London: the unlockening/relockening

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[davesgcr]

We went to London on Tuesday to see the Cartoon Museum (thanks hash tag for the reccomendation - enjoyed it immensely) - and did a good walk all the way from St Pancras and back via Soho and my old stamping ground of Bloomsbury , but the one thing that nailed it was the Elton John piano at St Pancras back in service and the musical tones lifting up to the splendid roof and to the no doubt pleasure of the John Betjemann statue.

Life , slowly returns.

 

[BigMoaner]

Was in Camden last night. Great to see the usual tribes, goths, ravers, rude boys, casuals, mods milling about.

 

[Winot]

Tate Modern not exactly buzzing at 6pm tonight.

 

[hash tag]

Interestingly, as we were coming to the end of our day yesterday, lots of young people were coming out.
They are the ones who probably who have not yet had their vaccine and currently most at risk from catching the
virus. I guess they are also low risk from ending up very ill with it.

 

[RubyToogood]

Tate Modern not exactly buzzing at 6pm tonight.

Would it ordinarily be buzzing at 6pm?

 

[Winot]

Would it ordinarily be buzzing at 6pm?

Well in normal times it’s open to 10pm on Saturdays, so probably yes.

 

[marty21]

I have left the unlockening of London to see my mum for the 1st time since August

 

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This was by borough market yesterday midday

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Piccadilly Line, travelling from Kings Cross to Turnpike Lane. Apart from the masks, it looks like a typical Sunday afternoon pre-Covid!

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Well in normal times it’s open to 10pm on Saturdays, so probably yes.

Not at 6pm it wouldn't. It's a vast building and people don't hang around there late into the evening. During the day the turbine hall has a reasonable number of people but it's school trips, people with kids, tourists and so on - they leave well before 6.

 

[Winot]

OK! I stand corrected!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Liverpool St area and Shoreditch has been pretty much standard Saturday (and bank holiday Sunday) at 5 or 6 the last few weeks. Certainly some effects but still quiet lively.

Tubes marginally quieter once you leave the station.

I’m still very uncomfortable around people so it is a stress walking around the city.

 

[teuchter]

Not at 6pm it wouldn't. It's a vast building and people don't hang around there late into the evening. During the day the turbine hall has a reasonable number of people but it's school trips, people with kids, tourists and so on - they leave well before 6.

I've been there in the evenings when it's been fairly busy.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I've been there in the evenings when it's been fairly busy.

Well, that's lovely, and I hope you enjoyed it.

 

[NoXion]

Piccadilly Line, travelling from Kings Cross to Turnpike Lane. Apart from the masks, it looks like a typical Sunday afternoon pre-Covid!View attachment 271008

I was on the Piccadilly Line on my way back home on Sunday afternoon. Most of Zone 1 was packed.

 

[Sue]

I walked through Dalston last night about 10:30 and it seemed much quieter than usual.

 

[Cerv]

Went to the cinema tonight.
Was the lone audience member. Which I suppose was great for social distancing but can’t be helping them make up for the lost year of sales.

 

[BigMoaner]

Went to the cinema tonight.
Was the lone audience member. Which I suppose was great for social distancing but can’t be helping them make up for the lost year of sales.

What did you see?

 

[Johnny Doe]

What did you see?

A lot of empty seats, it appears

 

[BigMoaner]

A lot of empty seats, it appears

Nothing on rotten tomatoes

 

[Cerv]

What did you see?

First Cow

Was pretty good actually.
2 hour musing on what friendship means. Setting is Oklahoma around the time the first colonial settlers are moving in, which is a bit different from most Westerns (or at least the one's I've seen).

 

[pbsmooth]

first weekend of hot weather since unlockening I doubt many people thought of going into central for a museum!
parks were busy and by the river on my experience

 

[teuchter]

We're just going to use the term 'central' as if there's nothing wrong with doing that now, are we?

 

[Elpenor]

We're just going to use the term 'central' as if there's nothing wrong with doing that now, are we?

This needs another one of your threads

 

[hash tag]

Several of the major museums are in Sth Ken with a post code of SW7, so not central

 

[Edie]

I visited London this weekend from Leeds. There was a markedly relaxed attitude to mask wearing inside shops, bars and on trains!

 

[teuchter]

Several of the major museums are in Sth Ken with a post code of SW7, so not central

Maybe crojoe meant central South Kensington. Who knows! Who needs nouns anyway.

 

[NoXion]

Several of the major museums are in Sth Ken with a post code of SW7, so not central

Postcodes, pah. Unless you're sending a letter they're irrelevant. Kensington is part of that bit in the middle of London filled with touristy bits, where nobody can afford to live. That bit's all central London as far as this out-of-towner is concerned.

 

[marty21]

We're just going to use the term 'central' as if there's nothing wrong with doing that now, are we?

Is central just Zone 1 or do us Zone 2s get a look in ? Or can we say we are going up West?