Feckin' Nottingham.
And I had to go there twice in the space of a month. You know those programmes, they're called "TWIGHLIGHT POLICE!" or "OMG COPS AT NIGHT!!ONE!" or "DRINK AND DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND KNIFECRIME AND POLICE!!!!!1ELEVEN!!" - they are basically highlights shows of Nottingham's best bits.

Nottingham makes Wakefield (where I lived for 5 years) look like the fucking South of France.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:22, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

POLICE!
the show (including exclamation mark) was filmed in Milton Keynes.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:24, Reply)

And you were the star?

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Obviously.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:25, Reply)

i'd have thought
milton keynes was the default answer for most people for this question. although i've only been to the train station, it's pretty heinous. square yellow tiles? it's not 1972.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:26, Reply)

Yes is, in my house.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Listen, I wouldn't usually do this, but can I get an autograph?
It's not for me, it's for my friend. Just put "To my biggest fan, I am glad we are now best friends, do you still want to hang out and play XBox on Friday? Love Chompy x x x x x"
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:27, Reply)

Do you want me to sign your breasts?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:29, Reply)

I will never wash my breasts again!

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:33, Reply)

My breasts which are, of course, large and firm, and sexually liberated.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:33, Reply)

How empowering.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:35, Reply)

i +u e +ic
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:38, Reply)

My god, what a fucking abortion.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:40, Reply)

DIT? or Psychochomp?
Or both?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:45, Reply)

My strikethrough.
Hiya!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:46, Reply)

i still think my suggestion
was more appropriate...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:55, Reply)

Nottingham is an enormously fun city
You just have to know where not to go. It's like any other town in that respect. The main difference is that is the worst parts of Nottingham, rather than risking a good mugging, you will definitely be murdered
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:24, Reply)

I know full well not to go in Nottingham.
Basically: all of it. And the hotel room I stayed in had clearly had a murder/seriously foul sexual practice committed in it.

They did have a good rock bar though.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:26, Reply)

i've got
a weekend with 15 girlfriends from school there in a fortnight. anywhere you'd recommend to go drinking??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:27, Reply)

I always say "Nottingham Rock City" as it's where I grew up
The Reflex there is particularly good if it's nostalgia you're after, which it sounds like you might be. Otherwise there's a pub a little way out of town called the Pitcher & Piano which is a converted church, it's fucking brilliant.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:37, Reply)

excellent, thank you!
i shall google both.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Isn't there a pub that's carved into the city wall or summat like that?

(Cave Duck, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:43, Reply)

Pitcher and Piano is a chain
and an expensive one at that.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:50, Reply)

I want to go and visit it

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:26, Reply)

Prepare to be assaulted by idiot stag parties and rivers of bacardi breezer vomit.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:28, Reply)

Well
Maybe it's not so important, then.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Depends what you want in a city break, I suppose.
Try somewhere like Bath. Bath is lovely.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:37, Reply)

I know
I have to go. I wish I had some time. I fear it won't be before the honeymoon.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:47, Reply)