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JULY 2024 UPDATES

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JULY 2024 UPDATES        Freedom Pass Wetherspoons Part 10   looks back at what I've achieved (which is questionable) and puts forward some ideas as to what's next (if anything). ------------------------------------------------------------      July 4-5:  In a busy couple of days I saw comedian Rhod Gilbert at the Fairfield Halls and visited the London Transport Museum Depot ...      Not many comedians could carry 90 minutes joking about cancer - masterful and hilarious.      The  London Transport Museum Depot  in Acton is where they store  the 320,000 items they don't have room for in the  London Transport Museum , Covent Garden. On a couple of weekends a year they have open days which are ticketed and well worth a visit. Allow plenty of time.      In between these two momentous events I had a Spoons breakfast in the George, Croydon. And we had a change of government ..... ...

FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS 10 (APPENDIX)

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FREEDOM PASS WETHERSPOONS 10 (APPENDIX)     I've finished. Including those I'd previously patronised, some now closed, the total number of London Wetherspoons visited is 108.      By design, the whole exercise encompassed some of my favourite pastimes - seeing friends, walking, photography, museums, music, stand-up comedy, writing, and, of course, going to the pub. I also got to discover  parts of London I'd never been to before, despite having lived in the capital for over fifty years.     So  now I know where  the Krays are buried, and the site of the world's first ATM.       I  thought this would take longer; but a mild winter helped. The most pubs I visited in one day was six . But that included starting in The George, my Wanstead local,  and only briefly visiting the sixth for the gents and a photo of the carpet.      The red dots show all the places I've been since starting my Freedom P...