Bowthorpe, Norwich
IF you thought Norwich was filled with inbred people, you havn't seen Bownthorpe which is just outside Norwich.. its virtually a town/village/cess pit controlled by chavs..

Now if only they would put a wall around it..
(RobbJ, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 14:40, 13 replies)

I can vouch for this
I live in Norwich, and I STAY in Norwich (which is bad enough).

Bowthorpe is one of the reasons* I do not travel outside of the city centre.

* The others being Earlham, Larkman and Mile Cross
(porkinator is a Rock n Roll nerd!, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 14:55, closed)

earlham
thats just the frontal invasion force.. the only reason they don't get any further is due to the UEA being an effective barrier.
(RobbJ, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 14:58, closed)

The main roundabout in Earlham has some awesome graffiti on the side of one of the shops.
In massive white capital letters.... "WEST EARLHAM".

As if you could be anywhere else.

Even the library has safety shutters.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 16:31, closed)

Hahaha
Yes I saw this a couple of weeks ago.

I grew up in West Earlham and moved away nearer the city about 10 years ago.

As I said, I went back to the area a couple of weeks ago for a dentist appointment. It was scary how little had changed, it was like the area was stuck in time.
(porkinator is a Rock n Roll nerd!, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 9:28, closed)

Larkman
twinned with Dresden, I believe
/lives on the coast but ventures into Norwich several times a week for work
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 15:20, closed)

I was going to cite Larkman and Earlham, but I've been beaten to it.
Mile Cross is alright if you stay away from the tower blokes.

Lakenham is full of rapists.

I live just outside Bowthorpe - have to venture through it to get to my local supermarket. It's kind of soviet in its deprivation. If soviet Russia had been populated by fat slags in trackie bottoms.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 16:21, closed)

Hey!
I live in Lakenham and have never seen a rapist, well not any OTHER rapists anyway.
(porkinator is a Rock n Roll nerd!, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 9:30, closed)

I live in Lakenham too
it's fun
(sirhiss, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 11:15, closed)

Agreed.
I live in Costessey, which is also a shithole in places, but nowhere near as nasty as Bowthorpe.
Though none of the nasty places in Norwich, imho, are a patch on Romford.
(womanwhocanonlylivewithdogs, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 16:55, closed)

student landlord
in my coming into second year, we had to find a house to live, and one of the placaes the landlord took us was 'Bowthorpe'

Now, he tried his pitch and everything, made us come on a nice day, but it still didn't make any difference when chavs walked by and shouted 'Fuck off you fucking student twats'.

I wish they would build a wall around it and carpet bomb it already.. maybe invite israel to do it for us?
(RobbJ, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 19:28, closed)

I was a Kettlemaster ...
... 15 years ago and still driving past Bowthorpe makes me dry heave

As I now live near the Fat Cat at least I can now try to wash away the horror ;-)
(Biff..., Mon 2 Nov 2009, 16:46, closed)

Oh! The Fat Cat!
The thing I miss most about not living in Norwich any more. It is truly the pub of the Gods...
(woodkat loves comic sans, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 19:03, closed)

I shall pray
at the bar for you tonight
(Biff..., Wed 4 Nov 2009, 14:00, closed)