King Biscuit Time
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It's hard to have more posh people and rugger buggers than Bristol, but somehow, Bath seems to manage it.
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Crispy
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You know, the replacement doesn't look too shabby.bi0boy said:One of the good things is that they have just knocked the middle down, so all the rough bus station area is now missing.
http://www.southgatebath.com/gallery/
The Uni library was pretty sound back then.
I think Bath's more mixed than people give it credit for. Yep, there are an awful lot of toffs and tourists in close proximity. But it's also a mixed up area - I lived in the Larkhall area of Bath, less than a mile from the centre, but with its own little parade of shops and a pretty mixed neighbourhood. Walk further down the A road and you hit the Snowhill estate before more (back then) crusty Walcot and then the whole tourist trap centre itself.
I liked Bristol but it always felt even more compartmentalised and somehow less mixed than Bath to me. Enjoyed my time in St Pauls, Clifton and beyond, but they often felt like separate cities.
I think Bath's more mixed than people give it credit for. Yep, there are an awful lot of toffs and tourists in close proximity. But it's also a mixed up area - I lived in the Larkhall area of Bath, less than a mile from the centre, but with its own little parade of shops and a pretty mixed neighbourhood. Walk further down the A road and you hit the Snowhill estate before more (back then) crusty Walcot and then the whole tourist trap centre itself.
I liked Bristol but it always felt even more compartmentalised and somehow less mixed than Bath to me. Enjoyed my time in St Pauls, Clifton and beyond, but they often felt like separate cities.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
tarannau said:
i used to live in larkhall
otago terrace, and hillview road - and in the late 70s early 80s worked in larkhall square - in peter currans, which was the corner, general store opposite the larkhall inn, and in the hardware shop, which is still there, when i'm down in bath, i sometimes drink in the liberal club with my dad
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Crispy said:
i was amazed when i saw how much had been knocked down, won't miss marchant's passage, spent a lot of time there as a kid, no idea why
mattie
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Gmarthews said:Are you on the wrong thread??
So not in Bath then?
There's a (very) small one on Walcot St, not far from the Bell. The uni, recognising just how many Chinese students we now have, has also added a seperate Chinese/Asian food shop on campus. I've been in neither, I'm afraid.
fractionMan
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There's a tiny one on walcot street. It might have closed down though, I've not been for a while. The library's in the podium.Gmarthews said:
not keen on brizzle. too many low life, robbing, junkie, motherfuckers for my liking.
and i'm just talking about my close family members
cyberfairy
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I lived there for five wonderful years and really miss it sometimes. The thing is you need money, and a fair amount to live there. There is no London weigh in but London prices and west country wages. I was subsided by parents 
when doing my degree but when I finished it and worked for 'normal' wages, I got into considerable debt. A small terrace is generally 250 grand, rent very expensive, normal unskilled or even skilled jobs minimum wage. Train fares also dead expensive and not many bargainy shops or cheap but good places to eat out. As a skint girl, got fed up with Monsoon but no New Look But I loved Bath to bits and do miss it. Wandering to The Bell pub filled with hippies and dogs via Great Pultney street is pure bliss and so much glorious stuff to look at.
I moved to Lancaster in Feb and have the house I could only dream of renting in Bath for £425 a month-less than some rented rooms in Bath-the train system is cheap and loads of lovely places nearby but am working for less than I have ever been paid in my life (min wage) despite a good degree.
Swings and roundabouts innit? Pm me if you want any more info and do recommend it-wonderful place to spend some time or your life if you can afford it
when doing my degree but when I finished it and worked for 'normal' wages, I got into considerable debt. A small terrace is generally 250 grand, rent very expensive, normal unskilled or even skilled jobs minimum wage. Train fares also dead expensive and not many bargainy shops or cheap but good places to eat out. As a skint girl, got fed up with Monsoon but no New Look But I loved Bath to bits and do miss it. Wandering to The Bell pub filled with hippies and dogs via Great Pultney street is pure bliss and so much glorious stuff to look at. I moved to Lancaster in Feb and have the house I could only dream of renting in Bath for £425 a month-less than some rented rooms in Bath-the train system is cheap and loads of lovely places nearby but am working for less than I have ever been paid in my life (min wage) despite a good degree.
Swings and roundabouts innit? Pm me if you want any more info and do recommend it-wonderful place to spend some time or your life if you can afford it
bi0boy
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No. It has a crap local council, gets oppresively humid and polluted, and is populated by wannabe upper-middle class ponces, ex-yupees, tourists in the summer, and drunken salesmen and rugby players at night. There are no jobs except crappy service ones and it's basically like Stevenage/Swindon except the buildings are made of stone instead of brick so that it costs half your meagre income to buy/rent one. Unless you get well paid job by commuting to London and give half your substantial income to the the worst and most expensive train company in the country.
So thats one vote for and two aginst so far.
I didn't realise Bath was such a controversial place to live.
Always thought of it as quaint with some pretty shops and a few freaks to play with.
I'm actually thinking of going to bath spa college/uni? in sept.
I've got a house and income in glastonbury and could commute, which might make more sense. I'm just sick of the lack of nightlife here.
I didn't realise Bath was such a controversial place to live.
Always thought of it as quaint with some pretty shops and a few freaks to play with.
I'm actually thinking of going to bath spa college/uni? in sept.
I've got a house and income in glastonbury and could commute, which might make more sense. I'm just sick of the lack of nightlife here.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
some truth in that, but haven't noticed it being humid and polluted, i'm down there a lot, was born there, grew up there...job wise, the reason i left to come to london in the first place, couldn't get a decent job, there are places to go out which are not full of drunken salesmen, and rugby players, i did used to get pissed off with all the students there (even when i was a student myself in swansea, coming back to visit) i'd prefer it over stevenage and swindon if i was forced to choose between the 3, maybe i'll move back there when i'm knackered by london, my family like living there...
having spent time in clapton and bath, I know where I'd rather be and it's not the former.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
true
if the job situation was better and i could convince mrs21 to leave london, we might get down to bath eventually, although tbh, it's years since i have actively looked for a job down there
fractionMan
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Here's another vote for.
I've lived here ten years and I think bioboy is painting a somewhat gloomy view of bath. I originally came for Bath Spa uni as well and I've never left. The nightlife aint the best, but it's certainly better than glastonbury! Houses/rent are expensive though. 500 a month will rent a one bed flat, 700 will get you two (although mine's 575 for two, so you can find cheaper)
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
Maybe some people are more sensitive to that than others. I have dodgy sinuses/sinusitis that were a minor inconvenience before, but the two years I lived in Bath, my face felt like it had been hit by a cricket bat most of the time. Largely cleared up when I moved away...
It couldnt get much worse tbh. On a good night it's fantastic but if there's nothing on, theres a choice of 2 or 3 pubs, (with a few local pissheads in) or the nightclub (if you can call it that) with half a dozen people in.
And in the summer its dead for months because everyones working the festies.
