A trip to the Cinema.

from 'The Young Victoria'

Another trip to the cinema on my own! I am getting used to this and as there are quite a few other people on their own as well, I don't stick out as a 'saddo'!

I enjoyed the film 'The Young Victoria', it was a bit of a flouncy historical drama and tells the story of a cloistered young girl, who becomes Queen at a very early age and ends after the birth of her first child. There were about 2 dozen people in the cinema. When I went to see 'Slumdog Millionaire' I had to look for a seat. However, 'The Young Victoria' was worth watching and I am glad I saw it.

Sarah Ferguson (her who's HRH no more) helped produce this film and Princess Bee had a cameo role in it. I spotted her straight away without knowing this before hand, so my powers of observation are still on target!

I popped into Newport earlier and thought how sad the town has become. There were hardly any people about and scaffolding everywhere you look; many shops are closed down to make way for the new development and it just looked neglected. Before heading for the cinema I went to the local out of town development to the cash point; what a difference. There were more people there than I have seen in Newport town centre for many years, the place was teeming with life. Parking, or lack of it, is killing Newport and all the £1 shops and charity shops that have flooded the place. What we need is some good department stores and upmarket chain stores if Newport wants to compete with other cities.