| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby 15:13 - Sep 19 with 2896 views | ClareBlue |
Haven't been here for 30 years but used to have family on IoW so was regular visitor in my young days.
To be honest it's not looking great today. Some development mixed with post war brutalism. The train station is completely disconnected with an industrial shopping estate and acces to the marina area is all closed off for a boat show. You can pay 36 pounds to have a look around if you want. The high street is suffering from a new shopping center taking the customers away. I've never seen a lap dancing club on the main shopping street before, but there's a not discrete one right in the middle. The old town is being marketed but doesn't seem to be anything but a wall and a church. Kraków, it isn't.
Hope the game makes up for this. I'm trying out the free art museum to try and redeem the situation.
A day in Ipswich is paradise compared to this.
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:31 - Sep 19 with 2791 views | mylittletown |
It was a bit of a dump in the 1970s, then I didn't go there for almost 50 years.
I have had to go there regularly over the last couple of years, and it is shabby and grim. It is another provincial city which has obviously suffered, but starting from a pretty low base, it looks even worse than many others. |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:44 - Sep 19 with 2722 views | GeoffSentence |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:31 - Sep 19 by mylittletown |
It was a bit of a dump in the 1970s, then I didn't go there for almost 50 years.
I have had to go there regularly over the last couple of years, and it is shabby and grim. It is another provincial city which has obviously suffered, but starting from a pretty low base, it looks even worse than many others. |
I lived in Southampton towards mid-late 80's, might have been beer goggles but I really liked it then |  |
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:47 - Sep 19 with 2710 views | mylittletown |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:44 - Sep 19 by GeoffSentence |
I lived in Southampton towards mid-late 80's, might have been beer goggles but I really liked it then |
Well it is possible to like somewhere, even if it is a bit of a dump. I like Cardiff! | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:01 - Sep 19 with 2620 views | NthQldITFC |
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:20 - Sep 19 with 2561 views | ITFCSG |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:44 - Sep 19 by GeoffSentence |
I lived in Southampton towards mid-late 80's, might have been beer goggles but I really liked it then |
Older fans remember the dockside and former Ocean Terminal where world famous ocean liners used to berth - the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, France (later Norway), United States, QE2 etc. but they don't exist anymore. Used to be one of the main atttractions every time a flagship was in town. How often does the Queen Mary 2 and the other Cunard liners call at Southampton nowadays? Probably only a few times every year. | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:22 - Sep 19 with 2548 views | the_toff |
Strip club on the high street, that's a new one. Which end of the high street*?
*asking for a friend | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:24 - Sep 19 with 2528 views | GeoffSentence |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:47 - Sep 19 by mylittletown |
Well it is possible to like somewhere, even if it is a bit of a dump. I like Cardiff! |
I don't even recall it being a dump. The Common was great, I enjoyed the Cowherds if that's still there. Those parks just behind th City Centre high street were handy, Above Bar and the city centre was pretty lively and there was always a pub or two with go-go dancers on a Sunday. | |
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:33 - Sep 19 with 2483 views | factual_blue |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:44 - Sep 19 by GeoffSentence |
I lived in Southampton towards mid-late 80's, might have been beer goggles but I really liked it then |
'He has either never been to Umm Qasr or he's never been to Southampton. There's no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth.'
A British soldiers reaction to a claim by Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon that the port of Umm Qasr is 'like the city of Southampton.' |  |
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:34 - Sep 19 with 2476 views | solemio |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:47 - Sep 19 by mylittletown |
Well it is possible to like somewhere, even if it is a bit of a dump. I like Cardiff! |
Cardiff is a fine city, unlike that other city that advertises itself as such. | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:37 - Sep 19 with 2473 views | Bluespeed225 |
I know I'm in a minority, but I do like a bit of Post war Brutalism! Portsmouths' Tricorn, Preston bus station, and as a kid i marveled at our own Greyfriars, especially the restaurant that never opened! | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:43 - Sep 19 with 2439 views | GeoffSentence |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:34 - Sep 19 by solemio |
Cardiff is a fine city, unlike that other city that advertises itself as such. |
Another one I haven't been to in three, and another one I thought was pretty good at the time and I think it has come on since then too. | |
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:51 - Sep 19 with 2406 views | Sharkey |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:47 - Sep 19 by mylittletown |
Well it is possible to like somewhere, even if it is a bit of a dump. I like Cardiff! |
I like Swansea, which is a bit of a dump but has bracing sea air, and a fantastically over-the-top accent to be enjoyed. |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:54 - Sep 19 with 2399 views | ClareBlue |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:24 - Sep 19 by GeoffSentence |
I don't even recall it being a dump. The Common was great, I enjoyed the Cowherds if that's still there. Those parks just behind th City Centre high street were handy, Above Bar and the city centre was pretty lively and there was always a pub or two with go-go dancers on a Sunday. |
You won't. miss it.. it covers 4 shop fronts and is originally painted black | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 17:22 - Sep 19 with 2339 views | catch74 |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:24 - Sep 19 by GeoffSentence |
I don't even recall it being a dump. The Common was great, I enjoyed the Cowherds if that's still there. Those parks just behind th City Centre high street were handy, Above Bar and the city centre was pretty lively and there was always a pub or two with go-go dancers on a Sunday. |
I lived here 1999 - 2001 (watched the play off final in the Walkabout gas some arsehole made me work.)
It’s definitely a lot shabbier now. The West Quay shopping centre was being built at the time, pretty impressive building. It’s definitely pulled shopping away from the high St.
Bedfords and Lizard Lounge, the Square Balloon used to be fun then, night clubs were decent too.
Some really good real ale pubs too. Ocean Village, all now houses used to be ok as well.
Enjoyed my time but wasn’t too bothered about leaving. |  |
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| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 18:39 - Sep 19 with 2145 views | witchdoctor |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:24 - Sep 19 by GeoffSentence |
I don't even recall it being a dump. The Common was great, I enjoyed the Cowherds if that's still there. Those parks just behind th City Centre high street were handy, Above Bar and the city centre was pretty lively and there was always a pub or two with go-go dancers on a Sunday. |
Cowherds still there…passed it not so long ago on the coach..looked like a nice boozer 👍 |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 13:20 - Sep 20 with 1933 views | blue62 |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:22 - Sep 19 by the_toff |
Strip club on the high street, that's a new one. Which end of the high street*?
*asking for a friend |
Between Yates and Nandos! So I was told!!! |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 13:25 - Sep 20 with 1911 views | DJR |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:37 - Sep 19 by Bluespeed225 |
I know I'm in a minority, but I do like a bit of Post war Brutalism! Portsmouths' Tricorn, Preston bus station, and as a kid i marveled at our own Greyfriars, especially the restaurant that never opened! |
But a very worthy minority!
I saw Preston bus station in 1978 and thought it was amazing.
And good to be in Sheffield on Saturday and see the Park Hill estate from the other side of the station. Sadly, I didn't have time to take a closer look. |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 13:46 - Sep 20 with 1853 views | soupytwist |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 13:25 - Sep 20 by DJR |
But a very worthy minority!
I saw Preston bus station in 1978 and thought it was amazing.
And good to be in Sheffield on Saturday and see the Park Hill estate from the other side of the station. Sadly, I didn't have time to take a closer look. |
My son's first year student accommodation was in Beton House, which is part of the old Park Hill Estate. They've made a decent job of turning part of it into student accommodation and some of the rest into regular flats.
He liked living there, it's an interesting place to wander round and investigate the history of. |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 14:37 - Sep 20 with 1787 views | mylittletown |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:34 - Sep 19 by solemio |
Cardiff is a fine city, unlike that other city that advertises itself as such. |
I would have agreed with you, about Cardiff, in the 1980s. I have been visiting there regularly since then for family reasons, and imho, like many, perhaps most British cities, the centre has become shabby and soulless. It was always a bit lively on Friday and Saturday evenings, but it is now quite threatening at times.
Whitchurch, where my relatives live is still nice and possibly improving, but the centre certainly isn't, in my view. | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 14:50 - Sep 20 with 1727 views | WestSussexBlue |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:20 - Sep 19 by ITFCSG |
Older fans remember the dockside and former Ocean Terminal where world famous ocean liners used to berth - the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, France (later Norway), United States, QE2 etc. but they don't exist anymore. Used to be one of the main atttractions every time a flagship was in town. How often does the Queen Mary 2 and the other Cunard liners call at Southampton nowadays? Probably only a few times every year. |
QM2 generally about every 12-14 days. New York and back. Never understood why the waterfront isn’t better utilised. Shame as there’s certainly potential. | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:37 - Sep 20 with 1671 views | MillsyVOR |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:22 - Sep 19 by the_toff |
Strip club on the high street, that's a new one. Which end of the high street*?
*asking for a friend |
Newmarket likewise, so I’m told 😚 |  | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 15:42 - Sep 20 with 1650 views | yellowrider |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:20 - Sep 19 by ITFCSG |
Older fans remember the dockside and former Ocean Terminal where world famous ocean liners used to berth - the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, France (later Norway), United States, QE2 etc. but they don't exist anymore. Used to be one of the main atttractions every time a flagship was in town. How often does the Queen Mary 2 and the other Cunard liners call at Southampton nowadays? Probably only a few times every year. |
Southampton is still be far and away the UK's largest cruise liner port. Home to P&O Cruises primarily but ships from many other cruise liner operations regularly use it. Royal Caribbean, Oceania, MSC Cruises, Fred Olsen Cruise line and several others. If you're a regular visitor to the IOW like this author, you can a find the departure and arrival schedule online and watch the great liners from Sandown / Shanklin beach fronts. | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 12:38 - Sep 24 with 1201 views | solemio |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:37 - Sep 19 by Bluespeed225 |
I know I'm in a minority, but I do like a bit of Post war Brutalism! Portsmouths' Tricorn, Preston bus station, and as a kid i marveled at our own Greyfriars, especially the restaurant that never opened! |
I like the 1970s Barbican development which is well Brutalist, innit mate. | | | |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 12:53 - Sep 24 with 1183 views | NthQldITFC |
| Southampton Looking a bit Shabby on 16:37 - Sep 19 by Bluespeed225 |
I know I'm in a minority, but I do like a bit of Post war Brutalism! Portsmouths' Tricorn, Preston bus station, and as a kid i marveled at our own Greyfriars, especially the restaurant that never opened! |
I always thought Greyfriars and the Willis building went quite well together, (you could take the crumbling concrete from the one and bung it at the other), but that Greyfriars was a somewhat incongruous faux-pas juxtaposed, as it was, with the Art Deco elegance of the adjacent underground station at Bogarts roundabout. | |
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