Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
Aug 19th 2012, 9:49 pm
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
My grandparents lived in Hereford for many years - spent a lot of time staying with them when we were kids. We used to do the rounds with them of all the relatives across the border in Radnorshire and from memory I would say that the ones on the Welsh side were indeed poorer than the ones on the Herefordshire side
Aug 20th 2012, 9:23 pm
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Aug 20th 2012, 9:29 pm
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
I only remember watching Wales get slaughtered in the 5N, and various nightclubs where we all used to hang out and try not to behave in any way like we were from out of town...assimilation was the name of the game.
Funny how British people have less than spectacular opinions of English towns. Many are OK. Apart from Basingstoke.
Aug 23rd 2012, 4:45 am
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
Hereford is fine, we haven't seen anything there to make us raise our eyebrows. There are some beautiful houses in the area.
Aug 23rd 2012, 7:35 am
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
Hereford is not Welsh!! It is a bit west country-Gloucester but north. Rural and with cows. Right by the border a bit of Welshness may leak out, but the Welsh side isn't very Welsh compared to Aberystwyth and Bangor.
Aug 23rd 2012, 12:23 pm
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Aug 23rd 2012, 12:39 pm
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
Aberystwyth is VERY Welsh. I worked in an optician's there for 18 months and don't think I understood anything said to me in all that time
Aug 23rd 2012, 9:00 pm
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
Aug 23rd 2012, 11:06 pm
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
Must be all the bogan migrants moving in. 
Aug 24th 2012, 4:50 am
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Re: Is it me or is Perth much more bogan then it used to be?
I'm not sure anyone said Hereford was Welsh, it definitely doesn't sound Welsh when you go into shops or speak to locals.
