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Day 22 - St Albans day (10 May)and Sam visiting the place of his birth. It was off around 9am (after the commuter rush, up the M4, onto the M25 and then into St Albans - with cousin Nigel as the driver/tour guide and me struggling to recognise anything! Eventually we got to the main street and the street market was in full action - just like back in 1978.
Nigel went off the do some business and Sam and Jeff wandered around the okd town, the cathedral, Verulamium (the old Toman town ruins) and eventually the hospital where Sam was born. Then it was back with Nigel, a visit to 61 St John’s Court where we lived back in the day (see pic). Finally onto a late lunch at The Wicked Lady Pub - very flash now but still with a head-banging low ceiling. Then it was back to Nigel’s place and a beer.
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Angela Dennie I'm glad you got to spend some time in St. Albans. The old part of town has hardly changed, just some different shops in the various old buildings. Did you drive by Heath Lodge Veterinary Hospital? I wonder if it is still there? What a trip you are having, truly a trip of a life time I think:)
Jeff Hi Angie - yep. St Albans was good. We walked past the Heath Lodge Vet Hospital- it looked much the same - 5 vets (incl Steve Dean who must be 60+ now. The whole place looked a bit tired and run down like it hadn’t progressed much. We didn’t go inside - guess I didn’t want to lose my illusion about how good it was. It was very good to be there with Sam - a real Dad and son day - and I haven’t had too many of them