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Griff said:
Why oh why do people make these stupid fucking sweeping statements about 'being like Essex' or some such shit.

It's lazy and shit. Stop it. :facepalm:
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I lived in Grays for three very long years. It is the arsehole of the world, and every so-called cliche about it is, if anything, a polite understatement.

(I am aware, of course, the "Essex" stereotype actually applies to the Grays/Tilbury, Basildon, Canvey triangle, rather than the whole county).
 
Griff said:
Why oh why do people make these stupid fucking sweeping statements about 'being like Essex' or some such shit.

It's lazy and shit. Stop it. :facepalm:
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Hear hear! I live in a village in a pretty rural area, and it couldn't be further from the stereotype. Personally I think parts of Essex are absolutely lovely.
 
I saw something on telly where these two hairdressers from Essex said they did not live up to the stereotype and it was Romford girls that gave them the bad rep... (they looked like they'd be at home in romford to me but I may be generalising)

I used to work with someone who lived around Wittam and said north essex was very nice but she was happy for it to be kept secret to keep property prices down.
 
quimcunx said:
I saw something on telly where these two hairdressers from Essex said they did not live up to the stereotype and it was Romford girls that gave them the bad rep... (they looked like they'd be at home in romford to me but I may be generalising)

I used to work with someone who lived around Wittam and said north essex was very nice but she was happy for it to be kept secret to keep property prices down.
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Witham's not that far from me at all, it really is very nice round these parts :)
 
Once (circa 1985) I was sitting on a bus in Chadwell St.Mary, and I slapped my wife on the arm in utter shock. A woman had got on who was not wearing stilettos.

True story. Though it may be different now.
 
LOL!!!!!!!! Stillettos!!!!! White ones!!!!! Magnificent stuff - are you coming up with this off the top of your head? LOL! My mum and the majority of my female friends are slags lol!
 
Sadken said:
LOL!!!!!!!! Stillettos!!!!! White ones!!!!! Magnificent stuff - are you coming up with this off the top of your head? LOL! My mum and the majority of my female friends are slags lol!
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Read the post, numbnuts...

1) Where did I say anything about white stilettos?

2) What I recounted above is true. In the mid-80s it was genuinely an item of shock to see a young woman in Grays/Tilbury/Chadwell St. Mary in anything other than this footwear. Around the same time, I saw a woman in the doctor's surgery, who looked about 8 months pregnant, and even she was wearing them. But not white ones.

3) Don't put words into my mouth, about your mum being a slag, although I'm perfectly willing to take your word for it.
 
isvicthere? said:
Read the post, numbnuts...

1) Where did I say anything about white stilettos?

2) What I recounted above is true. In the mid-80s it was genuinely an item of shock to see a young woman in Grays/Tilbury/Chadwell St. Mary in anything other than this footwear. Around the same time, I saw a woman in the doctor's surgery, who looked about 8 months pregnant, and even she was wearing them. But not white ones.

3) Don't put words into my mouth, about your mum being a slag, although I'm perfectly willing to take your word for it.
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LOL, ALL women in Essex are the same! THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!!! LOLLAPALOOZA!!!!
 
quimcunx said:
I saw something on telly where these two hairdressers from Essex said they did not live up to the stereotype and it was Romford girls that gave them the bad rep... (they looked like they'd be at home in romford to me but I may be generalising)

I used to work with someone who lived around Wittam and said north essex was very nice but she was happy for it to be kept secret to keep property prices down.
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idioteque said:
Witham's not that far from me at all, it really is very nice round these parts :)
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My home town. It's not bad. I couldn't wait to escape tho, to be fair.

Doesn't seem to have changed much since I left - it's a dormitory town, with a smattering of light/hitech industry (centre for design and assemblage of civilian and military radars apparently), M&G have a regional admin/management office there. Really the only big new thing is the enormous new estate on the SE edge of the town - it's effectively increased the towns population by 1/3, and gives me the chance to go past it and say 'I remember when all this was fields.'

Smelliest town in the UK on account of the sewage works on the eastern edge of the town.

Nice landscape, little pockets of nice people, otherwise you're in deep Daily Hate territory.
 
isvicthere? said:
I lived in Grays for three very long years. It is the arsehole of the world, and every so-called cliche about it is, if anything, a polite understatement.

(I am aware, of course, the "Essex" stereotype actually applies to the Grays/Tilbury, Basildon, Canvey triangle, rather than the whole county).
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Three? Lucky you. I lived in Tilbury/Chadwell for around Fourteen years.

a) At least in Grays you had a train station and didn't have to wait around for buses that never came.

b) Despite having moved there aged 4 I was still considered an outsider for most of my school life, mainly because I couldn't refer to at least 5 people as cousins.

c) Who ever said BasVegas. Yeah, that.
 
kyser_soze said:
Smelliest town in the UK on account of the sewage works on the eastern edge of the town.

Nice landscape, little pockets of nice people, otherwise you're in deep Daily Hate territory.
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Oooh, I've never noticed that, thankfully the latter doesn't seem to spread eastwards :hmm: (or the former, come to think of it)
 
You've been lucky! It's not just the sewage plant either - EEV and a couple of the electronics factories also emit interesting smells (one akin to pear acid drops) too.
 
weltweit said:
So, nobody rates the "essex girl" myth then? akin to a blonde in more general parlance.
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In that "Essex women put out easily"? Well, it's pretty offensive on a few different levels to be honest but, no, I've never really bought into the idea that where someone lives or grew up is going to be a factor in how quickly they're prepared to have sex. Unless she's from Newcastle, obviously. I can tell you from first hand experience though - Essex women are pretty fucking tasty when it comes to saying "no" to sex. My teens were blighted by the reality/common perception gap in that respect.
 
I like Essex, well the rural parts, the villages and that, the towns and urban areas, well, meh
 
Untill 1998 - where I live was part of Essex.

But when the Royal Small Arms Factory was raised and turned into housing AKA Enfield Island Village, it was transferred to Enfield.

Thus the boundary of Essex has now moved to the river I can see from my window.

That is all.
 
Sadken said:
In that "Essex women put out easily"? Well, it's pretty offensive on a few different levels to be honest but, no, I've never really bought into the idea that where someone lives or grew up is going to be a factor in how quickly they're prepared to have sex. Unless she's from Newcastle, obviously. I can tell you from first hand experience though - Essex women are pretty fucking tasty when it comes to saying "no" to sex. My teens were blighted by the reality/common perception gap in that respect.
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I have to say at this point that my experience of Essex girls as a teenager was quite different - but they were mainly from Colchester, so maybe that made a difference.

*sits at desk smiling at happy memories*
 
kyser_soze said:
I have to say at this point that my experience of Essex girls as a teenager was quite different - but they were mainly from Colchester, so maybe that made a difference.

*sits at desk smiling at happy memories*
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Yeah, well, I was an ugly nerd doofus.
 
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