howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
conjures up a vision of tom in a pith helmet fighting to defend his position.
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"With a time-lapse camera, it would appear that London is pulsing as generations and ethnic groups move up and move out."
It was ever thus. This is the story of every major seaport.
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#3
Apart from Dover
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
all the forum team except for chris are from london david, knew that would please you.
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#5
What on earth are you on about Howard?
Tom says all major seaports are pulsing, I said Dover isn't.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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#6
As far as I am concerned as another ex-Londoner nobody in their right mind would actually choose to live there unless they are a confirmed townie, I absolutely hate the place and only go there when I really have to.
Sorry Tom.
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#7
Me too Jan, its filthy dirty and stinks
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I did wonder David, whether Dover can be classed as a major port, and I'd hoped to have been enlightened on that point. Alas, no. The one list of British ports I came across lumped Dover in as a Cinque Port only.
London smelly?
Walking round over the years has me convinced that the smell emanates from Railway Stations. How can that be?
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#9
Tom, its the busiest passenger port in Europe
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Jean and I came down from Barnet - London Borough of Barnet and I can honestly say that the Town of Barnet and the local area - Cockfosters, Southgate, St. Albans, Enfield etc. are NOT filthy, dirty or stinky.
We've been back recently and it is better now than when we lived there.
Roger
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Roger, #10. No obvious conclusion drawn.
Undoubtedly so David. Yet this is a present bugbear, as the town sees relatively little of it. This 'throb of migration' struck me as commonplace in cargo ports, before containerisation.
Dover will have had it's share of ship-jumping and settling, but not to the degree of London and Liverpool.
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St Albans is not in London Roger as you well know, its a prosperous Roman town in Herts. The other places you mention are hardly typical areas of London. Try the walk from Seven Sisters tube along Tottenham High Rd to White Hart Lane.
90% of London is awful.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I used to live in Streatham and walked daily along Ambleside Avenue where a certain well known madam had her brothel, otherwise at the time it was a 'respectable' area.
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#14
Good old Cynthia.
In another life I spent some time with her Jan, fascinating lady with loads of stories. Tiny too, under 5 feet.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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white hart lane, what can one say?
london was a great place to grow up in and then earn a living in, but i very rarely go back for one of the reasons i left. it is simply overcrowded in every area with many people there unofficially. much the same as most other cities i suppose, i am very happy in dover but would not recommend it to yoofs.
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#16
Incidentally Howard, who are the forum team?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#17
chris, posh barry, colette, paul b and myself as it states on the forums page david.
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#18
Colette and Paul are Irish aren't they? I don't know Barry.
I was based in London for many years, offices in Savile Row and Burlington Gardens among other places. Strolling round Mayfair is very nice.
I probably only go once a month or so now, cant stick the place.
Brian Dixon
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#19
oh dear if this is right kiethb will be upset.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#20
all of us came down from the smoke at different times david, if you had an office in savile row the chances are you would have crossed paths with barry on his way to/from a fitting.