Where is Staines?

[joel]

I once knew where Staines was...
And for some highly convoluted reasons, I need to know where it is once more... or more accurately what its phone code is!
Can anyone help!?! I would really appreciate it if you can.

 

[tones]

1784. It's (just) west of London - we have a research group there.

 

[joel]

Thanks! It worked.

 

[michaelab]

Staines is the home of Ali G and da Staines massiv, much respect

There are probably many other candidates but it vies with Slough (also quite nearby) as one of the most unremarkable and anonymous places in the UK.

Michael.

 

[joel]

Originally posted by michaelab
Staines is the home of Ali G and da Staines massiv, much respect

I have no idea who any of the above are. However, as my dad built a *lot* of houses there, and it was once the home of some good friends (one of whom, thanks to Tones, I have managed to hook up with again), I guess it does deserve some respect.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

I lodged in Staines for about a year once. Pleasant enough place, but there's nothing of note there.

The only other reason I remember Staines was when I'd just passed my driving test. I'd driven to the South Coast with some friends (from up' North) and stopped in a laybay in Staines. Whilst having a drink a rather humungous artic thundered past, creating enough wind to rock the car, leaving me with coke "stains" on my white shirt.

 

[garyi]

Apparently stanes has a parrot problem.

No seriously a number were set free and they have bred in the area.

Anyways its junction 13 on the M25 and a place of nothing to note.

 

[batfink]

Originally posted by michaelab
it vies with Slough (also quite nearby) as one of the most unremarkable and anonymous places in the UK.

I can vouch for that

 

[michaelab]

Originally posted by joel
I have no idea who any of the above are.

yous ain't eard of ali g? yous is not in da house one of da wicked comic talents of recent years.

(generated by Ali G translator :MILD: )

There is a www.alig.com but it appears to be down at the moment.

Michael.

 

[MO!]

Originally posted by michaelab

There are probably many other candidates but it vies with Slough (also quite nearby) as one of the most unremarkable and anonymous places in the UK.

I've a book called "Crap Towns - The 50 Worst PLaces To Live In The UK"

And though Staines doesn't make it in, Slough manages to sneak in at 42!

If anyone would like me to check if their town features in the top 50 just say!

Closest to me is Newport, which manages 34th.

 

[garyi]

Thats a great book, but I belive St Albans appears in there, and I thought its one of the better towns this side of the big city.

 

[technobear]

I once worked for two years in Staines, in the mid 80s. I thought it was an OK place.

 

[MO!]

Originally posted by garyi
Thats a great book, but I belive St Albans appears in there, and I thought its one of the better towns this side of the big city.

Yep, St Albarns manages to just sneak in at 50!

Starts off saying about the history and nice things. Then mentions that there's no hospital or cinema........ but there's a lot of pubs!

 

[Lt Cdr Data]

Semen Stains

 

[ilockyer]

I bought the book of Crap Towns for my dad for Christmas... some great stuff in there. Think Bridgwater was in there, probably the nearest to me.

 

[MO!]

50 - St Albarns
49 - Hinchley Wood
48 - Widnes
47 - Barrow-In-Furness
46 - Skelmersdale
45 - Yate
44 - Bridgwater
43 - Alresford
42 - Slough
41 - Dagenham
40 - Keighley
39 - Hastings
38 - Huntingdon
37 - Maghull
36 - Reading
35 - Billingham
34 - Newport
33 - South Woodham Ferrers
32 - Dover
31 - Oxford
30 - Peterhead
29 - Tintern
28 - Mirfield
27 - Horsham
26 - Hayling Island
25 - Ipswich
24 - Leiston
23 - Alderburgh
22 - Brighton
21 - Ascot
20 - Didcot
19 - Wolverhampton
18 - Peterborough
17 - London
16 - Islington (London)
15 - Croydon (London)
14 - St John's Wood (London)
13 - Crouch End (London)
12 - Stockport
11 - PortsMOuth
10 - Hackney
9 - Basingstoke
8 - Bexhill-On-Sea
7 - St Andrews
6 - Liverpool
5 - Winchester
4 - Hythe
3 - MOrecombe
2 - Cumbernauld
1 - Hull

 

[joel]

Staines was not a bad place when I was young. Don't know what it's like now of course, but that goes for the entire UK, since I haven't been there for eight years .
A friend who was from Windsor claimed to have never set foot in Staines - which, if you know their respective geographical locations, is quite a feat. She never did say if she had been to Slough...
And what is the "Staines Massive" anyway?

 

[MO!]

Originally posted by joel

And what is the "Staines Massive" anyway?

:lol:

Ali G's not so fik cuzun!

The Staines Massif/v on the other hand. Mike's links should have explained

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...ali g&bq=1/ref=sr_aps_all/202-2691773-1707814

 

[Lt Cdr Data]

corrr nice post....Maghull, that's where I lived for 10 yrs, Keighly is lovely, Yorks dales, Oxford nice, too, Liverpools a blast.:JPS:

 

[technobear]

Originally posted by ilockyer
I bought the book of Crap Towns for my dad for Christmas... some great stuff in there. Think Bridgwater was in there, probably the nearest to me.

Yepp, Bridgwater is awful. The smell from the cellophane factory cannot be described but even without it the place is a dump.

Good to see Basingstoke on the list but how did Bracknell escape