Author Topic: Didcot (Read 167838 times)

mattc · « **Reply #550 on:** 15 June, 2013, 12:50:07 pm »

Les Mis flash mob in Sainsburys this morning.

Apparently noone pelted them with rotten fruit.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #551 on:** 15 June, 2013, 01:10:28 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 15 June, 2013, 12:50:07 pm

Les Mis flash mob in Sainsburys this morning.

Apparently noone pelted them with rotten fruit.

Can anyone really tell the difference between Paris communards and Didcot pikeys, though?

Kim · « **Reply #552 on:** 15 June, 2013, 03:20:57 pm »

Do they even have fruit in Didcot?

Jaded · « **Reply #553 on:** 16 June, 2013, 03:39:37 am »

Littlesox · « **Reply #554 on:** 16 June, 2013, 05:54:25 am »

I've never been to Didcot (or if I have, it obviously wasn't memorable).

But having read this thread, it sounds very much like Telford.

i.e. Somewhere that was designed by the Minisitry of Blott On the Landscapes in the 1960's where a collection of Shropshire villages were all joined together by masses of concrete and roundabouts. Here, the flotsam and jetsam of the West Midlands could settle in peace and harmony and this place will be known forever as Telford.

Pish.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #555 on:** 16 June, 2013, 07:35:47 am »

Didcot is smaller than Telford, has a less effective road system and, whereas Telford was allegedly planned, Didcot just happened. There's nothing quite like Didcot, as the St Winifred's School Choir might have sung.

mattc · « **Reply #556 on:** 16 June, 2013, 08:30:57 am »

It's nothing like Telford.

But I think being put on a par with Telford could only raise the reputation of Didcot

Bledlow · « **Reply #557 on:** 16 June, 2013, 10:54:18 am »

Telford, as already said, was planned. Didcot was an accident. A couple of railway lines (GWR & DN&SR) came together, & bred.

slope · « **Reply #558 on:** 16 June, 2013, 11:12:53 am »

Quote from: Kim on 15 June, 2013, 03:20:57 pm

Do they even have fruit in Didcot?

Used to find some in tins. Made in the long gone canning factory in Park Road

Jaded · « **Reply #559 on:** 20 June, 2013, 07:56:15 am »

The sun is trying desperately to keep hidden behind a light cloud covering and there is a smell of sweat near the Daily Mail building.

Jaded · « **Reply #560 on:** 20 June, 2013, 07:42:02 pm »

Just seen an extraordinary sight. A Hen Party getting off the train at Didcot.

On second thoughts, they might have been to Ascott.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #561 on:** 21 June, 2013, 06:37:47 am »

Quote from: Jaded on 20 June, 2013, 07:42:02 pm

Just seen an extraordinary sight. A Hen Party getting off the train at Didcot.

On second thoughts, they might have been to Ascott.

Didcot is probably a nice venue for your hen party, if you live in Slough. Or Helmand Province.

cycleman · « **Reply #562 on:** 21 June, 2013, 09:30:17 pm »

most chickens here in slough would get curried before they could get to didcot

Adam · « **Reply #563 on:** 15 July, 2013, 09:59:09 pm »

On Friday, I cycled into Didcot. And promptly cycled away again, heading westwards to Wales. It seemed a sensible idea.

Jaded · « **Reply #564 on:** 05 September, 2013, 07:39:39 pm »

It's here and it's shut.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #565 on:** 05 September, 2013, 08:07:27 pm »

The disappointment must rank with taking a train to a concentration camp and finding it shut.

slope · « **Reply #566 on:** 05 September, 2013, 08:12:13 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 05 September, 2013, 08:07:27 pm

The disappointment must rank with taking a train to a concentration camp and finding it shut.

Outre?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #567 on:** 05 September, 2013, 08:55:44 pm »

The Daily Mail is printed there. What more do you want?

slope · « **Reply #568 on:** 05 September, 2013, 09:01:33 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 05 September, 2013, 08:55:44 pm

The Daily Mail is printed there. What more do you want?

GOOD Point?

Kim · « **Reply #569 on:** 15 September, 2013, 04:02:27 pm »

My train just went past Didcot Parkway. The sky has changed colour.

Gattopardo · « **Reply #570 on:** 15 September, 2013, 04:36:18 pm »

All those miles for that one post......that is dedication.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jzWRYr-b_Y

Jaded · « **Reply #571 on:** 15 September, 2013, 09:45:51 pm »

It is dark tonight. Very dark.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #572 on:** 06 October, 2013, 04:56:41 pm »

The sun is out at Didcot but everyone wants to board the train. There appears to be a new car park under construction. Patsy Kensit has a new book out, presumably about all the famous people she's shagged. The down platform has a solitary conifer in a pot. It must be the saddest tree in the whole world. Nevertheless, I admire its fortitude.

slope · « **Reply #573 on:** 06 October, 2013, 05:02:26 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 06 October, 2013, 04:56:41 pm

The down platform has a solitary conifer in a pot. It must be the saddest tree in the whole world

The connection is plain for all to see?

mattc · « **Reply #574 on:** 06 October, 2013, 05:03:26 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 06 October, 2013, 04:56:41 pm

It must be the saddest tree in the whole world.

I've heard the platform is down, too.

BOOM BOOM

(what the heck does Ms Kensit have to do with all this?!? I'm intrigued ... )