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Basildon in General
Newest Review: ... lookin’ at my bird!’ in the Double Six (I’ll come back to that later…) In recent years, the town centre has fought something of a comeback, with an exciting redevelopment of the pedestrianised centre and a general cleaning up of the now ageing Eastgate. (Amazing how something which was so exciting can look so dated after just sixteen years). The centre is now semi vibrant again, although it does have a higher than average weighting of pound shops and only one in a hundred outlets belongs to an independent retailer. Big name highlights of the town are a Virgin Megastore, the department store Allders, a Marks & Spen... more |
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Basildon in General: Let the mockery begin! (1944 words)
by Pjenkins - written on 19.04.02 (Very useful, 742 readings)
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“Essex, Essex, Essex is crap, It’s an absolute abomination. Essex, may it fall off the map, It’s a boil on the bum of the nation…” -Spitting Image Essex. Butt of a thousand jokes. The ‘capital’ if you will of all derogatory British humour. Home of the Ford Escort, the satellite dish and stone cladding. Girls with short skirts and high heels, Men with enough labels to open a small department store. Yes indeed, the county which Eastern Saxons once called home has become a Mecca for derisory humour and finger pointing by those who consider it all to be..well, just a bit too tacky. Basildon, a new ...
Heart of Essex (620 words)
by KathrynPenguin - written on 30.01.01 (Very useful, 225 readings)
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Basildon, a new town in the heart of Essex. Famous on election night as Basildon votes count, whichever way Basildon votes you find the country follows and that party wins the election. In the run-up to every general election you find the town busy with camera crews and opinion pollsters trying to gauge the Basildon vote. Oh and we always get visited by top politicians from each party. Generally though an ordinary town with a few misconceptions which I hope to lay to rest here. ~~~~ Image ~~~~ Here Basildon has to do some making up. The statue in the town centre is of a mother and child, thought by many to symbolise the amount of teenage pregnancies the ...
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