Your Home Town

Eichhörnchen · 12-15-24, 06:42 PM

Old view of The Chequers Inn

The building at extreme right was in the 60s & 70s to become the premises of Hepworths Gentleman's Outfitters, where I bought my first suit

Jeff-Groves · 12-15-24, 06:50 PM

Does 'Home Town' have to be where one was Born and raised?
Or can it be what You consider as your Home town now?

Eichhörnchen · 12-15-24, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Does 'Home Town' have to be where one was Born and raised?
Or can it be what You consider as your Home town now?

Whatever you consider was your home town or is now your home town

Jimbuna · 12-16-24, 01:32 PM

Even the local nick?

Moonlight · 12-16-24, 02:11 PM

A nice place for a half day visit if you're into that kind of thing, but being brought up there as a youngster was a living death, I have been told by Aunt Priscilla that the town has livened up a bit a lately, bored housewives are smoking marijuana and snorting cocaine like it's going out of fashion.
There'll be very few virgins over thirteen left unmolested these days, in my day they were fifteen year olds, the recreation grounds were always full of tampons and condoms and the Kama Sutra book could be borrowed for 24 hours if the price was right, Rupert who owned the book must have made a small fortune.

Eisenwurst · 12-17-24, 01:51 AM

Ah the memories are coming back of school days at Wallsend High.......They're probably all dead now......The Music teacher Mr Watchorn was a card carrying communist and proud of it. There was Metho Mack who was an out and out alcoholic, poor Mr Dick....who looked the part and had a lot of trouble disciplining his class, "Snapper" the Maths teacher who kept pushing his bottom dentures out .....a dead ringer for the Fish.

Wasted 6 years of my life, learnt nothing, suffered Puberty......

Ostfriese · 12-17-24, 03:29 AM

A postcard from my current hometown Uelzen, Lower Saxony, postwar, probably 1950s.

Upper Left: Town Hall, looking towards the north. The historical city centre, for at least half a millenium. By now it's the old town hall (a new one has been built about 400 metres further south) and has been thoroughly renovated. One of it's more memorable uses is the anual advent calendar, as pictured below (November 30th, 2024)

The road in front of the building originally was the crossing of two major national roads and saw a lot of traffic, but late in the 1990s several road building projects moved the traffic outside of the city center, and today the entire area is a 10 km/h (6 mph) speed limit zone, surrounded by a 30 km/h (18 mph) zone, and twice a week it's made into a pedestrian zone for a farmers market.

Upper right: Railway station. Heavily modivied by now, the buildings to the left and to the right are gone, the main building in the middle has been completely refurbished prior to the 2000 World Expo to a design by renowned artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Lower left: "Outer Mill", next to the river. Originally outside the city limits, it still is on the northern edges of the town. The building itself still exists, but the bridge is gone, replaced by a road bridge a few meters away. The bridge is part of a road built around the eastern side of the city.

Lower right: Bahnhofstraße, the road between the city centre and the railway station, looking twards the east (not entirely sure about that). You'd barely recognize it today without the caption. The road is gone and replaced by a pedestrian zone, some of the buildings in the pictures are gone, the others have been modernized and thoroughly changed. Most of the houses were torn down because of war damage, which would not have been put on postcards but otherwise was still a common sight in the early 1950s.

Eisenwurst · 12-20-24, 05:32 AM

My current/"forever home". This guy knows his stuff and really showcases the joint. "Gentrification" is not a bad thing , it's highly desirable.

Lots of old photos and footage...now it's dogsh#t everywhere, agro drugs/redbull, and don't make eye contact.

All the old guys....Ilsa, Ben, Laurie, Maggie, Carol, Denise, Russell, Madam Hildegard,....they've all gone

12-15-24, 06:42 PM	#1
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,499 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Old view of The Chequers Inn The building at extreme right was in the 60s & 70s to become the premises of Hepworths Gentleman's Outfitters, where I bought my first suit __________________

12-16-24, 01:32 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,543 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Even the local nick? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-16-24, 02:11 PM	#5
Moonlight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,548 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	A nice place for a half day visit if you're into that kind of thing, but being brought up there as a youngster was a living death, I have been told by Aunt Priscilla that the town has livened up a bit a lately, bored housewives are smoking marijuana and snorting cocaine like it's going out of fashion. There'll be very few virgins over thirteen left unmolested these days, in my day they were fifteen year olds, the recreation grounds were always full of tampons and condoms and the Kama Sutra book could be borrowed for 24 hours if the price was right, Rupert who owned the book must have made a small fortune. __________________

12-17-24, 01:51 AM	#6
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Ah the memories are coming back of school days at Wallsend High.......They're probably all dead now......The Music teacher Mr Watchorn was a card carrying communist and proud of it. There was Metho Mack who was an out and out alcoholic, poor Mr Dick....who looked the part and had a lot of trouble disciplining his class, "Snapper" the Maths teacher who kept pushing his bottom dentures out .....a dead ringer for the Fish. Wasted 6 years of my life, learnt nothing, suffered Puberty...... __________________

12-20-24, 05:32 AM	#8
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,813 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	My current/"forever home". This guy knows his stuff and really showcases the joint. "Gentrification" is not a bad thing , it's highly desirable. Lots of old photos and footage...now it's dogsh#t everywhere, agro drugs/redbull, and don't make eye contact. All the old guys....Ilsa, Ben, Laurie, Maggie, Carol, Denise, Russell, Madam Hildegard,....they've all gone __________________

12-15-24, 06:50 PM	#2
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,663 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Does 'Home Town' have to be where one was Born and raised? Or can it be what You consider as your Home town now?

12-17-24, 03:29 AM	#7
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,902 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A postcard from my current hometown Uelzen, Lower Saxony, postwar, probably 1950s. Upper Left: Town Hall, looking towards the north. The historical city centre, for at least half a millenium. By now it's the old town hall (a new one has been built about 400 metres further south) and has been thoroughly renovated. One of it's more memorable uses is the anual advent calendar, as pictured below (November 30th, 2024) The road in front of the building originally was the crossing of two major national roads and saw a lot of traffic, but late in the 1990s several road building projects moved the traffic outside of the city center, and today the entire area is a 10 km/h (6 mph) speed limit zone, surrounded by a 30 km/h (18 mph) zone, and twice a week it's made into a pedestrian zone for a farmers market. Upper right: Railway station. Heavily modivied by now, the buildings to the left and to the right are gone, the main building in the middle has been completely refurbished prior to the 2000 World Expo to a design by renowned artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Lower left: "Outer Mill", next to the river. Originally outside the city limits, it still is on the northern edges of the town. The building itself still exists, but the bridge is gone, replaced by a road bridge a few meters away. The bridge is part of a road built around the eastern side of the city. Lower right: Bahnhofstraße, the road between the city centre and the railway station, looking twards the east (not entirely sure about that). You'd barely recognize it today without the caption. The road is gone and replaced by a pedestrian zone, some of the buildings in the pictures are gone, the others have been modernized and thoroughly changed. Most of the houses were torn down because of war damage, which would not have been put on postcards but otherwise was still a common sight in the early 1950s.