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Storytelling: The Luck Child & Other Strange Tales, & Hallowe'en at Kew

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Yesterday was the last of three days of Meetup , and two days of London Museums A-Z (LoMAZ). It ran too late to blog on Friday , because yesterday afternoon,  I was hosting more storytelling, courtesy of the Crick Crack Club - this time it was Daniel Morden , who's telling The Luck Child & Other Strange Tales in Jacksons Lane . With messages flying back and forth about Friday, I was a little late leaving again - that far up, it had to be Tube , and to be fair, I arrived just a few minutes late - and first of the group. To be honest, only one other had signed up, and that a person who had been a no-show previously, so I was expecting to be on my own. Still, I wore the badge, and had the sign on a table. I got a glass of wine, and was drinking at the table when who should walk in but my sometime companion, who had signed up and then cancelled because she had been unsure she could make it! Well, make it she had, and I duly amended her RSVP - she ran to the loo, then had to run ...
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Film: Horror of Dracula

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Just finished three days of Meetup , including  two days of London Museums A-Z (LoMAZ).Last Friday night, another LoMAZ Dracula event - we were off to see the uncut version of Dracula (AKA Horror of Dracula ) (1958) with Christopher Lee - the cut footage was apparently originally considered too scary for the general public - showing that night only in Cineworld Leicester Square and sold out days in advance. Eating beforehand in the Marketplace Food Hall . I was a bit delayed leaving, and arrived a few minutes late. I'd never, ever been there before - shielded my face as I passed  Bella Italia Cranbourn Stree t , where I normally eat in Leicester Square , and I could see a waiter I recognised at the outside tables.. found the place without trouble, and Stefan, who'd arrived first, had posted in the WhatsApp that he had a table upstairs - I found it and left my bag there while I went to get food - all the food stalls are downstairs. Was iffy about what I wanted until I saw ...
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Walk: Phantom Femmes

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Last night, the second of four nights of horror, and first of three days of Meetup . I was back with Museum, Art & Culture Socials (MACS), for a Phantom Femmes ghost tour with Herstorical Tours ! We were meeting at Costa in Farringdon .  And hallelujah for a guided walk on a Thursday, for once, I didn't have to go into the office, so I didn't have to lug a laptop on the walk - the power is out in the office building! Whee.. Well, I might have eaten in the nearby Sir John Oldcastle , but it was completely full. So I ended up going to Costa really early, where I had a moreish ham & cheese toastie, and managed to secure a table big enough for everyone meeting there. Interestingly, when the organiser, Camilla, arrived, she had a vegan toastie.. with "cheeze".. Anyway, when the others arrived, we chatted until it was time to congregate in front of the station - we didn't know exactly where, but sort of stood in the centre, where the guide, Maria, ultimately ...
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