HemHell Hempstead (Hemel Hempstead in General)

Member Name: biggerdeffer

Product:	Hemel Hempstead in General
Date:	22/04/01 (901 review reads)
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I don’t live that far from Hemel Hempstead, So last week I decided to go there for a bit of shopping and just generally see what is going on there.
Damn! Why did I bother?

Marlows shopping centre:
Virgin Mega (mini) store- only sells charts CDs and old videos, Staff are Argos rejects.
NTL shop- do not buy anything NTL related or you will suffer for the rest of your contract.
Clinton Cards x2- Why?
Couple of sports shops- leading the way in mass market cheap sports clothing.
Chitter Chatter- selling one2one products.
Orange- yeah, if you want an Orange phone.
Fake gadget shop- selling rubbish versions of Gadget shop goods
H.Samuel- cheap gold and china shoes ?!?!?!? (What is that all about?)
The list goes on for a little while longer, but I can’t remember much else.

Main Street
Blockbuster Video- yeah not bad.
Burger King/ McDonalds- you know about them.
Peter Percy- Suit Shop, This is where those guys from the Fast show work and they will touch your nuts.
Allsports- No need to shop here.
All the banks- good idea.
Woolworths- has one member of staff and massive queues of customers with massive bags of pick & mix.
Fusion- Bar during the day, night-club at night, Never been here as it is too small for me to bust some serious Breakdancing (so I have been told)
Cant remember anything else as I stopped paying attention to the shops and tried to survive walking whilst being buzzed by kids on damn scooters!!!!!

Jarmen Park:
Ethos/Visage Night-clubs – one for the oldies, eighties pop / one for the kids, garage and r&b
Fights galore!! Not decent ones, just the shouting and rolling on the floor types, girls in bikinis shouting “LEAVE IT KEVIN, IT AINT WURF IT”
Bar/arcade/bowling- local DJ playing all the popular garage tunes while the kids drink themselves into ‘fight mode’
McDonalds- Food related fighting.
Best to vi
sit here if you have an old Renault 5 or Ford Escort with badly tinted windows, this will ensure that you ‘fit in’

Dry Ski Slope:
For all your dry skiing needs.

Dacorum Pavilion:
Usually for tribute bands and Pantomimes; however I saw Harry Hill here once and had a great evening.

Water Gardens:
Couple of lakes and benches, The flowers might be nice in the summer.
Not very big and too near the road.

The ‘Magic’ Roundabout:
Not sure why this causes so much confusion, Its just a number of small roundabouts around a big round island, Watch out for newcomers to it!!

Bovingdon Market:
Go here to buy- Nokia Ringtones, Alloy Wheels, out of date chocolates, Mobile phone fascias, Candles, Cheap gold, Fake perfume, Dog Treats.
Or
To get a dose of listeria from a dirt burger.
It gets very very busy here so please be aware that you must take with you a double push chair, half for the pack of dog food and the other half should be empty.

All in all it wasn’t the best shopping experience I have ever had, so I shall not be going there again in a hurry.

Please comment if you feel I have missed anything out or misrepresented in anyway.

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