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Nicest towns in your county
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what a come down lads, from the peaks to Sheffield and Loughboro
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^^
I by-passed Burton on my way though! |
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I don't blame you m8, I by passed it 10 years ago and never went back
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I was on a job there some years ago. It was inbetween the Bass factory and the Marmite factory, the smell was awful.
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yes even Jermey Clarkson once commented on the smell, he went to school at Repton |
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I went there for a few days ken. Lloyds Burton steel plant.
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Lloyds foundry long gone, had a couple of mates worked there
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Crewe, Cheshire. Wonderful.
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Son lives in Ilkley - seems like a really nice place. Civilized and lovely scenery.
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bb - I went down as it closed to rescue as many raw materials as possible, very sad really, big site and lots of jobs lost.
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Nantwich
Chester Knutsford (including Tatton Park) |
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yes it was bad shane, one m8 hade been there 30 years and got a pittance in redundancy
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mini me 19 Jan 14 10:44
Midhurst in West Sussex! I went to school in Midhurst. Are you from there? |
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Second Durham....gorgeous little city.
And Corbridge in nearby Northumberland a belter too. |
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Crystal Hunt i was a seasonal postman in Ilkley during my student days - lovely
Lincoln in closer to my roots, interesting little City and not mentioned, i know not a town but it has a Cathedral but town size. |
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I live in Essex. The nearest nice town is in France.
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Essex doesn't have many nice towns it has to be said , but youre taking this to the extreme with France
 There are some stunningly beautiful towns in Belgium |
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Coach, I was sent to Harlow for a two week residential management course. If it wasn't for the dog track there I would have truly lost the plot!
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Didn't know there was a track there Slippy - i always get lost driving round that place
 did ye know that Harlow has a listed tower block ?  |
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Colchester is a nice-ish town though - could do with a chav clearance though esp around the high street ,still a lot nicer than Ipswich tbf
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Colchester is not the worst, Chelmsford is horrible though. Friday and Saturday night all the troglodytes just want to beat each other up. I ended up at Ipswich train station at 5.30 on a Saturday after going sailing at Walderingfield. I had no idea Ipswich were at home to Norwich that afternoon, it was like Beiruit on a bad day. There were literally hundreds of riot cops all over the place. I was there in my shorts and flip flops trying to get a train back home
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Norwich and Ipswich is a lightweight affair in the big scheme of derbies.
With those flip flops and shorts on display around the station area with all those druggies and misfits loitering ,i'm more surprised the natives didn't pelt you with special brew cans and syringes yeah, Chelmsford has it's moments - haven't been out at night there for ages |
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I work in Essex, and I second Jed's point of view.
Someone mentioned Stevenage. Really? The few times I've been it looks pretty grim. I did a bit of work in Ware, and that looks a pretty little town. I'd also agree with Stamford, and would add Ely and Cambridge, especially in the summer. |
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Damascus......its a lively place at night.
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Stevenage is a rotten gaff, the Roaring Meg complex near the train station is full of ne'er do wells and in general the place is basically unpleasant. I lived about 15 miles from there for over a decade in a lovely little village but never went to Stevenage for anything.
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I live in Chelmsford and I think it's an ok place...not bad at all really!!
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I live in Chelmsford and I think it's an ok place...not bad at all really!!
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I went to Uni in Chelmsford 20 yrs ago, its alright, obviously it doesn't merit a place on the positive side of this thread but there are far worse places
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Braintree / Finchingfield / Halstead seem pretty pleasant in Essex?
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Finchingfield is a nice little place to be fair. Halstead and Braintree on the other hand are absolute khazis.
There are some lovely little villages in Essex as it happens. Tillingham for instance is probably the nicest place in the world on a sunny day. |
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I used to take the missus to Bakewell quite often,
Tart! |
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There's no doubt good and bad parts everywhere, but I'm struggling in Essex
 There's probably nice little villages, but towns like Harlow, Chelmsford and Braintree are not places I'd want to be spending a weekend. Saying that, I think Saffron Walden is in Essex and looks quite pretty when I've been through it. Not sure what there is to do there, but I think Jamie Oliver's parents run a pub/restaurant there. |
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surely there are some nice coastal towns in Essex?
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rogerthebutler
rogerthebutler 21 Jan 14 13:57 Joined: 01 Mar 03 | Topic/replies: 9,043 | Blogger: rogerthebutler's Braintree / Finchingfield / Halstead seem pretty pleasant in Essex? ____________________ That part of Essex is classified as Suffolk |
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Essex has some very nice parts in fairness, the county though tends to be judged on the merit of it's larger towns and resorts rather than the countryside and backwaters on the coastline which is where i'd love to live .
Clacton - Basildon- Harlow - Canvey -Walton naze -Jaywick- Shoeburyness -Thurrock -Wickford - Billericay - Rayleigh -Pitsea - Epping Finchingfield - Thaxted - Saffron - Tillingham - Brightlingsea - Colchester - Dedham - Manningtree -Gt Bentley - even Southend isn't too bad at all away from the druggy streets |
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TRFC ,Saffron has probably closer ties with Cambridge than anywhere in Essex tbf
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