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We don't have a cathedral, but do you see us bitching about it?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Reading	3
Bournemouth	3
Huddersfield	3
Milton Keynes	2
Northampton	2
Southend-on-Sea	2
Luton	1
Dudley	1
Swindon	1
Walsall	0

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

The ten largest UK towns not to have been conferred with city status. If anyone can find anything positive to say about any of these places, you're a wiser man than me.

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:13 (eighteen years ago)

Ha ha, Dudley, is there a worse town on earth?

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:14 (eighteen years ago)

Yes. Guantanamo Bay.

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:17 (eighteen years ago)

reading: at least its not slough
dudley: the kind of place even brummies look down on
northampton: roadmenders
luton: david pleat jumping in an illfitting suit.
milton keynes: they tried to relocated the lubavitchers of stamford hill here
walsall:
bournemouth: alcopops
southend: wind and concrete
swindon: tv joke staple
huddersfield: steadinho

ive only been to huddersfield

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:18 (eighteen years ago)

or

Reading: polytechnic
Dudley: polytechnic
Northampton: polytechnic
Luton: polytechnic
Milton Keynes: polytechnic
Walsall: polytechnic
Bournemouth: polytechnic
Southend-on-Sea: polytechnic
Swindon: polytechnic
Huddersfield: polytechnic

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:19 (eighteen years ago)

Bournemouth has a decent beach (and as with the City thread I've had some great nights out there). The rest can fuck off (Southend is grim - the pier's length was a psychological tactic).

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:20 (eighteen years ago)

University of Northampton is, technically, the third oldest university in the country behind Oxbridge!

xp

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:21 (eighteen years ago)

I've been to Dudley, Milton Keynes and Reading... and when I tell you Reading was best of the bunch, I think that's all you need to know about Dudley and Milton Keynes

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:21 (eighteen years ago)

Reading: three hours' walk from train station to festival site
Dudley: Which bit of Spaghetti Junction is that again?
Northampton: Sarah Beeney in a quiet week
Luton: only 33 miles to go
Milton Keynes: three hours' walk from train station to shopping centre
Walsall: erstwhile "short cut" when the M6 was jammed up
Bournemouth: can't afford Poole
Southend: K-Punk
Swindon: Mark Lamarr
Huddersfield: erm

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:22 (eighteen years ago)

oh yeah, "guacamole"

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:23 (eighteen years ago)

Alan Moore was born, bred and continues to live in Northampton, which I think is a point in its favour.

― Neil S, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:23 (eighteen years ago)

Huddersfield: erm

Huddersfield: Festival of contemporary music (or summat like that).

― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:27 (eighteen years ago)

Alan Moore was born, bred and continues to live in Northampton, which I think is a point in its favour.

Apparently, roughly 80% of Northampton's female Goth population aged between 16 and 25 has had its arse pinched by Alan Moore at some point.

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:28 (eighteen years ago)

it was either him or you

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:31 (eighteen years ago)

16-25 is far too old.

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:32 (eighteen years ago)

andrew collins?

― acrobat, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:37 (eighteen years ago)

Lesley Jospeh as well.

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:39 (eighteen years ago)

oh yeah, "guacamole"

-- Marcello Carlin,

is this a reference to peter mandelson? in which case, surely that was hartlepool?

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

And it wasn't actually Peter Mandelson, it was a relatively unknown visiting American researcher.

― Forest Pines, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:53 (eighteen years ago)

Reading: polytechnic

Oi!

― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)

souhetned is awesom u r all gay

― g-kit, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:08 (eighteen years ago)

i got nothing. reading wins, thanks to it giving me my first festival experience.

― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:15 (eighteen years ago)

dr feelgood innit

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:16 (eighteen years ago)

they're from Canvey Island

― g-kit, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:18 (eighteen years ago)

Favourite UK Island?

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:18 (eighteen years ago)

Millport or "Rossy"

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)

GOUGH ISLAND

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

Millport's not an island.

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

All of these places are shit, except Huddersfield and Walsall which I haven't been to.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

Skye

― Ed, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

Millport's not an island.

I know

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

I love Skye but I've chosen Arran.

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

I know

I know you know, but it's obligatory to point it out after anyone says it.

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)

Arran would probably be my second choice, but Skye is really special, both sets of Cullins and the Quirang.

― Ed, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:25 (eighteen years ago)

Bauhaus were from Northampton weren't they?

― NickB, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)

Britain is crap, isn't it? Well, most of England at any rate.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)

We lack proper mountains.

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:32 (eighteen years ago)

OH MILTON KEYNES
IS FULL OF SHIT
OH MILTON KEYNES IS FULL OF SHIT
IT'S FULL OF SHIT, SHIT AND MORE SHIT
OH MILTON KEYNES IS FULL OF SHIT

― Mark C, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 27 April 2007 09:07 (eighteen years ago)

AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN INDECISIVENESS

― Ed, Friday, 27 April 2007 09:09 (eighteen years ago)

Yay! Reading wins!

― Mark G, Friday, 27 April 2007 09:32 (eighteen years ago)

low voter turnout in the provinces

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 10:10 (eighteen years ago)

Reading: polytechnic
Dudley: polytechnic
Northampton: polytechnic
Luton: polytechnic
Milton Keynes: polytechnic
Walsall: polytechnic
Bournemouth: polytechnic
Southend-on-Sea: polytechnic
Swindon: polytechnic
Huddersfield: polytechnic

And your point is?

Fck you metro-snobs. I like all these places. Whether it's 78 Derngate (Northampton), the New Art Gallery (Walsall), the beaches and gardens of Bournemouth, the amazing buildings in Huddersfield, I would visit these places anytime.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:06 (eighteen years ago)

Britain is crap, isn't it? Well, most of England at any rate.

This is a joke right?

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:08 (eighteen years ago)

yeah 600 you SNOB

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:08 (eighteen years ago)

where is the favorite uk city poll? i can't find it

― braveclub, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:09 (eighteen years ago)

um, there are no polytechnics any more; they were all turned into universities by METRO-SNOBS

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

i just spat latte all over the screen

― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:29 (eighteen years ago)

Reading wasn't a bleedin' poly anyway! You bastards!

― Colonel Poo, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:30 (eighteen years ago)

Noh! It were'nt!

― Mark G, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:32 (eighteen years ago)

i licked a bit back off the screen

― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:32 (eighteen years ago)

I was only trying to be polite.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

i did appreciate the omission of 'u' from fuck.

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:41 (eighteen years ago)

I usually spell it phuq.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:45 (eighteen years ago)

i licked it all back off. no one was looking

― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:12 (eighteen years ago)

i won't tell margot, for your sake. we don't want another incident like the one at the regatta.

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:15 (eighteen years ago)

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