Old Blues Who Move Back to the Horsham/Hertford Area

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:55 pm

The children did suggest that, the clients don't scream either.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:04 am

englishangel wrote:The children did suggest that, the clients don't scream either.

Unless you are unlucky...

darthmaul · Post by **darthmaul** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:40 am

AKAP wrote:
Great Plum wrote:
englishangel wrote:Now there's a surprise....NOT
No, but there's far nicer places to live and work...

(Says he who work in London!)
Yep
Northumberland (even better than Stockton-On-Tees)

Indeed. Teesside is a beautiful place. London has the ability to ruin any habits of relaxation that one might have had.

And you can't walk slowly either.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:42 am

darthmaul wrote:
AKAP wrote:
Great Plum wrote: No, but there's far nicer places to live and work...

(Says he who work in London!)
Yep
Northumberland (even better than Stockton-On-Tees)

Indeed. Teesside is a beautiful place. London has the ability to ruin any habits of relaxation that one might have had.

And you can't walk slowly either.

You can, but you get taken for a tourist with all the attendant dangers.

darthmaul · Post by **darthmaul** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:00 am

englishangel wrote:You can, but you get taken for a tourist with all the attendant dangers.

Especially if you are Japanese.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:10 am

This reminds me of a couple I saw at Victoria Station a few years ago - both middle-aged, very rotund, man wearing a loud shirt and a baseball cap, both wearing shorts which would have been baggy on normal people and sporting bum-bags, bloke with large camera around his neck.

I suppose they must have travelled up on the Gatwick Express, because with them they had a suitcase. Around this suitcase was a strap bearing the words 'American Tourist'. Just as well, really, because otherwise I would never have known........

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:14 am

Richard Ruck wrote:This reminds me of a couple I saw at Victoria Station a few years ago - both middle-aged, very rotund, man wearing a loud shirt and a baseball cap, both wearing shorts which would have been baggy on normal people and sporting bum-bags, bloke with large camera around his neck.

I suppose they must have travelled up on the Gatwick Express, because with them they had a suitcase. Around this suitcase was a strap bearing the words 'American Tourist'. Just as well, really, because otherwise I would never have known........

Now, now,

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:17 am

Well, honestly!

They might as well have been carrying a 'please mug us now' placard....

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:20 am

My husband is in the betting industry so until he either leaves me or leaves his job we are stuck within striking distance of London.

I am originally from East Sussex and several of my friends have moved away and then bought a little property back there, as a holiday home or in anticipation of retirement.

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:56 am

Richard Ruck wrote:This reminds me of a couple I saw at Victoria Station a few years ago - both middle-aged, very rotund, man wearing a loud shirt and a baseball cap, both wearing shorts which would have been baggy on normal people and sporting bum-bags, bloke with large camera around his neck.

I suppose they must have travelled up on the Gatwick Express, because with them they had a suitcase. Around this suitcase was a strap bearing the words 'American Tourist'. Just as well, really, because otherwise I would never have known........

We saw a couple on Skye, they had bought EVERYpossible thing in tartan, in clashing tartans of course. As he was taking a photo she called out 'El-merr' (wish I could imitate her accent). El-merr has gone into our family vocabulary.