Lee Brilleaux  | 01 Sep 2009 2:10 p.m. PST |
---- and, since I haven't been there since I was 12, I have to ask the usual questions, such as: "What are the best fully-stocked wargames stores within 10 miles of Bodmin?" :) There's a great thread from 2006 that covers most of what I'd like to know here: TMP link However, in the remote chance that something new in the way of shops, booksellers, newly-built Iron Age sites etc has emerged, I thought I'd ask. Indeed, please mention shops anywhere between Land's End and my parents' house in Reading. My wife knows where the rubber-stamping, scrapbooking and needlecraft shops are, so I need somewhere to get my own hobby fix. Even if it's only a Waterstones or a charity shop with a shelf of mouldy history books. |
| Streitax | 01 Sep 2009 2:27 p.m. PST |
So, what's up? The local DA on to your nefarious schemes? You seem to be on the move quite a bit. Let's see, a trip to South America, back to the USA then off to Cornwall. Hmmmm….running guns to the Cornwall Liberation Front? |
| Neotacha | 01 Sep 2009 3:53 p.m. PST |
Can't help you, but have a good time! |
 John the OFM  | 01 Sep 2009 4:49 p.m. PST |
You seem to visit all of the Third World hell holes. |
| John the OFM | 01 Sep 2009 4:50 p.m. PST |
Reading is in Pennsylvania. It's just about 60 miles down I81. |
| Lee Brilleaux | 01 Sep 2009 6:07 p.m. PST |
Thanks, John. I'd forgotten that Reading is between Allentown and Lancaster on Hwy 222. I should stop by and see my family when I go to HMGSE conventions, I suppose. I should always come to you for advice. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 01 Sep 2009 7:25 p.m. PST |
Reading is also just north of Cincinnati, Ohio.
You can have lunch @ K.T.'s and see Barbie Q. |
| Roderick Robertson | 01 Sep 2009 10:53 p.m. PST |
Then there's Redding, California north of Sacramento on I-5… |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 01 Sep 2009 11:37 p.m. PST |
The US certainly seems to find it difficult to choose original names, rather than copy ours…. |
| Buff Orpington | 02 Sep 2009 1:55 a.m. PST |
The US certainly seems to find it difficult to choose original names, rather than copy ours…. I imagine the inhabitants of Bagdad Az were bricking it when they heard that the Texas National Air Guard were gearing up for operations. "Hey boys, I've found it on the map. I reckon we can hit it today and still be back for the BBQ tonight." I like their habit of naming the town after the Congressman who sponsored the bill to approve a post office. Louis Edward Payson of Chicago got two, one in Utah & one in Arizona. Back to MJS's question, Eldritch Games in Exeter is well worth a visit. |
| Norrins | 02 Sep 2009 2:15 a.m. PST |
When I was in Cornwall in February, I found Mad For Minitures. It's in St Austell, mainly stocks Games Workshop, but they also have some wargaming material. The bargain bins are well worth searching through – picked up quite a bit in those from GW to BTD!!! Mad for Miniatures. Unit 17 The Market House, Market Street, St Austell PL25 5QB |
| mweaver | 02 Sep 2009 4:33 a.m. PST |
Never been to Cornwall. Maybe next trip over… Have a good trip, Jack! |
| Klebert L Hall | 02 Sep 2009 4:51 a.m. PST |
The US certainly seems to find it difficult to choose original names, rather than copy ours…. I wasn't aware that there's an Usquepaug in Britain… Besides, a lot of your names seem to be mispronounced Roman ones…
-Kle. |
| Lee Brilleaux | 02 Sep 2009 5:58 a.m. PST |
"I wasn't aware that there's an Usquepaug in Britain" It's in Somerset, close to Tonawanda. Chickamauga GA is named after Chickamauga, a coal-mining village in South Nottinghamshire. So, a shop in Exeter and one in St. Austell, eh? Things is looking up ---- |
| John the OFM | 02 Sep 2009 6:30 a.m. PST |
There is an Exeter in Pennsylvania, too. It's right up the river from Plymouth. Is there a Schickshinny? A Mehoopany? A Wapwallopen? A Nescopeck? A Wyalusing? We also have a few towns named for the saintly John Wilkes. |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 02 Sep 2009 7:08 a.m. PST |
I was much more impressed with Hadrian's Wall than I was with Cornwall. How can you stop a barbarian invasion with a wall of corn? |
| britishlinescarlet2 | 02 Sep 2009 7:28 a.m. PST |
Cornwall Miniature Wargames Association cornwallwargamers.co.uk Might be worth contacting these guys and seeing if they can help. Pete |
| Buff Orpington | 02 Sep 2009 9:25 a.m. PST |
Norrins must have looted the bins in St Austell before I went in May. When I went I was totally ignored by the staff/card players. That's the downside of being a 50+ gamer in a store run by teenagers. If you're in St Austell I can heartily recommend the brewery, either for the guided tour or just for lunch. |
| Connard Sage | 02 Sep 2009 9:41 a.m. PST |
I wasn't aware that there's an Usquepaug in Britain…Besides, a lot of your names seem to be mispronounced Roman ones… Whereas a lot of yours seem to be mispronounced Native American names…
If you get to St. Ives Jack, have a pint in the Sloop for me :)
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| Tom Bryant | 02 Sep 2009 10:18 p.m. PST |
Enjoy the trip Jack, My great-grandparents came from Redruth-Camborne. One of these days I'd like to visit there. |
| John the Confused | 03 Sep 2009 12:29 p.m. PST |
Reading are in the Championship which is above League Division One but nowhere near Premiership. |
| Lee Brilleaux | 03 Sep 2009 4:51 p.m. PST |
Good tips on visiting Cornwall, and on – er – the whereabouts of Reading. I'm pretty sure it's turn left out of the car rentals lt at Heathrow and keep on for a bit. It was last time I went. Danny O'Hara of the Cornwall wargames group kindly emailed me with all the lowdown I needed. Apparently it's not a Tir-Na-Nog of gaming supplies. Thanks, everyone! |
