Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Doesn't take many people having fisitcuffs at once the meet the lawful definition of a riot. You could fit them comfortably in a moderate sized living roon.
Your birth town.
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
I was born in Colchester, which is apparently the oldest recorded town in Britain.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
You can hardly blame Colin_p 'being obsessed', or even 'taking a great interest' in it, it happened outside his front window. Your interest in it, to the point of trying to look it up on specialist pages on the internet, is more difficult to understand.
Nah, Aberdeen is Furry Boots.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Perhaps if you live in sleepy old Slough a few lads smacking each other around is of more significance than similar events elsewhere in the country, where public displays of combat are more normal?
Either way, give the guy a break. Big deal. I bet User could argue with herself if left alone for five minutes.
Either way, give the guy a break. Big deal. I bet User could argue with herself if left alone for five minutes.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Leicester.
When I left Leicester it was a nothing city, hiding in plain view in the much-ignored East Midlands. Unlike un-loved Birmingham (where I moved), Leicester was quietly ignored at worst, and best, occasionally lightly ridiculed, becoming an EastEnders plot device for disposing of unwanted characters. Despite the crisps, Rugby team and Roman history, it lacked a handle.
Then it became the centre of the Jain religion in Western Europe. Big deal. Then it became the self-proclaimed sporting capital of England, with successes in Rugby, Football and Cricket in the same year. But only in local eyes. Finally, in addition to a bolstering adequate shopping centre and some decent visitor sites (Space Centre), it achieved temporary infamy by becoming a by-word for racial integration. As the fires burned in Bradford, the factories, shops and parks of Leicester still showed how different cultures could live and work together, largely successfully.
However, as foreigner-hating moved towards greater social acceptability, Leicester had some aces up its sleeve. OK, not Aces, more like Kings. One King, buried beneath a council car park for safe keeping, raised his head above ground, and moved a short distance to the Cathedral (never likely to achieve TripAdvisor immortality on its own). However the excitement was only going to last a short while, there being not enough council car parks in Leicester for the cathedral to rival Westminster Abbey, but along came another couple of Kings, a non-hereditary one called Ranieri, his seat of power being the King Power Stadium, and suddenly Leicester has achieved immortality. 5,000-1 odds, records broken, and the metaphor dictionary re-written to include "doing a Leicester".
Now I'm proud!
When I left Leicester it was a nothing city, hiding in plain view in the much-ignored East Midlands. Unlike un-loved Birmingham (where I moved), Leicester was quietly ignored at worst, and best, occasionally lightly ridiculed, becoming an EastEnders plot device for disposing of unwanted characters. Despite the crisps, Rugby team and Roman history, it lacked a handle.
Then it became the centre of the Jain religion in Western Europe. Big deal. Then it became the self-proclaimed sporting capital of England, with successes in Rugby, Football and Cricket in the same year. But only in local eyes. Finally, in addition to a bolstering adequate shopping centre and some decent visitor sites (Space Centre), it achieved temporary infamy by becoming a by-word for racial integration. As the fires burned in Bradford, the factories, shops and parks of Leicester still showed how different cultures could live and work together, largely successfully.
However, as foreigner-hating moved towards greater social acceptability, Leicester had some aces up its sleeve. OK, not Aces, more like Kings. One King, buried beneath a council car park for safe keeping, raised his head above ground, and moved a short distance to the Cathedral (never likely to achieve TripAdvisor immortality on its own). However the excitement was only going to last a short while, there being not enough council car parks in Leicester for the cathedral to rival Westminster Abbey, but along came another couple of Kings, a non-hereditary one called Ranieri, his seat of power being the King Power Stadium, and suddenly Leicester has achieved immortality. 5,000-1 odds, records broken, and the metaphor dictionary re-written to include "doing a Leicester".
Now I'm proud!
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Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Buckfast. Famous for Buckfast Abbey and of course Tonic Wine. The town itself has nothing to offer the locals, so lots of my generation moved to the cities or that there London. There used to be 3 factories - (tannery, pasty factory and carpets) but all have closed. I can walk down the street or into the co-op and not recognise a soul.
Proud? No. The generation that me me proud have all died, my Gran included. The ones that are left are mostly benefit scroungers.
Proud? No. The generation that me me proud have all died, my Gran included. The ones that are left are mostly benefit scroungers.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
What's a benefit scrounger?
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Whilst I can't remember the details I do remember than at one point in time there were disturbances/unrest in Slough at the same time as there were in Bristol, and it may have been centred on an old ice rink/pool/cinema (big building just off the A4). I don't remember the year or details, but after I had moved to Bristol.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Lords with a peerage. £300 a day on their version of the dole.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I can't believe the penny has just dropped with me....was there a "row going on, down near Slough?"
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kUDkK70qQ
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Morecambe?
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Yup...I had some Morecambe Bay shrimps in clarified butter in a nice London restaurant last week and they were flippin' gorgeous
When I was a small boy my Mum used to buy a bag full of cooked shrimps with the shells still on from the local fishmonger for pennies....my job was to de-shell them all
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
I like Morecambe, or 'Bradford-by-the-Sea' as it was sometimes called
I can just about remember the Super Swimming Stadium standing, & the Midland Hotel being open (if run down) in the early 1970s
During my irregular visits in the 80's/90's, I watched the Midland decaying ('ditto' the Winter Gardens), & was very happy to see it renovated & reopened
Seemingy, the 'W G' will be fully refurbished soon?
We wanted to stay there, during a visit for the 'Cross Bay Challenge' one year (1/2 marathon, from Flookburgh, over the sands, to Hest Bank), but the Hotel was full
Three of my books, & the 'Great White Palace' is about Burgh Island Hotel (Devon)
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
You appear to get your books published under quite a number of pseudonyms ?
