DRM
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- Location
- West Yorks
At least the stench from the Hull Fish & Oil Co is no longer the cities parting gift as you make your escape along Clive Sullivan Way!
Your top 6 recommendations for sightseeing in your hometown
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At least the stench from the Hull Fish & Oil Co is no longer the cities parting gift as you make your escape along Clive Sullivan Way!
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Headingley
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Billing Aggrodrome is worth viewing when it rains.
The land is so flood prone it was determined houses should never be built there. So a caravan park was installed instead. And people pretend to be surprised when it floods.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Now if they'd built the houses on stilts...
Haven't been yet. Will pop down this weekend
presta
Legendary Member
When I did the South West Way I used that for transport to get to Minehead, not just a joy ride.
I spent a whole day at the RA, there's bags to see, the flintlock revolver's an interesting contraption.
They're magnificent just to look at though, other arcades look like they were built by MFI by comparison.
That seemed as exciting as the rest of Leeds when I was a kid, remember the Rowland Emmet contraption at the entrance?
Its free during the day, but some evenings have an entry free, but will be a more spectacular event.
Check their website.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Erm, six things you say.
In no particular order, other than whimsy.
The town elders who have put many "Sheffield Loops" around the town, so cyclists can leave their bikes in relative safety.
Also that spares you the many pounds required for parking and deny the Parking Polizei the chance to do you for the slightest infraction. Parking humourously, doing a colourful three point turn.
The Railway Station, always an easy escape route. One day they'll fix the lifts. I've only been here 10 years.
The church with an affectation of a spire. The tower also recently sucked up many many pounds on the bells. About 200000 according to the www.
The Turkish restaurant. Very small, very good, very popular - hence difficult to get a table
The Alms Houses, a very enlightened and generous philanthropist set that up.
The gun powder works dotted about the place.
The monument in the town cemetery for at least 108 men and boys killed in the 1916 explosion in the explosive works.
Then there's the brewery.
Don't forget the missing lock gates and bridge. Also the local donation for its renovation that seems to have disappeared.
Speaking of missing, there's the Morrisons that had been the Co-op and now Home Bargains or similar
In the lack department there is the Poundland that gave up pining for the fjords and fell off it's perch.
The refugee accomodation. People form long, slow moving queues to come and entertain the guests with homespun wit and satire. Sometimes people get over excited and the police have to come and calm them down.
The definitive collection of potholes around the town. Soon people will be giving them names and celebrate their birthdays. We can admire how despite their neglect by the council they've grown and are so much stronger than our cars.
In no particular order, other than whimsy.
The town elders who have put many "Sheffield Loops" around the town, so cyclists can leave their bikes in relative safety.
Also that spares you the many pounds required for parking and deny the Parking Polizei the chance to do you for the slightest infraction. Parking humourously, doing a colourful three point turn.
The Railway Station, always an easy escape route. One day they'll fix the lifts. I've only been here 10 years.
The church with an affectation of a spire. The tower also recently sucked up many many pounds on the bells. About 200000 according to the www.
The Turkish restaurant. Very small, very good, very popular - hence difficult to get a table
The Alms Houses, a very enlightened and generous philanthropist set that up.
The gun powder works dotted about the place.
The monument in the town cemetery for at least 108 men and boys killed in the 1916 explosion in the explosive works.
Then there's the brewery.
Don't forget the missing lock gates and bridge. Also the local donation for its renovation that seems to have disappeared.
Speaking of missing, there's the Morrisons that had been the Co-op and now Home Bargains or similar
In the lack department there is the Poundland that gave up pining for the fjords and fell off it's perch.
The refugee accomodation. People form long, slow moving queues to come and entertain the guests with homespun wit and satire. Sometimes people get over excited and the police have to come and calm them down.
The definitive collection of potholes around the town. Soon people will be giving them names and celebrate their birthdays. We can admire how despite their neglect by the council they've grown and are so much stronger than our cars.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Accrington Stanley FC and their club shop.
Church Street chippy, on Church Street obviously.
The Commercial pub, otherwise known as 'Accy W@nkerspoons'.
Nongrat's Thai massage parlour on Peel Street. Marked by the red light in the window.
Peel Street phone box, otherwise known as the 'crack booth'.
The Broadway pub on Whalley Road. £1.50 a pint and guaranteed a punch up if you want one.
Church Street chippy, on Church Street obviously.
The Commercial pub, otherwise known as 'Accy W@nkerspoons'.
Nongrat's Thai massage parlour on Peel Street. Marked by the red light in the window.
Peel Street phone box, otherwise known as the 'crack booth'.
The Broadway pub on Whalley Road. £1.50 a pint and guaranteed a punch up if you want one.
I pass the doors every evening on the commute home so have seen it. It does look fab. I enjoyed Mars and the plane
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Just seen a pothole that looks like a silhouette of Thora Hird, should be a major attraction when word gets out.
My sister lives round the corner, near, so visit Rochester frequently. The plane exhibition was good ...
I was also dragged along to the knitting evening, which didn't quite match the experience, but we did go to the quiz night at the Coopers afterwards
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Rochester per se is a bit of a crap hole, but if youre ever down that way its worth visiting the Isle of Grain. A strange place, but somehow very alluring. Supposed to be a nice place to live according to a chum of mine that resides there.
Love the Coop
