The Cholera Monument, Sheffield

Advantages: Free To Visit, Easily Accesable
Disadvantages: None

...The Sheffield Cholera Monument stands at 21 metres high and rises like Sheffield's very own version of Cleopatras Needle, on a hillside overlooking the main Bus Station and Railway Station. I remember visiting this place when I was at School and I see it everyday on my journey to and from work, yet I rarely give it a second thought. That is until the other night when, on my way home from work, whilst waiting to cross the road, a group of foreign Students stopped me and said: "Excuse me, do you know what that big monument is, over there?" I looked up at the Cholera monument, which dominates the skyline and realised just how much I sometimes take my home City for granted. THE HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT The monument was erected in 1834 in memory of the victims of a Cholera outbreak, which had broken out in the City in 1832. Over...

micksheff 14.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Cholera Monument, Sheffield

A Monument to disaster

Advantages: Great views
Disadvantages: A long sweaty climb

...order to climb up over 300 steps to reach the top. You have to be reasonably fit in order to do this, and when I went there weren't any aids to making the trip up comfortable, like a rail to cling on to as you spiral round inside. I must have looked like a sweaty female version of Spiderman as I inched up the stairs with my back flat against the walls. I seem to remember that there was no central column to the staircase which meant that you could see all the way down to the bottom through this hole, but maybe that was something that evolved through my nightmares over the years... From the outside, the Monument is rather beautiful and graceful. The column is in the Doric style of greek architecture, which means that it is simple in design and fluted. The very top has a gilded urn that holds a globe rising from the flames, and below this...

Salgirl 20.06.2001 · Read review
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Review of Monument, London

What exactly is "Monument" - find out here

Advantages: A cheap quick and worthy place to visit
Disadvantages: The view is not the best of London

...When I was 25 I took 1 week off work just to tour around London - I had lived there for 2 years already and although I had seen most of the large sites I knew there were the hidden places, secret London..... Where is "Monument"? Easy - Monument tube station on the circle line Why is "Monument" Monument was erected by Sir Christopher Wren (although I don't think he was a 'Sir' at that time) to commemorate the Great Fire of London of 1666. 1) Monument is a memorial to all the people who died in the fire (and in part the plague also which occurred the year before) 2) In part a tribute to the workers and designers who rebuilt the city tirelessly 3) In part celebration of the work, drive and camaraderie of the people in pulling together in rebuilding the community and keeping London the trade, social capital of England...

coleecip 26.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Monument, London

Monument really tried my patience

Advantages: 0% interest until March,2005
Disadvantages: Interest Rates could be high thereafter depending on card type

...THE FACTS: Monument Visa Card offer 5 different rates of card. All have 0% interest rates on purchases or balance transfers until 1st. March, 2005. The main differences are the interest rates thereafter. PLATINUM: 16.9%APR PREMIUM A: 16.9%APR PREMIUM B: 26.9% APR PREMIUM C: 26.8%APR PREMIUM D: 31.99%APR The minimum payment is 3% of the balance or £10 whichever is the greater, except for the platinum card which is 2% of the balance or £5. Monument offer all the usual credit card features: Cash Advances, Cheques (if requested), Ready Response Automated Account Information and a Payment Break Plan. The Payment Break Plan is optional. You will qualify to enrol in this plan if you are a U.K. resident who is either employed, self-employed, retired or permanently disabled. Monument appear to like...

feather13 02.09.2004 (05.09.2004) · Read review
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Review of Monument Visa Credit Card

Pipe Dreams

Advantages: A stunning sight, a fun but stimulating place to visit
Disadvantages: Can get a bit crazy when Japanese coach parties arrive

...One of the sights I was most excited about seeing in Helsinki was the memorial to Sibelius, Finland's greatest composer. I'm not a particular fan of Sibelius (although I do recognize some of his work) but I had seen photographs of the monument and it had captured my imagination. The memorial is, in fact, one of the most popular "tourist attractions" in Helsinki though I am not sure how many of the people who visit it are familiar with his work. However there are several museums in Finland dedicated to Sibelius so I wouldn't be surprised if many visitors come home knowing a lot more about the man than when they arrived. The monument is situated, not in a grand square in the centre of Helsinki, but in the appropriately named "Sibelius Park" (Sibeliuspuisto) in the Toolo district just to the north west of the centre, across the road...

fizzytom 18.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sibelius Monument

A great monument

Advantages: Nice
Disadvantages: Anyone

...I´m going to write about a wonderful Gate of Madrid. I hope you like it and of course I want to apologize for my level of English. The city Madrid is the capital of Spain. It is in the centre of Spain, and although there are remains of a human settlements before the Roman Empire, Madrid become the capital of the country and of the Great Spanish Empire in 1561, when the king Philip the second moved all his family and employees from Toledo to Spain. Since that moment, Madrid has grown up and new wonderful buildings have been made. Nowadays is an important city for cultural and business tourism, and its weather is loved by everyone who visits it. History of the monument In the sixteenth century, Madrid was a city rounded by a wall made with not very strong materials build to avoid the uncontrolled growth of the city...

panx74 03.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Puerta de Alcalâ

A Monumental Gaming Experience

Advantages: Good graphical detail and addictiveness.
Disadvantages: Not as well-developed as other MMOs due it being in its early stage.

...wanted to make Warhammer Online individual and unique. How this game operates is the key factor in understanding its approaching monumental success. There are three main areas in the Warhammer World, each consisting of an individual Tier system. There is an area in which the Dwarfs do battle with the Greenskins, the forces of Empire do battle with the Chaos and the High Elves do battle with the Dark Elves. However, players are not constricted to their factions battlefields, everyone is free to go where ever they like. Within the three main areas there are around 40 vast countries which are grouped in twos or threes and operate under the Tier system. For example: two counties may be allocated to the Tier one area of the Dwarven district. Within these mysterious Tier systems, Tier one is designed for players of levels 1-10, Tier two...

bilbobaginz 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)

A monumental novel...?

Advantages: Extremely powerful; extremely important
Disadvantages: Rather depressing, of its time

...Ah, The Well of Loneliness. For me, as for many past critics of this monumental novel, it is rather difficult to know where exactly to begin. How does one approach a book that has been variously misnamed 'the Bible of lesbianism', 'that horrific creation', and 'an obscene book from an obscene woman'? I suppose it might be helpful to indicate, first of all, that to consign this novel to a little corner under 'lesbian fiction' is to do it a great disservice - and, furthermore, to be extremely inaccurate. Of course, it is about lesbianism, set in the early days of the twentieth century when such a thing was not even fully comprehended, let alone permitted, despite being technically legal. But more than that, it is about the struggle for understanding, something which anybody who has ever belonged to a minority group of any sort can...

emma-regina 21.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of The Well of Loneliness - Radclyffe Hall

A long walk !

Advantages: lots!
Disadvantages: A long way!

...I have now been to monument valley 3 times and thought I would share my experiences with you. Our most recent trip was 18 months ago when our children were 6 and 18 months. I hope the review will be useful for anyone planning a trip. Where is it ? *********** Monument valley straddles the boarder of northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah. It is 175 miles north east of Flagstaff, Arizona. We have always approached it via Kayenta, the nearest town that is about 23 miles south of Monument valley. The US163 from Kayenta to monument valley is a well-photographed road and you will no doubt recognise the amazing views of towering sandstone cliffs that rise up from the desert. Many famous westerns have been filmed here. Getting there. **************** We flew directly into Phoenix from Heathrow,U.K. Phoenix is 310 miles from...

anwar 30.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Monument Valley

A Monument to Providian.

Advantages: Helpful if you need to pay for something and don't have cash
Disadvantages: Extra bill coming in, might spend what you don't have

...high (23.9% APR ) but if they send you a separate cheque book, then each of these cheques has a fee of £2.50 along with the 23.9% interest rate. So be wary of using their cheques, if you don't want to incur large interest bills. They have now changed their name to Monument and they are a sister company to Barclaycard. So if you want to do a balance transfer make sure it is not with any company that is combined like theirs are, as you will be refused. I applied for a Barclaycard was accepted and then tried to do a balance transfer from my higher rate Providian card to the lower rate Barclaycard. I was informed that I couldn't because the two companies were intertwined. I cancelled the Barclaycard immediately, Miserable Misery has one already anyway, and have just continued to pay off the amount I owe through the direct debit which is so...

smileybabe 22.01.2004 (18.02.2004) · Read review
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