It's a Heatwave!

Get those summer costumes on, its the Heatwave and BBQ season!

 

London City Heatwave

London City invites you to soak up the sun at the Summer Heatwave Festival. Through August, enjoy outdoor concerts at the amphitheatre and daily themed events. As the mercury rises, break out your costumes, dive into the Olympic-sized swimming pool, and make a splash! For details see londoncitysl.com

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First day of Spring

You can throw out your hat and coat and put your shorts on!  Today marks the first day of Spring, 20th March!!

According to Auntie Google: Meteorological spring

By the meteorological calendar, spring will always start on 1 March; ending on 31 May. The seasons are defined as spring (March, April, May), summer (June, July, August), autumn (September, October, November) and winter (December, January, February).

Spring in London City Gateway

Worlds End Pub - BINGO NIGHT win CASH!

It is famous for its warm beer and cold food: The Worlds End Pub and Eatery. Established 2009 (at least).

The only pub in the British Isles that still serves Scampi and Chips on a red serviette in a basket.  Fried chicken is also available, as well as Betty Turpin's Hot Pot.

The pub features many themed events, including Bingo on Wednesdays from 11am SL (7pm UK), Saturday Night Knees up from 11am SL (7pm UK)

POSH BINGO TODAY at 11AM SL Win $$$

(Posh because the doors have been put back on the toilets since unmentionable vandalism. Please ask at the bar for toilet paper if needed)

World's End Pub

The Worlds End Pub is a British pub which has a relaxed atmosphere to it. There are events daily and cash prize bingo each week.

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Visit The Worlds End here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/36/21/24

A truly astonishing experience! <tm>

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Pissed as a fart, "Two fingers of whisky please"

A very Happy St. Patrick's day to you all (so it is).

You can join everyone in Substation at 11am SLT (7pm UK) for a right proper knees up with copious amounts of liquor.

St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Partaay, was born in Belfast in 1955 and is credited with forcing Christianity on the people of Ireland.  But he did some good things too..  He was the first 3 parts pissed Bishop who would regularly have a nip, mid-sermon for medicinal purposes whilst singing Hymn's in the style of Boris Yeltsin.

The Apostle of Ireland, came to a sticky end when he fell into a vat of rum in 1995, but left this world with a smile and a burp.

Let's all party today, it is what St. Patrick would have wanted!

London City Radio shows

 

You lucky people, what a treat!   This will have you running for the hills!

We have uploaded... 

- 30 complete Torric Rodas Saturday shows.  A selection of 20 from 2022-2023 and 10 from way back in 2015   (will air every Saturday at 2.30pm SL)

- 110 Torric's Newswires (The complete series of 110 episodes that ran from January 2021 to July 2023  (and will air every day at 12pm SL and at 2.25pm SL Saturdays)

AND...

Starting this Saturday (around 12.30pm SL)   Twisted Telly .. an occasional re-edit of some classic children's telly, bound to offend absolutely everyone.

Listen to London City Radio anytime..  

Windows, iTunes, Android, Alexa etc https://boogie.vside-radio.com:2199/tunein/autodj16.pls

Windows Media Player https://boogie.vside-radio.com:2199/tunein/autodj16.asx

Quicktime https://boogie.vside-radio.com:2199/tunein/autodj16.qtl

Happy Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmas! 

Our sincere thanks to everyone who supports London City and for  making it what it is.  It would be impossible without you!

To our friends, our extraordinary dedicated, loyal and skilled team, we offer our deepest gratitude for all that you do;  for smiling in the face of adversity, for offering encouragement and insight and for some of the most innovative ideas on the grid.  

We are so proud of this spectacular crew, the envy of the virtual world. Thank you for making it a pleasure to logon to London!

To the merchants and sponsors, our thanks for your business and your faith in this estate to sell your product and for investing your time and money in London City.

And to the visitors and members that form the London City community,  thank you for making London City the single most popular destination in all of Second Life; always busy, with something always happening. You are at the heart of everything that goes on here.

Substation, Madame Lala's and Worlds End Pub are open through the holidays, but please keep an eye on Group Notices as some times and schedules may vary.

Some of our team are having family time on 24th, 25th and 26th, but should you need assistance during these few days, please use the Support option on this blog and we'll respond in a timely fashion to your enquiry.

Have a great time wherever you are and whatever you are doing.   Drop by London City throughout the holidays, the city never sleeps.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

 

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is a national opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life.

We gather to remember the contribution of the service men, women and animals from Britain and the Commonwealth during the two world wars and later conflicts, the vital role played by the emergency services and those who have lost their lives as a result of conflict or terrorism.

Remembrance Sunday is always held on the Sunday closest to Armistice Day (11th November).  Armistice Day marks the signing of the Armistice between the Allies of World War I and Germany.  The Armistice was an agreement to end the fighting on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

Please join us as we gather to pay our respects.  We gather from 2:30am SLT/10:30am GMT.  The two minute silence will be observed at 3:00am SLT/11:00am GMT.

Location: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/84/119/24

Summer Recess

The Summer holidays are finally upon us, with real life sun, sea and surf.  This means that the London City Players get to put their feet up while school is out for Summer and that the Saturday concerts will take a break and return in September this year.

All of London City's regular entertainment venues will continue as normal with their day to day events, competitions, guest DJ's and fabulous cash prizes.  The hub will be full of people flapping their gums and telling everyone about their real life degrees, pilot licences, how they work for the Secret Service in RL, how they are multi-millionaires living in mansions and slumming it on SL and all kinds of hilarious bollocks for you to laugh at and debunk.

Have a happy Summer and don't forget to use factor 50 unless you're staying in your basement for the duration.

The Bank Holiday begins..

Get your buns over to London City, the Bank Holiday is beginning ahead of May Day tomorrow.  Come Morris dancing with us!  And Madame Lala's Party Weekend begins at 1pm SL time.

St. George's Day

A true story, of the history of Saint Georges Day..

Happy Saint George's Day.  Saint George is the Patron Saint of England.

Today marks the day that a dragon was slain.  <insert mother in law jokes here>

In old England, brave George is remembered for summoning tremendous strength, courage and determination.  He killed the fire breathing old dragon that had been attacking the villagers, destroying their crops and turning their homes into ashes.

St. George was actually an outspoken Roman soldier serving a Pagan Emperor. He protested the treatment and torture of Christians by his fellow Romans.

St. George, with hideous dragon, Mildred.

He paid for his beliefs when he made a plea to the Emperor Diocletian to spare the lives of Christians. The Emperor decided that if George cared so much for these lowly citizens, then he must also be a devout Christian himself.  He was tortured to force him to deny his faith and when this did not yield the desired response, he was beheaded. Poor George was only 33.

The slaying of the dragon is symbolic of the courage George showed against the Emperor.  It is however a little ironic that George did not win his battle, nor did he ever set foot in England.  He was born in Turkey and died in Palestine.

Saint George's day was adopted in 1222, when he replaced Saint Edmund the Martyr (King of East Anglia) as England's Patron Saint.

You can visit George and The Dragon here in London City: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/60/236/23

Eastermas Eve - Grog on Sale!

Here come the holidays!  Four days of rest and relaxtation, eating and drinking.. 

It is like a low maintenance version of Christmas because you didn't need to buy presents or see the relatives!

As always and as part of our public service and customer care, we have scoured the supermarkets for cheap holiday grog. This year's winners are Asda (Walmart if outside the UK) and Sainsbury's.

70p a per 440ml can of Fosters in Asda.

53p per 300ml bottle of Bud in Sainsburys.

No wonder they call us 'Boozy Brits' , but it has been a tough old year and our therapy is arriving in a bottle!

See you in-world.  Happy Easter.

Here come the Holidays

God pops in to London City

It is a short working week with the Easter break arriving in just 4 days and then it is 4 more days of rest and relaxation. 

The wonderful thing about Easter is that it is like Christmas, but without the hassle of buying presents and visiting windy relatives.

London City will be hosting our famous Egg and Spoon Races, The Easter Egg Cash Hunt and the dubious race without a name beginning on Friday!

we also have the Televangelist Revival show, with all the top stars of the church just begging for your money whilst singing songs about suffering.

We've also got special shows for the holidays, so be sure to keep in touch with this blog!