Dorchester, Dorset
The town where Woolworths would not die.

Also, the town frequently voted the owner of Britain's worst Christmas lights, thanks to a council too scared to spend any money on anything.

Here they are:



Beat THAT, Oxford Street.
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:48, 18 replies)

Yep, those lights
are lame.
(IChewCandlewax, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:53, closed)

Impressive...
Those special invisible Christmas lights they'd have had to have imported especially from Japan cost an absolute fucking fortune.
( SpankyHanky, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 11:53, closed)

That place...
What's with the grim half-ghost town on the outskirts as well? That housing estate never ever seems to be finished!
(Dregen, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 12:17, closed)

That's Poundbury...
...Prince Charles's dream town made out of Lego.

It will never be finished.
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 12:19, closed)

indeed
shit hole that he likes to show off. The roads are never finished the houses start at an "affordable" £240k and look like shit and there are no facilities for the thousands of extra people - they just piggy back from dorchester. Which wouldnt be too bad if they wernt going to make the whole place 1 way. If the county council were not based there I am sure it wouldnt exist
( SiX and his hat, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 21:13, closed)

Poundbury
Boyfriend and I got lost in there! Nasty place.
(Dregen, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 23:41, closed)

Yeah.. crap christmas lights are annoying
Nottingham once put up all white lights which looked shit, because they didn't want to upset minority religions. I can't wait to sit down and spend some time slating my home city!
( Muns, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 12:42, closed)

I've been there a few times
It doesn't seam that bad to me.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 13:36, closed)

Hmm
I was born in Dorchester and moved away seven years ago. I still have a fondness for the place and visit fairly often. Unsure if it's because I absolutely love Maumbury Rings or because my Grandparents live there with my Dad living just outside in Martinstown.

And the Tesco is nicely designed. Okay, yeah you know you are clutching at straws when you praise a town's Tesco.
(Foz, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 18:58, closed)

also the tesco
isnt really "in" dorchester. It is more on the outskirts next to the UKs biggest trafficjam on the way to Weymouth and the football club.
( SiX and his hat, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 21:14, closed)

I helped
build that Tesco - Prince Charles Approve Tithe Bar Tesco.

At the end of the day - just a Tesco with a water feature*



* and wonky planters in the car park ;-)
(Biff..., Mon 2 Nov 2009, 17:05, closed)

Dorchester
I almost got stuck in Dorchesater recently. We were only passing through but looking for somewhere to get some lunch. Took about half an hour driving through a suburban district where every road, and indeed every building, looked identical. Never did find any lunch, had to go to Bridport in the end.
(Treacle Cock, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 19:20, closed)

The did kill the brewery
the bastards ...
(Biff..., Mon 2 Nov 2009, 17:05, closed)

You can...
...still get Royal Oak, as the recipe is now brewed elsewhere. WIN!
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 17:34, closed)