Great UK Cities

[Bjornebye]

I'd have thrown Edinburgh in there as I was based there with the Navy (well over the bridge but close enough) and two of our best posters are from there. However I got battered by a bunch of Hearts fans outside the station for wearing a Celtic scarf so it can go and sticks its Hogmanay up its arse. Junkie bastards

[Creator Supreme]

It is Yorkshire mate, 'tis to be expected!

 

When did you work here?

Long time back mate, about October 05 I think. Have a vague recollection of seeing a team in red lose to a team now managed by an owl in a cup game in an unmentionable sport in a Sheffield pub.

[Mook]

Anybody on here in Edinburgh & at a loose end, I'd be happy to get a pint in.

 

Ken?

[Creator Supreme]

Anybody on here in Edinburgh & at a loose end, I'd be happy to get a pint in.

 

Ken?

If it's The Cloisters, Doctors, or The Guildford I can be there in about 4 hours :)

[cochyn]

Bath's amazing - Everyone seems fucking thrilled to have found themselves there and buzzed that you're there too. It's an impossibly pretty city with some of the best pubs and restaurants going. And it manages it without being a cunt about it as well, if that makes sense? It just gets on with doing everything it does really, really well.

 

I'm a massive fan of Glasgow as well. It's got that 'proper city' feel and it's fucked, really. I love the way that despite all the regeneration schemes, it resolutely refuses to be gentrified. It's a genuinely beautiful city and has some of the finest Arts & Crafts architecture in the world, pubs and restaurants to die for, a great music scene. And yet, it's the least wanky place imaginable. The locals are fucking mental, but friendly. It shouldn't work, but it does.

[Harry Squatter]

Lived in Cambridge for 2 years and enjoyed it. Only a small place but has some good bars and places to eat. Not far from the countryside too.

 

Always like going to London as there's always something interesting to see and do.

 

I like Edinburgh and Cardiff, places with lots of character and identity.

 

One place I'd like to visit is Newcastle.

[cloggypop]

 

 

a great music scene.

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut has to be the best venue name ever.

[Mathewbet1]

Rhyl is brill (although not a city)

[cloggypop]

I ain't gonna play Sun Centre.

[Nunavut Patrick]

Inverness is a great small city. If you ever get the chance to take the train from Edinburgh to Inverness the Highlands are stunning.

 

Bournemouth was lovely as well, the seaside especially.

 

My sister lives on the IOW and there are some nice country pubs they’ve taken me too. Had a pie at one that was second only to Mitchell’s. Maybe even better. The Blacksmith I think it was, and they had a fire going in the upper bar.

[chrisbonnie]

I remember getting off with a bird there when I was 15 and on holidays in nearby Prestatyn.

 

She stank of cigarettes and white lightening.

 

Good times.................

 

Rhyl is brill (although not a city)

[Mook]

If it's The Cloisters, Doctors, or The Guildford I can be there in about 4 hours :)

No wonder you are miserable, they are three of the worst boozers in Embra.

 

Cloisters especially, more atmosphere on the moon.

[Creator Supreme]

They're great, decent proper beer, good food, and I loved the Cloisters because no music or tv, bloody marvellous

[Creator Supreme]

You're not an Auld Toll regular are you Mook? That place was like the Slaughtered Lamb in American Werewolf!

[Mook]

You're not an Auld Toll regular are you Mook? That place was like the Slaughtered Lamb in American Werewolf!

Used to love the Auld Toll, it shut down about 5 years back and is now a hipster place.

 

Burlington Berties & The Ventoux are the best pubs round there now.

[VladimirIlyich]

I'll echo the positive sentiments for Lincoln and York as small cities with a lot of character and interest. Lincoln was my Uni city, first place I lived away from home and where my wife is from, so we visit often. Its a very different place to 15 years ago, when I first moved there, in large part due to the new University's growth.

 

I'll also expand on why Sheffield is great. Regionally, it lags behind Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham in some ways. The city centre is years behind and the retail and leisure offer is poor, with a limited night time economy there beyond pubs. Meadowhall can hold some responsibility for that but poor planning and the financial crash too. Where other cities transformed their centres, we didn't and only now are we seeing long promised developments begin. However, I think it's for the best as one of the best things about Sheffield is a strong independent scene and the fact that it ISN'T too developed. The new masterplan is of a much better, more human scale that will ultimately represent something more akin to what Sheffield is.

 

That will complement good nightlife, a strong local music scene with great record shops, restaurants, delis and as good a craft beer/real ale scene as there is anywhere. It has two great Universities, advanced manufacturing and health research initiatives which are providing new, well-paid jobs which are growing the local economy.

 

Sheffield is exceptionally green and its people care passionately about that, which you may have seen on the national news as we staunchly defend our beautiful street trees. Our public spaces are great and if that wasn't enough you're never far from the Peak District, with incredible landscapes, interesting places to visit and fantastic pub walks!

 

I moved to Sheffield just for a year in 2006. I'm still here and have no intention of leaving.

One of my Sons was at the University of Sheffield for about 4 years back in the mid 2000s until about 2009 and we visited quite often and found it to be quite a nice city,at least in part anyway. Meadowhall,which we visited once,is not a particularly bad example of a large shopping complex and access to it was quite plentiful regarding trains and buses but basically they're all the same anyhow. Liked the Botanical Gardens for a walk too.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

York gets extra points for that Monkbar chocolate place in the Shambles.

[Champ]

York gets extra points for that Monkbar chocolate place in the Shambles.

But lost massively after the Pork Butchers on Petergate closes down. The best sausages, pork pies and curd tarts I’ve ever had

[VladimirIlyich]

But lost massively after the Pork Butchers on Petergate closes down. The best sausages, pork pies and curd tarts I’ve ever had

Do you mean Lemon Curd tarts,like Jam Tarts but with Lemon Curd instead? Haven't had them since I was a kid.

[Creator Supreme]

Used to love the Auld Toll, it shut down about 5 years back and is now a hipster place.

Burlington Berties & The Ventoux are the best pubs round there now.

Where are they? Up near Bruntsfield?

 

The one time I went in the Auld Toll I genuinely feared for my safety!

[Mook]

Where are they? Up near Bruntsfield?

 

The one time I went in the Auld Toll I genuinely feared for my safety!

Aye, Tollcross.

 

The Auld Toll was sound, great beer garden that nobody knew about.

[Champ]

Where are they? Up near Bruntsfield?

 

The one time I went in the Auld Toll I genuinely feared for my safety!

It’s Tollcross but you’re in the right area.

I’ve never heard of the Auld Toll but I can’t think that any city centre pub could be that scary. Out of town and it’s a different story. Same as anywhere I guess

[Creator Supreme]

The Auld Toll was between Tollcross and Bruntsfield if memory serves. Must admit Mook, the beer garden is news to me.

[Mook]

It’s Tollcross but you’re in the right area.

I’ve never heard of the Auld Toll but I can’t think that any city centre pub could be that scary. Out of town and it’s a different story. Same as anywhere I guess

The Grapes is a city centre pub that is genuinely scary, probably the only one left in Edinburgh.

[Champ]

Do you mean Lemon Curd tarts,like Jam Tarts but with Lemon Curd instead? Haven't had them since I was a kid.

No no no. Curd cheese with currants in them. Proper Yorkshire delicacy