janaage
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« on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 15:37:45 » |
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Anyone live in Cricklade? We're looking at moving, out of Swindon but close enough for work, and Cricklade came up in conversation. Does anyone know of any areas to avoid, not being a snob, but not really interested in ex-council estates for example.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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DV
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Joseph McLaughlin
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 15:41:39 » |
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I cant but my gramp lives there and my mother was bought up there, so I can ask!
My Gramps house just at the end of the high street and its pretty damn nice.
Alan McDonald used to live next door.
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 15:55:30 » |
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It gets flooded an awful lot. Not sure if this affects the houses but the area and roads around can get pretty buggered up.
My workmate used to live there and really liked the place.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 16:11:50 » |
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Funny place Cricklade....I was in the club the other night...its got some poxy name like the Vale of White Horse Club, despite not being in the the VWH. Decent place and a couple of the pubs are OK, but what is teh point of living there?
I recall when my sister moved to Brinkworth....she soon moved back into Swindon, because there was fuck all in Brinkworth, so she had to keep driving into Swindon.
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janaage
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 16:32:34 » |
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I don't really want to live in Swindon long term Reg, think the smaller towns around the town are nicer, that's all.
DV if you could find out some info that'd be grand!
Good point about the flooding Si, will have to look into that.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 16:36:05 » |
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I don't really want to live in Swindon long term Reg, think the smaller towns around the town are nicer, that's all.
DV if you could find out some info that'd be grand!
Good point about the flooding Si, will have to look into that. Think about if you have kids though.....the small town places just breed chavs. |
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 17:03:18 » |
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I don't really want to live in Swindon long term Reg, think the smaller towns around the town are nicer, that's all.
DV if you could find out some info that'd be grand!
Good point about the flooding Si, will have to look into that. Think about if you have kids though.....the small town places just breed chavs. Like Gillingham |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 17:10:34 » |
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Funny place Cricklade....I was in the club the other night...its got some poxy name like the Vale of White Horse Club, despite not being in the the VWH. Carefull now Reginald, my Auntie runs that gaff. |
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 17:20:06 » |
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Funny place Cricklade....I was in the club the other night...its got some poxy name like the Vale of White Horse Club, despite not being in the the VWH. Carefull now Reginald, my Auntie runs that gaff. You neglect the bit where it says decent place I thought it was called Cricklade WMC...although I might have dreamt it....then it appeared to be VWH club. Which is, at best pretentious and worst just factually wrong. VWH is essentially between Swindon and Abingdon... Little known fact, part 329...VWH hunt used to meet in The Square, opposite the The Bell up until the early 60's |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #9 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 17:31:09 » |
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As for housing in Cricklade, anything off the White Horse Road area is all council/ex-council. So are most of the places along Bath Road.
Apart from that, it's a pretty nice place. On the eastern side of the high street are the older houses, probably less liable to flooding than the newer houses on the expansion near the A419.
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 18:00:12 » |
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Avoid the Culverhay estate, as Sam says (White Horse Road is part of that estate). Fucking horrible down there!!
Reg, the VWH Club is named after the local hunt, the VWH (Cricklade) are the ones that met in the Square and the kennels are just outside Cricklade at Maiseyhampton. They split up in the early 1900's when Earl Bathurst formed his own pack at Cirencester Park, but amalgamated again in the 60's. Still a big hunting tradition around that area.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 18:23:49 » |
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Avoid the Culverhay estate, as Sam says (White Horse Road is part of that estate). Fucking horrible down there!!
Reg, the VWH Club is named after the local hunt, the VWH (Cricklade) are the ones that met in the Square and the kennels are just outside Cricklade at Maiseyhampton. They split up in the early 1900's when Earl Bathurst formed his own pack at Cirencester Park, but amalgamated again in the 60's. Still a big hunting tradition around that area. Ah....that would explain it then. (Expects VWH club to get a visit from covert TEF hunt sabs clique now) |
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« Reply #12 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 19:24:46 » |
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Think about if you have kids though.....the small town places just breed chavs.
Moved to a small town just before my sons commenced school all at university now and definately NOT CHAVS. In my experience parenting has a greater influence on a childs development than the environment and the chavs i know tend to be the product of families where the parents needs take priority over the childs needs. |
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« Reply #13 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 19:31:10 » |
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Think about if you have kids though.....the small town places just breed chavs.
Moved to a small town just before my sons commenced school all at university now and definately NOT CHAVS. In my experience parenting has a greater influence on a childs development than the environment and the chavs i know tend to be the product of families where the parents needs take priority over the childs needs. Spot on |
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« Reply #14 on: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 19:35:28 » |
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Think about if you have kids though.....the small town places just breed chavs.
Moved to a small town just before my sons commenced school all at university now and definately NOT CHAVS. In my experience parenting has a greater influence on a childs development than the environment and the chavs i know tend to be the product of families where the parents needs take priority over the childs needs. I agree with reg as far as there's a greater risk though. Once your kids start school you have to accept that, to an extent, your parenting influence is going to be muddied by the outside world. Small town = less range of different groups of friends to hang out with. Or something. And anyway, if you're kids are at uni now they probably missed the new-wave of mega chavness the kids have peaked at over the last few years. Yeah you get your hard-core always there chavs, but it's really blossomed into a youth lifestyle now, but they really need to started on the chav road by 12. Small Town and not chavs? They aren't Emo kids or Goths are they? Not sure what'd would be worse  . Fuck knows what I'm on about, some fine line between a joke post and seriousness possibly. I've confused myself a little bit. |
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