Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain?

[paddyhasneeds]

Did anyone see this on the BBC this morning?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/13/lymi... and you get the gist.

Not sure I get it tbh and I found it quite insulting how the BBC chap seemed to accuse the old dear from the council planning committee of being "a bit snooty" because they dared not to want two for a tenner on their high street.

[jamiebae]

My Grandmother lives there, I'm surprised Wetherspoons wants to open there, it's full of retirees driving Honda Jazzs and nobody under the age of 60 can afford to live there!

[maser_spyder]

What a load of crap.

We keep our yacht there, and the reason it's always full of tourists in the summer, is because it doesn't have a Wetherspiddles or Argos.

It's full of nice, largely independent shops, in well looked after premises.

It's nothing to do with snootyness, there's a bloody great big pound shop at the top of the high street!

Just because the people of Lymington don't want their pretty little town to turn in to the identikit version of the rest of the UK, I don't see why this is a problem? They've got some pride in where they live, and don't want it destroyed. Why give them a hard time for this?

The alternative is to let in all the stty chain store crap shops, get rid of all those nasty, quirky, independents, and make it look like 'anywheresville, UK'.

Anyway, what's the problem with living in a nice place? We can't all live in crap, 60s concrete jungle housing estates, why give people who live in a nice area a hard time?

London-fking-centric idiots. I bet the journalist has never even been there.

[308mate]

Hopefully theyre trying to learn a lesson from New Milton....

[sadako]

paddyhasneeds said:

Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain?

maser_spyder said:

We keep our yacht there

[sadako]

sadako said:

paddyhasneeds said:

Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain?

maser_spyder said:

We keep our yacht there

Sorry, Couldn't pass it up

[jamiebae]

sadako said:

paddyhasneeds said:

Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain?

maser_spyder said:

We keep our yacht there

My great Uncle is heavily involved in the yacht club there too, as was my Grandfather before he passed away. I love it there and I think I agree with them TBH, Wetherspoons isn't really in keeping.

[anonymous-user]

maser_spyder said:

What a load of crap.

We keep our yacht there,

[maser_spyder]

digimeistter said:

maser_spyder said:

What a load of crap.

We keep our yacht there,

fk.



It's only a small one, honest.

[dirkgently]

Royal lym or Lymington Town?

[margerison]

But they seem happy enough to have a 99p shop?

[anonymous-user]

maser_spyder said:

digimeistter said:

maser_spyder said:

What a load of crap.

We keep our yacht there,

fk.



It's only a small one, honest.

Not far from me, we used to go there quite often in the summer, they do a fantastic crab sandwich and fish and chips by the quay. Couldn't afford nor want to live there though, it's miles from anything

[maser_spyder]

digimeistter said:

maser_spyder said:

digimeistter said:

maser_spyder said:

What a load of crap.

We keep our yacht there,

fk.



It's only a small one, honest.

Not far from me, we used to go there quite often in the summer, they do a fantastic crab sandwich and fish and chips by the quay. Couldn't afford nor want to live there though, it's miles from anything

We used to be in Bucklers Hard.

Now that's miles from anywhere. Beautiful though!

[Plotloss]

Friends keep their yacht there too.

Consequently we went on a Stag Weekend there.

Not your first choice, I'd grant you.

Turned out to be one of the very best Stag weekends ever.

[Antony Moxey]

What's wrong with having a pub chain there? I don't understand the identikit label - it's not as if all their pubs are brand new builds, they're more like conversions/refurbs of existing buildings aren't they?

What happens when housebuilders apply to develop in the area?

[maser_spyder]

Antony Moxey said:

What's wrong with having a pub chain there? I don't understand the identikit label - it's not as if all their pubs are brand new builds, they're more like conversions/refurbs of existing buildings aren't they?

What happens when housebuilders apply to develop in the area?

Put it this way, don't mention 'Redrow Homes' to the locals.

[lostsoixanteneuf]

Lymington its ok my thinking is royal scumbridge wells im so comon i cant even drive through it

[captainzep]

Grauniad said:

Lymington got a Marks & Spencer Simply Food shop instead, and breathed a collective sigh of relief.

I have respect for those who want to keep a town free of high street blandness, but this proves the locals are unable to tell the difference between preservation of 'local identity' and militant selfishness.

There are worse things than Wetherspoons.

I hope they choke on their 'aristocratic' crumbed ham and pre-packed cauliflower cheese. Unfortunately some probably will.

[pits]

Can't see the problem myself, I wouldn't want a Spoons etc where I live, brings the wrong type into the area, I also think/hope all the locals would help block it aswell, if the locals don't want something there, don't put it there.

[ClaphamGT3]

Funny place Lymington. We've sailed out of there for years, have loads of friends who live there and have nearly bought a place there at least twice, so we know it well. Its a town of two halves; the civilised, charming country town with people like us doing the things we like doing on the surface, but underneath a really pikey, chav element too. Personally, I think a Weatherspoons would encourage the latter element into the town centre even more, so best avoided.