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Had a last few items to buy ...
MrRee_2
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..... went into Town last night between 6 and 8pm ...... thought it would be empty.
Not on your nelly!! Car Parks FULL, shops jammed to the rafters with people grabbing anything that may be left, the walkways were just a people soup .... I gave up in the end - it's madness.
And the amount of money being spent was mindboggling ..... this is the South, of course. And I do realise the Northern towns are full of boarded up shops rather than full of shoppers.
But, hereabouts, it's like the good times had never briefly disappeared ...... it's full steam ahead!!
Don't worry, Northerners, the affluence will filter down to you soon enough.
Not on your nelly!! Car Parks FULL, shops jammed to the rafters with people grabbing anything that may be left, the walkways were just a people soup .... I gave up in the end - it's madness.
And the amount of money being spent was mindboggling ..... this is the South, of course. And I do realise the Northern towns are full of boarded up shops rather than full of shoppers.
But, hereabouts, it's like the good times had never briefly disappeared ...... it's full steam ahead!!
Don't worry, Northerners, the affluence will filter down to you soon enough.
Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
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Which South Coast town was that MrRee? I grew up near Poole, and when I went back for a funeral recently it was full of people clutching Primark bags. Not the sign of a town going places.They are an EYESORES!!!!0
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Festival Place, Basingstoke.
But, it was the same in Bournemouth and Poole last week.
PACKED!!! Maybe the Primark bags were from their visits up't North in the Summer?Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!0 -
Hope you remembered my pressie MrRee, wot wiv it being xmas and all that...0
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Mallotum_X wrote: »Hope you remembered my pressie MrRee, wot wiv it being xmas and all that...
I'd like "It's a mystery" by Toyah.
Mystery from MrRee ... seems apt
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My present to you all is my continued reports on here to assist in your Financial affairs!!Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!0
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Well, take a trip up the M3 to Festival Place, Basingstoke.Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!0
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This thread appears to be about how surprised someone was that lots of people went shopping on an evening in the week before christmas.
Surprising? Really????0 -
p.s. the only thing that is surprising is that basingstoke is apparently now on the south coast!!0
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Well, take a trip up the M3 to Festival Place, Basingstoke
Gawd no.
Full of chavs and spivs.
No class whatsoever !!!'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0
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