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The latest newspapers to wipwop the "Notting Hill-on-Sea" nefarious nonsense into their rags are the London Evening Standard and the Sheffield Metro, gleefully telling their towny readership to snaffle up properties in the area before house prices go through the stratosphere. So that's it kids either stay with your parents / in winter lets, or go somewhere else to live...
I hear properties in South Wales are still reasonable.

The articles go on to say " ...blah, blah, blah boutique something, yadda, yadda, gastro hooha, celebrity blah, blah, ho hum, FurryWhittlingstool, blah, blah bargain £300,000 shed, yakkity schmakkity, blah, blah, blah..."

Read associated articles:
NHoS Observer article...
Copycat Telegraph article...
The Independant is in on it too...
Chris Carson wrote some piffling tosh in the Wip Wop so did someone at the Western Gazette and not wishing to be left out The Echo got in on it too.

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Posted by The Bat, on 03-05-2007 06:20,

Sounds like a very accurate and informative article to me ??!?? Hopefully we will now get a better class of druggies and beggars.

Posted by Grapeivy, on 03-05-2007 08:20,

You can still pick up an ex-miner's cottage in Tonypandy for under £100,00 (I'll have two please), and on hearing the accents in Somerfield on Monday, I get the impression that the ex-miners as well as the London elite have cashed in on the bargains to be had in West Dorset, (acceptable to all palates?). Having made that racist slur, I know of some delightful Welshman in Bridport! not least that lovely man who used to run the corner shop in North Allington.

Posted by Rosieo6, on 03-05-2007 08:38,

'A striking scheme of flats with views of the Harbour'!!!!!!! You can't even see half of West bay now,still it will stop the cliff erosion as no one even knows the charmouth side is there now(don't know if it west beach etc as crap at directions)

Posted by Real World, on 03-05-2007 08:51,

You see - the word is spreading. Accept change or die. No use taking a King Canute attitude - Notting Hill -On - Sea is good for the town, businesses - and believe it or not locals. Welcome the new Brid Vision.

Posted by Rustic, on 04-05-2007 09:10,

There are two types of ""real world"" the one that realworld lives in, that is inhabited by people relentlessly charging forward in search of ever more ways to cream off and scam a few quid at the expense of anyone who gets in the way, of either, his warped, thatcherite, greed infested manifesto, or his obvious mindset that change ""must equal progress"" even if it does involve forcing the local population back to the dark ages of serfdom and at the mercy of some absentee landlords whim. The other ""real world"" is inhabited by a more discerning, socially equitable, thoughtful and considerate type of person who would like to live in a family home rather than an investment. Sadly the latter are a dying breed. Remember realworld that people who live by the sword get shot by people who don't.

Posted by Rosieo6, on 04-05-2007 10:10,

Oh yes and I can see that labour Have NO relation to Animal Farm's'some are more equal than others'.... Or 'stand and deliver' of Dick Turpin(with the added: or fall over, just cough up)

Posted by djinn38, on 04-05-2007 10:31,

Has anybody noticed the striking resemblance St. Street has with Portobello Road? It has a tat market, an Electric cinema and an annual carnival. I am surprised the media has not picked up on this!

Posted by tuzo, on 04-05-2007 12:43,

another unedited squirt of monologue from rustic...... the old AA saying ""contempt prior to investigation"" could have been written just for you!I read all the realword posts, and dont remember any reference to politics.. bringing back the feudal system or ripping people off.. its all in your mind, and i ask YET AGAIN.. what exactally are you frightened of?

Posted by , on 04-05-2007 12:57,

I'm putting my garden shed up for sale for £100,000. Any (cockernese)takers?

Posted by Real World, on 05-05-2007 07:51,

Here's an idea. How about ""Rustic"" being given a corner of the Bridport Museum? Then he could peddle his old fashioned ,somewhat quaint ideals to visitors. For it is a museum where his outdated rhetoric belongs. The fact is, it really doesn't matter what ""Rustic"" and his followers believe. Whilst they were sitting in The Crown bemoaning the hand fate has dealt them - the more canny were out there buying property - and turning Bridport into Notting Hill On Sea. And Bridport is all the better for it.

Posted by Rosieo6, on 05-05-2007 12:06,

Don't the RAC get a quote too?

Posted by Rustic, on 05-05-2007 17:39,

While I was in the museum, probably quaking with fear just to keep tuzo (and his rather dubious psychoanalytic abilities) happy, I could look up all the wonderful pictures, along with the written and spoken memories of people who remember when it didn't need to be better, it just was. When it was ""Bridport"" and not some media fodder, investment driven opportunity to make a few quid. I understand why you would want to visit and even live here, it is because it is Bridport. It does not need to be, nor has it ever aspired to be Notting Hill by anything. You repulse me and make me laugh with equal measure though realworld, the bit about my followers huddled together in the Crown had me guffawing out loud and for that I thank you. If people didn't protest and disagree with points of view like yours we would all end up just like you and tuzo, now that does scare me.

Posted by Rustic, on 05-05-2007 17:54,

Ah tuzo, when looking for political references and bias perhaps you should read realworlds last post with a bit more detatched accademic accuracy rather than your normal stance of being a Blair to his Bush. Comments from realworld like ""accept change or die"" are reminiscent of a certain moustachied gentleman who rose to prominence in Europe during the 1930s and 40s. Of that attitude we should be afraid, very afraid. Change for changes sake is not always a good thing even if a few people make some fast bucks out of it.

Posted by Bentley, on 05-05-2007 20:39,

So then tuzo, it is alright for realworld to ""dump his load"" un-edited so to speak on the sensibilities of the BR site but you seem to imply criticism that rustic hasn't been censured. Were you and realworld separated at birth perchance? From where I am reading there would appear to be a bit of goose-stepping going on in the mainly empty weekend properties. Gallon of 4 star anybody?

Posted by Rustic, on 05-05-2007 20:53,

djinn38 you are right, if you close your eyes anywhere down south street on a sunny saturday morning you can hear the accents cutting the air with comments like ""Charles Charles! Hi its me Rupert, Hi ya ya ya, tell me are you down with Phillipa and the kids or a for a bit of a weekend with that young filly from accounts you crafty old dog you, haww haww haww haww, Oh watch out here comes Elizibeth and Tabatha, hello daaaarlins, mwwaaah mwaaah oh Charles isn't it absolutely divine and delightful, I saw someone earlier selling vedgetables with the mud still on them, do you think they put in on deliberately? isn't it so wonderfully third world chique, ya ya ya ya, just like the estate agent told us it would be, oh ya did i mention that I thought I saw Hugh drive by in his land rover earlier, marvelous, so natural. Funny but it almost sounds like being in Notting Hill but by the sea, How bizare darlinks

Posted by Carlito, on 06-05-2007 18:36,

Realworld, your problem is you keep taking all this resistance to the bigger issue of ""change"". Where really there is no bigger issue here than the simple fact of not liking you personally. If ""change"" requires the likes of you polluting my breathing space with your ""upwardly mobile"" presence then don't expect ""change"" to happen too quickly. Stop converting this arguement to the bigger picture. YOU don't have a lleg to stand on in that bigger picture. In my humble opinion, it is entirely about YOU, and I find you absolutely repulsive.

Posted by Rosieo6, on 07-05-2007 18:29,

Deja vu anyone?Still as I am a'follower' of Rustic(I don't even drink at the Crown)I would like to say that I too am afraid of ending up like tuzo and have doubled my tablets accordingly.Loving thoughts and group hug!

Posted by tuzo, on 07-05-2007 19:54,

the editing i refer to(ooargh) is of the think before you speak variety..self ediiting if you like. notting hill on sea..? its a throw away headline it doesnt mean anything at all, as they say ""paper doesnt refuse ink"", But I think a lot of you secretly rather like it.. methinks the grunts do protest to much etc? Every change is greeted by enthusiasm or dismay,(or indifference I suppose) it just depends on your outlook, or you ability to change with it perhaps? As for carlitos extraordinary outburst, a little worrying,he seems to be in some sort of paranoid meltdown, but he did warn us......

Posted by Vocal Local, on 09-05-2007 14:25,

Its disgusting, Depressing, and makes me want to jump of westbay cliffs!!! Fecking townie Journalists, Seems a very effective advert of THE BULL's designer wall paper... 'Exodus, movement culture people'

Posted by Real World, on 09-05-2007 15:01,

Here's an idea - how about some kind of twinning with Padstow & Rock ? Bridport (N.H.O.S.) could be the newest member of the West Country Holy Trinity. Wine Bars, Coffee Houses, Chic Bistros - all us second home owners. Fabulous.

Posted by Morning Loves It, on 09-05-2007 18:37,

But can the local eateries cope with all this hype? Trying to get a meal in Bridport on Saturday evening was impossible - unless it was Ethnic. I'm sure if the owners of The Bull had been in evidence on Saturday evening they would have recognised us as a local foursome who have been eating there since the day they opened their doors. We've eaten in the rain in the Courtyard, had extended lunch times eating Moules and Champagne, brought our Mothers out for lunch,in January>February but not May, June and July. No sign of the Management, just very enthusiastic young staff who told us they had sixty people booked for dinner and no room for us. This was at seven o'clock in the evening. Ready to order, happy to sit outside, drink much, talk lots and spend our pennies. The whole sixty weren't there as the bookings were spread over the evening. We were turned away. Turned away from another Eaterie too even though we had a table, ready to order and would have had a drink or several. We ended up in the East Street Indian, made welcome, it was full but at least they know how to manage their bookings and are willing to accept four local hungry strays.

Posted by Bentley, on 09-05-2007 20:49,

Judging by the content of his posts I would say that Rustic does think before he writes, he just doesn’t think like you and your chum realworld. It is interesting when taking a closer look at your words when you say ""you lot secretly like it"" and the ""grunts do protest to much"" I take that to mean the local population who are prepared to say or write what a lot of local people (that means people who live here) think, but being ""grunts"" don't articulate very well. How generous of you to describe the inhabitants of this wonderful spot in such ingratiating warm friendly terms. You may wonder why the likes of Carlito, Rustic and many others take an instant dislike to people with the ""we know what’s best for you"" attitude that you sardonically spew forth, it is because taking an ""instant"" dislike saves time.

Posted by Rosieo6, on 10-05-2007 08:51,

Guessing you a fisherman ooaargh(miss marple lives!).The seagulls are only s*****ng on people who kept them poor or ruined the fishing (if they the souls....)

Posted by JackAbbottRIP, on 10-05-2007 23:30,

I've just invested in a rather over-sized Range Rover, married a polo playing Sloane Ranger and am now looking into developing a corparate health spa in Cherry Tree. Am I getting any closer to the Great British dream?

Posted by Carlito, on 12-05-2007 12:11,

Tuzo, do you have ANY opinion on the issue of your local town's inflicted branding or are your opinions soley reserved for the people on this site that actually care about their town? ...oh and get off that high horse, it doesn't suit you.

Posted by Rosieo6, on 12-05-2007 16:05,

Glad to see you are as superior as ever tuzo.It is so obvious that you can only have an opinion if you read 'the right' newspapers.I wish I'd thought of it before as I have missed so much in my life.I could be owning my own house by now and been so much better off... But the downside is that I would have to be someone I'm not and mix with people I don't really like.

Posted by Morning Loves It, on 13-05-2007 06:44,

Comments overheard, in a Notting Hill kinda way, on Saturday morning as we strolled through town. 'Not much of a market is it?' I overcame the strong desire to smack them.

Posted by tuzo, on 13-05-2007 22:06,

i have said what my opinion is on the so called ""branding"" of Bridport, do try and keep up carlito. not sure reading the ""right"" paper gets you a house Rosieo6? or entitles you to opinions, or changes your personality or makes you mix with people you dont like.. what was the name of that paper anyway??

Posted by Real World, on 14-05-2007 11:04,

The ""Not much of a market"" comment I think, relates to a lot of visitors' thoughts on Bridport. Personally, I really like the town , market, pubs etc - the somewhat frayed around the edges feel - but I'm sure a lot of folk who have read the NHOS stuff in the papers will be a bit disappointed not to find wall to wall brasseries, chic boutiques and the like. So, all of you who fear Bridport will be taken over by London based thrill-seekers, breath again. All will be well.

Posted by Carlito, on 14-05-2007 11:44,

Tuzo. Records show that the closest you have come to an opinion on this whole issue (which is spread across many threads: Weekender's Go Home, Bloody Townies, Here We Go Again, and And Again.) is this post here: QUOTE: Written by tuzo, on Friday 13 April 2007 so much anger.. make me wonder what you are all frightened of? change? affordable housing is a real issue, but the underlying spite and mistrust of ""non locals"" is tragic, burn em? and you complain you are seen as pitchfork weilders? YOU ARE... but hiding behind anonimity here. No point in saying grow up, its too late for that. Please note Tuzo that the only part of the above most that represents your opinion on THE ISSUE is where you confirm that it is a ""REAL ISSUE"". The rest of this post, and 99% of all of your other posts has been pure comment on the reactions of others. Tuzo - I'm trying to encourage you to contribute here, rather than winding me up like mosquito buzzing in my ear.

Posted by tuzo, on 14-05-2007 20:34,

well the ""ISSUE"" (carlito) at the moment seems to be your objection to the way i express myself? that is your problem, not mine, and if you have buzzing in your ear i suggest you see a doctor, meanwhile i shall continue to express myself in whatever way i choose.. (thats what you do isnt it?)

Posted by tuzo, on 14-05-2007 23:05,

and didnt you say (carlito) that there was no bigger picture (issue) save your personal dislike of a person, and that you found them repulsive? you win the black pot/kettle contest.. by yards.. What an ego!!

Posted by Rosieo6, on 14-05-2007 23:13,

It's not my edges that are frayed!Think I have tinnitus,oh,no it's just a buzzing noise..

Posted by Carlito, on 16-05-2007 07:58,

Tuzo, if this thread were a picnic, Realworld would be the threatening dark clouds on the horizon, and you'd be the ants nest that some idiot put the blanket on. Yes I have an ego, what is wrong with it? I like my ego, everyone has one. It has taken years to develop! We'd all be buggered without one. Don't you have an ego Tuzo? Well you must be closer to God than I thought. My comment to Realworld about returning to the bigger picture was simply me trying to get him to argue with me on a personal level rather than commenting on our local issues that don't really concern him. Surely that was obvious Tuzo? Editor - may I recommend that this thread is closed until any further unsightly news articles appear? This is getting tedeous. Unless, of course we can make this an official slagging match thread.

Posted by EDITOR, on 16-05-2007 08:09,

...everyone is entitled to their point of view and sure a bit of banter is alright, but skilled chatsmen with such razor wit such as yourselves are wasting your time (and mine) with this backbiting. So I am challenging you (especially Tuzo and Carlito) to write an article on something else, there must be other issues you feel strongly about.

Posted by tuzo, on 16-05-2007 10:30,

your absolutely right (ed)this is just going round and round in circles, i will try to resist taunting in future, and will be more serious. yes carlito i do have an ego, although i have always been more interested in my ""id"" (as you might have noticed?) oh,and if i do have to be an insect... could i be a dragonfly or even a daddy long legs?

Posted by goccibos, on 16-05-2007 12:49,

And again; independant 13 May ""Best Coastal Resorts"" towns making waves, our little town made it to No 7, on their web site

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