[Alf]

Where's the UK City of culture?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

Liverpool and London.

Liverpool, may sound silly but I love customer service there! Like the people in the shops ask you how you are etc that's rare these days!

& London because it's London, amazing city.

Liverpool is one of my choices Jonnii - it's an amazing city with such really down to Earth friendly people as you say.

There is so much to see and do there as well, and I love the Beatles so I always get a sense of history walking along places such as Penny Lane.

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Liverpool is one of my choices Jonnii - it's an amazing city with such really down to Earth friendly people as you say.

There is so much to see and do there as well, and I love the Beatles so I always get a sense of history walking along places such as Penny Lane.

Yeah exactly, everyone's chatty and nice. Makes a change from going in a lot of shops and the employees look miserable as sin (like here)!

They always pick up on the Welsh accent too and make a fuss

I love Albert Docks and the area around the Liver Buildings, could sit there for hours!

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

Yeah exactly, everyone's chatty and nice. Makes a change from going in a lot of shops and the employees look miserable as sin (like here)!

They always pick up on the Welsh accent too and make a fuss

I love Albert Docks and the area around the Liver Buildings, could sit there for hours!

I've spent hours down by those docks Jonnii and was mesmerised by the Liver Building when I first went to Liverpool because I'd seen it so many times on TV in the opening credits of 'The Liver Birds' - a comedy.

I could not believe all that anti-pigeon netting though.

I must confess I love Wales too - and I always find the people there ultra friendly.

Which part of Wales are you from Jonnii? If you don't mind me asking, my Grandfather was from Tonypandy in the Rhondda.

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I've spent hours down by those docks Jonnii and was mesmerised by the Liver Building when I first went to Liverpool because I'd seen it so many times on TV in the opening credits of 'The Liver Birds' - a comedy.

I could not believe all that anti-pigeon netting though.

I must confess I love Wales too - and I always find the people there ultra friendly.

Which part of Wales are you from Jonnii? If you don't mind me asking, my Grandfather was from Tonypandy in the Rhondda.

Aw thank you! Yeah we can be a friendly bunch!

I'm from near Wrexham, North East Wales so about an hour on the train from Liverpool. I've never been down to South Wales where your Granddad was from, only as far as mid! Never even been to my own capital Cardiff, shocking really!

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

Aw thank you! Yeah we can be a friendly bunch!

I'm from near Wrexham, North East Wales so about an hour on the train from Liverpool. I've never been down to South Wales where your Granddad was from, only as far as mid! Never even been to my own capital Cardiff, shocking really!

Cardiff is awesome, you should go!! Really big/classy shopping area with lots of nice restaurants and bars. Especially at Christmas time with all the markets as well.

Originally Posted by Alf

Where's the UK City of culture?

I couldn't include them all

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Cardiff is awesome, you should go!! Really big/classy shopping area with lots of nice restaurants and bars. Especially at Christmas time with all the markets as well.


I couldn't include them all

I agree about Cardiff - it's changed out of all recognition from the 60's/70's.

So has Merthyr Tydfil that once grotty ex-mining town not far from Cardiff. I could not believe what the landscaping has done to those once ugly pit spoil heaps.

Wales is a really beautiful country though.

[Headie]

London, Manchester & Newcastle from that list are the ones I enjoy going to most.

I also really like Blackpool!

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Hayden

London, Manchester & Newcastle from that list are the ones I enjoy going to most.

I also really like Blackpool!

Blackpool? Yeah, you can still have some fun good times there - Funny Girls especially - but the old place is in serious need of revitalising.

[T*]

Liverpool is basically home and I love it there it's just really lovely in places like L1 and the docks

[Jamie89]

Voted for Manchester and Newcastle London is very overrated imo. I'd say it's a good place for a short visit because of the shopping/sights/theatre but living here I dunno, it's extremely overpriced, and it's not the friendliest of places.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I find all cities depressing nowadays

the countryside>>>>>>>anycity