Rotherham – everything’s a quid

Is Rotherham a nice place to live or is Rotherham rough?

Rotherham – the place where Stainless Steel was invented Rotherham – mentioned in the Domesday Book Rotherham – home of Conisborough Castle the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘Ivanhoe’ Rotherham – where every shop sells stuff for a pound I grew up in Rotherham, it used to be a nice place with a busy […]

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Spalding – As Bad as it Sounds

Is Spalding a nice place to live or is Spalding rough?

Spalding is a medium sized market town in South Lincolnshire. That’s all I can positively say about it. For some unknown reason my parents (after leaving the RAF) decided this was to be the place to bring 4 children up, having the choice of the whole of the UK – no – the World. I […]

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Woking!…all the charm of Basingstoke, minus…

Woking! It has all the charm of Basingstoke, but minus the roundabouts. There seem to be McDonalds round every corner and flabby women with ill-judged, partly-blonded, bird’s nest hairdos everywhere, their KFC-fed charms bursting out of tight pink tops and faded denim mini-skirts. On my 11am visit, a man wearing a back-to-front baseball cap pushed […]

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Silver End, that was then, this is now…

Is Silver End a nice place to live or is Silver End rough?

In the 1920s, one man’s vision became reality when a village was built to house his employees in his window business. This village was Silver End. It was an extremely modern village with a dentist, cinema, doctors, school, a massive village hall, a police station and a two storey department store. The village also included […]

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