Sussex Towns Slogans

[Spiros]

Shoreham Beach "Town full of inbreds"

Crabbers - as a former long-term resident of Shoreham Beach I'd like to take issue with your statement. But I can't - it's perfectly true.

Also:

Worthing - God's Waiting Room

 

[crasher]

Ardingly - it's pronounced -lie actually

 

[REDLAND]

Plumpton,

"Get out quick the Prices' are moving in"

 

[Brovion]

"Come and live in Worthing - St Peter's Close."

 

[Harold]

Hastings - "Cinque Port, Sink Estates"
St. Leonards - "For Care In The Community"
Bexhill - "Graveyard With Lights"
Eastbourne - "Where the Blue Rinse meets the Shell Suit"

 

[Titanic]

Welcome to Falmer - the home of Brighton and Hove Albion

 

[Albion Rob]

Hailsham: Car drivers take next exit, caravans across onto the green.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Lancing - 'It's not a haunted house it's a college'

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Frant- You've only heard of us because of the traffic flashes.

Maidenbower- "It's Crawley, but we're trying to make it sound posher"*.

*Also applies to Pound Hill, Tilgate and Worth.

As opposed to Broadfield, whose slogan is

"Nice stadium, but don't park your car in the area".

 

[Harold]

Firle - "All Travellers Welcome"

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Maresfield- Twin Peaks Country (Formerly Poynings)

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Hassocks- Village life for townies.

 

[London Calling]

UPPER DICKER ONE CARESS FROM COCKING AND A DARM GOOD FULKING

 

[Hiney]

Welcome to Crawley - Please drive carefully through our f***ing SHITHOLE

 

[Everest]

Fishersgate

"Welcome to Fishers...
Sod it
Thank you for visiting Fishersgate, come again soon"

 

[Safeway]

Filching - 'Bring your own straw'

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Looking further afield, how about

"Portsmouth: Home of Europe's largest council estate"

or- "We're not thick, but we don't know what a paediatrician is"

-"Just when you'd forgotten how bad 1960s planning was"

-"We're down to the bare bones you know"



Reading- For people who can't afford to live in London.

 

[John Dorian]

Bexhill - please follow the path to your chosen retirement house

 

[CHAPPERS]

Hove - 'Actually'

 

[John Dorian]

brighton - actually we're quite dim