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Pitt Rivers Museum - Pitt Rivers - ideal for ghoulish boys by whatjillthinks

whatjillthinks — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:19:47 +0000

Review by whatjillthinks

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 01865 270927

Website: http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk

A colleague from work introduced me to this hidden gem of a museum, tucked away behind the Natural History Museum in Oxford. It features an amazing collection of objects from all over the world that will entrall any children. My boys were very taken with the shrunken heads and other such ghastly objects. The museum is closed temporarily and is expected to re-open in spring 2009, but it's possible to do a 'virtual' tour if you visit the website.
This does make a good - free - day out with children - the natural history museum is well worth visiting alone - not just for what's on display, but because it's such a wonderful building. And when Pitt Rivers re-opens it will be easy to keep children interested for several hours.A colleague from work introduced me to this hidden gem of a museum, tucked away behind the Natural History Museum in Oxford. It features an amazing collection of objects from all over the world that will entrall any children. My boys were very taken with the shrunken heads and other such ghastly objects. The museum is closed temporarily and is expected to re-open in spring 2009, but it's possible to do a 'virtual' tour if you visit the website.
This does make a good - free - day out with children - the natural history museum is well worth visiting alone - not just for what's on display, but because it's such a wonderful building. And when Pitt Rivers re-opens it will be easy to keep children interested for several hours.

Borders - Great Book Store by Iss

Iss — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:21:19 +0000

Review by Iss

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 01865 203901

Website: www.bordersstores.co.uk

Tags: books, library, helpful staff

Basically this is a major rival to the likes of Waterstones and personally I prefer Borders. They seem to have larger selections of books and more importantly they seem to have larger selections actually in stock and their costs are pretty reasonable.
I also like to go here with the kids because their kids selections are good. In fact they were given a booksellers retail award in 2007 for being the childrenâ¬"s retailer of the year.
Also when they do their weekly half price offers on certain books they tend to be on books that you may actually want rather than those by some random author that other stores may do.Basically this is a major rival to the likes of Waterstones and personally I prefer Borders. They seem to have larger selections of books and more importantly they seem to have larger selections actually in stock and their costs are pretty reasonable.
I also like to go here with the kids because their kids selections are good. In fact they were given a booksellers retail award in 2007 for being the childrenâ¬"s retailer of the year.
Also when they do their weekly half price offers on certain books they tend to be on books that you may actually want rather than those by some random author that other stores may do.

The History Of Science Museum - ICE STATION ANTARTICA by ynot

ynot — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:46:18 +0000

Review by ynot

Rating: 1.00

Phone: 01865 277280

Website: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk

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"We're looking for young recruits willing to brave freezing temperatures, 24 hour darkness, a scary snowmobile ride, camping on ice and life in a stinking penguin colony"

Now I didnt expect me and my family to be whisked away to the North Pole for a Â£19 family ticket, but I didnt expect it all to be a "set" consisting of a large freezer that you stood in for a few minutes and then passed throught to several other "rooms" one of which contained an old snowmobile that your kids could only sit on, it didnt move or go anywhere, no ride like they promised in the literature... Oh, and the "camping on ice" was a tent pegged out on the carpet (no ice etc). Dont waste your money with this one.Quote:-

"We're looking for young recruits willing to brave freezing temperatures, 24 hour darkness, a scary snowmobile ride, camping on ice and life in a stinking penguin colony"

Now I didnt expect me and my family to be whisked away to the North Pole for a Â£19 family ticket, but I didnt expect it all to be a "set" consisting of a large freezer that you stood in for a few minutes and then passed throught to several other "rooms" one of which contained an old snowmobile that your kids could only sit on, it didnt move or go anywhere, no ride like they promised in the literature... Oh, and the "camping on ice" was a tent pegged out on the carpet (no ice etc). Dont waste your money with this one.