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The Cholera Monument, Sheffield

Advantages: Free To Visit, Easily Accesable
Disadvantages: None

The Sheffield Cholera Monument stands at 21 metres high and rises like Sheffield's very own version of Cleopatras Needle, on a hillside overlooking the main Bus Station and Railway Station. I remember visiting this place when I was at School and I see it everyday on my journey to and from work, yet I rarely give it a second thought. That is until the other night when, on my way home from work, whilst waiting to cross the road, a group of foreign Students stopped me and said: "Excuse me, do you know what that big monument is, over there?" I looked up at the Cholera monument, which dominates the skyline and realised just how much I sometimes take my home City for granted. THE HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT The monument was erected in 1834 in memory of the victims of a Cholera outbreak, which had broken out in the City in 1832. Over ...

micksheff 14.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Cholera Monument, Sheffield

A Monument to disaster

Advantages: Great views
Disadvantages: A long sweaty climb

order to climb up over 300 steps to reach the top. You have to be reasonably fit in order to do this, and when I went there weren't any aids to making the trip up comfortable, like a rail to cling on to as you spiral round inside. I must have looked like a sweaty female version of Spiderman as I inched up the stairs with my back flat against the walls. I seem to remember that there was no central column to the staircase which meant that you could see all the way down to the bottom through this hole, but maybe that was something that evolved through my nightmares over the years... From the outside, the Monument is rather beautiful and graceful. The column is in the Doric style of greek architecture, which means that it is simple in design and fluted. The very top has a gilded urn that holds a globe rising from the flames, and below this ...

Salgirl 20.06.2001 · Read full review
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Rise of Nations

Advantages: Nation boundaries, All ages from prehistoric to modern
Disadvantages: None

Rise of Nations is a real time strategy combined with a turn based tactical game. It was released in May 2003. --- the BASICS --- In RoN, the player is challenged to take over the world following individual battles. In addition to the campaign, gamers can also choose to play maps against AI or online opponents. In this game, the player have to gather resources (food, wood, coin and metal; oil later in the game) and amass knowledge in order to build / upgrade units and advance through the ages, while fighting against the enemy. There are 8 ages of the game - Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Gunpowder, Enlightenment, Industrial, Modern and Information age. With each age come better units and more powerful vehicles / ships. --- the AGES --- (Ancient) This is where the standard game start. During this age the units are virtually useless ...

ecolier 17.10.2009 · Read full review
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