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« Reply #45 on: Monday, January 11, 2010, 20:52:07 » |
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Born and bred here. My parents moved here in the 50's as part of the London overspill. It was Swindon or Basignstoke - I struck gold. From living in a slum flat in London, my dad was offerred a job as a labourer and one of the new houses in Park South - with garden. As a family, we owe Swindon a lot.
Similar to you Chalkie, my parents moved to Bracknell New Town in the 50's. It was an ace place when I was little - a one horse town. Just one new housing estate. Cricket pitch behind Woolies, loads of fields, original buildings etc. It was well fucked by the time I got into my teens. I suppose the same could be said of Swindon with the 70's/80's destruction of the old new town. I was glad to leave, it is a horrible, horrible town now. Anyhow, it looks like I am the only person on the poll who moved here because of house prices. Interesting. What I do know that is I have lived here for 23 years and I love the place. When I say that there is nowhere else in the country that I would rather live, I really mean it. An oasis in a sea of green. |
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« Reply #46 on: Monday, January 11, 2010, 22:45:47 » |
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Anyhow, it looks like I am the only person on the poll who moved here because of house prices. Interesting. What I do know that is I have lived here for 23 years and I love the place. When I say that there is nowhere else in the country that I would rather live, I really mean it.
I've become the 2nd person on the poll to move here because of house prices. Grew up in Hungerford and after going back to my parents after uni, got a job at Vodafone HQ and decided to buy a place in a big town which was commutable to Newbury. Looked at Reading, Southampton, Oxford, Bristol - but for my money I could get a bedsit in those places as opose to the 2 bed flat I eventually ended up buying in Swindon! And it was 5 mins walk from the CG - double bonus!!  |
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« Reply #47 on: Monday, January 11, 2010, 22:56:44 » |
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Why are you called Derby then?
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« Reply #48 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 13:10:31 » |
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Not posh enough for you?
Very good, but the truth is other than the football and (to a lesser degree) speedway teams I haven't got any links to the Town. Will hopefully return to Wiltshire someday, but I doubt it will be to Swindon. And for what it's worth, there's nowt posh about Peterborough  |
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« Reply #49 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 13:33:10 » |
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Moved here, lived here, Moving out at the weekend, and moving to ibiza in May.
Reason, Job in what I want to do, and the weather!
I better work out this STFC world thingy on OS
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« Reply #50 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 13:36:16 » |
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Moved here, lived here, Moving out at the weekend, and moving to ibiza in May.
Reason, Job in what I want to do, and the weather!
I better work out this STFC world thingy on OS
It's actually much better now, seems to work for me when I've been working away. |
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« Reply #51 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 13:38:46 » |
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stfcplayer works fine for me as well when i've used it abroad.
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« Reply #52 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 13:38:59 » |
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Ive never actually used it Si, but saturdays is a day when i work from home  , so its on! |
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« Reply #53 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 16:57:31 » |
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Moved here, lived here, Moving out at the weekend, and moving to ibiza in May.
Have you got a residency out there then? |
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« Reply #54 on: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 19:54:32 » |
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Crack?
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« Reply #55 on: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 23:52:07 » |
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Never lived in Swindon, probably never will. Have spent three nights ever in Swindon. I only come for the football. Glory hunter.
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« Reply #56 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 00:01:45 » |
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I've never lived in Swindon.
I've done West Ashton, Warminster (x3), Melksham, Westbury, Calne and briefly Yatton Keynell along with Fallingbostel, Catterick Garrison, Plymouth, Durham and Newcastle outside of the county.
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« Reply #57 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 01:32:50 » |
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relocated here with the ex working for Smiths - could not have bought a place as big in Hillingdon so prices were good. Swindon is no more shit than any other shit hole - I may move to the country in a few years though - won't go far.
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« Reply #58 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:00:15 » |
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Never lived in Swindon.
Have lived in Maidstone, Lightwater, Nailsea, Brizzle, Burnham on Crouch, Kingham and Chipping Norton.
Jetsetter!
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« Reply #59 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:40:03 » |
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Have you got a residency out there then?
Yeah i got a job working for Pacha on the day to day running side of things |
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