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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

I have a victorian bed to explore if interested

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

I have a victorian bed to explore if interested

Bwahahaaa

Clambers on. What now?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The park near me, crystal palace park, it is really big and it got lots to see and as well, it got a jurassic park too there with lots of dinosaurs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

I have a victorian bed to explore if interested

Bwahahaaa

Clambers on. What now?!"

Let my voice guide you through History... a lit bit like Attenborough

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The park near me, crystal palace park, it is really big and it got lots to see and as well, it got a jurassic park too there with lots of dinosaurs

Rawwwwwrrrr dinosaurs?!! Yay!

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

Depends on what you're after, OP:

* a good bar

* a good eaterie

* parkland

* architecture

* galleries, museums or something otherwise culturally stimulating

* somewhere unusual...?

...as I always say of London, if you can't find what you're looking for, you're not trying hard enough.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

I have a victorian bed to explore if interested

Bwahahaaa

Clambers on. What now?!

Let my voice guide you through History... a lit bit like Attenborough

Pulls covers up and snuggles down, ready to be guided

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

Depends on what you're after, OP:

* a good bar

* a good eaterie

* parkland

* architecture

* galleries, museums or something otherwise culturally stimulating

* somewhere unusual...?

...as I always say of London, if you can't find what you're looking for, you're not trying hard enough.

A fair point! Love London, and I've my list of places for all the above. It's good to hear new ones that people recommend tho. People passing on little jewelled delights they've unearthed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

I have a victorian bed to explore if interested

Bwahahaaa

Clambers on. What now?!

Let my voice guide you through History... a lit bit like Attenborough

Pulls covers up and snuggles down, ready to be guided"

Wait for the fart waves haha just joking I do not fart in front of a lady

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Where are some good recommended interesting venues for a London social meet? I'd like to learn some new places, so where do you think is good?

If you're not London-based then please educate me on somewhere good in your area, so I can explore further afield!

I have a victorian bed to explore if interested

Bwahahaaa

Clambers on. What now?!

Let my voice guide you through History... a lit bit like Attenborough

Pulls covers up and snuggles down, ready to be guided

Wait for the fart waves haha just joking I do not fart in front of a lady

Hahaha!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hear the Western London suburbs are good. Let me know when you're nearby

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I hear the Western London suburbs are good. Let me know when you're nearby

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire

Greenwich park is cool. You have the museum, the Thames where you can jumping a boat to London Eye then have a walk along the south bank...... Limitless options

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Pick a local authority and then look up the guided walks for that area. There's usually something.

There's the London Black History Walks that take you back to Tudor London through to the present day.

Look up the National Trust properties in London and you will find everything from manor houses to pub.

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By *edRapscallionMan
over a year ago

London

There are some surprisingly good Jack the Ripper walking tours, too. Had a lovely date that included one of those (her idea, not mine!).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Richmond park or Bushy Park by Hampton Court

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Greenwich park is cool. You have the museum, the Thames where you can jumping a boat to London Eye then have a walk along the south bank...... Limitless options

Oooh yes, a corner I've not explored. Are there some nice old pubs there too?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pick a local authority and then look up the guided walks for that area. There's usually something.

There's the London Black History Walks that take you back to Tudor London through to the present day.

Look up the National Trust properties in London and you will find everything from manor houses to pub.

Guided walks -- great idea! Thank you

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There are some surprisingly good Jack the Ripper walking tours, too. Had a lovely date that included one of those (her idea, not mine!)."

Done this before, it is fun. Yes I suppose it may come across wrong if the chap suggests it.... Although....

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Pick a local authority and then look up the guided walks for that area. There's usually something.

There's the London Black History Walks that take you back to Tudor London through to the present day.

Look up the National Trust properties in London and you will find everything from manor houses to pub.

Guided walks -- great idea! Thank you

There are two or three you can do around Angel and Clerkenwell.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The back streets of East London!

Lots of tiny pubs and eateries.

Parks, parks, parks a plenty.

(In summer)

In the Winter I love Canary Wharf for the restaurants and Southbank!

Actually so many places it's crazy!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Richmond park or Bushy Park by Hampton Court

Love Richmond park, but haven't been out Hampton Court way since I was a kid. Great suggestion

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pick a local authority and then look up the guided walks for that area. There's usually something.

There's the London Black History Walks that take you back to Tudor London through to the present day.

Look up the National Trust properties in London and you will find everything from manor houses to pub.

Guided walks -- great idea! Thank you

There are two or three you can do around Angel and Clerkenwell.

Will def check them out. I'm always tempted by the walks linking literature and such on the City Lit website...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

The back streets of East London!

Lots of tiny pubs and eateries.

Parks, parks, parks a plenty.

(In summer)

In the Winter I love Canary Wharf for the restaurants and Southbank!

Actually so many places it's crazy! "

Ooooh it is exciting isn't it?! I seem to go through a discovery spate and then settle into a period of frequenting (rooting in) the new ones until they're old ones and then wanderlust sets in again. I'm all about living, discovery and the new right now.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Pick a local authority and then look up the guided walks for that area. There's usually something.

There's the London Black History Walks that take you back to Tudor London through to the present day.

Look up the National Trust properties in London and you will find everything from manor houses to pub.

Guided walks -- great idea! Thank you

There are two or three you can do around Angel and Clerkenwell.

Will def check them out. I'm always tempted by the walks linking literature and such on the City Lit website..."

The Bishopsgate Institute has a lecture and walks series starting this autumn. There's even a Sex and the City one.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pick a local authority and then look up the guided walks for that area. There's usually something.

There's the London Black History Walks that take you back to Tudor London through to the present day.

Look up the National Trust properties in London and you will find everything from manor houses to pub.

Guided walks -- great idea! Thank you

There are two or three you can do around Angel and Clerkenwell.

Will def check them out. I'm always tempted by the walks linking literature and such on the City Lit website...

The Bishopsgate Institute has a lecture and walks series starting this autumn. There's even a Sex and the City one."

We have a winner!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The back streets of East London!

Lots of tiny pubs and eateries.

Parks, parks, parks a plenty.

(In summer)

In the Winter I love Canary Wharf for the restaurants and Southbank!

Actually so many places it's crazy!

Soooooo much my head spins!

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Lovely secluded pubs around Bloomsbury and surrounding areas that the tourists don't know

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

The Novelty Automation exhibition in Holborn is something a bit different and left field. It's a collection of weird and wonderful end of pier style arcade machines.

Also for a great view over the city the sky garden at the walkie talkie building is worth a look.

Pub wise The George on Borough High Street is very historic and is very close to Borough Market which is great for food.

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By *edRapscallionMan
over a year ago

London

There are some really good blues and jazz bars dotted around. The ones in Soho and Camden spring to mind, although the Camden one is rather pricey on the drinks front.

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By *onbons_xxMan
over a year ago

Bolton

There's choices galore depending on what you're both into, foodies? Then there's the food markets of Borough, Broadway or Exmouth...or the area around St Katharine docks is good for a gander

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jack the Ripper tour. Some quiet pubs on the route. Lots of nooks and crannies to lost in/hideously murdered.........

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Lovely secluded pubs around Bloomsbury and surrounding areas that the tourists don't know"

Definitely worth a nose around then, I'm happy with a pint in hand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's choices galore depending on what you're both into, foodies? Then there's the food markets of Borough, Broadway or Exmouth...or the area around St Katharine docks is good for a gander

Oooh St. Katharine Docks is funnnnn!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Novelty Automation exhibition in Holborn is something a bit different and left field. It's a collection of weird and wonderful end of pier style arcade machines.

Also for a great view over the city the sky garden at the walkie talkie building is worth a look.

Pub wise The George on Borough High Street is very historic and is very close to Borough Market which is great for food.

Fab ideas.

Runs off to check out exhibition

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"There's choices galore depending on what you're both into, foodies? Then there's the food markets of Borough, Broadway or Exmouth...or the area around St Katharine docks is good for a gander

If you go to Exmouth Market then it has to be a weekday and include the joy of a morning or afternoon in the London Metropolitan Archives.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spitalfields Market is always worth a look too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd deffo recommend areas East London like Harlot said.

Areas of Shoreditch and Hoxton.....Child hood museum in Bethnal Green.....Brick Lane.....Victoria Park.....Olympic site etc in Stratford.....Great independent cinemas.....A little further out you have Romford Market

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There are some really good blues and jazz bars dotted around. The ones in Soho and Camden spring to mind, although the Camden one is rather pricey on the drinks front."

I'm a jazz whore. True fact.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There's choices galore depending on what you're both into, foodies? Then there's the food markets of Borough, Broadway or Exmouth...or the area around St Katharine docks is good for a gander

My belly will attest to the fact I'm a foodie, great ideas - thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There are some really good blues and jazz bars dotted around. The ones in Soho and Camden spring to mind, although the Camden one is rather pricey on the drinks front.

I'm a jazz whore. True fact.

Jazz on Rose and Crown in Walthamstow every second Tuesday!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Jack the Ripper tour. Some quiet pubs on the route. Lots of nooks and crannies to lost in/hideously murdered.........

Shivers

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There's choices galore depending on what you're both into, foodies? Then there's the food markets of Borough, Broadway or Exmouth...or the area around St Katharine docks is good for a gander

If you go to Exmouth Market then it has to be a weekday and include the joy of a morning or afternoon in the London Metropolitan Archives.

Noted!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Spitalfields Market is always worth a look too!"

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

I always fancied visiting the Hunterian museum. Might not be that conducive to later sexy times though. And the Horniman but that's a bit far out of the centre.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'd deffo recommend areas East London like Harlot said.

okay, will get over east for a mosey

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There are some really good blues and jazz bars dotted around. The ones in Soho and Camden spring to mind, although the Camden one is rather pricey on the drinks front.

I'm a jazz whore. True fact.

Jazz on Rose and Crown in Walthamstow every second Tuesday! "

Ooooh that's new to me

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I always fancied visiting the Hunterian museum. Might not be that conducive to later sexy times though. And the Horniman but that's a bit far out of the centre."

I can go from museum to sexy happily!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Horniman Museum in South London.

I kid you not on the name.

Great museum with beautiful grounds.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Horniman Museum in South London.

I kid you not on the name.

Great museum with beautiful grounds. "

it makes sense!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A wonder through borough market then a walk to London bridge and with a quick drink at the horimans pub!

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Horniman Museum in South London.

I kid you not on the name.

Great museum with beautiful grounds. "

And the little zoo with the alpacas.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Horniman Museum in South London.

I kid you not on the name.

Great museum with beautiful grounds.

And the little zoo with the alpacas.

Oh yeahhhhhhhhh!

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire

"Greenwich park is cool. You have the museum, the Thames where you can jumping a boat to London Eye then have a walk along the south bank...... Limitless options

Oooh yes, a corner I've not explored. Are there some nice old pubs there too?

It's been a long time since I went there. if you want some company give me a shout and I'd be more than happy to rediscover it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

visitlondon and londonist and allinlondon are good sites to look for stuff going on in london

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By *mallteaserWoman
over a year ago

Central

Anywhere near kings cross.... Hint hint lol xx

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Greenwich park is cool. You have the museum, the Thames where you can jumping a boat to London Eye then have a walk along the south bank...... Limitless options

Oooh yes, a corner I've not explored. Are there some nice old pubs there too?

It's been a long time since I went there. if you want some company give me a shout and I'd be more than happy to rediscover it

Ooooh that'd be good. It'd be cool to swap stories and make a new friend whilst discovering an area. Thank you xxx

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"visitlondon and londonist and allinlondon are good sites to look for stuff going on in london"

Thank you!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Anywhere near kings cross.... Hint hint lol xx"

What are you hinting?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Allinlondon and Timeout magazine do throw up a few good gems

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By *mallteaserWoman
over a year ago

Central

"Allinlondon and Timeout magazine do throw up a few good gems"

I'm open to a social or indeed a play meet x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looks like we've got a fabbers guide to London in the works. I've copyrighted it

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By *hav02Man
over a year ago

Glasgow/London

This is the exact reason I love London. It's such a heterogenous city with lots of hidden gems.

Whenever I've taken dates, I theme the day depending on what they like. I know so many great places.

I try to go to off-the-track quirky places.

Generally, Soho and streets behind Oxford circus have pretty decent eateries. Nice bars around KingsX/Bloomsbury and Liverpool street.

I used to take dates to the Paramount skyBar, but that's closed now

Always happy to be a guided tour

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

what a good idea!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The new roof garden on top of canary wharlf cross rail station, then pop into the "big easy" for a superb £20 lobster + live music most nights

The 7th floor cocktail bar at citizen m hotel at Tower Hill station - super views

Boisdale at canary wharf Sunday lunch with jazz band

Greenwich market on your list already, but get the boat, a gin and tonic sit out the back of the boat with no pants on

La boudoir swingers club on a Saturday night near citizen M

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The new roof garden on top of canary wharlf cross rail station, then pop into the "big easy" for a superb £20 lobster + live music most nights

The 7th floor cocktail bar at citizen m hotel at Tower Hill station - super views

Boisdale at canary wharf Sunday lunch with jazz band

Greenwich market on your list already, but get the boat, a gin and tonic sit out the back of the boat with no pants on

La boudoir swingers club on a Saturday night near citizen M

Great ideas!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dog racing is good fun - we should do a fab night at the dogs

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Dog racing is good fun - we should do a fab night at the dogs "

Woof!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dog racing is good fun - we should do a fab night at the dogs

Woof!! "

Many on here already do. It's a bit rough.

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By *hav02Man
over a year ago

Glasgow/London

"Dog racing is good fun - we should do a fab night at the dogs "

is this an innuendo for a wankathon?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Anywhere near kings cross.... Hint hint lol xx

What are you hinting?!

. Kisses

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

A visit to a stand up comedy club/pub?

An old fashioned sing song round the old Joanna (piano)? I think the coach and horses in Soho still does them?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Allinlondon and Timeout magazine do throw up a few good gems

I'm open to a social or indeed a play meet x"

Sounds like a plan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Greenwich park is cool. You have the museum, the Thames where you can jumping a boat to London Eye then have a walk along the south bank...... Limitless options

Also Greenwich market is quite cool.

Camden market

St Christopher's place

Early on a Sunday. Columbia road flower market.

Borough market

Portobello road

St. John's Wood high st then a walk in Regent's Park

I keep mention markets. Wtf

Primrose hill

Southbank

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A visit to a stand up comedy club/pub?

An old fashioned sing song round the old Joanna (piano)? I think the coach and horses in Soho still does them?"

Comedy club is a great idea. Lots around and lots of pretty famous comedians gig around smaller spots

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