The great suburban/commuter towns of SE England

[paulhackett]

what, because i like orpington?

No. Because you're showing too much intimate knowledge of too many of these places for it to be seen as normal. Add a couple of paracetamol and a wet flannel to the prescription

 

[Griff]

I only saw Petts Wood station, Shirley picked me up and dropped me off in her Micra.

 

[Hollis]

Good enough for me.

 

[paulhackett]

Is a Micra a car or a skirt?

And either way, without seeing the famous muff of Shirley, how is anyone going to take your word that, this makes Petts Wood worst town in the SE.. I might understand if this had been Wallington, Donkey Town or Staines

 

[Hollis]

One of my mates (from Cornwall) was thinking of coming up to London and spendng acouple weeks just going around all these places.. dunno why really. I guess he reckoned it'd be interesting.

 

[Griff]

Is a Micra a car or a skirt?

And either way, without seeing the famous muff of Shirley, how is anyone going to take your word that, this makes Petts Wood worst town in the SE.. I might understand if this had been Wallington, Donkey Town or Staines

It was a Nissan Micra. Petts Wood seemed OK, but I can only think of taking her lacy black knickers off and thinking she was wearing another pair, due to excessive bush in front of me.

After that the town itself never entered my mind.

 

[paulhackett]

It was a Nissan Micra. Petts Wood seemed OK, but I can only think of taking her lacy black knickers off and thinking she was wearing another pair, due to excessive bush in front of me.

After that the town itself never entered my mind.

That reminds me of that town 'Dipping Roger' near Boston

 

[Hollis]

It was a Nissan Micra. Petts Wood seemed OK, but I can only think of taking her lacy black knickers off and thinking she was wearing another pair, due to excessive bush in front of me.

After that the town itself never entered my mind.

This sounds like real life Benny Hill.

 

[Fuzzy]

sutton: lunatic one-way system, chain bars and cheesy discos.

least the one way system keeps all the ch*** in one place encircled.

 

[Hollis]

Still hoping for some feedback on the M4 corridor.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Why? All there is, is Slough, Reading and Maidenhead.

I once slept overnight in a multistorey car park in Maidenhead.

 

[Hollis]

Great idea for a thread.

 

[Griff]

I once slept overnight in a multistorey car park in Maidenhead.

I slept overnight in a Slough shopping mall when I was 15. The security guard kicked 3 of us out of a double-glazing display stand in the morning.

Very funny night.

 

[paulhackett]

I slept overnight in a Slough shopping mall when I was 15. The security guard kicked 3 of us out of a double-glazing display stand in the morning.

Very funny night.

Did you keep yourself warm by Dipping Roger in Petts Wood?

 

[Griff]

Did you keep yourself warm by Dipping Roger in Petts Wood?

Funnily enough it was with my first girlfriend, we'd been to a disco with a bunch of people we met on a school trip and missed the last train home. We did try a derelict house, but that was a bit too much.

We tried inside the doorway of a Chinese take-away but they didn't take too kindly to that.

 

[paulhackett]

inside the doorway of a Chinese take-away

Not another of your mucky euphemisms?

 

[Gavin Bl]

A shamelful lack of Sussex towns here, hows about

Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Uckfield, Lewes

Ah, the hits just keep on comin'

 

[paulhackett]

A shamelful lack of Sussex towns here, hows about

Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Uckfield, Lewes

Ah, the hits just keep on comin'

Clearly you haven't been to Kent, Surrey or Berkshire

 

[art of fact]

Surbiton is a big commuter town and probably has best links to London in Surrey(probably because it is close to London ). You can get a fast train into Waterloo in 15 minutes.

 

[Explorer]

what about Southend, Basildon, Laindon? All the lovely Essex towns


all utterly awful

 

[DaveCinzano]

Surbiton is a big commuter town and probably has best links to London in Surrey(probably because it is close to London ). You can get a fast train into Waterloo in 15 minutes.

a fast train from sutton to victoria is only 15 minutes, and from croydon - and croydon has trams too

 

[art of fact]

Sutton is shit for trains mainly though... to get to Wimbledon if you miss the hourly morden train you gotta go the long way round Mitcham etc to get to Clapham Junction then Wimbledon which annoyed the fuck out of me when i worked there. I think Surbiton has alot more trains into Waterloo than Sutton has going to Victoria aswell.

I live in Berrylands which train station is only used for commuting, basically you never see more than 3 people at the station apart from rush hour during the week.

 

[paulhackett]

exactly.. all ways of how quickly you can get out of these places.. and bristle now showing intimate knowledge of train schedules.. all gone very eugene

 

[DaveCinzano]

*throws wobbly*

*knocks over table*

*sees ashtray spilled all over the shag*

*counts matches*

 

[deja_vu]

what about Southend, Basildon, Laindon? All the lovely Essex towns


all utterly awful

I second that!

 

[Griff]

There are parts of Southend that aren't bad, but as far as the other two go...

 

[Fuzzy]

Sutton is shit for trains mainly though... to get to Wimbledon if you miss the hourly morden train you gotta go the long way round Mitcham etc to get to Clapham Junction then Wimbledon which annoyed the fuck out of me when i worked there. I think Surbiton has alot more trains into Waterloo than Sutton has going to Victoria aswell.

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hardly sutton's fault if you cant get to a train station on time is it? i've always found trains from sutton rather good. you can get into victoria in 20 mins as well as the Thameslink across london or other suburban routes into London Bridge.

 

[Hollis]

Some comparative train times:

Liverpool st - Harlow - ave 30 mins
Kings cross - Stevenage - ave 20 mins
Warterloo - Staines - ave 30-40 mins
Paddington - Slough - ave 20 mins.

 

[art of fact]

hardly sutton's fault if you cant get to a train station on time is it? i've always found trains from sutton rather good. you can get into victoria in 20 mins as well as the Thameslink across london or other suburban routes into London Bridge.

It is Suttons fault for not having more frequent trains and no one finishes work dead on time everyday now do they?

 

[Hollis]

To be perfectly honest, I'm rather disapointed with the quality of infomation gleaned from this thread. Oh well.