Cross with Brent Cross

Advantages: Free parking
Disadvantages: Out of fashion shopping mall

...INTRODUCTION Brent Cross Shopping Centre was one of the first shopping malls to be built in the UK. It was opened in 1973. Brent Cross is archaic compared to modern shopping centres such as Bluewater and Lakeside Thurrock. The shopping centre is situated in Northwest London. BRENT CROSS AND ME From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s my parents and I regularly visited my uncle in East London. We combined almost every trip with a visit to Brent Cross. Most of the time I had nothing to buy so I simply followed my parents like a bored teenager. In 1980 my school gave me some book vouchers as a reward for running the school tuck shop. I spent these vouchers in WH Smith at Brent Cross. In 1987 I took my mother to Brent Cross via tube. My father was in India at the time attending his brother’s wedding. In...

mrpaella 12.10.2001 · Read review
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Brent Cross Shopping Centre

Advantages: 120 shops and restaurants, clean, all under one roof, free parking (for now!), easy to get to
Disadvantages: can get crowded

...Well this is my local shopping centre so should give it a review? Brent Cross Shopping Centre is located in North West London, close to Staples Corner. It is easily accessible by car, train or bus. Currently car parking (for 6500 cars) is free but they may start to charge (plans are £1 for up to 2 hours stay, £2 for up to 3 hours stay and so on, so not too bad). Brent Cross Shopping Centre was opened in 1976 and was the first enclosed shopping centre to be built in the UK. It started out with 75 shops. With expansions in 1995, including a multi storey car park, it now has about 120 shops and cafes. Some of the original retailers which are still there include; John Lewis, Fenwick, WH Smith, Mothercare and Russell & Bromley. In 2002 it became a non-smoking area. The toilets have recently been refurbished and kept nice and clean...

zainabm 27.08.2006 · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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Magic Killers (The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks)

Advantages: great action scenes, reasonable characters
Disadvantages: pulpy

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Shadow's Edge - Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

Advantages: Exciting, detailed, great story line
Disadvantages: Adult only

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kristofski93 17.09.2009 · Read review
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I hate Brent Cross

Advantages: Shops
Disadvantages: Hot, Dirty

...I live a ten minute drive away from Brent Cross and I hate it, why? It is crowded, dirty noisy and has none of the large spaces, coffe shops, etc that make some other shopping centres nice to visit. Yes, it has the high street giants, but that is about it, you wil not find smaller more independent shops, nor will you find relaxing shopping. I would rather go to the Weat End as there at laest is more space there. Brent Cross lacks facilities and most of all it is dirty....

LorraineM 01.09.2000 · Read review
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The way of Shadows - Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

Advantages: Readability, Story, Background
Disadvantages: Adult only, disturbing scenes

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David Brent - the legend

Advantages: Hilarious!
Disadvantages: ...not as good as on the TV!

...The hit TV series 'The Office' is based around David Brent (Ricky Gervais) who is the boss at Wernham Hogg, a paper-merchant branch in Slough. Anyone who's seen and loved his cringe worthy antics won't be disappointed by my favourite top ten Brent quotes from the first two series (in no particular order): 1 - ?Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don?t know whether you?re in a trough until you?re climbing out, or on a peak until you?re coming down. And that?s it you know, you never know what?s round the corner. But it?s all good. ?If you want the rainbow, you?ve gotta put up with the rain.? Do you know which philosopher said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she?s just a big pair of tits.? 2 - ?This is the accounts department, the number bods. Do not be fooled by their job descriptions, they are absolutely mad, all...

Benniash 15.05.2003 · Read review
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Shoppers Paradise or Nightmare Before Christmas?

Advantages: plenty of shops for the young and hip, designer clothes, department stores
Disadvantages: crowed, expensive, unattractive concrete block, murder to get in and out by car

...I've been shopping at Brent Cross for the best part of 16 years but over the past years, mainly since the refurbishment a number of years back, I'm less inclined to visit. I will explain later in my review. It's not the most attractive building in the world, in fact it's a concrete monstrosity and not very pleasing on the eye - at least not from the outside. *** Opening Hours *** Brent Cross shopping centre is always busy regardless of time of year but there's a time when shopping here is almost impossible, just like almost anywhere in the country - the weeks before Christmas. If you can avoid it don't go, if you must then try either weekdays and/or late evenings. Brent Cross Shopping Centre is open Monday - Friday 10am - 8pm, Saturday 9am - 7pm and Sunday 12noon - 6pm (with some stores open half an hour early for browsing...

Tempus_Fugit 19.12.2006 · Read review
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