What counts as the West Country?

[Dillinger4]

Yes that last Dillinger4 comment was fairly offensive and borderline racist, if you count the Wiltshirians a race.

Only fairly offensive?



I am losing my edge.

I like both atomic suplex and thora, so my wiltshire hating rule is broken.

Its only coz I know some people from Bradford on Avon and hate them with a fiery fiery passion.

 

[mikeinworthing]

I miss Somerset.

*cries*

 

[Idaho]

Hmmm... I think Wiltshire is not really the west country. It's the centre really.

 

[gentlegreen]

'tis a big place, Wiltshire.

 

[skyscraper101]

Wiltshire can fuck off

Oi! I'm from Wiltshire

I'd say the westcountry end's where Berkshire begins.

Everything west of Slough

Eh? Reading and Maidenhead? The Westcountry!!? WTF??

 

[gentlegreen]

It would be a pity to lose Stonehenge I suppose...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

'tis a big place, Wiltshire.

You know what. Despite living in Westbury for about 10 years I have never looked at a map of wilshire properly.

I only really know westbury, warminster, trobridge, bradford on avon and melksham. The train line from warminster to bath mostly keeps it's self to it's self.

I'm quite shocked to see trowbridge is so small and warminster is so big.







EDIT - and looking again I thought corsham and calne were tiny little villages.

 

[marty21]

bath, my home town, is just down the road from wiltshire, but i only know, bradford-upon avon, corsham, box, and calne, never went there much when i were a lad

 

[Thora]

You know what. Despite living in Westbury for about 10 years I have never looked at a map of wilshire properly.

I only really know westbury, warminster, trobridge, bradford on avon and melksham. The train line from warminster to bath mostly keeps it's self to it's self.

I'm quite shocked to see trowbridge is so small and warminster is so big.







EDIT - and looking again I thought corsham and calne were tiny little villages.

Aren't they voting areas or something? Trowbridge is much bigger than Devizes. Calne is a small town rather than a village, but both Calne and Corsham are smaller than Devizes.

 

[Geri]

I can't believe how dull this thread is now that it's turned into a discussion about Wiltshire.

Now - which is coolest, BS5 or BS2?

 

[gentlegreen]

Much more contentious would be BS5/BS2 versus BS3 / further south.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

BA13 for evar!

 

[Idaho]

I can't believe how dull this thread is now that it's turned into a discussion about Wiltshire.

Now - which is coolest, BS5 or BS2?

None of Bristol is cool. It's like a 13 year old boy with a pair of brand new bottom of the range Nike trainers thinking he is the mac.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Aren't they voting areas or something? Trowbridge is much bigger than Devizes. Calne is a small town rather than a village, but both Calne and Corsham are smaller than Devizes.

Trowbridge is bigger than Devizes? Not on that map it's not.

 

[gentlegreen]

Are the areas designed to cover the same number of constituents - with Devizes being more rural ?

 

[skyscraper101]

That map is not anything to do with size of town. It's probably voting wards or something.

There's not much between Trowbridge and Devizes but Pewsey looks huge on there and is definately a lot smaller than either of those towns.

 

[butchersapron]

That's a police map, so it's policing areas rather than actual towns. Not many towns start immediately next to each other...

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[gentlegreen]

oops

 

[marty21]

Much more contentious would be BS5/BS2 versus BS3 / further south.

it's BA1 versus BA2 tbh

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

bath, my home town, is just down the road from wiltshire, but i only know, bradford-upon avon, corsham, box, and calne, never went there much when i were a lad

I used to live in Laura place by the rugby ground. I worked in Fodders when it first opened. I drank in the Bell then moved up to the Hat and Feather for later drinks.

 

[marty21]

I used to live in Laura place by the rugby ground. I worked in Fodders when it first opened. I drank in the Bell then moved up to the Hat and Feather for later drinks.

laura place is nice, i used to drink in the bell and hat and feather, plus the crystal palace, salamander, molly hatchets, fullers,, the assembly rooms, the beehive, the porter, the bath star, the rose and crown, the brain surgery, the ram, and a few others as well

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I went to the salamander a couple of times. I seem to remember the beehive being a shit hole that stank of puke. I paid £50 a week for the (very large indeed) room I had in Laura place. The front room was so big that I used to cycle around it.
I saw one of the houses used in a film once, I wish I could remember what it was.

 

[Thora]

That map is not anything to do with size of town. It's probably voting wards or something.

There's not much between Trowbridge and Devizes but Pewsey looks huge on there and is definately a lot smaller than either of those towns.

Devizes is much bigger than Trowbridge! And Pewsey is indeed a village.

 

[marty21]

I went to the salamander a couple of times. I seem to remember the beehive being a shit hole that stank of puke. I paid £50 a week for the (very large indeed) room I had in Laura place. The front room was so big that I used to cycle around it.
I saw one of the houses used in a film once, I wish I could remember what it was.

the beehive was a bit lively, a real scrumpy place, sadly now a gastro pub/wine bar sorta place

 

[Idaho]

Trowbridge is a shite-hole and Devizies is quite pleasant.

 

[skyscraper101]

...Devizies is quite pleasant.

hahahahaha

 

[invisibleplanet]

You can't leave all of Wessex out of 'The West Country' !!!

Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire !!!

 

[felixthecat]

I will make an exception. Unless you are from Bradford on Avon.

THATS ME!!!

Its only coz I know some people from Bradford on Avon and hate them with a fiery fiery passion.

I don't think thats me, but it might be one of my relatives......

And I thought you were such a nice fella............

 

[Thora]

Trowbridge is a shite-hole and Devizies is quite pleasant.

Devizes is lovely

 

[skyscraper101]

Devizes is lovely

Last time I checked, Devizes had a pretty dodgy drug scene and going for a pint on a Friday was like an episode of Booze Britain. Not many decent shops or even a train station to get out. Busses are fairly inconsistent too.

It is the home of Wadworths though and 6X is lovely. So every cloud...

Sailsbury is a lot nicer town IMHO.