fruitstock festival

[nat_84]

Fruitstock Festival at Regents Park - this weekend.

Really looking forward to it - never been before.

Anyone else going??

[crete]

looks like your on your own have a great time

[nat_84]

luckily im going with friend......along with the hundreds of thousands of others.....

[nat_84]

friends**********

[crete]

before i returned home i lived right beside regents park we could hear the elephants in the zoo. now who on earth would want to know that ?

[nat_84]

me

[crete]

aw made my day

[nat_84]

im glad for you. Did u see Nelly?

[crete]

i did see guy the gorilla but you maybe too young he lived at the zoo for years and years but sadly died a good while ago

[nat_84]

course i know him. not personally but my dad did.

My dad worked with him and he spat at my dad.... nice gorilla.

[crete]

did your dad work at the zoo ?

[nat_84]

yes sorry forgot to mention that,

He had dinner parties with the chimps too.

[crete]

you are making this up as you go along

[nat_84]

lol i promise im not.

[crete]

am assuming the zoo is still there, i stayed in a nurses home across from a pub and cant remember what is was called but then i am 98

[nat_84]

really? so is my aunt

yes the zoo is still there but not as good at it used to be.

[crete]

thing is are zoos necessary i know there are endangered animals but should we be paying to see polar bears in britain when they should be in the wild just an example

[nat_84]

well i enjoy looking at them.

things that looked saddest were the birds...

[crete]

the aviary in regents park zoo was designed by antony armstrong jones princess margarets ex husband

[nat_84]

was it really? well i never....