Month: March 2016

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Ideal Home Show 2016

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Thanks to free tickets I went to the Ideal Home Show on 21 March 2016. Entering from the main road meant I got a free goodie bag on entry, the door closest to the station had no goodie bags but was closest to the show homes.  There was also a goodie bag collection point upstairs. The goodie bags contained a free dolmeo pasta meal for 2 (worth £1.99), 50p coupon for thirst pockets, hand cream sample, sample of rice crisps and a freshener for washing machines.  The goodie bags upstairs also includes a large pack of gourmet crisps.
3 stalls had free cheese samples, 1 free fudge and lindt had a stall with free chocolate samples. British gas had free radiator keys and Virgin Media had jelly bean packets.

6/10

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Film Reviews Netflix Review

Houseboat

Staring – Cary Grant, Sophia Loen

A widower who was separated from his wife and children wants his 3 children to now live with him. He has trouble adjusting to a life with children so he decides to hire a maid who really is a socialite who wants to escape her controlling father but has no domestic skills.
They move to the countryside and end up living on a houseboat.

6/10

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Kew Gardens Alpine Nursery Open Weekend 19 & 20 March 2016

This is the first time there has been an open weekend for the Alpine Nursery at Kew Gardens.  In a slightly hidden away area of the site, though a gate that is normally locked, for this weekend visitors are allowed to explore some of the rarely seen behind the scenes greenhouses where plants are grown and prepared before they go into the main greenhouses and learn more about the work of Kew.  Free hot drinks and biscuits were also available for Friends of Kew.

9/10

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Film Reviews Netflix Review

View from the Top

Donna is from a small town and dreams of getting as far away as possible.  She trains as a flight attendant with a small airline and meets Ted when she is on leave with her colleagues. She initially fails to get onto the long haul flights she wants when one of her friends swaps tests, so she works on commuter flights and goes out with Ted instead. When the test swap is revealed Dona chooses to go on the long haul flights she wants and leaves Ted, it when she misses him she must decide what she really wants more.

6/10

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Taken 3

This time ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills is accused of his ex wife’s murder. He has to try to work out who the real murderer is whilst trying to stop the police from arresting him and also trying to keep his pregnant daughter safe.

6/10

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That Awkward Moment

3 guys are all having different relationship problems. They make a pact to not have any serious relationships bit each then meets someone they want to date.

4/10

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Clockwise

Brian is a headteacher at a comprehensive and has been apointed asvthe Chair of the Headmasters conference – the first Chair from a state school. He like orfanisaton and punctuality but on the say of his speech at the conderence he has lots pfproblems getting tp tge conference from missong his train to a road blocked by ageep to a kidnaped student.
6/10

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Call the Midwife Series 5

This contains all episodes of series 5 along with the 2015 Christmas special and a behind the scenes feature.

This continues the story of the nuns and nurses of Nonatus House along with their colleagues, friends and patients in 1960s Poplar.
The main story is about Thalidomide which features in 3 of the episodes. It also has romances for a number of nurses, a long awaited holiday for the Turner family, danger on the streets of Poplar and a sad farewell at the end.

9.5/10

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On the Buses

This is a film of the sitcom On the Buses sitcom made in 1971. In the film Stan and Jack get up to adventures involving lady bus drivers being introduced , how they can sabotage the new drivers and Stans sister Olive has a baby.

6/10

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Theatre Reviews

Beryl – Kingston Rose Theatre (March 2016)

This is the debut play written by Maxine Peake.  It tells the story of Beryl Burton the most successful cyclist that no-one has heard of.  She was the first woman cyclist to beat a man in an official road race and still holds at least one record.

The play has a small cast who each play a number of different characters and often they break the 4th wall to talk to the audience to explain the background to what is happening and to help tell the story.  It has a number of comedic moments along with some emotional ones too.

10/10