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  FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS PART 6 The George - Wanstead Part 6     Wanstead's premier tourist attraction (seasonal) .....       ..... the bluebells are out and carpet Wanstead Park, a twenty minute stroll from The George .       The Moon Under Water - Hounslow        This Moon Under Water was originally two shops, 84 and 86 Staines Road, built in 1905. By the outbreak of the first World War, number 84 was a post office which later became a hardware store and extended into number 86, formerly a grocer's.     Situated on the far reaches of the Piccadilly line, I decided to check out this Moon Under Water  en route to Heathrow. Unfortunately, it was closed for a few days for renovation. But Hounslow has a large British Asian community and you don't come to there to eat Wetherspoons fish and chips when you can have a splendid chicken biriyani, a pint of Kingfisher and the best garlic naan ever at Namasthe Ho...

  April 5:  FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS PART 5  posted.

  FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS PART 5     Having already visited around two thirds of Wetherspoons pubs in Greater London, those that remain are about as familiar to me as the dark side of the Moon - but all the more interesting. The George - Wanstead Part 5           Outside Wanstead Underground Station, opposite  The George , proudly stands a rare sight - an Edward VIII Post Box. There are 115,500 post boxes in the UK but just 171 bear the Edward VIII cypher. Only 200 were produced during the 326 days Edward was on the throne before he abdicated on December 11, 1936.        More than 60% of the existing post boxes carry the ER II cypher and this will continue to be the case for some time as the Royal Mail still has some in stock. These will be used first before CR III boxes appear.       British postage stamps already bear the profile of the King and there are some 50p coins in circulation. The Queen fac...