Comments on: “Minor riot” in Paulsgrove http://rooreynolds.com/2000/08/10/minor-riot-in-paulsgrove/ What's Next? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:23:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roo http://rooreynolds.com/2000/08/10/minor-riot-in-paulsgrove/comment-page-1/#comment-398511 Roo Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:35:13 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2000/08/10/minor-riot-in-paulsgrove/#comment-398511 Hello Andy. Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It sounds like I left Paulsgrove above four years before you did, and I bow to your superior knowledge of the area. I'm quite sure that it's changed since the riots of 2000 and (like many places) probably doesn't fully deserve its reputation. While it's not really an excuse I feel like I should point out that when I wrote the above post, August 2000, I was still a student (a time in one's life <i>synonymous</i> with learning and improving). I must say I'm <i>embarrassed</i> to look back at the mistakes above, but especially now that you've pointed them out I'm certainly not going to fix them. :-) Hello Andy. Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It sounds like I left Paulsgrove above four years before you did, and I bow to your superior knowledge of the area. I’m quite sure that it’s changed since the riots of 2000 and (like many places) probably doesn’t fully deserve its reputation.

While it’s not really an excuse I feel like I should point out that when I wrote the above post, August 2000, I was still a student (a time in one’s life synonymous with learning and improving). I must say I’m embarrassed to look back at the mistakes above, but especially now that you’ve pointed them out I’m certainly not going to fix them. :-)

]]> By: Andy Edwards http://rooreynolds.com/2000/08/10/minor-riot-in-paulsgrove/comment-page-1/#comment-398496 Andy Edwards Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:48:20 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/2000/08/10/minor-riot-in-paulsgrove/#comment-398496 Wow Roo! I'm an ex-Paulsgrove boy, now living in Yorkshire. Paulsgrove always did get a bad press, for the best part unfairly, in my humble opinion (or IMHO for the under-thirties.) If you're going to write about Paulsgrove, or anywhere else for that matter, I have some advice for you. Either sack whoever types your opinions, or use spellcheck. Considering you are the Portfolio Executive for Social Media at BBC Vision I would have thought you'd be able to spell EMBARRASSED and SYNONYMOUS!! Back to the subject, I'm more than comfortable about spending 22 years of my life in Paulsgrove, it's so much nicer and a lot safer than certain areas of Nottingham, Sheffield, Bristol, London, etc......etc......etc. I now live in a 'quiet' village in Yorkshire, in fact I've been here for 13 years, but there is plenty of car crime, drugs, break-ins, anti-social behaviour and everything else here. Just like everywhere in the UK. Leave Paulsgrove alone, it doesn't deserve this nonsense......just like it doesn't deserve to have a motorway piercing its' heart and all its' pubs closing down. Wow Roo! I’m an ex-Paulsgrove boy, now living in Yorkshire. Paulsgrove always did get a bad press, for the best part unfairly, in my humble opinion (or IMHO for the under-thirties.)
If you’re going to write about Paulsgrove, or anywhere else for that matter, I have some advice for you. Either sack whoever types your opinions, or use spellcheck.
Considering you are the Portfolio Executive for Social Media at BBC Vision I would have thought you’d be able to spell EMBARRASSED and SYNONYMOUS!!
Back to the subject, I’m more than comfortable about spending 22 years of my life in Paulsgrove, it’s so much nicer and a lot safer than certain areas of Nottingham, Sheffield, Bristol, London, etc……etc……etc.
I now live in a ‘quiet’ village in Yorkshire, in fact I’ve been here for 13 years, but there is plenty of car crime, drugs, break-ins, anti-social behaviour and everything else here. Just like everywhere in the UK.
Leave Paulsgrove alone, it doesn’t deserve this nonsense……just like it doesn’t deserve to have a motorway piercing its’ heart and all its’ pubs closing down.

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