Reply to: Rotherham

[DaveB]

Being a good Sheffield boy (that now lives in Hampshire) I think you're going to find it a bit of a culture shock. If you can train it and want gyms, some sort of life etc., an option is rent a place in Sheffield near the train station. It's actually not bad there now - much better than when I was a lad! Forget Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster IMHO.

Agreed, I live about 40 miles south east of Sheffield and it starts to get civilised the further out you go. Sheffield is a pretty nice place these days, but dead after closing time. There's very little in the way of late night entertainment unless you count student grade night clubs. If you're happy to be home well before midnight there are some good places.

Avoid Doncaster at all costs, there's a reason Jeremy Clarkson legged it down south as soon as he was able.

Never had the courage to visit Barnsley...

[dezze]

Being a good Sheffield boy (that now lives in Hampshire) I think you're going to find it a bit of a culture shock. If you can train it and want gyms, some sort of life etc., an option is rent a place in Sheffield near the train station. It's actually not bad there now - much better than when I was a lad! Forget Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster IMHO.

[cojak]

I can get most of that in Wycombe. Have also contracted in Bristol - that seemed pretty 21st Century.

I just have never been to Yorkshire in my entire life. Looks like Im in for a bit of a shock if I choose to a3ccept the ròle.

Well actually most of the major cities are ok. Look, just be a good neighbour and you'll get along fine - that trumps just about everything else these days (you might have to keep telling everyone that you're a Southerner tho. Bear that one in mind...)

[Bagnando Con Pietro]

The reason I thought that you were Italian is that your criteria for somewhere to live were just so.... Italian.

I could not believe that you were asking for something so far removed from reality in YORKSHIRE and thought that it was because you've never lived in a rural community in England.

Anyway, follow my suggestions and you should find somewhere to live.

If you want to live 'in the 21st Century' and have cycling access to gyms and cinemas you'll have to live in London.

(Rural = in the middle of nowhere whout amenities and no public transport).

I can get most of that in Wycombe. Have also contracted in Bristol - that seemed pretty 21st Century.

I just have never been to Yorkshire in my entire life. Looks like Im in for a bit of a shock if I choose to a3ccept the ròle.

[cojak]

High Wycombe born and bred!

My Parsnips are Asian though.

The reason I thought that you were Italian is that your criteria for somewhere to live were just so.... Italian.

I could not believe that you were asking for something so far removed from reality in YORKSHIRE and thought that it was because you've never lived in a rural community in England.

Anyway, follow my suggestions and you should find somewhere to live.

If you want to live 'in the 21st Century' in a village and have cycling access to gyms and cinemas you'll have to live in central London.

(Rural = in the middle of nowhere without amenities or public transport).

[Bagnando Con Pietro]

Sorry, you sounded Italian.

High Wycombe born and bred!

My Parsnips are Asian though.

[cojak]

This is my country!

Sorry, you sounded Italian.

[Bagnando Con Pietro]

Basically think of a rural village in your own country and transplant it into Yorkshire - that's how they work around the globe generally.

This is my country!

[cojak]

When I aay 221C I mean gay friendly security settinggs thankyo

The only villages that openly admit that they are 21st Century are around Clerkenwell, Shoreditch and Islington.

(They are also the ones that meet your criteria, without the rural bit, obv...)

But provided you're discreet and are a good neighbour (keep the front of the house looking tidy, offer to take in your neighbour's online shopping without flogging it on Ebay) - most rural areas will let you live there.

Basically think of a rural village in your own country and transplant it into Yorkshire - that's how they work around the globe generally.

[stek]

When I aay 221C I mean gay friendly security settinggs thankyo

There are no gays in Yorkshire, Lad.

[Bagnando Con Pietro]

When I aay 221C I mean gay friendly security settinggs thankyo

[Sausage Surprise]

I got a room here for £35 a night and drove into Rotherham (20-25 mins). Mexborough is closer though.

Wortley Hall

Grounds are beautiful and the beer is as cheap as you like.

[DaveB]

Rotherham is an absolute tuliphole beyond compare....

What he said. It's an abysmal place.

There aren't even any reasonably nice places within easy commuting distance.

[BigRed]

I have to disagree with the following two posters, Mexborough shows how low Rotherham could sink.

I'm sure there are plenty of properties where you could have exclusive use of the brick outbuilding at the bottom of the garden. Many properties have only recently upgraded from a tin bath in front of the fire. Your own kitchen is a pipedream.

[northernladuk]

Hello everyone,

Does anyone here know the Rotherham area? I'm starting on a new contract there in January (fixed term) . Actually it's Mexborough but that, from my understanding, is part of Rotherham.

So not really contracting then