Maidenhead: Not fit for a Royal wedding!

Living in Taplow and Maidenhead, Berkshire

My birth place was Taplow but grew up here in the 70s and 80s. Famed for its picturesque river Thames views and mansions with homes to the Berkshire dwelling celebs of yesteryear and the filming at the town hall of the opening titles of ’Carry On Doctor’ after recently visiting briefly, this place has gone […]

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High Wycombe- a place once famed for its furniture making and heritage, now famed for being a s**thole

Living in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

A place so dull and awful it cannot be said enough, a town once known as a scenic marketplace is now just a squalid mess, the very centre of Wycombe is the worst with up to 12 homeless people either asking for change or threatening you around it seems every corner. A familiar sight is […]

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High Wycombe, hearing the words reminds of the smells of piss & ganja

Living in High Wycombe

High Wycombe, two of the worst words in the English language, just hearing the words reminds of the smells of piss and ganja. I have had the unfortunate burden of being born and living in this town, Being here my whole life, I can give the true “lowdown” on this Buckinghamshire ghetto. Firstly, what is […]

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Maidenhead – What an absolute dump

Living in Maidenhead, Berkshire

Maidenhead’s train station sign should say “Abandon all hope here”. The place has been shafted by its Tory council for years, and now is a ghost town of 99p shops, coffee outlets and sod all else. It’s meant to be part of the “Royal borough” down to it being linked to Windsor, but all this […]

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Slough: The Toilet of Berkshire

Living in Slough, Berkshire

I have now lived in Slough or “oh Dear, Slough” as people comment when I tell them, since 1992. I have seen it slide from a town of some limited qualities to the toilet of Berkshire within the last 5 yrs. Having had to move from Windsor because a Bike shed would set you back […]

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Slough, If the Earth needed an enema, this where they’d insert the tube

Living in Slough, Berkshire

If the Earth ever requires an enema, Slough is undoubtedly where the tube will be inserted. Slough also happens to be THE **** Capital of the UK, maybe even the world. Coincidence? For those who have had the good fortune never to visit this hole, let me paint you a picture. As you approach the […]

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