Thinking of moving to the Stoke/Stone/Newcastle U.L area but don't know that area

johnycoldears

I like Jeremy Clarkson's take on Staffordshire - well the complimentary bits anyway....

"So when I saw the result of the Country Life survey, I was horrified. Staffordshire worse than Hertfordshire. Worse than Essex. Worse than East Sussex and even Surrey. Rubbish. If Kent is the garden of England, then Surrey is its patio.

Staffordshire, however, is one of its lungs. The rolling farmland near Uttoxeter, replete with wisteria villages, is as delightfully English as anywhere in the country and the Cannock Chase on a damp autumn morning, with the dew in the ferns, is like Yosemite, without the cliffs to fall off, or the bears to eat you.

Actually, to be honest, it’s not like Yosemite at all, but there is a lot of wildlife. Deer. Deer. More deer. If you’re really lucky, you might catch a glimpse of a great crested Lord Lichfield stomping about the woods. And where does the Duke of Devonshire live? Derbyshire, that’s where.

Mind you, he’s about the only thing that has come out of Devon. I’m struggling now to think of anything in my house that was made there. And you could spray the county with machinegun fire without hitting a single musician, artist or rock band. You wouldn’t hit a pheasant either. The bloody things are all far too high.

Whereas Staffordshire is the birthplace of your lavatory bowl, the Climax Blues Band, Dr Johnson, all your crockery and Robbie Williams. It’s also home to my oldest friend, who has the best name in the history of speech: !!!!!! Haszard. And even better, his uncle’s a major."

Quackers

spirit wrote: »

do you two live next door to each other then? :rotfl:

pretty much...I'm in the next street :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Barneysmom

SandC wrote: »

Bear in mind the dreadful reputation of Stafford Hospital - although I'm sure they have started cleaning their act up now.

That one's not in Stoke, it's in Stafford, 20 miles down the M6.
I think it's ok now though anyway, I don't think they'd dare let anything bad happen to anyone.