Milton Keynes is 50 Years Old
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technodup said:
The Sanctuary.
This spotty Scottish teenager would sit on a bus for nine or ten hours to get there in the mid 90s. Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and many more. The Rollers across the car park. Main room hardcore, the upstairs shaking with the jungle bass. Always a mission, but always an experience. Hunting for the same pills as Leah Betts, dodgy security, bisexual birds, I could go on.
Ah yes, lost a good few days up there in the mid 90's. Always an eventful drive home to oxfordshire with no sleep and too many stimulants. This spotty Scottish teenager would sit on a bus for nine or ten hours to get there in the mid 90s. Dreamscape, Helter Skelter and many more. The Rollers across the car park. Main room hardcore, the upstairs shaking with the jungle bass. Always a mission, but always an experience. Hunting for the same pills as Leah Betts, dodgy security, bisexual birds, I could go on.
HorneyMX5 said:
Ah yes, lost a good few days up there in the mid 90's. Always an eventful drive home to oxfordshire with no sleep and too many stimulants.
That's just down the road ffs. Try Glasgow, with a stop off at Stoke Mandeville. 
Or that might have been the one in the field somewhere else. It's all a bit hazy...
We lived in MK for a couple of years - moved around 14 years ago, though.
Not a bad place to live - but some of the developments are looking very ropey these days. We were in Monkston when it was only a few years old - at the time it felt nice, lots of young professionals and some young families in the bigger houses... there were pockets of social housing, but it was all very neat, tidy and quiet.
I had cause to go back to MK for work purposes recently, so popped into the cul-de-sac we used to live on - it was decidedly 'council' looking, unfortunately. Makes me glad we moved now!
I think one of the big problems now is that traffic is getting pretty heavy around the central areas - and all the low end houses are closest to town - so if you want somewhere nice to live, you end up living further towards the outskirts, but then have to deal with ever increasing traffic.
Not a bad place to live - but some of the developments are looking very ropey these days. We were in Monkston when it was only a few years old - at the time it felt nice, lots of young professionals and some young families in the bigger houses... there were pockets of social housing, but it was all very neat, tidy and quiet.
I had cause to go back to MK for work purposes recently, so popped into the cul-de-sac we used to live on - it was decidedly 'council' looking, unfortunately. Makes me glad we moved now!
I think one of the big problems now is that traffic is getting pretty heavy around the central areas - and all the low end houses are closest to town - so if you want somewhere nice to live, you end up living further towards the outskirts, but then have to deal with ever increasing traffic.
Rick101 said:
Who the Hell ever thought they would look attractive! It's like a Soviet era 'holiday village'!Composite Guru said:
I've worked there for the best part of 20 years.
The place has grown so much in that time and has a good variation of types of work too.
Not to forget the petrolhead aspect that Red Bull Racing is based there. Their place is expanding all the time.
I live 5 mins from red bull.The place has grown so much in that time and has a good variation of types of work too.
Not to forget the petrolhead aspect that Red Bull Racing is based there. Their place is expanding all the time.
Trabi601 said:
We lived in MK for a couple of years - moved around 14 years ago, though.
Not a bad place to live - but some of the developments are looking very ropey these days. We were in Monkston when it was only a few years old - at the time it felt nice, lots of young professionals and some young families in the bigger houses... there were pockets of social housing, but it was all very neat, tidy and quiet.
I had cause to go back to MK for work purposes recently, so popped into the cul-de-sac we used to live on - it was decidedly 'council' looking, unfortunately. Makes me glad we moved now!
I think one of the big problems now is that traffic is getting pretty heavy around the central areas - and all the low end houses are closest to town - so if you want somewhere nice to live, you end up living further towards the outskirts, but then have to deal with ever increasing traffic.
I live in monkston love it.Not a bad place to live - but some of the developments are looking very ropey these days. We were in Monkston when it was only a few years old - at the time it felt nice, lots of young professionals and some young families in the bigger houses... there were pockets of social housing, but it was all very neat, tidy and quiet.
I had cause to go back to MK for work purposes recently, so popped into the cul-de-sac we used to live on - it was decidedly 'council' looking, unfortunately. Makes me glad we moved now!
I think one of the big problems now is that traffic is getting pretty heavy around the central areas - and all the low end houses are closest to town - so if you want somewhere nice to live, you end up living further towards the outskirts, but then have to deal with ever increasing traffic.
motco said:
Rick101 said:
Who the Hell ever thought they would look attractive! It's like a Soviet era 'holiday village'!JB! said:
motco said:
Rick101 said:
Who the Hell ever thought they would look attractive! It's like a Soviet era 'holiday village'!http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3928436/Wa...
FourWheelDrift said:
JB! said:
motco said:
Rick101 said:
Who the Hell ever thought they would look attractive! It's like a Soviet era 'holiday village'!http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3928436/Wa...
There is a ranking of estates from MK council, and there is a reason these are some of the cheapest houses in MK...
JB! said:
FourWheelDrift said:
JB! said:
motco said:
Rick101 said:
Who the Hell ever thought they would look attractive! It's like a Soviet era 'holiday village'!http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3928436/Wa...
There is a ranking of estates from MK council, and there is a reason these are some of the cheapest houses in MK...
There is a large regeneration project happening over the next few years with several estates like beanhill and eaglestone being bulldozed and the residents being rehoused in new build estates over by fullers slade and newton leys.
I'm born and bred MK, but have travelled around a lot so get why people have the opinion it's a concrete jungle. It's not that bad, I'm fortunate enough to live next to one of the lakes, at sunrise/sunset it's really quite nice, and there's miles of parkland around. I love the green spaces.
What it lacks is soul, and the centre doesn't really help with that. There's a lot of 'stuff' like franchised restaurants, but not much I actually want to go. Outside of the centre, there's loads of great places to go though.
Never knew they were knocking down some of the more depressing estates, I was always under the impression that Netherfield was temporary housing the chaps building Milton Keynes, and has a short lifespan which was then ignored, it's a horrid place now.
What it lacks is soul, and the centre doesn't really help with that. There's a lot of 'stuff' like franchised restaurants, but not much I actually want to go. Outside of the centre, there's loads of great places to go though.
Never knew they were knocking down some of the more depressing estates, I was always under the impression that Netherfield was temporary housing the chaps building Milton Keynes, and has a short lifespan which was then ignored, it's a horrid place now.
One of the big things that drove us away was the lack of community - Monkston didn't (at the time, at least) have a local shop, pub, etc., nowhere that was the hub of the community. There was a Hungry Horse a couple of roundabouts in one direction and MK Village in the other - but nowhere you could walk to (easily) to have a pint, or buy a carton of milk, some bread, post a letter etc.
I often complain about my local pubs, but at least we have them - plus a post office, local shops, etc.
I often complain about my local pubs, but at least we have them - plus a post office, local shops, etc.
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