Interesting self guided visit to look at a Prep school on Kingston Hill and a conduit on the school grounds that was used to help supply water to Hampton Court Place in Tudor times.
7/10
Month: September 2017
Interesting walk around Kingston upon Thames where you learn a little about the history of the area.
8/10
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Cake
Jenifer Aniston film where she plays a woman who recently lost her son in a crash which left her in constant pain. She visits a support group where one of the members commits suicide. She then tried to make friends with her widower.
6/10
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Lake House, The
Sci Fi romance where a man and woman living in different time periods correspond by letter using a portal in the same lake house and try to eventually meet.
5/10
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Man on Wire
Weird film about a French guy who decided to walk across a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade centre in New York.
5/10
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Race
Drama about the 1936 Berlin Olympics where the US team featured black runners including Jesse Owens who gained a number of records and gold medals in front of Hitler the then chancellor of Germany.
It shows some of the hurdles Owens had to face both in Germany and back in America where there was still racial segregation.
7/10
Rom com type film where a couple who are separated are forced to live together again when they are placed in witness protection after witnessing a crime.
7/10
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Detroit (2017)
This is a film based on the events around the 1967 race riots in Detroit USA and events in the Algiers motel where a number of unarmed men are killed and others are beaten. It then looked at the court case that followed.
7/10
Part of the Museum of London, this small museum focuses on the history of the London docks. It explains how they were used for trade, how the area fared in the war and how the area has bene transformed more recently.
It has a very small café which gets very busy quickly and can take a while to get served, and a small shop.
6/10
This is a slightly hidden away roof garden in the London Docklands area. For some reason the closest station is only served with DLR trains one way at off peak times making it a bit complicated. It will form part of the new Crossrail station, but as it is ready it has opened early. It is low down so there aren’t great views but it is a nice garden.
7/10
