The Random Thread

[Workingman]

Six for £1 in the Co-op... bargain.

[Diflower]

Well yes, that's because it's February

[Diflower]

You know how this is an expensive, upmarket sort of town (despite us plebs) and there was a huge uproar when the 99p shop opened in what was Woolies?
Well, evidence of that snootiness - it's closed

Only to be replaced by the far more exclusive Poundland

[Kaz]

Gloucester is full of poundshops, it's that kind of place

[saundra]

It's never stopped raining here today

[saundra]

:lol:

Gloucester is full of poundshops, it's that kind of place

I thought Gloucester was very upmarket being the Cotswold s

[Kaz]

Nooooo Saundra, Cheltenham, which is less than ten miles away, is the posh one. Gloucester has a lovely Cathedral, but the town has a lot of social problems and is a bit run down. We are actually in the Severn Valley here, the Cotswolds are a few miles away. Easily reachable, and we are within easy driving distance of some beautiful places, but Gloucester itself is a funny old place

[saundra]

Bills aunty lived in bath or Cheltenham he used to visit when he was little
Think they all drifted apart due to the war

[Kaz]

This is tongue in cheek but there's a fair bit of truth there

Joking aside, the Docks area is great and there are some lovely parts of town. I would have included ours before that stabbing last weekend

[Kaz]

I really like Cheltenham Saundra, but Mick thinks it's snobby