[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I remember going to West Stow in middle school

..yeah, I probably used to take the boys around 20 times each year during the summer break..we've only been to the Saxon Village twice though, it was mainly walking around the lake and having a picnic...

[user104658]

I couldn't find anything on google that does justice to what an actual ****ing ****hole this place is, so I used google streetview:



However... this is less than 5 minutes walk (in the OTHER direction) from my house, so I can't complain. Too much.




I will quickly point out that I didn't grow up here! We agreed to move here for work without ever having actually seen the town . Urgh. Now we're stuck. Stuck in the 9th circle of hell! It's also littered with junkies. Never, ever come here.

I should be tourist information for the area... really selling it.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I couldn't find anything on google that does justice to what an actual ****ing ****hole this place is, so I used google streetview:



However... this is less than 5 minutes walk (in the OTHER direction) from my house, so I can't complain. Too much.




I will quickly point out that I didn't grow up here! We agreed to move here for work without ever having actually seen the town . Urgh. Now we're stuck. Stuck in the 9th circle of hell! It's also littered with junkies. Never, ever come here.

I should be tourist information for the area... really selling it.

..where is it..it kind of looks familiar..?..

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I will quickly point out that I didn't grow up here! We agreed to move here for work without ever having actually seen the town . Urgh. Now we're stuck. Stuck in the 9th circle of hell! It's also littered with junkies. Never, ever come here.

I should be tourist information for the area... really selling it.

Ah so you're from St Helens as well

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Ah so you're from St Helens as well

[Black Dagger]

[Glenn.]

These are the only two decentish pictures Google have to offer.

[Jack.]

Spoiler:

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[Marsh.]

I didn't realise Scott was from St Helens.

I'm scared.

[Alf]

We claim to have the World's Smallest window, they've even put a plaque next to it (sad tw*ts)

[Shaun]

this video does it more justice though

Youtube video

disclaimer: torquay is not really this nice

[Ammi]

..I like Torquay but then I'm a tourist..it was my youngest son's first ever time on a beach in Torquay and he was just so excited about the whole sand thing..(he was around 2yrs I think..)...all day he would just pick up shells and sing 'I never met a shell like you before..'..to the Edwyn Collins song..budding lyric writer there...

[mizzy25]

Thanks for the pics ammi the metrocentre is in Gateshead as is the angel of the north lol but the rest are in what we call the toon lol
p.s how do you know Newcastle very well? Just curious. x

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by mizzy25

Thanks for the pics ammi the metrocentre is in Gateshead as is the angel of the north lol but the rest are in what we call the toon lol
p.s how do you know Newcastle very well? Just curious. x

..yeah I know the Angel of the North and Metro Centre are not technically Newcastle but they're such a big part of that area and just across the bridge so I thought I'd post them anyway Mizzy...oh my mum lives not too far from there in Durham...or near Durham...

[mizzy25]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah I know the Angel of the North and Metro Centre are not technically Newcastle but they're such a big part of that area and just across the bridge so I thought I'd post them anyway Mizzy...oh my mum lives not too far from there in Durham...or near Durham...

ah right are you from durham ammi? I stayed in a village called cornsay colliery the other week @ a pub the landlady is a friend of a friend and it was her 50th birthday, what a night we had lol

[DanaC]

Some awesome pics here!

[DanaC]

Flikr is being uncooperative, so here's a google pic I found.

This is the pub across the street from me:

[mizzy25]

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...lectedIndex=36

[mizzy25]

Not sure what Im doing lol

[mizzy25]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iFbaMKgXn_...0/DSC01209.JPG

[mizzy25]

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4617692301164917&pid=1.7

[Loukas]

I live in what is described to a 'village in a city' with the nightlife of Dalston and Shoreditch like 10/15 minutes away

My 'Village' -







Dalston -

Rudimental are from my area and they decided to use this peace mural for their album cover in Dalston.

Spoiler:

Roof top cinema/park/bar at night


Dalston is the birthplace of Alan Spenner, bassist with ABC, Roxy Music, The Grease Band and Joe Cocker. It was also home to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the 1980's. Dalston was the setting of the third series of the aforementioned comedy The Mighty Boosh, with Noel Fielding still living there to this day. It used to be a tad on the rough side to say the least, but is now probably one of London’s coolest spot (The Mighty Boosh’s Vince Noir says so, so it must be true). Dalston is also home to what Vice Magazine call the 'London's Celebrity Hipster Elite.' Mainly this seems to be down to Cara Delevingne, Harry Styles, Rita Ora, Steve Jones, Miquita Oliver and Nick Grimshaw. Who tend to go to Dalston's clubs quite regularly, their favourite is called 'Birthday's'

[Me. I Am Salman]

My borough is one of the poorest boroughs in the whole of the UK but because of regeneration projects there's pockets of rich areas like Canary Wharf, so it's like living in two worlds. Also the original big brother house is a 15 minute walk from my house

Spoiler:

Canary Wharf



Robin Hood Gardens, a lot of random historians or whatever are campaigning for it to stay but one of my friends that lives there says everyone that lives in it wants it broken down lmao



Some famous public baths thing that closed decades ago



Some place where boxing events/small concerts/parties are held, it used to be a massive Mecca bingo before



Victoria Park







The iconic Gaylord



Town hall/gym/other irrelevant buildings



Ragged School Museum from like the Victoria era ;o



Rich people live here





Poor people live here











Where the old BB house was. No one comes here because it's rapey

Majority of these are 1-2 miles from my house. The contrast is unreal

[Mrluvaluva]

I thought Robin Hood gardens had been demolished?

[Me. I Am Salman]

omg no it's still there they're gonna demolish my building though so I'm moving out in the next one or two years ;(