Southampton: how to visit Above Bar Street and still leave with your wallet

Living in Southampton, Hampshire, Above Bar Street

Sunny Southampton. A place where everyone is welcome and everyone feels at home. The place that attracts thousands of tourists pouring out of the cruise ships. Not! I will try to paint a picture of what Southampton has become just by taking you on a walk down the High Street. As you may or may […]

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Romsey pretends to be a nice place

Living in Romsey, Hampshire

On looking at Romsey you would think it is a nice place, well that’s what it pretends to be. I have lived here for over 25 years and the people are rude and not very friendly. They have a small town mentality, The planning depart needs shooting [in my dreams, but in reality, just a […]

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Thornhill, Southampton – majority of the female population have more kids than teeth

Living in Southampton, Hampshire

Ah Thornhill, well known as being the laughing stock of Southampton – and that in itself is a real insult on its own. It isn’t one of the nicer places on God’s green earth and could be described as the place God forgot. With Thornhill Youth Centre being a particular hub for fights and the […]

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Southampton – flawed pearl of the South

Living in Southampton, Hampshire

Unfulfilled? Tired of waiting to win the lottery? Has that dream partner not yet walked into your life? Fear not, dear reader, for the solution to all your problems can be found at the southern end of the M3, where sits a gem in the firmament of anglo-saxon jewels, a veritable Shangri-La of a mythical […]

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Eastleigh, an armpit of a town

Living in Eastleigh, Hampshire

Ok, so Eastleigh is by no means the worst places in Britain (I’m thinking it’s possibly Paulsgrove, Portsmouth) but it is well worth a mention if only for the ‘**** per square mile ratio’; Beastleigh is comparatively small to that of neighbouring Southampton, but it stands brimming proudly with all that is ****, clutching to […]

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