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Old 01-11-10, 10:40 PM   #1
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Default 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

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Old 01-11-10, 11:48 PM   #2
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No worse than Stoke-on-Trent
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Old 02-11-10, 12:40 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 02-11-10, 08:32 AM   #4
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I got it... but couldn't resist having a pop

I live in Shrewsbury-on-Severn
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Old 02-11-10, 09:32 AM   #5
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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.
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Old 02-11-10, 09:34 AM   #6
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Greetings from Southampton on Solent
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Old 02-11-10, 09:36 AM   #7
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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.
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Old 02-11-10, 10:26 AM   #8
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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.
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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Old 02-11-10, 11:00 AM   #9
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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.
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Old 02-11-10, 11:09 AM   #10
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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)
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