> The National Trust is a charitable organisation who rely on > property being 'given' to them, generally of outstanding > national historic interest, most of which come with a > substantial amount of land, which they can open to visitors > to help offset the maintenance costs. I can't think of any > organisation that would take it on other than as a gift, with > someone else paying all the re-location costs.
Ah. What a shame. > > > Numbers of pubs have also reduced dramatically in London as > > a whole, > > > many are now fast food outlets. > > > > No! Stick a knife in my heart, why don't you? :P > > No, Amita, not all of them.....some of them have been > re-developed for housing.....that's not really helped, has it ? <g>. I guess that's not so bad. It's just that the thought of all those charming old pubs being converted to McDonald's made me gag. ;)
