Tag: What to see
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A Visit to the Military History Museum, Budapest.
I love a good museum and I’m always on the hunt for one that will entertain, educate and inform me. The Military History museum in Budapest fulfilled all those things. On a cloudy Saturday morning, following a very wet Friday, I headed over to the Buda side to find the museum. The subway journey was…
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Fiume Road Cemetery, Budapest.
Regular readers willl know that whenever I visit a new city the two things I seek out are Old Cinemas or Cemeteries. Budapest, oddly, has no old, abandoned, repurposed or derelict cinemas. All of the cinemas in the city are either newish and operated by the Cinema City comany or still standing from the 80’s.…
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Scala, London.
Just around the corner from The London Lighthouse and just down the road from King’s Cross Station is the Scala. A nightclub with a long history that has always been fascinating to me as a cinephile. Originally opened as the Kings Cross Cinema in 1920, construction was delayed for a few years by the start…
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The Beatles in Paris.
Last month my wife and I spent some time in Paris. My wife had an appointment to see a fashion exhibition that was not really my thing so I used the opportunity to take a walk to track down some of the places that The Beatles Visited while they were in Paris. I managed to…
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Wharncliffe Fire Clay Works
In the centre of Sheffield lies this rather unique and wonderful building. It’s the one time shop and showroom for Wharncliffe Fire Clay Works. The works itself where the tiles were made was in Deepcar which is about 10 miles outside of Sheffield. The Deepcar Works from the air. Taken in 1937. The building was probably…
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The Empty Bear Pit.
We were taking a walk through the Aldenhofpark in Maastricht trying to hunt down the statue of D’Artagnan we had read about online when we noticed a large, circular fence. As we got nearer we could see the strange sight of a black haired lady in a Red dress comforting a dying Giraffe. I’ll add…
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Gabel Stones of Maastricht
We were due to visit Rotterdam on the Eurostar last weekend. Unfortunately, due to rail strikes in Holland the Eurostar was cancelled some 12 hours before we were due to embark. Obviously we tried to book onto another train but they filled up within minutes so it did look like we weren’t going anywhere. Luckily…
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The White Building, Sheffield.
I often walk past this beautiful building on Fitzallen Square in Sheffield and I knew nothing about it. Lets have a quick look at The White Building. The White Building dates back to 1908 and is currently Grade II listed. The name of the building comes from the White ceramic that covers the front. The…
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The Beatles London Part 2
In part two I take a look at some places still owned by the Beatles and places where they once worked and visited. I started on Soho Square which is just off Oxford Street. MPL On Soho Square itself is this inauspicious office building with MPL above the door. MPL stands for McCartney Productions Limited…
The History Hunter 