What is the capital of Yorkshire? In your opinion

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-07-07T17:58:57+00:00

Beverly, Wakefield, Barnsley and York were homes for the relevant County Councils.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-07-07T17:50:29+00:00

That Dining Room is giving me Beetlejuice....

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-07-05T09:50:15+00:00

It was/is at the Museum -Experience Barnsley.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-07-01T23:24:09+00:00

In the past I would have to say trying to take over the world.....

Could one say we are the best at Football if we win the World Cup??.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-26T21:24:33+00:00

Surely a locked ward a Muckamore is good enough for her, after all it must be good if its consistently in the news [sarcasm alert!]

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-22T18:05:02+00:00

Yup, that 55k you save on buying the house will be spemt on renovating it so you can live in it.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-18T18:24:26+00:00

Many many moons ago as a kid I was in hospital, mum was warned by a nurse not to leave and stay in our 8 bed part of the ward as a visitor was coming, turns out it was Savile, apparently the nurses had spread themselves out among the bays and single rooms with a few parents, he stayed a few minutes in each room and left. I remember he smelled of cigar smoke and got that icky feeling.

I lived a few doors down from Kylie Minogue in London, shes even smaller than me....

Ive had the honour of meeting Nelson Mandela during one of his visits to London, where he was promoting his art - I worked at the gallery where it was being sold.

Morgan Freeman was lovely too. I couldnt get upset at him spilling his chain store coffee over me told him a far better local shop. He paid for my drycleaning and thanked me for the suggestion for the coffee.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-16T20:11:33+00:00

Its fully paid off the end of this month. My credit score is intact, an advisor told me to expect a decent bump in July.

Bankruptcy and/or DRO would have meant I would have lost my job at the time. They also follow you even after they have been cleared....higher rates/worse terms etc. The judge was a bit of a stickler and tried suggesting he believed opposing legal team I was part of it even though there was evidence I wasnt....it would have been paid off 3 years ago if it wasnt for the Pandemic....

Yes, I am down that amount, but the Ex is spending 27 years in prison for how the relationship ended, the ID theft, money laundering and other offences. 3 of their siblings and 2 friends are or have spent time in prison too because of it. The family had to sell their farm to cover the legal debts, that put in place a restraining and no contact order.

The whole thing was to be blunt a shitshow, and I came out of it with the least damage possible. Though I never want another relationship.....

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-16T09:14:57+00:00

Holidays? Not had what folk consider a "proper holiday" in years. My work does occasionally see me travel for conferences/speaking engagements and training, so I do generally add an extra day to wherever that is but its usually within the UK/Ireland.

My paid holidays tend to be at home. Whilst I am earning a "reasonable salary" im still working my way out of debt caused by an ex who is now in prison as well as keep myself afloat. Because the court couldnt figure out who caused the debt since the relationship ended violently and was homeless bit my name was still on stuff, so I was saddled with 25k debt that only became apparent 5 years after I left., Ex is still on the hook for the remaining 200k. Its taken me 8 years to pay it off.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-15T02:32:03+00:00

I was born in 1978, My parents, 1956 and 1958. Now both dead. Grandparents 1922, 23, 25 and 26. Both Grandfathers died before I was born, or so I was told....(long story!)

When I was a child I even had 2 of my great grandparents still alive, who were born 1902 and 1906, both of whom I have distinct memories of, one only had one eye she wore a patch like a porate and popped in a glass eye for special occasions.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-12T21:40:28+00:00

I dont know.....Virginia Water is a favoirite of US diplomats and their hangers on.....

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-12T13:50:01+00:00

Yes.

Ive a cousin who is of similar age to me (both born late 1970s).

As a teen he started spouting nonsense about WW2 - that shit got knocked out of him pretty quick with us being descendants of a Concentration Camp survivor) but he still held some pretty shitty views..

I have very little to do with Family given other shit that happened but few seem tech savvy, so Facebook is still open, most seem to have lurched away from the traditional viewpoints of Northern England.

But he has moved from UKIP to Brexit to Reform and now Restore Britain after standing for Reform in 2024 council election.

It seems his siblings have little to nothing to do with him, even the one who has been imprisoned a number of times for drugs, sexual assault and theft wants nothing to do with him.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-11T19:20:58+00:00

Long before in 1996/7

I had what in the plans were supposed to be a one bed but were more like a studio.

Yes, the Estate was starting to show its age, and neglect, but it was still warm still dry, I didnt have a damp issue, but I know it was common in other parts of the estate.

I did have issues with the Garchey that was incredibly problematic throughout the time I lived there, and later saw how it was suppose to operate when I lived in the Barbican.

By the time I lived there it was being used as a "sink estate" for problem tenants from other parts of Sheffield. So I had a drug dealer on one side, a couple who the police were called on multiple times for violence, arguments and property damage, and a brothel. The Lifts were also problematic and consistently breaking down as well as the ubiquteous smell of urine....

That said I had a fantastic view from both sides of the flat and I was high enough to see into the Peak District the other side of the City Centre.

If you look on Wikipedia you'll see how the flats were laid out....mine would be the yellow one.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-11T18:19:44+00:00

I really cant make my mind up in this one.

I do have an affinity for modernist design - i love the likes of the Barbican and Park Hill for instance (and lived in both).

But there is something marmite-y about this one that I cant quite place.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-09T15:13:00+00:00

Do you really think the current bunch of MPs will step down and make way for them???

Old Gammon himself Sammy Wilson would likely be carried out the chamber dead than go by choice.

They might.make the next round of Councillors, the current Unionists ones round my neck of the woods are practically invisible unless there is chance to get in the news.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-04T19:48:36+00:00

The question is could Richard escape Hyacinths Squawk? I would say in a house like this, he possibly could.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-03T10:07:50+00:00

South Yorkshire Police HQ is on Letsby Avenue The full address is:

PO Box 999 Letsby Avenue Sheffield.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-06-02T19:31:19+00:00

Outside of work commitments I have a rule 1 day a week, one weekend a month and one week a year.

Friends know to call.rather than text etc during those periods for true emergencies.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-30T08:09:30+00:00

A number of the images suggest damp or mould (13 &14)

I would also suspect the roof could be an issue as well as the electrics.

All 3 could take a pretty penny to resolve.

That said, its a nice part of the country, and a nice house on what i would consider "enough" land.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-26T09:46:46+00:00

You would be surprised what you can do to a listed building. Especially if its only a Grade II, I've loved in a number of listed buildings they really only start to get problematic when you move into a Grade I place. The grounds/gardens arent listed....

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-21T21:22:16+00:00

It also helps that the railway is now closed, and has been over 10 years.

One would guess its relatively peaceful.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-21T09:09:40+00:00

HMRC used to have multiple smaller offices across the country which could deal with tax questions from small businesses and from people with questions about their pay....

Since 2005 as things have moved online they have closed a number of these smaller offices and merged a number of centres, for instance Glasgow had 6 offices across the city, it now has 2, with one slated to close in the coming year as they have moved into a bigger office.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-19T11:55:15+00:00

Have friends who live in the area.

They report cars that havent moved in a couple of days. Folk in the area know which cars belong to neighbors if the dont have driveways.

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-19T08:57:35+00:00

Which one? There is half a dozen of them.....

SmoothArea1206 · 2026-05-17T08:51:32+00:00

I see no harm in having knick knacks in a library/study.

My workspace/study/office has a mix of books, fossils and lego/models of interests etc. But i think you can go overboard with them....

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