European (UK) Shindig

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WIZZLER

Monday, May 10, 2004 7:55 PM

tbh London prob. would be the best although it is expensive for hotels and the like the outside areas (nearby heathrow like Staines and Chertsey) aren't actually that much more expensive than else where, there's a nice hotel with restraunt (sp? lack of sleep) in Chertsey which is handy for Thorpe Park called the boat house or something like which last time I stayed there was same price as up here and I stay far enough away from Glasgow that it should be classed as cheap.

There are few places that would be good for a shindig unless it was for a convention style and tbh that is way beyond the scope of most ppl (and can be mighty expensive - any really rich ppl here ? :p ) so some sort of activity wether it be goto a pub or somewhere with a private room and play the DVD's a few drinks/dinner or something.

If it was in london then those of us a while away would prob be looking at something like -

Friday evening arrive - meet anyone else there.
Saturday am - Meet up in the morning around 11'ish goto pub/place with private room and or big screen even if it's just a meeting room at one of the bigger hotels they usually aren't too expensive at the weekends.
Saturday pm (till 5/6) - Firefly DVD interjected with talking and anything else that can be thought of.
Saturday evening dinner followed by drinking and more talking.
Sunday either travel home or day trip to London or theme park then travel home

But that's just a suggestion.
I'll look into prices and the like for hotels and stuff just to give an idea.

Wizzler C.E.O.

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PUDOR

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:06 AM

Quote:
nicolaclarke sadi: I'm doing an MPhil in medieval Islamic history. I'm at Wolfson, the college miles out of town that no-one can ever find.

I didn't realise there were so many of us in Oxford - we must gather!

Cool - yeah, I'm at Jesus doing my BA in Classics. Medieval Islamic history sounds interesting - but I guess you probably agree, doing you MPhil in it and so on... :) Is that thesis-based, or taught?

Not sure if anyone else on the board is from Oxford Uni as such. Do you do much sci-fi stuff? Member of OUSFG, etc?

SAFFY

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:24 AM

Heb, my fiance lives there and runs a business. I love the town but find it a little slow-paced compared to where I live, and also quite expensive.

I am familiar with Old Town, the shopping center, and the outlet mall. We buy groceries at Waitrose. That's about it. :)

What bookshop do you work in?

HEB

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:24 AM

I work in a Waterstones store.

I was gonna say a lot of people take the mick out of Swindon but actually it's not that bad. It's certainly improving.

We actually are in the middle of our literature festival which is about the most cultured thing Swindon has ever done. Also we just had an Italian market come visit the centre. These would never have happened in Swindon a few years ago.

If you are familiar with Old Town you've got one up on me; I tried to drop someone off in the town centre last night and ended up driving round Old town for half an hour - completely lost.

Have to say I don't know of a big browncoat community in Swindon though.

HELENCLEMENTS

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:50 AM

Sounds like a great plan.....

Can't wait to hear costs etc so we can start to decide on a date etc!

Do those of us in Oxford/Swindon want to meet up anyway independantly of this?

I think it would be nice to get regional shindigs going - especially so that by the time the movie is out next year we can all go to the cinema together!!

PATOLVER

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:54 PM

Please count me in for UK shindig particularly in the Oxford/Swindon/Reading area.

Pat
(back from Fusion con and still euphoric)

FIREBUFF

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:01 PM

Hi All

Been a Firefly fan for a while, and have come back from Fusion and have convention blues at the mo ....

Bit new to all of this but am definately up for something somewhere - currently residing in Reading but willing to travel - its pretty central to London, Chertsey, Swindon and Oxford so anywhere is cool with me.

Will be great to meet some other Firefly fans.

DAVEY

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:08 PM

Most of these dont sound too bad for me in sunny Luton, I'm game depending on dates and permission from the missus that is.

PUDOR

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:52 PM

A shindig (or at least pre-shindig mini-shindig) in Oxford seems to look quite likely - perhaps just meeting up somewhere with a TV and going from there?

I can probably get my hands on an area w/tv (my college has a couple of lecture rooms + digital projectors which I could attempt to use) but does anyone else have a better idea for somewhere to meet? I can't really think of anywhere informal and non-intimidating around here...

DEBBIEBUK1

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:08 PM

Great idea and hope it all goes well for those as can make it. What about (for those with families) a picnic or something (maybe we can do some silly folk dances as in Safe and OMR)plus viewing of dvds later and an early finish? Perhaps in a college town over the summer. Okay it would take too much organising but it's nice to dream about. Tried really hard to avoid making any reference to a ceilidh (is that how you spell it?)

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