Chesterfield
Famous only for the fact that it is so shit even the church steeple was bodged.

(turtles head is touching cloth poked a dwarf on the forehead at, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:24, 14 replies)

Chesterfield
And the sofas, don't forget the sofas.
I heard a story that a man married a virgin in the church, and the spire was so astonished at this rare occurence that it twisted round to get a better look!
(biscuitsocks random gene expression, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:28, closed)

that looks faked
that looks photoshopped.. i want moar evidence (and references done in a harvard format)
(RobbJ, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:29, closed)

try about 2/3rd of the way down for details on twist, lean etc
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield

or even just google chesterfield crooked spire
(turtles head is touching cloth poked a dwarf on the forehead at, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:40, closed)

closest you'll get to harvard
is as a profesional arse-licker to the bachelor professors.
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 20:37, closed)

On occasions that I pass through Chesterfield on the train
I look up at the cathedral, tut loudly and wonder out loud "Have they still not fixed that thing?". And then an entirely uninformed "Ooh, I wonder what happened to it?" conversation starts up nearby.
(Astatine, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:32, closed)

Seconded
Chesterfield is a shithole.
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:41, closed)

Just to play devil's advocate...
But I think that crooked spire looks absolutely mint. It's quirky and cool, like something out of a Tim Burton film, only cool... and not about father-issues.
(Serotonicity was a naughty boy on..., Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:47, closed)

So do I
quirky and a little strange.
( FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Thu 29 Oct 2009, 23:10, closed)

we used to go to chesterfield all the time
to visit my Mrs's Nana before she passed away. She used to tell us that the spire was crooked because the devil leaned on it.

Chesterfield is alright though, certainly better than Rochdale, Bury or Bolton.
( hygor gyrates with animatronic emptyness, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 20:40, closed)

Better than Bury?
Bad-mouth Bury again and I shall have to ask you to step outside, good sir!

Yes, it may be a shitehole, but it's the shitehole I grew up in (with no lasting side-effects).
(General_Manchego, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 22:01, closed)

ermm
I work just outside Chesterfield and that spire is for real...and I have to say, I went out there a few weeks back with the guys I work with, and its one of the loveliest friendliest places I've been out in, so stop with your dissing of it...I liked it, so there
( curvylittlegoth heard the voices in your head on, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 2:49, closed)

AND
in my alter ego as barmaid...I met some mad cornish bellringers (I live in derby, they were on tour) and they rang in that twisty spire...and it moves as the bells ring...how cool is that!!
( curvylittlegoth heard the voices in your head on, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 2:50, closed)

As a place to go drinking
it is great at night - because it is only a town all the pubs and clubs are literally next door to each other.
Just not always so great in the cold light of day.
(turtles head is touching cloth poked a dwarf on the forehead at, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 6:00, closed)

I used to work in Chesterfield, a long time ago..
I did'nt mind it that much, that said though, I worked there at night in some of the bars.

The Beach was quite fun (it'd just opened at the time..) and I did a New Years Eve in Xanadu (before it shut down obviously)

A definite cattle market that place..

That spiral is definetly not photoshopped.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 13:09, closed)