napoleon Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 i'm leaving on august the 17th to go visit a friend in leeds and then backpack around the u.k. for a couple of weeks. i'm staying at her house up until the 24th, then her and her parents are leaving to go visit her aunt. so i decided to set out on an adventure of my own instead of going home. i'm going to see the sex pistols in london on september the 2nd (dream come true. the sex pistols changed my life in 6th grade) and then i'm going to see the stray cats on their farewell tour on september the 10th. and then, on september the 14th, the night of my 18th birthday, i'm getting drunk and going to see the adicts. i couldn't imagine a better way to spend the biggest birthday. the next day i'm taking a train back to manchester and flying out on september the 16th back to good ole' knoxville. THAT BEING SAID. i really need some help filling in the gaps. i've made a list of stuff i really want to go see. but i'm afraid there's so much more that i haven't even thought about. so i ask for your input. mostly, any movie locations, music venues, pieces of music history, historical buildings, etc. and any advice in general would be much appreciated. so far my list of places to go:stonehengewestminister abbeythe steps where the picture for the clash's self-titled album was takenabbey roadthe 100 clubwells, where hot fuzz was filmed.stanley kubrick's gravejoe strummer's farm house basically, anything pertaining to film and punk rock. which are my two favorite things in life. but also any historical places. input and stories are much appreciated! thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 seeing as you're up in leeds to start with, you've really got to go to the lake district for a day or two. oh, but it's got nothing to do with punk - it's just the most beautiful part of the country - maybe lake coniston, where donald campbell died trying to break the world water speed record in the 60's is pretty punk rock (although the lake is one of the worst to look at). a lot of those things you said, i presonally wouldn't bother with, although things like 100 club is on oxford street (which is the main street in central london) so it's hardly hard to find. really there's nothing to see unless your seeing a band - the building is a dump. some of the museums in kensington are far better places to visit (the science muesum, the v&a or the natural history museum are far better places to visit - the area there is very very nice, and they are free to enter, or at least were). there's also greenwich and the national maritime museum (home of GMT etc...) which i'd say is culturally very important to us, and again, the area is very nice. you can actually take a river boat ride down the thames to get to it. stuff like westminster is best viewed at from a distance whilst crossing the river, or on the river, as opposed to up close. and i'd recommend seeing it at night actually - that's when it looks it's finest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VenusStopsTrain2 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 There are a bunch of really great record shops in Manchester...if you have time to go there I'll locate a map of them and send it to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
napoleon Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 seeing as you're up in leeds to start with, you've really got to go to the lake district for a day or two. oh, but it's got nothing to do with punk - it's just the most beautiful part of the country - maybe lake coniston, where donald campbell died trying to break the world water speed record in the 60's is pretty punk rock (although the lake is one of the worst to look at). a lot of those things you said, i presonally wouldn't bother with, although things like 100 club is on oxford street (which is the main street in central london) so it's hardly hard to find. really there's nothing to see unless your seeing a band - the building is a dump. some of the museums in kensington are far better places to visit (the science muesum, the v&a or the natural history museum are far better places to visit - the area there is very very nice, and they are free to enter, or at least were). there's also greenwich and the national maritime museum (home of GMT etc...) which i'd say is culturally very important to us, and again, the area is very nice. you can actually take a river boat ride down the thames to get to it. stuff like westminster is best viewed at from a distance whilst crossing the river, or on the river, as opposed to up close. and i'd recommend seeing it at night actually - that's when it looks it's finest. yeah, my friend i'm staying with is taking me all over leeds. and up through the country. which i'm really excited about. i love the country side here in tennessee, so it's going to be interesting to see the country side in another country. even if it is a dump, i just want to stand in the building where so much history took place, knowing many of my favorite people in the world were once standing in the same building that i'm currently standing in. i don't know if i'll go through many museums, but i'll definitely check out the national maritime. i'm more interested in seeing every single last castle in the UK. which, won't happen. but i'm going to try my hardest to go as many as possible. thank you very much for you input! i'm a stones fan. :/ There are a bunch of really great record shops in Manchester...if you have time to go there I'll locate a map of them and send it to you. that would be amazing! anyone know of any smiths/morrissey places to visit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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