The Tower Of London

matthew · Post by **matthew** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:04 pm

I could have sworn there was a thread on here earlier about showing up at the Tower in full Housey to get free admission. I can't find it now. Perhaps it was my overactive imagination. :/

Anyway, my dad was well aware of the possibility. He was quite keen for me to give it a go, but the only times I really went to London at that point were on Leave Days. Time spent out of uniform was precious, so I wasn't so keen.

Still, I do remember that somebody did it, because Richard Poulton mentioned it in one of his assemblies. My dim recollection was that it was someone fairly junior at a time I was reasonably senior. But then I'm making up threads that don't exist, so you probably shouldn't trust my memory.

Or perhaps it's on there and I'm blind. That's also well within the realm of possibility.

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:12 pm

There was definitely a thread. I posted on it earlier. No idea where. Think it started (or maybe led to) the sheep and the bridge discussion. Ah yes, it's the thread about some bloke who was senior grecian doing a dj set only he wasn't really senior grecian. Or something. Try looking for that, hope it helps.

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:15 pm

It`s been deleted

Yes , pupils turning up in Full Housey can get into the Tower free - it has been done by several for the last 2 or 3 years that I know of.

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:20 pm

Why has it been deleted???

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:22 pm

See....

viewtopic.php?t=1146

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:27 pm

Sorry (and it's not you I'm arguing with here) but that doesn't answer why an interesting thread had to be removed. I was having a discussion about sheep. I'm not impressed. I didn't see anything that was upsetting/offensive on that thread, so where's the problem?

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:45 pm

MY mistake!! Humble apologies!!
Got confused with Ruth talking about it being on the thread with the SG not being an SG at all.......

(feel free to delete if necessary Simon!)

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:52 pm

palgsm93 wrote:
Mrs C. wrote:MY mistake!! Humble apologies!!
Got confused with Ruth talking about it being on the thread with the SG not being an SG at all.......

(feel free to delete if necessary Simon!)
Took me quite a while to find it too, we do like going off-topic!

some more than others..!!!

matthew · Post by **matthew** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:42 pm

So it seems my real complaint is with the search engine. My search for 'Tower' didn't find it.

Actually, AtomNet didn't have a search at all, so I'm in no real position to complain.

Ruth, what's with the bunny?

Post by **jtaylor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:11 am

I really can't work out why the search doesn't search!
See the thread on "Postcards" - can't tell why the search doesn't find what it should.....

J

darthmaul · Post by **darthmaul** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:31 am

Last St Matthew's Day, about 6 of us made it into the Tower free of charge. We had walked through London in the pouring rain, in Housey, as well as having got on the Tube. Londoners are an amazingly adaptable bunch - they barely stared!!!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:17 am

Matthew, if you are the same Matthew I am thinking of, then it would have been Mark Hick, a boy on my year...

I did get into St Paul's Cathedral once for free, but that was in my own clothes and was probably due to grandma Plum who kept hasling them until I was allowed in!

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:42 pm

Great Plum wrote:Matthew, if you are the same Matthew I am thinking of, then it would have been Mark Hick, a boy on my year...

I did get into St Paul's Cathedral once for free, but that was in my own clothes and was probably due to grandma Plum who kept hasling them until I was allowed in!

Wot you have to pay to get into St Paul's???

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:06 pm

Ruthie-Baby wrote:
Great Plum wrote:Matthew, if you are the same Matthew I am thinking of, then it would have been Mark Hick, a boy on my year...

I did get into St Paul's Cathedral once for free, but that was in my own clothes and was probably due to grandma Plum who kept hasling them until I was allowed in!
Wot you have to pay to get into St Paul's???

Yes, unless you are in there to be religious - you do have to pay to go to the Whispering Gallery and the one above as well but I got in for free...

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:13 pm

Outrageous.

That's St Paul's, the big cathedral place?

Surely it's there for the use of the public as and when. What is the world coming to?