Anyone live in "small-town" America?

No, I have no experience of this [have never been to the US] but I HAVE read quite a few Stephen King novels, and things always end badly! Only joking. I live in what is called a village here in England about 8 miles from the city of Oxford.My village has about 3,000 people in it, I think this would be called a town in the US? We have 2 pubs, a general store, a newsagents, a hairdressers, a village hall, an old church, and that's about it. There are regular buses to Oxford [every 30 mins.]It's a friendly place, although people here are more reserved generally than in other countries.It's 9 miles in the car, to the doctor's surgery. It's 8 miles to the supermarkets or library.
 

Hi Oakapple:) Your town village sounds WONDERFUL! My dreams aren't big enough maybe, but I can't believe I would ever, even, get to visit England. My dad was Welsh, so I have heritage there. I watch the Fireworks every New Years Eve on Youtube, the ones that are in London. None better have I ever seen, love the music as well, just fabulous.

Maybe if I win the lottery I can visit, or even move there;) but someone told me I had to buy a ticket to win?:lofl:

 
Thanks for the fireworks Denise! That's new to me! Big Ben never looked better...:) Good Show!!
 

Cool Me-dude;)

I can't ever find right on New Years, but I will do some research today. Does London time come before ours or after, duh, LOL!! And then, how soon does Youtube get it;)
 
nwlady said:
Cool Me-dude;)

I can't ever find right on New Years, but I will do some research today. Does London time come before ours or after, duh, LOL!! And then, how soon does Youtube get it;)
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I believe London is 5 hours ahead of New York.
 
Ok, then New York is 3, or is it 4 ahead of Oregon? I'll look it up, but if that's so, then we should be able to view the fireworks if it get's loaded onto Youtube in time, East Coast folks or west coast;) Thanks me;)
 
Thanks nwlady.:) Yes, the fireworks are always good to watch. Big Ben is the name of the bell [inside the tower] that rings the hours. I used to work in London, in an old store [which was pulled down years ago and a new one built] called Gamages in Holborn, just on the corner of Hatton Garden, where all the diamond jewellers work.Fleet St was nearby and the Fleet[a tributary of the river Thames] runs underground there, and sometimes used to 'rise' into the basement of the store.We used to pop into a pub called The Mitre for lunch every Friday [reputedly the oldest pub in London] and it was a running joke that the sandwiches on offer were made at the same time as the pub was built .;) Holborn is prounced Ho-burn.
 
LOL, that's great;) The sandwich jokes:) Hearing you talk about the UK is wonderful! I've always wanted to go there, so thank goodness for the internet, at least I can cyber-travel;) BBC is one of my fave channels to watch as well, especially the older series like Sherlock Holmes, oh, and who could forget Benny Hill, LOL!!
 
nwlady said:
LOL, that's great;) The sandwich jokes:) Hearing you talk about the UK is wonderful! I've always wanted to go there, so thank goodness for the internet, at least I can cyber-travel;) BBC is one of my fave channels to watch as well, especially the older series like Sherlock Holmes, oh, and who could forget Benny Hill, LOL!!
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Benny Hill!there's a blast from the past! I have only to hear that piece of music [da-der der der d-der etc] to grin, where the film is speeded up where they chase each other around the place.;)
If you like history, well, there is plenty of that here in the UK, but most people here don't bother about it [take it for granted.]
The town I go shopping in [7 miles away] called Abingdon, got it's 'charter' [it's right to hold a market] back in 1100 and the remains of the abbey are still in the town centre[the abbey was built well before that time.]My own village was thriving hundreds of years before the Normans landed here[ie. before 1066.] The old church opposite my house is the third church to be built on that site, the first was Anglo-Saxon, then the Normans built one, then this one a few hundred years later.My house is built on what used to be the old medieval centre of the village next to the village green.They were cleared by a wealthy landowner in the late 1600's to create a mansion and a huge garden. During the last war, when the US came over here, the garden was given to the US air force and the men lived here in huts, and even had their own little cinema and a place that sold ice cream [to the wonder of the locals!] In the 1950's the land was sold to a developer to build a dozen houses on,
and I now live in one of those houses.All is change, eh?:)
 
Oh, the fast-forwards were always the funniest to me on Benny Hill:) And yes, I love history, I've wanted to see more of ours right here in the US, but to go further back, and really see the "old country" would be wonderful. I love to take photos, so there would be endless places to see and photograph:) Like I mentioned, it's a good thing to at least have the internet. I know I can type in "Abington UK history" and probably get something cool to see and read. It was so interesting about the USAF who stayed in the huts, thanks for sharing that, and I'll bet there are people reading the thread that will even have relatives that stayed there;) Thanks again OA:)

PS check this out, lol, wow, how I would love to visit this pub (I think it's a pub )
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Wow, I see it's almost 6pm where you live OA:) I am having a great time looking through a Google search, tons of photos of UK;)

This one is lovely, I'm sure you've seen these places first-hand:) Oh, and I'll have to have you tell me what "bun throwing" is. Here in the US I know quite a few that would love to find a way to throw their buns away, LOL!!
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Yes, nwlady, those are pics of the centre of Abingdon [Oxfordshire] and I regularly walk by the river, but I have not been to the bun throwing festival [and I have lived here a long time!] too afraid of getting hit in the eye by a bun.;)The bun throwing takes place every year [it's where the old term 'a bun fight' comes from] which means a party for children which is a bit chaotic. Lol. The buns were for the poor people of Abingdon in the old days, and are thrown from the top of the town hall, which nowadays is actually a museum of local life.It's just an old tradition.So, you fancy a pint of ale in The Spread Eagle pub?!I will join you and have a pint of Doombar, or Hobgoblin, or Old Speckled Hen [I usually drink the Speckled Hen, it's a good beer.] Cheers!
 
LOL:) Thanks OA, that helps a lot, since I didn't get a chance yet, to google "bun-throwing" ;)
 
I live in a large town. And I like the town. My step father just moved here because they had moved to a small town and my step father said he never wanted to live there but my mother did so they moved. My mother passed away 2 years ago. I actually really like the area they lived in. Small but pretty. Shopping available (Walmart, Safeway) but nothing extraordinary. I almost think I could live there. It is small and isolated. For example no 24 hour taxi. It's probably best that my step father is here with more services.
 
Kitties said:
I live in a large town. And I like the town. My step father just moved here because they had moved to a small town and my step father said he never wanted to live there but my mother did so they moved. My mother passed away 2 years ago. I actually really like the area they lived in. Small but pretty. Shopping available (Walmart, Safeway) but nothing extraordinary. I almost think I could live there. It is small and isolated. For example no 24 hour taxi. It's probably best that my step father is here with more services.
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Hmmm Kitties-makes me wonder what town you`re talking about-almost sounds like mine. Except we do now have a 24 hour taxi. But that`s only recently....
 

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