I have found somewhere worse than Croydon

[Dave the OAP]

horley!


I just popped into there to find a newsagent and it was like walking back in time to the 50's......I have never seen so many chavs, yobs and people with hideous dress sense...Every other shop is a charity one....

It makes Croydon look like Mayfair!!!

Never again!!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I don't mind Croydon. I would agree with Horley and Redhill makes me want to slit my wrists.

 

[Easy 10]

I thought the 50's was supposed to be nice.
Back then it was brylcreamTASTIC. Or so the fogeys will have us believe.

 

[Simster]

I don't mind Croydon. I would agree with Horley and Redhill makes me want to slit my wrists.

Dave's description of Horley is spot on when he refers to 50s nature of it. The look of the car boot sale on Sundays is particularly mind numbing.

As you know, I live close to Redhill, and I think it's much maligned. Sure it has chavs aplenty, but it's market is first class for fruit & veg, it has reasonable facilities as towns go, and excellent rail communications to London & Brighton and many other places.

 

[gullshark]

My first gf was from Horley, hardly surprising we used to go to CRAWLEY of all places for something to do.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Lands that time forgot.

 

[essbee]

Try Kilmarnock!

I went there for a wedding - a joyous occasion it
was not!

 

[bhaexpress]

horley!


I just popped into there to find a newsagent and it was like walking back in time to the 50's......I have never seen so many chavs, yobs and people with hideous dress sense...Every other shop is a charity one....

It makes Croydon look like Mayfair!!!

Never again!!

f*** off baldy, I spent most of the 90s there, it's no worse than the arsehole of Hove you come from. No way is it on a par with Croydon.

 

[Easy 10]

Cor
That was some reaction !

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I thought the 50's was supposed to be nice.
Back then it was brylcreamTASTIC. Or so the fogeys will have us believe.

Everything was in black & white back then, though.

 

[bhaexpress]

Cor
That was some reaction !

Horley is a dormitory for London and more so Gatwick. Because of it's connection to Gatwick it has a pretty transitory populace but it also does not have a large Council Estate (breeding ground for chavs) like many Sussex towns. Don't know which newsagent David went into but maybe if he took his head out of his arse he might have seen a bit more. Granted Horley is nothing special but it's not that bad either.

I'd be happy to live there again.

 

[Simster]

Horley is a dormitory for London and more so Gatwick. Because of it's connection to Gatwick it has a pretty transitory populace but it also does not have a large Council Estate (breeding ground for chavs) like many Sussex towns. Don't know which newsagent David went into but maybe if he took his head out of his arse he might have seen a bit more. Granted Horley is nothing special but it's not that bad either.

I'd be happy to live there again.

He's completely wrong about the chavs, but he's right about the sleepy, 50s feel of the place IMO. And compared to some of the shithouse places in Sussex, it's perfectly acceptable.

 

[The Grockle]

I had the pleasure of visiting the Court lodge estate some years back and was chased by some little scrotums, I ended up hiding behind a tackle shop (hero)!
On a seperate visit I went with a girl to the Air Balloon (formally the gamebird) and was eyeballed by a group of 40 year old men with missing teeth and tattoos on their necks, I was only aout 20 at the time... cnuts!
A final note on Horley never go to the liquid lounge it's full of scum.

 

[bhaexpress]

He's completely wrong about the chavs, but he's right about the sleepy, 50s feel of the place IMO. And compared to some of the shithouse places in Sussex, it's perfectly acceptable.

Sleepy yes, no argument there but it's a small town going nowhere. It's not unpleasant though, just not a great place for sight seeing. However, having grown up in Burgess Hill and Hassocks and been schooled in Haywards Heath I would not wnat to live there rather than Horley.

 

[Everest]

Try Kilmarnock!

I went there for a wedding - a joyous occasion it
was not!

Was it your own, then?

 

[Gazwag]

Since when were there Chav's in the 50's. We there any charity shops back then.

To be honest comparing it to today, were the 50's actually a bad time to live in

 

[bhaexpress]

I had the pleasure of visiting the Court lodge estate some years back and was chased by some little scrotums, I ended up hiding behind a tackle shop (hero)!
On a seperate visit I went with a girl to the Air Balloon (formally the gamebird) and was eyeballed by a group of 40 year old men with missing teeth and tattoos on their necks, I was only aout 20 at the time... cnuts!
A final note on Horley never go to the liquid lounge it's full of scum.

You live in Croydon, that rather questions your opinion for a start. (I live in the next borough and I do know what a real shithouse looks like).

 

[tricky]

Hey simster - I was thinking of moving to the reigate/ redhill area, whats the meadvale/ woodhatch area like?

 

[bhaexpress]

Hey simster - I was thinking of moving to the reigate/ redhill area, whats the meadvale/ woodhatch area like?

Woodhatch is pretty rural but the roads are quite decent. However you do get a bit of airport noise. There's a dirty great big Tescos there which makes shopping easy. The train service to London (for Horley) is good.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

f*** off baldy, I spent most of the 90s there, it's no worse than the arsehole of Hove you come from. No way is it on a par with Croydon.

Am just loving that response. Like an attack from a great white. fishing
Should someone not check if Granny is ok after falling off her chair?