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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Oct 31, 2024 18:18:15 GMT
Never trust a pub with a flat roof. They have a place. I've been in a lock-in in such a pub. In Consett. Never drink in small towns in the North East of England. |
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Post by aintree92 on Oct 31, 2024 22:35:09 GMT
Rushmoor, Wellington ward. Cllr Dhan Sarki, Independent to Labour
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Post by thirdchill on Nov 1, 2024 10:45:37 GMT
Never trust a pub with a flat roof. They have a place. I've been in a lock-in in such a pub. In Consett. Which pub? Chances are I'll know it (I come from Consett area). |
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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Nov 1, 2024 11:14:44 GMT
Never trust a pub with a flat roof. They have a place. I've been in a lock-in in such a pub. In Consett. Please tell us how you escaped in one piece.... |
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Post by thirdchill on Nov 1, 2024 11:21:11 GMT
They have a place. I've been in a lock-in in such a pub. In Consett. Never drink in small towns in the North East of England. The pubs are a mixed bag (some are good or ok and some you definitely want to avoid). It's small town nightclubs you definitely want to avoid! |
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 1, 2024 12:36:52 GMT
Rushmoor, Wellington ward. Cllr Dhan Sarki, Independent to Labour Were they in a party before going Indy? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 1, 2024 12:46:38 GMT
Rushmoor, Wellington ward. Cllr Dhan Sarki, Independent to Labour Were they in a party before going Indy? Elected as Labour, started showing up as Independent in May 2024. |
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Post by carolus on Nov 1, 2024 12:47:30 GMT
Lewes, Newhaven North (2027). Sean MacLeod, Liberal Democrat to Independent.
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Post by Sandy on Nov 1, 2024 17:06:16 GMT
Rushmoor, Wellington ward. Cllr Dhan Sarki, Independent to Labour Were they in a party before going Indy? *was he |
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Post by john07 on Nov 1, 2024 23:51:17 GMT
They have a place. I've been in a lock-in in such a pub. In Consett. Please tell us how you escaped in one piece.... I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Nov 2, 2024 0:06:59 GMT
My Grandad took my Mother at one point or other in her childhood to every town over a certain size in Co. Durham outside its parts of Teesside (which he insisted didn't count) as it was Important for her to see and know the county as it was before it ceased to be itself from his perspective... except for Consett, which he considered to be a rare black spot of immorality and vice.
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 2, 2024 10:07:50 GMT
Please tell us how you escaped in one piece.... I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. Consett coupled with 'up-market' I would find very difficult indeed to believe. |
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 2, 2024 10:42:55 GMT
Were they in a party before going Indy? *was he Asian councillors have been misgendered on here before now, due to their names sometimes making it unclear to outsiders if they are male or female. So in this case, "they" was arguably perfectly apposite  |
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Post by eastmidlandsright on Nov 2, 2024 13:21:26 GMT
I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. Consett coupled with 'up-market' I would find very difficult indeed to believe. I am afraid that up-market isn't what it used to be. |
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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Nov 2, 2024 14:31:12 GMT
Please tell us how you escaped in one piece.... I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. I think it hosts a large Newcastle commuter population these days, but I wouldn't call it upmarket. Hexham maybe, but not Consett. |
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 2, 2024 14:48:25 GMT
I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. I think it hosts a large Newcastle commuter population these days, but I wouldn't call it upmarket. Hexham maybe, but not Consett. My remarks are couched on experiences that are decades old I fully admit. But I feel Hexham to be relatively pleasant and with good facilities, whereas Consett seemed to me to be a remote, windy, wet, unpleasant, gritty, awful, concrete hell hole with nothing at all to recommend it. |
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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Nov 2, 2024 18:04:42 GMT
I think it hosts a large Newcastle commuter population these days, but I wouldn't call it upmarket. Hexham maybe, but not Consett. My remarks are couched on experiences that are decades old I fully admit. But I feel Hexham to be relatively pleasant and with good facilities, whereas Consett seemed to me to be a remote, windy, wet, unpleasant, gritty, awful, concrete hell hole with nothing at all to recommend it. I tend to agree with your assessment, but maybe we're being slightly unfair to the people of Consett and it has markedly improved. |
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Post by thirdchill on Nov 2, 2024 18:06:32 GMT
I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. I think it hosts a large Newcastle commuter population these days, but I wouldn't call it upmarket. Hexham maybe, but not Consett. Also a commuter population to Durham since it is easy to commute to both Newcastle and Durham from Consett. There has been a lot of new housing on the outskirts of the town. With regards to the main town itself, the town centre is still downmarket and I rarely visit it when I go up to visit my mother. It's not as bad as 20 to 30 years ago but still not great. Some parts are still fairly grotty and wpuld not feel comfortable walking through them at night. There are affluent areas near by (Shotley Bridge, Lanchester) that are very nice. Those areas are a bit more comparable to Hexham or Corbridge but Hexham has more to do and Corbridge is definitely more affluent. |
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Post by aargauer on Nov 2, 2024 18:19:47 GMT
Please tell us how you escaped in one piece.... I thought that Consett had moved up-market? My cousin and her husband moved there three or four ago after returning from Malaysia. They have some land and keep horses. Consett proper, no. Much is ungentrifyable cheap Victorian terraces for steelworkers. Obviously the surrounding area you'll be able to get land cheap, and maybe has started to slightly move up. It has Liberal Democrat (Consett north and south) and Tory (delves lane) councillors. There are nicer areas on the edge like castleside. |
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Post by aargauer on Nov 2, 2024 18:24:26 GMT
They have a place. I've been in a lock-in in such a pub. In Consett. Please tell us how you escaped in one piece.... People from the north east are lovely. |
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