Monthly Archives: October 2015

Halloween food events in Birmingham – where to find spooky street food and …

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Think of Halloween food and it's usually pumpkins that come to mind. We've already shown you where to find them - and how to carve the perfect jack-o-lantern. But there's far more to Halloween cuisine than ghoulish gourds carved into monstrous masks. Birmingham has some fiendishly good food events on offer. Here's the details: Kings Heath Halloween Food Festival Food Birmingham is bringing us its very first Food Festival. This takes place in Kings Heath Village Square from noon to 8pm on Saturday, Read more [...]

Royal Vauxhall Tavern: London’s oldest gay venue gets listed status and …

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Campaigners hoping to save an iconic gay venue from closure have said they are "confident" they will be able to raise the funds to buy it from property developers. Supporters of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, south London's oldest surviving gay venue, believe they could turn it into a community-owned pub after it was granted listed status by Historic England. The Tavern has long been a popular haunt for London's LGBT community. It was once the scene of a riot during a performance by Lily Read more [...]

Residents in bid to save 1930s house from bulldozers

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Residents are rallying to save a 1930s house from the bulldozers by applying to get it listed by Historic England. The property, in Elm Hall Gardens, Wanstead, is earmarked for demolition with a proposal for two houses to be built in its place. The pair would be four-floor, semi-detached, four-bedroom dwellings, including a basement offering an indoor gym and games room. Space for at least two cars would be provided for both houses. Read more [...]

The 11 pubs in the UK that are Grade I listed revealed – are there any near you?

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If you like your pubs to come with a healthy dose of character, look no further than these Grade I listed buildings. England is home to thousands of pubs with listed status but only 11 pubs make the highest grade according to Historic England. The combined George Hotel and Pilgrims Inn in Glastonbury was the first of the 11 to achieve its listing in 1950 followed two years later by the Dick Whittington Tavern in Gloucester in 1951. Chester is home to three of the Grade I listed pubs - The Falcon Read more [...]

Charity restores Grade II listed Old Bedhampton tower to its former glory

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A STUNNINGLY restored 200-year-old Grade II listed tower has been unveiled. The Elms is a 17th century Grade II-listed manor house, in Old Bedhampton, owned by the charity Manor Trust which provides housing for retired people. The Waterloo Tower in July this year during the restoration The Waterloo Tower, which sits on top of the stunning Waterloo banqueting hall, was in urgent in of restoration. Mouldings, paint and render were in a sorry state and the trustees, as the Read more [...]

Craigavon Bridge granted listed status

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The bridge is the only two-tiered bridge in Northern Ireland and was listed because it was an important early 20th century road bridge with art deco details, according to Environment Minister Mark H Durkan. "These listings in the Derry area are a tangible boost for the city and the wider area,” he said. “The Read more [...]

Malibu Estate Of Kim Howe Listed at $12 Million

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SELLER: Estate of Kim HoweLOCATION: Malibu, CAPRICE: $12,000,000SIZE: 4,976 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms YOUR MAMA’S NOTES: A Malibu estate owned by Kim Howe, the 69-year old woman who died in the internationally publicized February 2015 multi-car collision on Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway that involved a not yet officially transitioned Caitlyn Jenner, has come up for sale at $12,000,000. The Point Dume property appears to have been purchased by Miz Howe and her late husband out of Read more [...]

H&M x Balmain clothes on eBay at over double the retail price a week before launch

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Designer collaboration hits shops and online on November 5thSo-called 'fashion flippers' are already advertising clothes on eBayA jacket costing £299.99 is on pre-sale for £690Green dress modelled by Kendall Jenner is more than twice the retail price By Siofra Brennan For Mailonline Published: 11:33 GMT, 26 October 2015 | Updated: 13:41 GMT, 26 October 2015 79 Read more [...]

Plans for 57 new homes in Gwersyllt put forward

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Plans for 57 new homes on agricultural land in Wrexham have been put forward. Gower Homes wants to build a mixture of properties on a greenfield site off Griffiths Road in Gwersyllt , which is directly opposite the Grade II listed Stansty Hall. The Wrexham company is proposing affordable, first time buyer and open market family homes along with a pedestrian crossing, footpaths, cycle links and new green spaces. Ruabon residents back calls to turn derelict houses into homes for military veterans Read more [...]

Scotsman Homes: Country life in East Lothian

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THE finishing touches to a renovated East Lothian farmhouse turned it into the perfect family home The first time Emma Doubal and her husband Fergus came to view West Blance Farmhouse near East Saltoun in East Lothian in 2004, this house really was a project waiting to happen. The previous owner, a farmer, had died in the early 1990s and the house was in a very poor state. Emma recalls: “No one had lived here for a long time and it was a completely tumbledown house. Read more [...]