BS: Hull 9 Top again

Subject: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 02:45 AM

Today's UK press has results of a poll from people who think their home town is crap. Hull comes top!
Strangely, Bracknell isn't in the top 50, though Ascot is 21st. I'm proud to say my own birth City of a Thousand Trades isn't there either.

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 03:30 AM

The Guadian article is here

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: smallpiper
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 04:06 AM

The place has to win some thing some time and it might as well be this. I think it will be great for the tourist trade hords of people will come here to see the crapness and boy are they going to be disapointed!

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: The DeanMeister
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 05:14 AM

That'll keep the Southerners away!

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: mooman
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 05:18 AM

Not necessarily DeanMeister...they could be up from St. John's Wood in their oversized Jeeps!

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: GUEST,Skipjack K8
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 05:18 AM

And their hyphens

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Raggytash
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 05:31 AM

Where's the city of a thousand trades?

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 05:54 AM

It's Birmingham, Raggytash

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Hrothgar
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 06:08 AM

And Slough only 42nd!

What would Sir John Betjeman say?

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Arnie
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 06:10 AM

My uncle's from the Land of Green Ginger and I always thought it was a decent enough place - but then I'm from Halifax. Anyone from Hell to complete the set??

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Oaklet
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 06:12 AM

South Ferriby is known as the city of one trade after Mr Benson established his tripe works there in 1933.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 04:43 PM

Never having been to Hull, I can't comment.

From what I've read, the Brandshome estate would seem to be pretty grim.

I'm amazed that my current locale, Stockport, only makes number 12.

It's a terrible place.

Bits of the outskirts are OK (Marple is nice), but the town centre is horrible.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: ard mhacha
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 04:47 PM

John the two authors were on Channell 4 News to-night, I thought Hull was better than a lot of towns I passed through on my rambles through England, has Oldham had a face lift?. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Gareth
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 07:02 PM

Hrothgar -

"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough ....

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 07:06 PM

hull is the best pave oin the worlfd, and every were else is rubbish.signed john, [john fron hull].john

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 07:36 PM

I don't know if this helps, but an irate man yelled "Go to Hull!" at me the other day in traffic. It was a silly thing for him to say, I think, as it would require me to take a ferry across the Atlantic. "Go there, yourself!" I retorted.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Blowzabella
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 07:37 PM

I think it was rigged - how come Morecambe didn't win - it only came third - what a stitch up! - it should have won - it's the crappest place in the world

John - I think Hull is very nice and shouldn't have been in the list at all

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Gareth
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 07:45 PM

Mmmm ! You have never seem Merthyr on a wet Sunday.

Gareth

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 07:51 PM

They haven't seen Blind River...

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 09:56 PM

hello, we goy a big bridge here, 9humber brigde,], big fis deep see museum, 9the deap], and different phones, and differnet spelling, and if you domt like it, then just get lost, 8this is moosic site, not spelling site.john

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 02 Oct 03 - 10:00 PM

and john prescott lives here, 9he lives neer my mam],
hull is best place in the werld, and eveyrwere else is shit.john

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: ard mhacha
Date: 03 Oct 03 - 08:32 AM

John fear not, spelling dosn`t really matter,

Cehch tihs out,

Aoccdring to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn`t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteer be at the tghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed erveylteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe.
BOOLDY AMAZANING. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: songs2play
Date: 03 Oct 03 - 09:19 AM

Am I right in saying that only the people of Hull have voted Hull as the crappiest place?
Or am I misreading the thread?

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Les from Hull
Date: 03 Oct 03 - 09:53 AM

Hull of course is a fine place - it's completely wasted on the people who live here. I'm thinking of getting rid of some of the wingers and getting in some proper people.

Les
Pretender to the throne of Hull

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: ard mhacha
Date: 03 Oct 03 - 04:56 PM

Getting rid of the wingers?, Les, and I thought Hull City were doing well. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 05 Oct 03 - 12:46 AM

Is Ed the only UK Catter that has not been to Hull?
I spent 12 years on Bransholme, it ain't that bad, it's a bit rough, but I only knew one person that got murdered, [my next door neighbour]

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 01:03 AM

Theres a big telly in the middle of the town centre now, it gives the druggies and beggars something to do, stop them getting bored etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 03:11 AM

We don't need such trifles in Beverley.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: ThreeSheds
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 03:59 AM

Agree Ted
We can go on the Westwood and watch the cows Or for a big night we can join the locals in Goole watching the traffic lights change (When the Gate isnt open that is)

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Michael
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:28 AM

Trifle in Beverley? Where? I've got me spoon.
Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:32 AM

Nellies and Monk's Walk do nice trifles. Nellies is particularly cheap...... oh... I'm getting lager and trifle confused again aren't I?

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: mooman
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 05:33 AM

Having visited Hull9 not long ago I didn't find it lived up to its turdous reputation at all. Rather Hull9 than the appaling Backnell anytime!

Peace

moo (London Irishman)

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: kendall
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 08:14 AM

I'm always amazed at the number of English people here who say they have never been here or there in England. It aint that big!

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 09:00 AM

Sex is like a game of bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you'd
better have a good hand.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 10 Sep 04 - 09:25 AM

You are right Kendall. I have only been south of the humber half a dozen times in my whole life, it's a wasteland down there.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 12:25 PM

I've travelled out of Hull, I went to Withernsea once, it was rubbish.

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: s6k
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 12:15 PM

try FarTington

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: DMcG
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 12:36 PM

I'm a UK catter who has never been to Hull - but I've been to Beverley. Does that count?

Subject: RE: BS: Hull 9 Top again
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 05:44 PM

Never been to Spain

Hoyt Axton, there was a man

How could Beverly count as Hull -only in the rules of Mornington Crescent.

And we don't go everywhere cos theres no need. you could go everywhere but then you would not be able to 'know' anywhere, and then you'd know nowt. Not that I would defend people who go nowhere at all - although I'm sure that has its charms.