Wimpy Bar Leicester Square

Wow...little bit of urban archeology here (and from my lifetime too)...the building work in Irving Street (not actually Leicester Square itself but one of the pedestrian walks into it) has revealed an old 'Wimpy Bar' shop sign...that means, at *some* point, Wimpy was (a) cool enough and (b) successful enough to front a store at a major London tourist spot...thinking about it, I do actually seem to remember there being a *massive* (and really busy) Wimpy at Picadilly Circus (roughly where Barclay's Bank/Boots are now)...I used to go there with my folks and have (dreadfully thin) deep fried fish and chips (with malt vinegar in a sachet)...loved it for some reason! ;)

The nearest one to Leicester Square now is (urm...) in Shadwell (33 minutes on public transport, with 2 changes)...can't see myself making the trip though, not even for a bender in a bun... ;)

Hobbit Movie Poster...

...spotted in the wild! That's great news, looks like I've got something to look forward to watching in the cinema on my birthday this year then! ;)

Leicester Square Fountain

...here we go (Thomas wanted to see what it looked like after we were talking about it this morning so I promised to take some pictures for him)...

...so the little fountains all around the base of the big one (that I was telling him about) have all been turned off today!  I guess because there is another premiere today (the remake of Total Recall by the looks of things)...

So here are some pictures I took from a few weeks ago (the last time they were actually working)-

Popcorn Delivery - Leicester Square

Oh no...surely not?  They deliver all the popcorn to the cinemas in Leicester Square already popped??

A huge delivery truck, full of pallets of popcorn...if it *hadn't* been popped the whole delivery would have just about filled a single carrier bag and could have been dropped off by one guy on a push bike!

Amazing...

Bye Bye Batman...

Dark Knight Rises London Premiere

...is in Leicester Square today!  They have been busy building the (amazing) stage for three days now!
Anyway, the fans are *already* out in force (even though all the *real* action is still about 8 hours away)...

Still, they got to see the (desert camouflage) Batmobile arriving (it's in the middle there if you click the image to enlarge it)...just hope they'll leave us a bit of space to get out of the office this evening... ;)

The Sinners - Gig in Leicester Square tonight!

Fink and I are off to see a gig tonight at the Storm, 28 Leicester Square. It's between Capital radio and Yates wine bar, and since that is only 10 minute walk from my office, there is absolutely no excuse for us not to be there!

Tim has has played a few gigs over the last few weeks, so let's hope his followers manage to trek into town to support him!

Am sure there will be pictures from Fink tomorrow, so watch this space!

Oh and dolphin post still under construction, but it will be good, I promise!