Friendliest town?
 

Right!!!! now i was born and bred in ossy, loved shopping, meeting mates for a night out, and working in accy but then later years took me to blackburn where i had a pub, now live in blackpool, have also spent time in middlesborough , manchester and warrington, and i have to say the friendliest (NOW DONT GET OFFENDED MY FELLOW ACCYWEBBERS) were actually blackburn....(bearing in mind im going back 10 .13 yrs ago so it might have changed) I found that being an out of towner this were the the friendliest place other than my home town....


which is your out of town friendly place??????

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Armagh and Tempo

You cant beat the irish welcome.

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Think you might find the population of Balckburn has changed a lot in 13 years

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See what u mean if we are talking 13years ago but dont think it is now LOL

Nowt wrong with good old accy:D im biased i cant help it:D

Which pub did u have Cherokee??

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Gotta go with Accrington, we're a friendly bunch :)

The most unfriendly town has got to be Preston .... I hated living there nobody had a smile for each other, they were a right bunch of miserable sods !!

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Eh, take care Tinks, doesn't Mick come from there ?

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That should get her banned :Banane44:

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:eek: ....... Oh errrrr .... hmmmm .... I meant Preston in Australia ;)


{p.s. is there a Preston in Australia? :D **

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Repeat after me, "Mick moved out because he isn't miserable".

Now if that saves you getting banned you owe me a pint :D

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A pint of milk? :p

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There's about 15 Prestons in UK ... so know you obvisously meant the one in Devon or Canterbury maybe ?

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DEVON!! Yeah course that's the one I meant!! :D

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Oh dont get me wrong i love accy and ossy hence me saying other than your home town...but at the time i found blackburn a very friendly place.... and although i live in blackpool now i dont find it the friendliest of places mainly because its full of tourists though dont think id like to leave it... like i said bb has prob changed shed loads now and think if i was to chose one now well think ossy would come out tops..

agree jen.... think irish are very friendly but not having been over i dont know what its like when there...

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Mel if you go over there just make sure one thing - you have had plenty of drinking practice!!! That way you might be able to keep up with them. When i was over there i wasnt sober for 4 days - one a wedding, next my birthday, then 12th & 13th July.

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Doesn't Mummiboo live in Preston? She seems awfully sweet also!

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Yeh, tee hee .. you digging it deeper LYY .. Mick's daughter . :rolleyes:

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Yeah, I know it's Mick's daughter. Just trying to defend at least some of the good folks of Preston.

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Why are you an authority on the people that live in Preston? When I lived there I actually gave it alot of thought as I felt miserable never having a smile returned, it felt weird. I think it's because many people are just there to work or shop, everyone seems so busy all the time. You don't see many people clogging up the street in the mddle of town having a good old natter.

I never said they were bad people just miserable sods!

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i agree with ya there tinks when you say most are there workin etc..but a lot of em are students as well so prob the locals dont get a chance to be friendly because they dont get a look in lol.. soz mick :D
I think it may explain b/pool ,tourism etc,..also...
I will say one thing though and it is the one thing i miss about being back in ossy/accy people over there arent affraid or calling a spade a spade ...I grew up not being affraid of speaking my mind and yes it has got me into trouble sometimes ..but why not tell it like it is ...to me im proud of my roots and if folk dont like it ..ummm dont move to ossy / accy lol..

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friendliest place i have ever come across is old algiers across the river from new orleans which for my money is the friendliest city.

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the town in alabama that the top gear presenters were seemed to be mightily unfriendly!

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:rolleyes: Aaaahhh Thankyou cherokee, I'm glad someone else knows what I'm on about!

I know what you mean about Blackpool, I lived on St Chads Road helping out at a hotel then moved to Vance Road. It's similar but not as un-friendly as Preston. The lovely gossipy women that run some of the hotels make up for some of the miserable ones :)

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I think a lot of Prestoners don't live in Preston itself these days. They tend to live in Leyland or Chorley. That might not make sense but I know what I mean :D

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LOL! I think I know what you mean. :)

I was telling Flashy earlier though it was also the neighbours. I lived in a block of flats on Bairstow street and going out of the property would often meet other people from the flats on the stairs and would often try to exchange pleasantries with a polite "morning" which was always met with silence and a frown.

On the street exactly the same. In town everyone just sooo busy, ignorantly knocking into you and not apologising.

Sorry, but politeness doesn't cost a thing.

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Sorry folks but i have to agree with tinks A lot of them in Preston are miserable sods exept mummiboo and family;)
why do you think we moved over here people in accy are a lot more friendly AND helpfull they have time to stop and talk, in preston and i think most big towns its all rush .

I must be ill agreeing with tinks on something:eek:

I would never move back there

I have made more true friends here in Accy in the last 10 years than i ever did in Preston

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Oh hallelujah :bow8: Thankyou Mick I just saw you'd posted in this thread and thought "oppps I'm in trouble now"!!! :eek:

I've met lovely mummiboo at Annes birthday meet and often wonder how she manages to stay there, she's definitely not a miserable sod. It really did get me down when I lived there. The only nice person I met while I lived there was my GP, Mr Mayor I think he was called ...... he was obviously an out of towner :D

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My sister lives in Preston :cool:

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so what so does my mum:p

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Ooooo get u LOL meeeowww:D

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no accymel she has no pets

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oh i forgot so does my brother:)

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so what neither has my sister :D :D

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:rofl38: do i detect a hint of sarcasm:rolleyes: :D

Handbags at dawn...............anyone else with relations in Preston????:D

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:eek: Oh I'm sorry Dave, Mick, I take it all back about people from Preston :o





HA HA HA! Like hell I do!!! :p Just pass on my sincere sympathies to them for having to live in that place ;)

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And there is also DirectDJ (my son) and he has no pets as well:)

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Does having to go there several times a week qualify for sympathy ? :)

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No, u get paid for it:D :D hehehehe