Living in Reading-UK
Aug 19th 2004, 11:28 pm
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Re: Living in Reading-UK
Following up to a.spencer3
>There is a glimmer of the old street plan left here and there, but not a
>lot.
>After some 40 years it's still just a place to live for us, with no
>'emotional attachment' (apart from people, obviously) which is sad.
Some people don't seem to acknowledge that its the building upon
buildings that gives a place character, if you tear the whole
thing down and start again something is lost. Everybody likes the
warehouses conversions along the Thames, few love new "office
block" type buildings. A chap on the radio talks about "emotional
geography" which is probably taking it a bit far, but I know what
he means.
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>There is a glimmer of the old street plan left here and there, but not a
>lot.
>After some 40 years it's still just a place to live for us, with no
>'emotional attachment' (apart from people, obviously) which is sad.
Some people don't seem to acknowledge that its the building upon
buildings that gives a place character, if you tear the whole
thing down and start again something is lost. Everybody likes the
warehouses conversions along the Thames, few love new "office
block" type buildings. A chap on the radio talks about "emotional
geography" which is probably taking it a bit far, but I know what
he means.
--
Mike Reid
If god wanted us to be vegetarians he wouldn't have made animals out of meat.
Wasdale-Lake district-Thames path-London "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
Aug 20th 2004, 12:10 am
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Re: Living in Reading-UK
"The Reids" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Following up to a.spencer3
> >Actually, it's not that bloody bad! In fact, quite clean, open and
> >well-flowered etc. Just darned soulless.
> I think that's often the case with newly bulit or heavily
> expanded satellite towns, especially those where "planners"
> ripped out the centre to bulid roads or pedestrianised indoor
> shopping centres. (things I loathe).
I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
Victorian 'railway station' town. We moaned then that there was nothing
there, to do or to look at. Aaahhh - ignorance was bliss!
For then 'they' developed it in the 1970s and we decried the concrete mess.
Then 'they' agreed, and 15/20 years later demolished the entire new town and
started again!
There is a glimmer of the old street plan left here and there, but not a
lot.
After some 40 years it's still just a place to live for us, with no
'emotional attachment' (apart from people, obviously) which is sad.
Surreyman
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> Following up to a.spencer3
> >Actually, it's not that bloody bad! In fact, quite clean, open and
> >well-flowered etc. Just darned soulless.
> I think that's often the case with newly bulit or heavily
> expanded satellite towns, especially those where "planners"
> ripped out the centre to bulid roads or pedestrianised indoor
> shopping centres. (things I loathe).
I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
Victorian 'railway station' town. We moaned then that there was nothing
there, to do or to look at. Aaahhh - ignorance was bliss!
For then 'they' developed it in the 1970s and we decried the concrete mess.
Then 'they' agreed, and 15/20 years later demolished the entire new town and
started again!
There is a glimmer of the old street plan left here and there, but not a
lot.
After some 40 years it's still just a place to live for us, with no
'emotional attachment' (apart from people, obviously) which is sad.
Surreyman
Aug 20th 2004, 2:55 am
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Re: Living in Reading-UK
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:28:40 +0100, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to a.spencer3
>>There is a glimmer of the old street plan left here and there, but not a
>>lot.
>>After some 40 years it's still just a place to live for us, with no
>>'emotional attachment' (apart from people, obviously) which is sad.
>Some people don't seem to acknowledge that its the building upon
>buildings that gives a place character, if you tear the whole
>thing down and start again something is lost. Everybody likes the
>warehouses conversions along the Thames, few love new "office
>block" type buildings. A chap on the radio talks about "emotional
>geography" which is probably taking it a bit far, but I know what
>he means.
Reading had no character before they started that game.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to a.spencer3
>>There is a glimmer of the old street plan left here and there, but not a
>>lot.
>>After some 40 years it's still just a place to live for us, with no
>>'emotional attachment' (apart from people, obviously) which is sad.
>Some people don't seem to acknowledge that its the building upon
>buildings that gives a place character, if you tear the whole
>thing down and start again something is lost. Everybody likes the
>warehouses conversions along the Thames, few love new "office
>block" type buildings. A chap on the radio talks about "emotional
>geography" which is probably taking it a bit far, but I know what
>he means.
Reading had no character before they started that game.
Aug 20th 2004, 8:42 am
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a.spencer3 writes:
> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> Victorian 'railway station' town.
Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
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> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> Victorian 'railway station' town.
Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
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Aug 20th 2004, 8:58 am
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:42:30 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
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>a.spencer3 writes:
>> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> Victorian 'railway station' town.
>Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
Only in your dreams. Hint: H G Wells wrote fiction.
wrote:
>a.spencer3 writes:
>> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> Victorian 'railway station' town.
>Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
Only in your dreams. Hint: H G Wells wrote fiction.
Aug 20th 2004, 9:07 am
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> Only in your dreams.
I never dream of Woking.
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> Only in your dreams.
I never dream of Woking.
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Aug 20th 2004, 9:21 am
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:07:15 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
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>> Only in your dreams.
>I never dream of Woking.
You do, but the aliens wipe your memory before you wake up.
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>[email protected] writes:
>> Only in your dreams.
>I never dream of Woking.
You do, but the aliens wipe your memory before you wake up.
Aug 20th 2004, 9:25 am
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> a.spencer3 writes:
> > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> > Victorian 'railway station' town.
> Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
were appointed to the local planning committee.
Keith
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> a.spencer3 writes:
> > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> > Victorian 'railway station' town.
> Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
were appointed to the local planning committee.
Keith
Aug 20th 2004, 9:28 pm
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:25:51 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
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>> a.spencer3 writes:
>> > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> > Victorian 'railway station' town.
>> Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
>Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
>were appointed to the local planning committee.
UK tried to repatriate them in Beagle 2, but ....
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>> a.spencer3 writes:
>> > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> > Victorian 'railway station' town.
>> Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
>Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
>were appointed to the local planning committee.
UK tried to repatriate them in Beagle 2, but ....
Aug 20th 2004, 9:54 pm
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:50:09 GMT, "a.spencer3"
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>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:42:30 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >a.spencer3 writes:
>> >
>> >> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> >> Victorian 'railway station' town.
>> >
>> >Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
>> Only in your dreams. Hint: H G Wells wrote fiction.
>Nah - I live by the sandpit they landed in. Proves it all.
and you found it using a GPS?
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>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:42:30 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >a.spencer3 writes:
>> >
>> >> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> >> Victorian 'railway station' town.
>> >
>> >Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
>> Only in your dreams. Hint: H G Wells wrote fiction.
>Nah - I live by the sandpit they landed in. Proves it all.
and you found it using a GPS?
Aug 20th 2004, 9:55 pm
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On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:53:03 GMT, "a.spencer3"
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>"Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > a.spencer3 writes:
>> >
>> > > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> > > Victorian 'railway station' town.
>> >
>> > Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
>> >
>> Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
>> were appointed to the local planning committee.
>Yeh - that's true.
>And they've built a memorial to themselves in the town centre - scores of
>thousands of quids-worth of stainless steel scaffolding with a blob on top.
>It was justified 'cos it was going to attract those floods of tourists
>coming in to view it.
>Anyone out there seen it yet apart from me?
Can you post the coordinates of Woking so that Mercans, who can't
afford maps, can find his way there?
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>"Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > a.spencer3 writes:
>> >
>> > > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
>> > > Victorian 'railway station' town.
>> >
>> > Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
>> >
>> Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
>> were appointed to the local planning committee.
>Yeh - that's true.
>And they've built a memorial to themselves in the town centre - scores of
>thousands of quids-worth of stainless steel scaffolding with a blob on top.
>It was justified 'cos it was going to attract those floods of tourists
>coming in to view it.
>Anyone out there seen it yet apart from me?
Can you post the coordinates of Woking so that Mercans, who can't
afford maps, can find his way there?
Aug 20th 2004, 10:49 pm
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"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> a.spencer3 writes:
> > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> > Victorian 'railway station' town.
> Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
Yep - I live by the sandpit they landed in!
Surreyman
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> a.spencer3 writes:
> > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> > Victorian 'railway station' town.
> Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
Yep - I live by the sandpit they landed in!
Surreyman
Aug 20th 2004, 10:50 pm
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> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:42:30 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >a.spencer3 writes:
> >
> >> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> >> Victorian 'railway station' town.
> >
> >Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
> Only in your dreams. Hint: H G Wells wrote fiction.
Nah - I live by the sandpit they landed in. Proves it all.
Surreyman
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> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:42:30 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >a.spencer3 writes:
> >
> >> I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> >> Victorian 'railway station' town.
> >
> >Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
> Only in your dreams. Hint: H G Wells wrote fiction.
Nah - I live by the sandpit they landed in. Proves it all.
Surreyman
Aug 20th 2004, 10:50 pm
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"Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] writes:
> > Only in your dreams.
> I never dream of Woking.
Nightmares though?
Surreyman
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> [email protected] writes:
> > Only in your dreams.
> I never dream of Woking.
Nightmares though?
Surreyman
Aug 20th 2004, 10:53 pm
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"Keith Willshaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > a.spencer3 writes:
> >
> > > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> > > Victorian 'railway station' town.
> >
> > Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
> >
> Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
> were appointed to the local planning committee.
Yeh - that's true.
And they've built a memorial to themselves in the town centre - scores of
thousands of quids-worth of stainless steel scaffolding with a blob on top.
It was justified 'cos it was going to attract those floods of tourists
coming in to view it.
Anyone out there seen it yet apart from me?
Surreyman
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> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > a.spencer3 writes:
> >
> > > I first moved nearby to Woking in the 1960s when it was still a small
> > > Victorian 'railway station' town.
> >
> > Wasn't it attacked by Martians in the previous century?
> >
> Only in fiction unfortunately, in real life the Martians
> were appointed to the local planning committee.
Yeh - that's true.
And they've built a memorial to themselves in the town centre - scores of
thousands of quids-worth of stainless steel scaffolding with a blob on top.
It was justified 'cos it was going to attract those floods of tourists
coming in to view it.
Anyone out there seen it yet apart from me?
Surreyman
