lipson2 Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 I will be visiting London next month and would like to stop in some shoe repair shops. Any suggestions would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 which area of london are you going to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Seems to have fallen upon deaf ears!"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T. Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Just for the record both these guys coming over are my friends and I can tell you that these guys are great.Not only that ,they are fun and you will learn from them. Ray Torcaso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 hi ray, if you can find out roughly where they will be i maybe can suggest shops to look at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dutch cobbler Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hi, it seems to be that there are no members in London that want visitors in their shops. On my topic, The Dutch Cobbler comes to London , I didn't get any reaction from shops in London! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 When exactly will you be in London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dutch cobbler Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hi Hugh, I'm in London with my oldest daughter the first of may and we will stay for three days! We are staying in the Blandfort Hotel in Bakerstreet. Near Bakerstreet station. John The Dutch Cobbler See the topic: The Dutch Cobbler comes to London! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipson2 Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 we are staying at the Park Plaze Sherlock Holmes Hotel. Not sure of the street. We arrive Friday April 3rd for 3 days. Sorry it took so long to get back on the site. Very busy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 ill check it out but from the name i would guess you are stayinh on baker street near madame tussauds. i can find a few shops for you but they may not be members, it could be your mission to convert them when you visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thought I may just catch you but my visit is at end of March-beginning of April when I take my wife on walkabouts and shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 hi lipson2, ive just noticed the dates you have put, do oyu arrive early on the friday and do you leave late on the monday? its just that some central london shops dont open saturdays? if you let me know i will talk to a few and make sure it isok for you to pop in and annoy them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 some central London shops don't open Saturdays? Eh... Why the hell not? Do mean don't open Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 by TeL200 » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:19 am petercoulson wrote: some central London shops don't open Saturdays? Eh... Why the hell not? Do mean don't open Sunday because shops in london dont do the biz in some parts of the capital - they shut as it is more cost effective than paying people to twiddle there thumbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 definitely mean saturdays, its to do with the fact that you dont have offices open on sats so there are no customers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipson2 Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 We arrive near noon. We will have some time friday maybe. We will mostly search on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyMac Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Well Im glad to see some response. Randy & I will find some shops to see Im sure. Im a history person so I will visit many of the churches. Ive always wanted to come to the U.K. My Family came from Scotland in the early 1700s so been a bit since we been close to home. Cant wait !! Jim McFarland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 working on some shops to visit and will pm you with them.in the meantime i thought it might be useful for you to have some rhyming slang phrases to help you on your visit. you know the saying, everything in common except the language? well its true as we find on holiday when we make friends with americans (yes it is possible) who are completely baffled by what we are saying and no we are not australians............ anyway, apples and pears = stairs bedfordshire = bed (so going up the apples to bedfordshire means bedtime) the bog = the toilet tom tit = well if i say going to the bog for a tom does that explain that one? the dog = telephone (dog and bone) a bell = a call - so giving you a bell on the dog means ringing you if someone says you are the dogs bollocks they arent being rude, they mean you are the best the rub a dub = pub and appropriately cobblers = rubbish (talking a load of cobblers comes from cobblers awls slang for balls) some money slang, a godiver = £5 a score = £20 a pony = £25 a bullseye = £50 a ton = £100 a monkey = £500 a gorilla = £1000 think these are the most common terms but perhaps others can add some more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoedoctor Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Peter your quite welcom to come to Barkingside you could give me a lunch break while your there.... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Cockney Rhyming Slang: SLANG to ENGLISH The Cockney translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Gawdon Bennet! Friend awer foe Tel200 can winnie da pooh advise me on da best transponder machine ter buy. Shabba Ranks RLJ. OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCustomer Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 by TeL200 » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:19 am petercoulson wrote: some central London shops don't open Saturdays? Eh... Why the hell not? Do mean don't open Sunday because shops in london dont do the biz in some parts of the capital - they shut as it is more cost effective than paying people to twiddle there thumbs. yeah.. its like a ghost town around hear sometimes as early as Friday evening, right through to Monday morning. Apart from security guards, plod walking the beat with zebra armbands (yes they still wear them round here) and the odd tourist eyeing up plague pits, haunted buildings and around 90 largely empty (some half blitzed) churches, Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hibsjo(SCO) Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 They want to blitz the other half carry on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercoulson Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Harry, forgot about you. they seem to be interested in history as well and as hugh isnt there to look at ( ) can you suggest some places (less obvious) for them? i know there are still bits of the original wall and stuff like that but maybe they might be interested in the less documented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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