gooner.girl Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Seeing as we have had houses and rooms (and mine are to embarrassing to post...) i thought it might be quite nice to show pictures of where I live instead. Its a nice village in Mid Sussex - i'd love to see some photos of the towns/villages where other people spend their days when not on the forum to! Village hall Top end of highstreet (unfortunately that is not my house...) Village Pond (DH and I were marooned in a dinghy on here on our hen and stag do's!) High street... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 That looks lovely Were you in the same dinghy. Sorry that made me chuckle when I read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Helen, what a lovely place to live ! Beautiful photos. Thanks for posting them - hopefully we'll get some others posted to see the scenery where other members live too. What a lovely idea . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 That looks lovelyWere you in the same dinghy. Sorry that made me chuckle when I read it Yes - we were in different pubs on the village high street to finish our respective stag and hen do's and its tradition amongst his friends that the stag gets thrown in the pond but it was February and we were a bit paranoid the cold water might set off his epilepsy so his 'mates' very kindly produced a rubber dinghy instead and i stupidly went down to the pond with my friends to laugh at him and ended up in a dinghy with Ali G (thats how they had dressed him!) with no oars, paddling round the pond in pitch black late at night.... They wouldn't let us back onto dry land until we had found the oars and paddled round both the little islands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Helen it's lovely where you live, I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 (edited) What a lovely place to live Helen! Do be careful not to post anything which will pinpoint exactly where you live.....especially after posting interiors of your house We're alright - burglars will have to get past the alligators first We are still based on this village My daughter's house is to the left of this photo - but not visible. We go to Church a couple of miles away,in Alderminster, where we used to live..... Carl and I were married here, as was my daughter, and we were all baptised here. http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/heartofengland/churchyards.htm Edited December 30, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Helen that is such a lovely place to live. You are very lucky Where we live is so suburban it is untrue Rows of 1930's houses all very similar We do have a very good pub that serves very nice food though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Looks lovely Lesley... I haven't heard of it though - is it very near Stratford?! Our village has a website to http://www.lindfieldonline.co.uk/ Not quite sure why as there is never much news! (Although the post office got ram-raided the other day - was the most interesting thing to happen here in ages!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 It's about 6 miles from Stratford Helen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 This is where I live - the finest stone town in England Stamford photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Oooh I hadnt realised you were there. My SIL is in Stamford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Well fancy that . Small world, Bron . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Wow Kate! Its gorgeous! Why have i not heard of it before?! It looks quite big! I love the river running through it and the buildings are all so pretty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 It's a beautiful town with lots of lovely Georgian stone buildings. It was a coaching town as we're on the old Great North Road (now the A1). If you've heard of the Burghley Horse Trials, they take place here at Burghley House which is one of our favourite places to go walking on a Sunday morning. We got married in this lovely church - All Saints Church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Wow! Its a huge church! We got married in the one in the last picture of my first post on this thread. Funnily enough - also called 'All Saints' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 What a coincidence . It is a quite a big church and has a lovely prominent position in the centre of a little square in town. Everyone can see you as you emerge after getting married. The boys used to have their Christmas carol service there when they were at primary school and it's a very atmospheric church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 our local park, no bad for a Northern town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I don't really have any pictures except of our walk to school but I do know about this site http://www.geograph.org.uk/ which is really quite cool this is round us http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2053463 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 It looks lovely where you live, Bron. I love that part of the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Here is Sheffield 1. The beautiful Ecclesall Woods, close by my house. 2. Ecclesall Parish Church....a local landmark. 3. Meadowhell 4. Lyceum Theatre. Saw Hobson's Choice here recently. 5. Millennium Square. Starkly beautiful. You either love it or hate it. I love it. 6.The Peace Gardens. 7. Cathedral 8. Winter Gardens. 9. Peace Gardens Fountain. 10. Canal Basin 11. The infamous Park Hill Flats. Documentaries galore have been made about them. They are a Grade 2 listed building. It was in front of these that my friend and I found ourselves surrounded by armed police as they arrested a local baddie. 12. The famous Tinsley Towers. When you see these from the M1 you know you are nearly home. 13. Nearby Ladybower Reservoir. 14. Nearby Stannage Edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 There are some really beautiful places there, Egluntine. I love the first photo . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 There are some really beautiful places there, Egluntine. I love the first photo . Ta muchly. The woods are a hop skip and a jump away from my house and are just breathtaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I love the Peace Gardens Egluntine. Lovely area Bron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Can't beat woodland for beauty, can you. The seasons change them so much . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 my road. it all happens here....! my old school : back lane : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...