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

No worse than Stoke-on-Trent

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.

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

I live in Shrewsbury-on-Severn

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.

[tigersaw]

Greetings from Southampton on Solent

[gruntygiggles]

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.

Originally Posted by gruntygiggles

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.

[L3nny]

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.

[timwilky]

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)