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We've all been to those places that people go on about how lovely they are and you go and it's usually full of overpriced boutique shops selling stuff that only people who have a country house and a town house,go skiing three times a year and own horses,can afford to buy stuff in.
Two to start off with.
Winchester and Chichester.
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"Bourton on the Water. just the name conjures up an image of artisan market, home made jewellery and shops that sell shooting attire.
Never heard of this place , where is it?"
Gloucestershire I think? |
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"Bourton on the Water. just the name conjures up an image of artisan market, home made jewellery and shops that sell shooting attire.
Never heard of this place , where is it?"
In the Cotswolds. It is achingly pretty, of course, but rammed with tourists (I was thete for a job interview, so not guilty), and the shops are full of badger-shaped doorstops and artisanal medlar jam. |
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Lived in St. Margaret's (between Twickenham and Richmond. Richmond was a douchey place lot of awful pretentious people.
Then moved to Penge on the other side of London and a not so affluent area and the vibe and people were amazing |
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"Bourton on the Water. just the name conjures up an image of artisan market, home made jewellery and shops that sell shooting attire.
Never heard of this place , where is it?
In the Cotswolds. It is achingly pretty, of course, but rammed with tourists (I was thete for a job interview, so not guilty), and the shops are full of badger-shaped doorstops and artisanal medlar jam."
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"Lived in St. Margaret's (between Twickenham and Richmond. Richmond was a douchey place lot of awful pretentious people.
Then moved to Penge on the other side of London and a not so affluent area and the vibe and people were amazing "
I went to Richmond upon Thames college and the name we coined for "those people" is spods.
No idea where it came from or what it means but generally it refers to for example a woman who walks around in ski attire wearing one of those furry headbands and drive's daddy's range rover, just to go shopping to Richmond. |
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"Lived in St. Margaret's (between Twickenham and Richmond. Richmond was a douchey place lot of awful pretentious people.
Then moved to Penge on the other side of London and a not so affluent area and the vibe and people were amazing
I went to Richmond upon Thames college and the name we coined for "those people" is spods.
No idea where it came from or what it means but generally it refers to for example a woman who walks around in ski attire wearing one of those furry headbands and drive's daddy's range rover, just to go shopping to Richmond."
Lol, yeah was full of them.
I remember shortly after moving me and the ex having a drink in our nearby pub got chatting to a married couple and had a great chat for an hour, until she asked how much we paid for our house. After I said we were renting they popped in to go to the bar and never came back |
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me. "
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me.
I'm going to Winchester tomorrow "
Oh how lovely! My bil has a beautiful house just outside of the centre - I always look forward to him going abroad so I can spend a couple of weeks down there.  |
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me. "
Don't get me wrong I love the History and the architecture of the place.
But as I have to work there almost on a weekly basis it's got an atmosphere of "we are better than you and we know it"
It's also home to the possibly the worst shopping centre I've ever been to |
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"Bourton on the Water. just the name conjures up an image of artisan market, home made jewellery and shops that sell shooting attire.
Never heard of this place , where is it?
In the Cotswolds. It is achingly pretty, of course, but rammed with tourists (I was thete for a job interview, so not guilty), and the shops are full of badger-shaped doorstops and artisanal medlar jam."
Oh I love Bourton on the Water! It is heaving with tourists though but the water bit is just perfect for tots to paddle in and duck races. Many, many fond memories |
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Myself and a few friends got the most middle class abuse in Winchester about 25 years ago when we nabbed a taxi ahead of some others, and I'll never forget it, "Hey, that was our taxi you long-haired louts". |
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me.
I'm going to Winchester tomorrow
Oh how lovely! My bil has a beautiful house just outside of the centre - I always look forward to him going abroad so I can spend a couple of weeks down there. "
My niece is at uni there so I'm there quite a bit now. |
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me. "
I don't doubt you whatsoever on Alderley Edge, not that I've ever been. I can't despise it, though, because of the blesséd Alan Garner.
Winchester is close to my heart, because of King Alfred, and the Carhedral, and the College, and Keats in the water meadows. My mother was born there, too. |
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As a man from the slums it saddens me that I now live in this exact town. ( I’d love to move to a more humble setting but I’m not stupid kids have the best possible chance in life around here) But also gives me great pleasure bringing a little bit of common to the party, you should see the looks I get when I talk. It’s quite comical.
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me.
I don't doubt you whatsoever on Alderley Edge, not that I've ever been. I can't despise it, though, because of the blesséd Alan Garner.
Winchester is close to my heart, because of King Alfred, and the Carhedral, and the College, and Keats in the water meadows. My mother was born there, too."
Oh I can't despise Alderley Edge. I've had some fantastic dates there. Lovely meals. Beautiful walks. A dear friend lives there. It's a bit much though.
P.S I always love finding out more about your literary knowledge - Alan Garner is fantastic! I might take this conversation off site. |
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"Harrogate. As a Yorkshireman that pains me to say, but it's so far up itself  "
It's all a facade. Scratch the surface and beneath the Betty's, the RHS, and Duchy Avenue is a rough-as-fuck town with a major d*ugs problem. I prefer my towns to be open about their social issues so very rarely go there, unless I absolutely HAVE to.
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"Harrogate. As a Yorkshireman that pains me to say, but it's so far up itself "
This. If someone tells me I need to go to Betty’s bloody tea room (or something like that again) I’ll go mad.
Also, Padstow Cornwall. That chippy is a waste of time and money. |
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Padstow.
A long and torturous journey, filled with false but eternal hope, that eventually leads to a crescendo of frustrating disappointment with this pretentious shithole.
Once pretentiously affluent, now sadly effluent. |
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Cheltenham. Not a bad place but lives on its reputation as a spa town, Cheltenham Races, Britain in Bloom etc. it has some real shit areas..and the centre is dying |
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"We've all been to those places that people go on about how lovely they are and you go and it's usually full of overpriced boutique shops selling stuff that only people who have a country house and a town house,go skiing three times a year and own horses,can afford to buy stuff in.
Two to start off with.
Winchester and Chichester.
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Lol! Welcome to London. Lol! To be fair I like he more gritty, grungey, grass roots side of London but I do find myself in Chelsea, Kensington and Wimbledon quite often. Putney has lost its poundshop but chic eateries and nail salons are everywhere. |
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"Bourton on the Water. just the name conjures up an image of artisan market, home made jewellery and shops that sell shooting attire.
Never heard of this place , where is it?
In the Cotswolds. It is achingly pretty, of course, but rammed with tourists (I was thete for a job interview, so not guilty), and the shops are full of badger-shaped doorstops and artisanal medlar jam."
Lol@medlar jam.
Are you sure those badger doorstops are not taxidermy?  |
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"Light and shade, OP, light and shade. It can't all be Sports Directs and Costa Coffees."
They actually closed the costa coffee on Wandsworth High Street...shock horror. I prefer Caffe Nero. Maybe a Gails will pop up in its stead. Lol! Gails and Waitrose. |
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"It’s a city not a town but Leeds.
Thinks it’s London when it’s not anywhere close.
Yuk "
Better if anywhere doesn't try to be like London.....it's anxiety inducing enough....where would everyone escape London for...if everywhere else tried to be like London.
Born Londoner...Bred somewhere else. Thank F. |
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"Lived in St. Margaret's (between Twickenham and Richmond. Richmond was a douchey place lot of awful pretentious people.
Then moved to Penge on the other side of London and a not so affluent area and the vibe and people were amazing "
I know of them both. I don't do to bad in Richmond...but then my main high street is Putney....I think Putney is worst than Richmond when it comes to pretentious... |
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"Lived in St. Margaret's (between Twickenham and Richmond. Richmond was a douchey place lot of awful pretentious people.
Then moved to Penge on the other side of London and a not so affluent area and the vibe and people were amazing
I went to Richmond upon Thames college and the name we coined for "those people" is spods.
No idea where it came from or what it means but generally it refers to for example a woman who walks around in ski attire wearing one of those furry headbands and drive's daddy's range rover, just to go shopping to Richmond."
Oh dear....I work in a supermarket local to there...I have to remember not to judge when someone walks in a convenience branch in a fur coat and uggs. at 9pm on a Sunday. Lol!
I don't remember the ski attire...I must look more closely. |
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"I love Winchester.
Kind of could have that guessed that though probably.
I'm going to add Alderley Edge. Wilmslow is adorable and lovely. But AE is a bit much, even for me.
Don't get me wrong I love the History and the architecture of the place.
But as I have to work there almost on a weekly basis it's got an atmosphere of "we are better than you and we know it"
It's also home to the possibly the worst shopping centre I've ever been to "
I think Putney has the worst shopping centre. Lol! Best loos apparently but it's easy to keep it clean if no-one goes there. Lol! I hardly buy anything in there because there's nowt in there! |
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"Myself and a few friends got the most middle class abuse in Winchester about 25 years ago when we nabbed a taxi ahead of some others, and I'll never forget it, "Hey, that was our taxi you long-haired louts". "
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"As a man from the slums it saddens me that I now live in this exact town. ( I’d love to move to a more humble setting but I’m not stupid kids have the best possible chance in life around here) But also gives me great pleasure bringing a little bit of common to the party, you should see the looks I get when I talk. It’s quite comical.
The mr "
I get weird looks in London....oh yeah because I'm a weirdo....I'm a non-conformist....aka The Maverick...I make people's brains hurt. Pretentious or non-pretentious. Lol! |
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"Harrogate. As a Yorkshireman that pains me to say, but it's so far up itself
This. If someone tells me I need to go to Betty’s bloody tea room (or something like that again) I’ll go mad.
Also, Padstow Cornwall. That chippy is a waste of time and money. "
Lol!@tea room.
Sad about the Padstow chippy. Every time I've been to the seaside I've had good fish and chips....then again I do go off the beaten track a fair bit. |
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"Cheltenham. Not a bad place but lives on its reputation as a spa town, Cheltenham Races, Britain in Bloom etc. it has some real shit areas..and the centre is dying "
Are there any town centres that aren't dying? Thanks Internet. |
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"Padstow.
A long and torturous journey, filled with false but eternal hope, that eventually leads to a crescendo of frustrating disappointment with this pretentious shithole.
Once pretentiously affluent, now sadly effluent."
Good God, Man Nero..why on earth do people go there then?
Personally I'm a sucker for a white sand beach so I took a tortuous journey to Sennen/Land's End and I was amused by the fellow Londoners trying to get mobile signal not realizing that the solid granite cliffs were blocking it.
When I went they only had a tackle shop two pubs, a tea room and a posh restaurant with very good scallops.
that's Sennen.
Land's end is the typical tourist trap. |
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"Cheltenham. Not a bad place but lives on its reputation as a spa town, Cheltenham Races, Britain in Bloom etc. it has some real shit areas..and the centre is dying "
I tend to avoid the shit areas ( including the centre) when I'm playing tourist anywhere. Lol!
My last trip to a Caribbean island and I didn't once go into the main town. |
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Grasmere, in the lake district.
Having mentioned it though, it is very nice, it's just overpriced.
(Reading some of the other comments..
I quite like Padstow, but I was only there for a few hours.
I went to school very close to Alderley edge. Alan garners wife was my English teacher.) |
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This is going to be unpopular, but I'll say Brighton. I know it's a city.
I liked it the first time I went ages ago, but like it less & less with each visit. |
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La di da towns I call them. Places with little la di da cafes and pubs where if two gentlemen were having an argument, one would say to the other..
"You have dishonoured my wife, do you want to take me on Harry !"
Some of these places are
Cowbridge, Bath and Lymington. They all come under the la di da category. |
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I tend to avoid the shit areas ( including the centre) when I'm playing tourist anywhere. Lol!
My last trip to a Caribbean island and I didn't once go into the main town."
Other way round. I stay in the far from pretentious main town but at least de mas goes past the bottom of the road! |
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"We've all been to those places that people go on about how lovely they are and you go and it's usually full of overpriced boutique shops selling stuff that only people who have a country house and a town house,go skiing three times a year and own horses,can afford to buy stuff in.
Two to start off with.
Winchester and Chichester.
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I lived in Chichester for 22 years, still have family there.
Currently living 25 minutes from Winchester.
Both beautiful city's.
I kind of agree though.
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"If I wanted to be pretentious I would point out that its Towns as a plural, no apostrophe required  
That’s not being pretentious, just being correct."
You'll be with me, then, on the matter of the swinger's club plural! |
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"Cheltenham. Not a bad place but lives on its reputation as a spa town, Cheltenham Races, Britain in Bloom etc. it has some real shit areas..and the centre is dying
Are there any town centres that aren't dying? Thanks Internet. "
Oxford's doing well. But it's probably a bit of an outlier for lots of reasons. |
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