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Re: New to UK/Lugnet
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Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:29:19 GMT
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Welcome to Scotland! St Andrews is one of the better places in Scotland to
live, I am sure you will enjoy your time there.
From time to time, you may find used Lego advertised in The Courier on a
Saturday. Also, check the weekly "adtrader" for used items, this is now also
online:
www.adtrader.co.uk
Although I never advise anyone to go to Dundee, it has a toymaster and a
TRU. Cupar also has a toymaster, but prices are on the high side. I am not
sure if any Lego is sold in St Andrews? As far as I know, Dunfermline,
Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy only have Agros, Supermarkets and Woolworths to get
Lego from.
David Grahan lives in Aberdour, and he does train shows a couple of times a
year:
http://news.lugnet.com/loc/uk/?n=6639
My wife's family lives near St Andrews - I shall let you buy me a drink the
next time I am up your way.
Scott A
(Edinburgh)
PS Buy/make a kite - St Andrews beaches are great for kiting!
In lugnet.loc.uk, Stephen Kane writes:
> Hi all,
>
> This is just a post to make my presence known. I moved to the UK from
> Australia about a month ago to start work at the University of St Andrews,
> Scotland.
>
> To let you all know a bit about myself ...
>
> I've been reading Lugnet, in Australia and now here, for about a year now
> as that is how long I have been out of my "dark ages". When I was a
> youngster I was mainly into the town, train, and castle themes. My pride
> and joy in those days was a 7710 Push Train which was quickly upgraded to a
> 12V train using sets 7864, 7865 and a whole stack of 7854, 7855's. The
> train set-up surrounded my large (by kid standards!) town including a 7834
> Level Crossing. In fact, you can see a old photo of the village at
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> http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~srk1/lego/village2.jpg
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> Anyway, these days I'm more into the castle/pirate scene. I was actually
> quite interested in the Pirate theme when it was released in the early 90's
> (even during my dark ages I still paid attention to the latest LEGO
> offerings) but never purchased any, a fact which is now tormenting me. I've
> been buying the new KK sets but, like most people, have been disappointed
> in them when comparing them to the older castle sets. Therefore it seems a
> good time to re-enter the Castle theme with the introduction of the
> so-called "Legends" series.
>
> If you'd like to know anything more about me then just visit my web-site:
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> http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~srk1/
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> I'd love to hear from anyone who knows of any good LEGO happenings/dealers
> in the Fife kind of area. Plus I still have my old 7777 Trains Ideas Book
> which I'd be willing to trade for pirate/lego stuff in case anyone is
> interested.
>
> Thanks for reading and I'll see you all around.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stephen Kane
>
> "The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly
> big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most
> people tend to ignore." -- Douglas Adams
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| Hi Scott, (...) Thanks for the welcome. St Andrews is a fantastic place to live even though it is a little on the small side. Half of the full-time staff in my department seem to spend a majority of their time on the Old Course. Life's good being an (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Hi all, This is just a post to make my presence known. I moved to the UK from Australia about a month ago to start work at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. To let you all know a bit about myself ... I've been reading Lugnet, in Australia and (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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