Author: Michael James
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Week 178 – August 13th – Freddie Mercury – Part 2
A National Band gramophone in a Japanned Chinolserie case 1930 Freddie also adored cats, this is Delilah in the pictures. One of the many cabinets with untold items in. -
Week 178 – August 13th – Freddie Mercury – Part 1
On this Sunday, we went up to London, as Sotheby’s were holding a display of over a 1,000 items that were going up for auction in September of various Freddie Mercury items that he had in his home in London.
Not surprisingly there was a queue to get in, we actually started our queuing in front of the exit of Sotheby’s. An employee came out and said it should only take 30 minutes, but not long after we started moving, someone else said an hour.
The first employee obviously knew better as it took just 25 minutes and thankfully it stay dry.
Enjoy the pictures from the visit.
The Legend – Welcoming flags outside Sotheby’s 
The famous moustache on Sotheby’s door entrance. 
I never realised how much Freddie was into Japanese items – one of his many kimonos -
Week 178 – August 11th – Surrey v Kent – Part 7
Victorious Kent team walking off after a good winning performance. Not been able to say that much this season. 
Final score Enjoyable day at The Oval in good weather to watch the match.
It turned out there was a crowd of nearly 7,000 for the match, which is pretty impressive for a county one day match. Must have taken Surrey by surprise. Even more so as Kent won!
Yes it was a good batting performance by Kent, backed up by a useful bowling performance. Always good to see Kent beat Surrey.
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Week 178 – August 11th – Surrey v Kent – Part 6
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Week 178 – August 11th – Surrey v Kent – Part 4
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Week 178 – August 11th – Surrey v Kent – Part 3
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Week 178 – August 11th – Surrey v Kent – Part 1
With the weather due to be good today, we went up to The Oval, for the one day match between Surrey v Kent.
I don’t think Surrey were expecting a large crowd, as when we got out of the station we could see queues of people for the ticket and getting in.
After queuing to get the tickets, it looked like we would have to queue to get in, but as we got near to the gates, I noticed another gate was about to be open, so I grabbed Claire and showed our tickets and got straight in. Always good to be alert what’s going on around you.
Looking out to the pitch for Surrey v Kent in the one day cup. 
Surrey v Kent. 
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Week 178 – August 11th – That’s better
Today I woke up and got a much better response from the Nextdoor website support.
Obviously my prompting in the previous posting had helped, as they said it was a problem with their end and hope to have it fixed soon.
You don’t expect to be told, turn off something that you are using for protection as the solution.
