The Rev Gaston

On 2005-01-30 10:53:14 +0100, "Mark Hewitt"
<[email protected]> said:

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    > "Susan Wachob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
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    >> Close to 20 years ago, we went to the tourist place in York- or
    >> somewhere nearby- and asked them to recommend a B&B in Newcastle for
    >> two nights. They insisted that we did NOT want to stay in Newcastle and
    >> that Durham was nearby and a much nicer place.
    >>
    >> We stayed in Durham and found it lovely and fascinating. We never did
    >> make it to Newcastle but we always wondered what they were hiding.
    >
    > Durham is a nice place. 20 years ago Newcastle might not have been so
    > nice. But I now I would put it on par with any city of similar size in
    > the UK.

Durham is a nice place for half a day. After dark it is a magnet for
every yob in every ex-mining village in the county to drag his ugly
face into town, get drunk, get into fights, and piss in the streets.

Now, as you say, Newcastle has the cultural attractions (Life Centre,
Baltic Gallery - yes, I know it's not in Newcastle) of other cities.

G;

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