Reply to: Where to Live in Manchester/Cheshire

[PAH]

Better learn to speak Polish if you're going to live in Chester these days.

Does this mean they'll have to order up some new signs to fit yet another foreign language at the entrance to hospitals and other services?

What was so wrong with Esperanto or other universal languages, seeing as they have such an aversion to English? It would save a fortune.

[Alf W]

Better learn to speak Polish if you're going to live in Chester these days.

[PAH]

Beautiful Chester!

I love it!

At least all the 'new money' is getting the horses off the roads and onto their bonnets.

[ramholio]

Beautiful Chester!

I love it!

[HRH]

Got to say I was very impressed with Manchester having not visited for many a year, its like a mini London now. Minus the stabbings I hope! Looking forward to living here for a few months, think Im going to live in the City. Thanks for your advice.

[PAH]

In my book, curtains are there to stop the sun waking you up at 4 in the morning (OK, not today).

If I'm shown around some place with a trendy design not to have curtains, I walk straight out again

tim

I suppose we have a different mind-set then!

I always laugh when watching Grand Designs where they have all those expanses of glass and no privacy from the outside world. The twitchers around their parts must get some very interesting sights.

[tim123]

In the same way that Westminster isn't in London? or the Vatican isn't in Rome?

When I was young and naive, the bint in the Italian tourist board got very angry with me and shouted "The Vatican is not in Rome" and refused to give me any information about it.

I think (still do) that this is a stupid attitude for a Tourist Information Office to take. Do they really think that Rome would have all the tourists that it does if the Vatican wasn't in the middle of it? Telling tourists that they are planning on going to the wrong town is silly.

tim

[tim123]

Also, if you live in an apartment block, do you bother with curtains.
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In my book, curtains are there to stop the sun waking you up at 4 in the morning (OK, not today).

If I'm shown around some place with a trendy design not to have curtains, I walk straight out again

tim

[Bagpuss]

Stretford? This is cheapish, handy for the Quays, and is also home to the Theatre of tulipe. It's not actually in Manchester proper though .

In the same way that Westminster isn't in London? or the Vatican isn't in Rome?

[Alf W]

Stretford? This is cheapish, handy for the Quays, and is also home to the Theatre of Sh1te. It's not actually in Manchester proper though and has the disadvantage of being invaded by loads of cockney pikey scum every other Sunday.

[Churchill]

It was closer to citeh, not the worst area any more especially since Hulme was made over

Hume won't be better until it's tarmacced(sp?) over!

[Bagpuss]

Perilously close to the scumbags, Man Ure.

It was closer to citeh, not the worst area any more especially since Hulme was made over

[PAH]

What about Moss-side, lovely there.

Perilously close to the scumbags, Man Ure.

[Bumfluff]

What about Moss-side, lovely there.

[Ardesco]

Wilmslooooww.....

sorry couldn't resist

<canned laughter>