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I'm curious about how many of us still live in the town we were born in. I grew up in Warwick, moved to Minehead to work, then on to Plymouth, back to Warwick, back to Plymouth, then Birmingham before finally ending up here in Rugby.
Have you moved a lot, or are you still a home-town person?
Strange one - My family were mostly in the services so they travelled around alot. Both my parents were brought up in Malta so we had no firm hometown in the UK until my grandad retired from the RAF while stationed at RAF Cardington near Bedford. The rest of the family gravitated here over the years.
I was born here in Bedford before grandad retired, while my mum was visiting, otherwise I'd have been born in Catterick, N. Yorks. Since then I've lived in Blandford in Dorset, Catterick, Malta, Singapore, Germany, Gloucester, Reading, Exmouth, Plymouth, Trowbridge, London, Norwich and Worksop. I only come back to live here after every move because I have mates here and miss them.
I escaped one night 7 yrs ago ,and am still free of that sess pit of a town
Supervox
09-11-08, 09:31 AM
I was born in Amersham, Bucks - adopted at 6 weeks old & moved to Harpenden, Herts (didn't really have much choice in this one !!)
Moved to Southend-on-Sea aged 7 due to Dad's job (no choice again)
Left England and moved to Miami in the mid-80's
Back to Southend 1989
Travelling throughout Europe (working) in 1989 - 1991
Moved to New York 1991 to be with (then) fiancee
Back to England 1992 - to Milford-on-Sea, Hants
Moved to Hamble, Hants 1993
Moved to Hounslow, London 1994
Moved to Alfold Crossways, Surrey 1995
Travelling around Europe (working again) 1996 - 97
Europe & the Caribbean (working) 1997 - 1999
Back to Southend end 0f 1999
Moved to current location Great Wakering, Essex 2000
Not likely to move again without a serious lottery win !!
I was born and grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Then in 2001 I moved to London with my wife. Lived in Wanstead, East London for a couple of years then moved to Kent where we've been for the last 6 years.
I was born in Stourbridge in the West Midlands. And lived in the same house up till i was 17, when my parents moved to Stourport in Worcestershire (only about 15 miles from old house).
I then lived with my parents up till january this year when i moved out and moved in with drew in Worcester (which is about 20 miles from my parents house)
Not really moved around that much!
the_lone_wolf
09-11-08, 10:16 AM
Born in Nottingham (6 months earlier and it would have been Cape Town)
Moved to the Midlands immediately
Moved to the Island aged 13 or so
Still here, couldn't live anywhere that wasn't within smelling distance of the sea now
Steve_God
09-11-08, 10:34 AM
Born and lived in Leicestershire till 4 months ago, and now living near Manchester.
Will probably move again though...
Drew Carey
09-11-08, 10:44 AM
Lozzo - Catterick Garrison eh? Well I never.
Born in Catterick Garrison
At 6 weeks moved to Hong Kong
At 2 returned home for 6 months to Bicester
Went to Germany and lived in Padderborne, Rheindallen and Ost.
Back to England and lived in Ambroseden (near Bicester)
Oxford
Bicester again
Buckingham
Leicester (Uni)
Worcester
Swindon
Worcester (With parents)
Worcester (Now with Lily).
Dappa D
09-11-08, 10:49 AM
born in bristol...
moved to italt for a year when was 18 then back to bristol untill 22yrs old...
at 22 started working in cyprus so lived in cyprus for 8 months of the year then back to bristol for 4 months...done that for 3yrs...
moved to nottingham with a girl....lasted a week!!!
moved to derby with a girl....lasted 3 months...
now back in bristol....i like the west country
tanis34
09-11-08, 10:50 AM
born and bred in leicester still stuck ere
born Newcastle, lived and worked in Oz, lived in Sweden, currently split time between London and Canterbury
Born in London, then was a student in Manchester 1982 - 1985, back to London for four years, Exeter 1989 - 1990, Saltash (south east Cornwall) 1990 - 1996, Shrewsbury ever since. I'm fairly certain that we will head back to Cornwall one day, just d/k when.
Biker Biggles
09-11-08, 11:29 AM
Born Dover(Nearly French see?)
Spent several years at sea travelling
Lived Tyneside/London/Yorkshire/London
Dangerous Dave
09-11-08, 11:33 AM
Child
Wiltshire
Cambridgeshire
Cornwall
Anglesey
Lincolnshire
Cambridgeshire
Oxfordshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Adult
Somerset
Dorset
Dorset
Tim in Belgium
09-11-08, 11:37 AM
1980 Born in Hobart Tasmania, Australia (Dad was in the army)
Moved up to Tulla (Tas)
1980-83 At 9mths old moved to Barton Stacey, Hampshire
83-98 Lived around Ripon, North Yorkshire
98-99 Went travelling round Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Phillippines
99-03 Uni at Oxford/Home around Ripon
03-04 Lived at my Dad's near Ripon whilst working on Teesside for 4 months
04-06 Leuven, Belgium with work
06-08 Great Ayton, North Yorkshire (near Teesside) with work
08-present Haarlem, North Holland with work.
All good fun but I get a bit bored with packing all the time :)
fizzwheel
09-11-08, 11:37 AM
Born in Sherborne, Lived in the same house till I was 13, then moved 1/2 mile round the corner, Lived there with parents till 5 years ago I moved to 7 miles away into my own house in Yeovil.
wow so many of you have lived in so many foreign places.
born - St Andrews (Fife)
lived - Glenrothes (Fife) various addresses
joined navy - Plymouth, Portsmouth, Rosyth, Gosport
Left navy - Gosport married quarters then bought a house
hubby job - moved to Balloch to be close to Faslane
divorced hubby - moved to Alexandria (smaller flat)
met new partner - moved to Aldershot (rented property so may have to move again sometime)
born edinburgh
parents emigrated to rhodesia now zimbabwe when i was 3 for 1 year
then to south africa for 2 years
moved back to edinburgh (thank god) when i was 6
met the wife when i was 25 and moved to burntisland (fife)
moved to kirkcaldy (fife) when i was 30 been here for 11 years
Child
Burscough, in Lancashire
Adult
Ambleside, cumbria
Odiham
Basingstoke
Burscough
Skelmersdale
Sandhurst
Bracknell
missyburd
09-11-08, 12:57 PM
moved to Minehead to work,
Awww me ma used to live there, grandmas buried there now, lovely place.
I lived in my home town til I was 9 then moved a further 4 times in the next 5 years, parents have currently been in the same house for ~6 years although I don't really have much inclination to go back there after uni...
thedonal
09-11-08, 01:04 PM
Yep - lived in my Grans for 6 months as a babe, while the folks got a house. Then we lived on an estate in Surbiton (Alpha Estate for those nearby).
Lived in Tolworth after that- about 1 mile away.
Then a house share on the Surbiton Kingston border (just of Villiers Hill)
Then back in Tolworth for 6 months when the house share fell through (good riddance- not doing that again!)
Then Chessington for 2 years with a girlfriend.
Then back to Surbiton with same gf for 6 months (just across the road from the Alpha Estate!)
Then to another house in the same road, same landlord when we split up and ex also lives in this road, same landlord, almost identical flat, 1 building along!!! (we're still good friends- the ex that is, not the landlord. He is a bit of a prat!)
So- I haven't moved very far- lived in a 5 mile radius all my life!
Born in Bolton, Live in Bolton.
injury_ian
09-11-08, 01:54 PM
Feltham 24 yrs
West molsey 3 yrs
Wideboy
09-11-08, 02:14 PM
West End Hamps born and bred yeeeehaww
Dicky Ticker
09-11-08, 02:23 PM
When a truck becomes your home---France,Germany,Benelux, Spain,Gib,Morroco,Algieria,Tunisia,Lybia,Egypt,Ita ly Scicily,Malta,former Yugo,Bulgaria,Rumo,Greece,Turkey,Iran,Iraq,Kuwait and Saudi.Going east and north
DDR,Poland,USSR,finland ,Norway,Sweden and Denmark
I have never been to Portugal and that is why I like to stay in the UK
timwilky
09-11-08, 02:33 PM
Born 6 miles up the road in Preston
0-2 Penwortham
2 - 17 Whittle-le-Woods
17-19 Clayton-le-Woods
19-23 Penwortham
23-24 Telford (How the hell did that happen)
24 - 48 Clayton-le-Woods.
So apart from the brief interlude in Telford I have always lived within 6 miles of where I was born. and spent 41 years within a 1/2 mile radius
But be truthful in the 24 years I have owned a house in Clayton I have spent about 12 of those years working overseas
I'm a bit fuzzy on dates/years, but...
- Chickenly (not far from Dewsbury W. Yorks).
- Dewsbury
- Heckmondwike
- Huddersfield
- Stafford
- Northampton
- London
- Mochdre (Wales)
- Llandudno
- Anglesey
Didn't realise I'd moved around so much actually... :lol:
missyburd
09-11-08, 03:41 PM
Gypsies the lot of ya :lol:
appollo1
09-11-08, 03:48 PM
Born Edinburgh
Moved to Lincolnshire
Hereford
Stafford
London (outskirts)
Hampshire
Germany
North Yorkshire
Cyprus
Now living in Fife
If it counts I have also lived/worked for various amounts of time in the following places
Northern Ireland
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Italy
Kuwait
Falkland Islands
Bahrain
Thats the ones that i can remember off the top of my head and will update if i remember any more.
Lived near Cambridge all of my life, I have no intention of staying here for the rest of it though.. I think we'll end up somewhere north hopefully :)
I'm curious about how many of us still live in the town we were born in. I grew up in Warwick, moved to Minehead to work, then on to Plymouth, back to Warwick, back to Plymouth, then Birmingham before finally ending up here in Rugby.
Have you moved a lot, or are you still a home-town person?
Oh no, I might know you!!!:-D I'm born and bred Warwick!! Moved to Coventry, back to Warwick, Northampton then back to Warwick. Currently in Evesham. Hate it. Want to go back to Warwick!
Tim in Belgium
09-11-08, 06:37 PM
Born Edinburgh
Moved to Lincolnshire
Hereford
Stafford
London (outskirts)
Hampshire
Germany
North Yorkshire
Cyprus
Now living in Fife
If it counts I have also lived/worked for various amounts of time in the following places
Northern Ireland
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Italy
Kuwait
Falkland Islands
Bahrain
Thats the ones that i can remember off the top of my head and will update if i remember any more.
Let me guess your occupation, Forces ? :)
Oh no, I might know you!!!:-D I'm born and bred Warwick!! Moved to Coventry, back to Warwick, Northampton then back to Warwick. Currently in Evesham. Hate it. Want to go back to Warwick!
Oo-er!
You didn't go to Coten End or Kings High did you?:p
No, All Saints (in Emscote) and Myton! Left Myton in 1985. Parents live in Emscote, near Simple Simon pub.
No, All Saints (in Emscote) and Myton! Left Myton in 1985. Parents live in Emscote, near Simple Simon pub.
Ah, you're a few years behind me school-wise then, I left Kings High in 1977.
My sister was at Myton, but I think she'd have been a couple of years ahead of you too. She left in 82 I think.
Miss Alpinestarhero
09-11-08, 06:53 PM
Wow I sound pretty boring compared to some of you lot..! Ive lived in London all my life, apart from a 3 year stint at Kingston for university
Maria
Oh heck! Did she leave 6th form in 82? If so was in my sisters year, sister was Head Girl!!! I had to endure a year of embarrassment of that, the teasing from my friends was terrible!
Take it you passed the exam to Kings? I failed it! :smt019
Mmmmm Essex Girl through and through me
Born Braintree
Grew up in Gosfield
10 years in Earls Colne
7 years in Silver End
8 years in Colchester - still there
All in all a round trip of about 15 miles :rolleyes:
born in BRADFORD, moved to CAERPHILLY when i was 8 as my dad lost his job, and got one in wales?
Oh heck! Did she leave 6th form in 82? If so was in my sisters year, sister was Head Girl!!! I had to endure a year of embarrassment of that, the teasing from my friends was terrible!
Take it you passed the exam to Kings? I failed it! :smt019
6th form? My sister? not a chance, she was truant more often than not!
I passed the 11+ and won a scholarship to Kings. My parents could never have afforded the fees! Being poor in a rich girls school is the pits! I hated the place!
You must be about on a par school-age with my brother, although he went to Warwick School. You may have passed each other on the Myton road though:D
You must be about on a par school-age with my brother, although he went to Warwick School. You may have passed each other on the Myton road though:D
Ha, the good old days when cars couldn't get along the Myton Road due to the amount of cyclists! I don't think it's like that now. Probably too many 4x4's!
Speedy Claire
09-11-08, 09:44 PM
Eglinton, Londonderry
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Ainsdale (Nr. Southport, Lancs)
Ghana (West Africa)
Ainsdale (again)
Chatham (Kent)
Liverpool
Moreton (Wirral)
Liverpool
Bulawayo
Leeds
Castleford.
Gazza77
10-11-08, 04:06 PM
After being born in Sutton Coldfield, I moved to live in Pontefract at about 6 months old. At 18 I headed off to Uni for three years in Hull, then back home for a year. I then moved out to Normanton, where I remained for 9 years, until I moved to Hebden Bridge about 4 months ago to live with the other half, and into our new house last week. :)
St Helens
Rainford
St Helens
Sth Wales - RAF St Athan
Scotland - RAF Kinloss
Germany - RAF Wildenrath
England - RAF Cranwell
England - RAF Molesworth
Reading
St Helens
Warrington
Born Portsmouth 76
Moved to Auckland, NZ at 3
Returned to Portsmouth at 16. Moved about a bit then..
Hayling Island
Clanfield
Southampton from 18 - 24 uni
Fuerteventura for 6 months
Port Solent
Rochester, NY for 2 years
Port Solent
and now Gosport, Hants although spend most weeks in Liege, Belgium (work).
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