Staines-on-Thames
 

To me this sounds worse than Staines, or is it just me ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-11665197

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

No worse than Stoke-on-Trent;)

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I prefer "Smoke-on-Trent" if you please. The Sun's affectionate moniker, after a Pub flouted the smoking ban for a few months back in 2007.

I was talking more about the pun, play on words a "stain on the thames", get it....oh forget it.

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

I got it... but couldn't resist having a pop:D

I live in Shrewsbury-on-Severn:D

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

lol, good timing.

We went to thorpe park the weekend before last and stayed in staines, we all mentioned how nice the place actually is. Speaking to a taxi driver he said all out of town people make the same comment. Ali G may have put it on the map but he didnt put the nicest spin on it, people hear Staines and think its going to be a chav run 5hit hole. He said it does have its places much like any other town but on the whole its a really nice place. Which from what we saw of it it was a massive improvement on round here. We stayed on the river banks and waking up to a continental breakfast with people rowing just outside the window was quite a suprise.

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

Greetings from Southampton on Solent

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

Fight fire with fire I say...changing the name is just silly.

Call a few TV studios and tell them they can use a few streets free of charge to do some filming on...then publicise it to the max to show the country how nice the place is.

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

a great idea, some sort of reality show about the town. They seem to be doing the rounds and in the right hands could put a great spin on the place.

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Hello from Warwick-on-Avon

What you want is a nice castle, makes everone think the rest of the town is as nice, even though most of it isnt.

Re: Staines-on-Thames
 

They just want to get hyphenated because they have delusions of grandeur.

Who would want to be known for a stinking cess pool, Sorry folks I mean river Thames.

Still I grew up in Whittle-le-Woods, and eventually moved across the border to Clayton-le-Woods. So always been Hyphenated. (Except when I had a brief fling with Telford)