European (UK) Shindig

POSTED BY: pudor
UPDATED: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:26
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PUDOR

Sunday, May 9, 2004 5:14 PM

I was just reading the 'european browncoat' thread, and realised that nothing seems to be happening about this shindig idea. Is anyone seriously up for it? Even if we just hire out a room, grab a TV and watch Our Mrs Reynolds, could still be good?

Or is there something being planned in another forum somewhere, or a different thread?

STICKS

Monday, May 10, 2004 8:48 AM

if theres a uk shindig thats not to far from me (merseyside) i'll be there.if it ever goes ahead or if one goes ahead.

HELENCLEMENTS

Monday, May 10, 2004 9:28 AM

As I said from the other post - I'm from Oxford - and as so many people seem to be from round here I would be up for a Shindig either here or London - Heathrow is particuarly easy for me to get to with 24 hour transport.........

WIZZLER

Monday, May 10, 2004 9:30 AM

Hey am up for a shindig :)

Wizzler C.E.O.

"This land pest control" : Keeping Fox execs populations down since 2004

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RELFEXIVE

Monday, May 10, 2004 10:02 AM

As I said elsewhere, I'd go for that, if things worked out right.

Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die."

TRASK43

Monday, May 10, 2004 10:42 AM

Id probably be up for a shindig as long as it was planned in advance so Id have time to make plans (especially if it was down south)

www.summer-glau.com

STICKS

Monday, May 10, 2004 10:59 AM

if we were all given enough time and a date was set theres no reason why a european (uk based)firefly shindig couldnt take place.

IDEFIX

Monday, May 10, 2004 11:34 AM

I'd think a UK based european shindig would be a great idea.

if it should be easy to attend for non-UK europeans it would be best to host it around London-Stansted somewhere. as RyanAir uses this airport as their homebase and they have the most flights to and from there to all over europe:
http://www.ryanair.com/

is there a browncoat somewhere in the London area who would like to organise tomething?

I'd probably attent if possible. haven't seen London yet. I'm German by the way. from Nuernberg, southern Germany.

Idefix

PUDOR

Monday, May 10, 2004 11:38 AM

Right - well so far London seems most sensible. It's easy to get there from pretty much anywhere, but the question should probably be *where*? I can't think of anywhere particularly firefly-themed... Any ideas?

Oh, and when? At some point in Summer, when it's nice and sunny, presumably. But not in the middle of the tourist season when prices will go up...

Vaguey.

NICOLACLARKE

Monday, May 10, 2004 11:54 AM

Yes! Very up for a UK shindig. I'm pretty flexible on location. Either at home (near Manchester) or Uni (Oxford), London is very accessible - although, as someone's already mentioned, London is much with the pricey for those who would need to stay that night and/or buy drinks.

Another thought is that we could do a small, preliminary shindig just as a pub meet somewhere, rather than hiring a room first time out.

/ pure intentions, juxtaposed /

PUDOR

Monday, May 10, 2004 11:57 AM

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Yes! Very up for a UK shindig. I'm pretty flexible on location. Either at home (near Manchester) or Uni (Oxford)

Oooh - there are plenty of us in Oxford, by the sounds of things. I'm studying here too - what subject are you doing, etc?

And yeah, I think a preliminary shindig may be a very good thing - particularly if there are so many people around this area (I count 5 Oxford-area people so far)...

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Monday, May 10, 2004 12:02 PM

I'd try and get to one wherever, though Birmingham might be a better idea than London as it's central and would be cheaper than most places down London. I also like the idea of Oxford, it's harder for me to get to but I love the place.

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HELENCLEMENTS

Monday, May 10, 2004 1:32 PM

I currently live and work in Oxford - so if we want to arrange a small prelim meeting I don't mind arranging things........

HEB

Monday, May 10, 2004 3:26 PM

I'm from Swindon. So Oxford would be great for a shindig.

TRASK43

Monday, May 10, 2004 3:32 PM

I think London would definately be the best place if people from europe were wanting to attend. What kinda venue do people think would be best to try and book.

www.summer-glau.com

SAFFY

Monday, May 10, 2004 3:48 PM

Heb, I'm an American Browncoat who's moving to Swindon after I get married in October. What do you do there?

HEB

Monday, May 10, 2004 3:51 PM

Hey,

I live about 10 minutes from Swindon and go to college (like the last two years of high school, not university) in Swindon. Also I work in a bookshop there.

Do you know much about Swindon?

heb

JACEN

Monday, May 10, 2004 4:26 PM

I'd love the idea of an European shinding! I'm from Bremen, northern Germany (Hi Idefix!), so London would be fine...

You can't take the sky from me

RAINEY

Monday, May 10, 2004 4:30 PM

Hi

I'm new to this board, and almost as new to Firefly. FWIW I'd definitely be in favour of a UK shindig.

I'm in the Hampshire/Berksire/Surrey border area, so Oxford, Swindon and London are all good. Though hey, for the chance to talk about Firefly with people who feel the same way, I'd probably go to Edinburgh!

Rainey

NICOLACLARKE

Monday, May 10, 2004 7:29 PM

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Originally posted by pudor:
Oooh - there are plenty of us in Oxford, by the sounds of things. I'm studying here too - what subject are you doing, etc?

And yeah, I think a preliminary shindig may be a very good thing - particularly if there are so many people around this area (I count 5 Oxford-area people so far)...

I'm doing an MPhil in medieval Islamic history. I'm at Wolfson, the college miles out of town that no-one can ever find.

I didn't realise there were so many of us in Oxford - we must gather!

WIZZLER

Monday, May 10, 2004 7:55 PM

tbh London prob. would be the best although it is expensive for hotels and the like the outside areas (nearby heathrow like Staines and Chertsey) aren't actually that much more expensive than else where, there's a nice hotel with restraunt (sp? lack of sleep) in Chertsey which is handy for Thorpe Park called the boat house or something like which last time I stayed there was same price as up here and I stay far enough away from Glasgow that it should be classed as cheap.

There are few places that would be good for a shindig unless it was for a convention style and tbh that is way beyond the scope of most ppl (and can be mighty expensive - any really rich ppl here ? :p ) so some sort of activity wether it be goto a pub or somewhere with a private room and play the DVD's a few drinks/dinner or something.

If it was in london then those of us a while away would prob be looking at something like -

Friday evening arrive - meet anyone else there.
Saturday am - Meet up in the morning around 11'ish goto pub/place with private room and or big screen even if it's just a meeting room at one of the bigger hotels they usually aren't too expensive at the weekends.
Saturday pm (till 5/6) - Firefly DVD interjected with talking and anything else that can be thought of.
Saturday evening dinner followed by drinking and more talking.
Sunday either travel home or day trip to London or theme park then travel home

But that's just a suggestion.
I'll look into prices and the like for hotels and stuff just to give an idea.

Wizzler C.E.O.

"This land pest control" : Keeping Fox execs populations down since 2004

PUDOR

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:06 AM

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nicolaclarke sadi: I'm doing an MPhil in medieval Islamic history. I'm at Wolfson, the college miles out of town that no-one can ever find.

I didn't realise there were so many of us in Oxford - we must gather!

Cool - yeah, I'm at Jesus doing my BA in Classics. Medieval Islamic history sounds interesting - but I guess you probably agree, doing you MPhil in it and so on... :) Is that thesis-based, or taught?

Not sure if anyone else on the board is from Oxford Uni as such. Do you do much sci-fi stuff? Member of OUSFG, etc?

SAFFY

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:24 AM

Heb, my fiance lives there and runs a business. I love the town but find it a little slow-paced compared to where I live, and also quite expensive.

I am familiar with Old Town, the shopping center, and the outlet mall. We buy groceries at Waitrose. That's about it. :)

What bookshop do you work in?

HEB

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:24 AM

I work in a Waterstones store.

I was gonna say a lot of people take the mick out of Swindon but actually it's not that bad. It's certainly improving.

We actually are in the middle of our literature festival which is about the most cultured thing Swindon has ever done. Also we just had an Italian market come visit the centre. These would never have happened in Swindon a few years ago.

If you are familiar with Old Town you've got one up on me; I tried to drop someone off in the town centre last night and ended up driving round Old town for half an hour - completely lost.

Have to say I don't know of a big browncoat community in Swindon though.

HELENCLEMENTS

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:50 AM

Sounds like a great plan.....

Can't wait to hear costs etc so we can start to decide on a date etc!

Do those of us in Oxford/Swindon want to meet up anyway independantly of this?

I think it would be nice to get regional shindigs going - especially so that by the time the movie is out next year we can all go to the cinema together!!

PATOLVER

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:54 PM

Please count me in for UK shindig particularly in the Oxford/Swindon/Reading area.

Pat
(back from Fusion con and still euphoric)

FIREBUFF

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:01 PM

Hi All

Been a Firefly fan for a while, and have come back from Fusion and have convention blues at the mo ....

Bit new to all of this but am definately up for something somewhere - currently residing in Reading but willing to travel - its pretty central to London, Chertsey, Swindon and Oxford so anywhere is cool with me.

Will be great to meet some other Firefly fans.

DAVEY

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 1:08 PM

Most of these dont sound too bad for me in sunny Luton, I'm game depending on dates and permission from the missus that is.

PUDOR

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 6:52 PM

A shindig (or at least pre-shindig mini-shindig) in Oxford seems to look quite likely - perhaps just meeting up somewhere with a TV and going from there?

I can probably get my hands on an area w/tv (my college has a couple of lecture rooms + digital projectors which I could attempt to use) but does anyone else have a better idea for somewhere to meet? I can't really think of anywhere informal and non-intimidating around here...

DEBBIEBUK1

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:08 PM

Great idea and hope it all goes well for those as can make it. What about (for those with families) a picnic or something (maybe we can do some silly folk dances as in Safe and OMR)plus viewing of dvds later and an early finish? Perhaps in a college town over the summer. Okay it would take too much organising but it's nice to dream about. Tried really hard to avoid making any reference to a ceilidh (is that how you spell it?)

FIREBUFF

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:23 AM

Hey All

Just wondering if anyone has been to this site

http://firefly.meetup.com/members/

Wondered if it could be useful.

PUDOR

Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:28 AM

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Originally posted by debbiebuk1:
What about (for those with families) a picnic or something plus viewing of dvds later and an early finish?

Picnic, etc, would be easy to organise - there's plenty of good groundspace in Oxford for that kind of stuff, and a family-style event could be a bit different from the (admittedly very few) meets I've attended in the past.

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Tried really hard to avoid making any reference to a ceilidh (is that how you spell it?)

No idea how it's spelt, but I think the prospect of folk dancing is potentially likely to convince people that meeting up isn't quite "their thing" :)

Maybe I'm underestimating the open-mindedness of the average browncoat though...

PUDOR

Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Firebuff:
currently residing in Reading ...
Will be great to meet some other Firefly fans.

I know quite a few firefly fans in Reading - at uni there at the moment. (I know them independently of them being firefly fans, obviously). Weird how this whole area west of London seems to have a huge browncoat contingent...

FARWALL

Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:10 AM

I really don't have the time or money (more specifically, I don't have a car) to get down to London or Oxford at the moment. Is there anyone else appart from me and Sticks up in the North West at all?

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HELENCLEMENTS

Wednesday, June 2, 2004 4:27 PM