing many of the other nations of Europe) when the Gardens had just opened. You can see we have plenty of clouds on our horizon locally. the paddling pool where the bowling green is In our last issue we mentioned the way our Post now, & spot that one of the chalets is much Office is currently out of action and the demise of bigger than the others. The building where the Lloyds Bank in Mablethorpe. Since then we have play area is now was a sort of pavilion to house gathered that there is no longer a Sutton reporter for equipment for sports. The colonnade on this what is currently the Louth & Mablethorpe Leader; that picture was restored after the 1953 Flood with pillars that don’t match. we are to lose our Dentist; and that the sun is setting on our Golf Links, which together with many such The funny thing is that in the newspapers of the links throughout our county has faced huge financial time you read of an outcry against the creation difficulties. Such bad news can only make us of the gardens & the colonnade: a car park & appreciate all the more the efforts of those who have some of sand-hills were taken away to allow for allowed us to enjoy these facilities in the past. the “new” facilities … features which now are In the last issue too we carried the news of the looking rather out-dated. In facing today’s consultation on the future of our Pleasure Gardens challenges we do need some blue sky thinking in the wake of the survey which said the colonnade …& then the willingness to work with our local was “reaching the end of its life” ~ though I have authorities to ensure our resort retains its been asked to qualify this statement given that the special character while attracting a new consultation could possibly result in a decision to generation of visitors. That said, I do wish you seek funds for the colonnade to be restored rather ~ with conviction! ~ All the Best for 2019!!! than replaced. Adrian VISITING LONDON A friend in London who reads in TROVE about our efforts to attract visitors to Sutton-on-Sea has written the following article to entice us in the opposite direction: to take a break in our capital city… I have been discovering London on foot for nearly 20 years ~ & am still learning! It is not only the past you encounter but new things in this ever-changing city: the Shard, for instance, & London Bridge Station. Some will remember the advert where Orson Welles announces in his unique voice that “Carlsberg is probably the best lager in the world.” There is no “probably” about London. It is the most interesting & fascinating city in the world & likely to remain so. After a night in a hotel or B & B followed by an Beneath the statue of Betjeman inscribed on enjoyable traditional English breakfast it is time granite is an extract from his poem to venture forth & find out what London has to “Cornish Cliffs”. offer. Kings Cross & St Pancras Station, say, Taken on their own these lines speak to those under the clock at 10am… who have travelled here from Sutton-on-Sea: The old part of the station was, when it was built, “And in the shadowless, unclouded glare the longest engine shed in the world. On either Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where side are shops & running down the middle is the A misty sea-line meets the wash of air.” elevated Champagne Bar. At the end is a large statue of Sir John Betjeman made in recognition During the Second World War the Senate House of his achievement in preventing the station from was commandeered by the Government to be being completely demolished in the 1960s. occupied by the Ministry of Information: One Proceeding to the new extension, look up & member of the staff was George Orwell so it does marvel at the architectural splendour of the roof. not take much imagination to see the building This is the largest unsupported roofing in the featuring in “1984”! world. Two world records in one station! Further along under the display information is To the south of the Senate House is one of the the Magic Mirror. Against an ever-changing most visited buildings in London, the British background see yourself & crowds taking photos Museum. It began when the physician & collector of themselves. Moving even further in the right (& reputedly the inventor of cocoa as a milky hand corner is a queue for visiting the platform drink) Sir Hans Sloane died in 1753 offering his used by the Hogwarts Express in the Harry “cabinet of curiosities” to the nation at a cut Potter stories. down price of £20,000. Fortunately this offer for Make your way to the underground & travel on so many works of art, antiques & natural history the Piccadilly Line just one stop to Russell specimens was accepted. To do justice to the Square. On leaving, turn left & walk through museum’s collection today one needs to spend at Russell Square Gardens, cross the road & walk least an hour or two ~ & then to visit time & time through the Senate House in Malet Street. again. But drag yourself away and turn to the Opened in 1936, this is the principle building of lighter side of London life. Leaving by the front London University the work of Charles Holden entrance & exit, you walk eastward to who also designed several of our underground Southampton Row & south to Holborn Tube stations Station to travel by the Piccadilly Line to Piccadilly Circus! Piccadilly Circus is a very popular meeting place RECYCLING especially for those intending to visit a West End Show. On leaving the station what catches the eye is CRISP PACKETS Eros, the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain the first public statue to be made from aluminium. The statue At its last meeting the Town Council commemorating Lord Shaftesbury the guardian angel decided to endorse a scheme for re-cycling of, among others, the boy chimney sweeps, was crisp packets. Rather than throwing supposed to represent the Angel of Christian Charity, packets away residents are invited to bring but since it was a nude statue & was carrying a bow & them to the Meridale where they will be arrow it became known as Eros & the name stuck. collected in a scheme being pioneered by Walkers Crisps in association with Walking east one comes to Leicester Square, a pleasant TerraCycle a US based private firm which small oasis of garden with plenty of seating. Perhaps specializes in recycling the “non- rest awhile & watch the children trying to dodge the recyclable” … pens, plastic gloves & ~ water that is spouting from numerous holes in the crisp packets. ground near the fountain. Just outside the south end of the garden is the official Ticket Office for much reduced tickets to West End Shows. Continuing south past the National Portrait Gallery you reach Trafalgar Square with the eye-catching Nelson’s Column. Here is the National Gallery on the north side of the square & to the east St Martin in the Fields. Both galleries are free & offer refreshments as Working with retailers, manufacturers, does St Martin’s. municipalities, & small businesses across From Trafalgar Square one can walk on along 20 different countries TerraCycle is Whitehall past the cenotaph to the Houses of currently diverting millions of pounds of Parliament….