Meee - well, I live in New Zealand, but I'm English - does that count? I was born in Lancashire, but lived most of my life in Royston, near Cambridge.

And London - who can AFFORD to live there, whether they want to or not? I could just about get a 1 bedroom bedsit for the price of a 5 bedroom mansion in New Zealand! And I don't think I could live without a view anymore. Definately don't miss looking straight into other houses all around.

I'll be in UK in September. Hold off summer till I get there, OK? ;^D

[ June 08, 2001: Message edited by: Claudia ]

We're having a summer of sorts in the Midlands. Or so experts claim. The peasantry are secretly organising a hunt to track it down, kill it, stuff it and put it on display in a Museum of Rare Happenings in Birmingham. We're expecting an influx of Cornish tourists any time now.

[ June 08, 2001: Message edited by: Ian Johnson ]

Another UK bod here! If that last post from Suraklin was no 12, then **ack** I'm unlucky no 13!

I got you all beat hands down for a grotty place to live. I'm currently in Swindon, in Wiltshire.  It's a grimy splat of a town that has ideas above it's station (thinks it should be a city, whereas I think it should just be carpet bombed). I'm a village boy born and bred, God I hate towns!

Yup Arvhot, Swindon, home of the Honda...and the mullet haircut.

I guess there are worse places, but when you grow up in the countryside and watch this sprawl of grey urban death creeping over once green fields you learn to resent it.

My mother used to live in London, and I totally get what you mean by that eye contact thing. V. wierd.

lol @ wildekitten

LOL at wildekitten laughing at Arvhot laughing at wildekitten!

Well where are we with the summer debate has it arrived or not........when the sun vanishes don't worry, it is just me hanging my washing out...........instant rain!!!

Thank God we've got some Geordie representation on this BB, finally.  Welcome aboard, FG.  I hope you enjoy your visits.

Ian Johnson wrote:

Tad! Almost forgot - have you read Mother London and King of the City?

Mother London -- gettin' all fancy with the italics now -- is one of my favorite books.  I have King of the City but haven't had a chance to read it yet.  The second child thing has just blown my pleasure reading time straight to H-E-double hockey sticks.


(When was the last time anyone out there heard that peculiar expression?)

[ June 13, 2001: Message edited by: Tad ]

I live in Lancashire (on the top of a hill) but work in Rainy-Old-Manchester .... my fault I 'spose, I chose to come to Uni here all those years ago .... I'd been all over before that (I was born an Essex-girl, but don't tell anyone!!)

Jacq, my wife Deborah went to Manchester, and she's almost exactly your age.  Maybe you were there together.

She hasn't been posting because she's busy on so many other aspects of the site and various other projects, but if/when our email is working, you could write to her at deborah@shadowmarch.com.

Please forgive the intrusion, but I was curious as to as to a school- a college or university, I believe, called Cambridge. Sorry if I misspelled it. My archaeology professor went there and he talks about how great it was. I was wondering if it is as wonderful and prestigous as he says or if he is making stuff up to sound good. ;)

Thanks.

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Nottingham via Herefordshire ( but having to move to the South East to work :-( )

I think Chelsea's going to Oxford like her pop did. Cambridge people will doubtless be mightily miffed (or pretending they don't care).