Re: EuroForth 2024

On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 13:48:21 -0000 (UTC)
Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> wrote:

40th EuroForth 2024
 
See
  https://euro.theforth.net/
 
Newcastle Upon Tyne, 27.-29. September 2024.
The conference will be preceded by the Forth
standards meeting which starts on September, 25th.
 
This years EuroForth will be held in the vibrant city of Newcastle
upon Tyne. We will be situated in the dramatic post industrial
landsape of the quayside, adjacent to the Baltic Art Gallery (a
re-purposed flour mill) and the futuristic Sage music venue.
The Millenium Footbrige leads across the river to the Newcastle

Footbridge

Quayside, where we can find an assortment of international
restaraunts.

restaurants

 
For partners who have time to explore the town, there is an
electric bus service up to the Georgian heart of Newcastle with

The Metro can take you further afield

its monument of Earl Grey, the prime minister who managed
to find time, between drinking cups of tea, to oversee the
passage of the Great Reform Act and the Abolition of Slavery Act.
Nearby are the Laing Art Gallery, the Theatre Royal, and the
historic Grainger Market. Right by Grey's Monument, the Eldon
Square Shopping Centre houses the famous Newcastle
department store Fenwicks, in addition to John Lewis and
Marks and Spencer. Newcastle is within easy reach of the
coast and countryside. Jesmond Dene Park offers a beautiful
wooded valley in the heart of town.
 
Newcastle is a fine city with wonderful people.
 

It also still has a few wonderful pubs (e.g. the Bridge
https://whatpub.com/pubs/TYN/3885/bridge-hotel-newcastle-upon-tyne
), though a lot of the locals in Newcastle are more often to be seen
drinking a bottle of 'Newkie Broon'(now brewed in Sunderland- don't
talk about it), and are generally friendly yet incomprehensible
- "Whay ay mun!" = yes. Touring megapubs (aka Circuit Drinking) in a
T-shirt in December is also a favourite occupation.
If you want to be sung at loudly just mention the Blaydon races.

PS there is a university. And a football team (also rugby).




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Bah, and indeed Humbug.