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This is the horror that the Blackburn Morrisons inflicts on customers as they leave. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

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The monkey rings that bell, but the times it rings it don't seem to be associated with the clock.

The building used do be a church, so maybe this is payback from Satan?

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You've been here all of 5 minutes, and you're already trashing our treasured artefacts?!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

When you don't have beautiful art like this, I can't help it.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago

so the UK cultural assimilation has hit some snags I take it...?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

That lion looks like a caricature of Bert Lahr playing the Cowardly lion in Wizard of Oz.

[+] Zip2@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I guess the equivalent to Blackburn in the south would be somewhere like Stevenage, or Staines, maybe.
Liverpool town centre was a UNESCO heritage site. The Angel of the North, Durham cathedral, etc etc etc. Don't pretend the south is prettier than the north. The weather's mildly better and there's more money to be made, I'll give you that. But it costs hugely more, and people are a lot less friendly in my experience (and all the polling I've seen on the matter)

[+] Zip2@feddit.uk 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are some lovely hills down south! The Chilterns and the Cotswolds are gorgeous. I used to live in Hertfordshire though, definitely a contender for the most uninspiring landscape in the country.

[+] Zip2@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I remember thinking that living in the Cotswolds might be a bit stifling. Can you easily get to the forest of Dean from where you are? I've spent a few days exploring that and I'm sure I remember that some of that is primeval. I thought it was absolutely glorious anyway and I'm going again this year. I guess the nearest proper mountains to you are the Brecon beacons? Nothing you can just pop to though for sure. I'm in Liverpool, so it's an hour or so for me to get to the Dee valley and Snowdonia, for which I am very lucky.

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

That's annoyingly slightly out of reach for such a cool place. Sounds like it's just far away enough to rule out for a relaxed day trip. These others all sound really nice actually, I've never heard of the Wychwood, I'm gonna research it.
Has Snowdonia changed its name? I went last year yet still missed that memo.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Wychwood is lovely (and has a great brewery nearby in Witney) - well worth a look in if you're in the area.

Snowdonia and the Brecons have been re-Cymraegified FWIW; though I doubt the new names will become part of the national consciousness for a while...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind living in the south since that's where most of my family is, but I don't even know if the country I'll end up in will be England, because I'm applying all over the UK.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

The monkey rings the bell whenever it sees someone wearing white socks