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when is a village not a village??
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It should have a separate community - I live in a village that Sheffield has grown up to meet. We have a choir a brass band a library a village hall with an am dram society and we have an annual fete.
We are also (unlike a lot of villages) lucky enough to have a library, a doctor's surgery, a chemists, a hardware shop, a hairdresser, a post office, a green grocers and a couple of other shops. |
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"We have it all apart from the duck pond..but have lovely river full of swans and ducks..oh and an overpriced Co-op!  "
there's over priced co-op in most towns and villages  |
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"When the inhabbitants stop being related
And a village hall is a must and a little post office that also doubles up as the only shop."
thats what i think - |
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"The people.
( you have the leather clad biker
( the traffic cop
( the red Indian
( and the builder
;) xxx
Don't forget the solider"
Sailer  how could I forget the sailer xx |
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There's one road through our village and if you leave it's 6 miles one way and 9 miles the other way to the nearest towns, although there are other little hamlets on the way.
We've got a shop/post office, petrol station, 1 pub and 1 working mans club, a chip shop, a hairdresser and a farm shop. We are surrounded by fields and it's a really lovely place to live  |
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I lived in a village, had a village hall, village church, duck pond, cricket field, little school, but not a single shop, post office/living room or a pub ???  |
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"There's one road through our village and if you leave it's 6 miles one way and 9 miles the other way to the nearest towns, although there are other little hamlets on the way.
We've got a shop/post office, petrol station, 1 pub and 1 working mans club, a chip shop, a hairdresser and a farm shop. We are surrounded by fields and it's a really lovely place to live "
forgot the village hall, bowling green, football pitch, kiddies playground, infants school, 2 bus stops, 2 phone boxes, and a church |
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"There's one road through our village and if you leave it's 6 miles one way and 9 miles the other way to the nearest towns, although there are other little hamlets on the way.
We've got a shop/post office, petrol station, 1 pub and 1 working mans club, a chip shop, a hairdresser and a farm shop. We are surrounded by fields and it's a really lovely place to live "
Sounds lovely, any chance you might be looking for a lodger!!!! Heh heh |
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"There's one road through our village and if you leave it's 6 miles one way and 9 miles the other way to the nearest towns, although there are other little hamlets on the way.
We've got a shop/post office, petrol station, 1 pub and 1 working mans club, a chip shop, a hairdresser and a farm shop. We are surrounded by fields and it's a really lovely place to live "
That's because you live in Cornwall, Mr has two sisters there, one in Camborne and one in Truro...it is genuinely beautiful in most places. See you dreckly. |
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"There's one road through our village and if you leave it's 6 miles one way and 9 miles the other way to the nearest towns, although there are other little hamlets on the way.
We've got a shop/post office, petrol station, 1 pub and 1 working mans club, a chip shop, a hairdresser and a farm shop. We are surrounded by fields and it's a really lovely place to live
Sounds lovely, any chance you might be looking for a lodger!!!! Heh heh "
Well, our boys have moved out, so there's only Kate, me and our dog and three spare rooms |
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We've got a square where the weekly market is.... it has a yearly show where everyone enters competitions like best sheep and ferret racing ...proper real ale pubs and small river runs through it and they used to film parts of Emmerdale here....
Being from a big city it was a huge culture shock but I wouldn't want to move away now... |
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By *igSuki81Man
over a year ago
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"When the inhabbitants stop being related
And a village hall is a must and a little post office that also doubles up as the only shop."
i use to live in a village & wasn't related to anyone. i couldn't say i was the only gay in the village as i'm not gay but i was the only asian in the village which was awesome especially when an lovely old lass thought i'd been on holiday and got a tan |
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"i believe a village is deemed as a shop a church and a post office one pub and possibley school pther then that it a rurl town
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so it shouldnt have an airport, a car sales place for every type of car going, 50 shops etc??? |
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No body's mentioned the townies that colonise some lovely villages, like here in Somerset, saying they love village life, but then complaining about the cows, the church bells, the cockerel and there being no decent tapenade available in the village shop. |
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I live in a village with:
An airport
Motor park
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
7 pubs
2 chip shops
2 Indian restaurants
1 chinese restaurant
2 Chinese take aways
2 post offices
3 pharmacy's
A Sainsburys
A Tesco
3 co ops
3 book makers
A village hall
5 banks
Greggs
Costa coffee
2 butchers
A market.
Yes it is a village!
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"No body's mentioned the townies that colonise some lovely villages, like here in Somerset, saying they love village life, but then complaining about the cows, the church bells, the cockerel and there being no decent tapenade available in the village shop. "
I whole heartedly agree with this they move into the country then complain about all the country smells and noises, also I think to classify as a village half the population should be related in some way as it is I our village and your still classed as an outsider even after living there for 15 years lol  |
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"I live in a village with:
An airport
Motor park
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
7 pubs
2 chip shops
2 Indian restaurants
1 chinese restaurant
2 Chinese take aways
2 post offices
3 pharmacy's
A Sainsburys
A Tesco
3 co ops
3 book makers
A village hall
5 banks
Greggs
Costa coffee
2 butchers
A market.
Yes it is a village!
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Heathrow? |
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"No body's mentioned the townies that colonise some lovely villages, like here in Somerset, saying they love village life, but then complaining about the cows, the church bells, the cockerel and there being no decent tapenade available in the village shop.
I whole heartedly agree with this they move into the country then complain about all the country smells and noises, also I think to classify as a village half the population should be related in some way as it is I our village and your still classed as an outsider even after living there for 15 years lol "
Like the people who moved into Churchwardens cottage in the village i grew up in then started a petition to get the bells silenced! |
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It's a village if you've lived there for 40 years and you're still not classed as a 'local'...or it is if it's the one I grew up in, where my parents still live !
Village Hall
One pub
One tiny post office and a primary school, which bizarrely, still has an outdoor (unheated) swimming pool ! |
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"What makes a village a village to you?? Just a quick forum straw poll  "
- A pub with no opening hours (knock on the door)
- That you say hello to people in the road
- A Parish Council that writes official letters to you if your flowers become overgrown
- People you've never met can tell you all about yourself
and lots of straw poles |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No body's mentioned the townies that colonise some lovely villages, like here in Somerset, saying they love village life, but then complaining about the cows, the church bells, the cockerel and there being no decent tapenade available in the village shop.
I whole heartedly agree with this they move into the country then complain about all the country smells and noises, also I think to classify as a village half the population should be related in some way as it is I our village and your still classed as an outsider even after living there for 15 years lol
Like the people who moved into Churchwardens cottage in the village i grew up in then started a petition to get the bells silenced! "
Yeah people like that really get my goat they know when they move in that they are by the church so what do he expect |
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"I live in a village with:
An airport
Motor park
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
7 pubs
2 chip shops
2 Indian restaurants
1 chinese restaurant
2 Chinese take aways
2 post offices
3 pharmacy's
A Sainsburys
A Tesco
3 co ops
3 book makers
A village hall
5 banks
Greggs
Costa coffee
2 butchers
A market.
Yes it is a village!
Heathrow?"
No. Its the largest village in England. |
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"I live in a village with:
An airport
Motor park
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
7 pubs
2 chip shops
2 Indian restaurants
1 chinese restaurant
2 Chinese take aways
2 post offices
3 pharmacy's
A Sainsburys
A Tesco
3 co ops
3 book makers
A village hall
5 banks
Greggs
Costa coffee
2 butchers
A market.
Yes it is a village!
Heathrow?
No. Its the largest village in England. "
Kidlington? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I live in a village with:
An airport
Motor park
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
7 pubs
2 chip shops
2 Indian restaurants
1 chinese restaurant
2 Chinese take aways
2 post offices
3 pharmacy's
A Sainsburys
A Tesco
3 co ops
3 book makers
A village hall
5 banks
Greggs
Costa coffee
2 butchers
A market.
Yes it is a village!
Heathrow?
No. Its the largest village in England.
Kidlington?"
Yes |
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By *ickndomCouple
over a year ago
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"i believe a village is deemed as a shop a church and a post office one pub and possibley school pther then that it a rurl town
so it shouldnt have an airport, a car sales place for every type of car going, 50 shops etc??? "
Donnington has an airport, race track, huge market and an industrial estate and thats a village |
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"I live in a village with:
An airport
Motor park
Detention centre for illegal immigrants
7 pubs
2 chip shops
2 Indian restaurants
1 chinese restaurant
2 Chinese take aways
2 post offices
3 pharmacy's
A Sainsburys
A Tesco
3 co ops
3 book makers
A village hall
5 banks
Greggs
Costa coffee
2 butchers
A market.
Yes it is a village!
Heathrow?
No. Its the largest village in England.
Kidlington?"
ITS NOT A VILLAGE!!!!!  |
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