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2005

		Chris Gillman, 27 December 2005
	found	A fellow resident sent me the link
	from	Amazingstoke
	comment	Awesome website. No longer do us basingstoke residents need to be embarrassed about our home town. I am currently at uni and now when I get the usual "where?" when I say where I come from I can point them in the direction of this website!
		Paula, 15 December 2005
	found	Your sister sent me
	from	New York, USA
	comment	Just sitting here with your sister, Helen. She says HI and will see you soon. Sorry so early. Love the site, really made me laugh. Oh, I work with Helen, in case you were wondering:)
		DaVo / Dave Yates, 9 December 2005
	found	google
	from	PERTH AUSTRALIA
	comment	If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a dozen times Basingstoke sucks I lived here back in the 8o’s it was as bad then as it is now.
		stuart ayling, 3 December 2005
	email	stuart DOT ayling AT domgen DOT com
	found	by typeing in my name on google
	from	fleet
	comment	are you joking basingstoke is as much fun as train spotting. [And a very popular pasttime that is, too - Ed.]
		Paula, 28 November 2005
	found	Search engine - visited some time ago
	from	Basingstoke. Originally Reading
	comment	I live in Oakridge, Basingstoke and really like it, for the most part. My website is at: www.freewebs.com/paulapuddephatt.
		Emmanuel Cain, 24 November 2005
	email	EmmanuelCain_Basingstoke AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk
	found	Google Search
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	Good evening. Instigating a Google search using the word 'Basingstoke' brought me here to this site, a most refreshing change from what one would expect to find about our misunderstood town. Although one or two articles here seem to support people's misconceptions of the town's image as a comedic archetype fit only for humorous prattle, on the whole, in my opinion, this website's done a reasonable job. Perhaps you could refer more to Macmillan publishers in Houndmills, whose significance in the literary world should not be ignored. Thanks, and keep up the good work. Emmanuel.
		Andy, 23 November 2005
	found	Yahoo Search
	from	Aberdeen
	comment	About 10/11 years ago, when I was living in Liphook, Hants, (I now live in Aberdeen) there was a radio jingle played on local radio which went along the lines of.... 'Basingstoke, It's a whole new shopping experience. Basingstoke it's a whole new way of life'. I've been searching for this for ages and was just wondering if anyone happened to have a copy, or know of anywhere I could obtain it. Many thanks
		Mr Picard, 15 November 2005
	found	Romulas 5
	from	Wales
	comment	My mother lives in Basingstoke, Recently moved there , It was nice until some B@"**! stole her electric disability bike, she can,t walk more than 50 yds and is now house bound, So she won't be seeing much of what Basingstoke has to offer, Any information on the bike would be appreciated
		SD, 11 November 2005
	found	WWW
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	Do residents know that the Parish of Kempshott (Basingstoke) has a website and a Messageboard for residents to have their say on local issues / topics of concern? See: www.kempshott.com
		Jo, 6 November 2005
	found	Google Search
	from	Basingstoke!!!
	comment	I was looking for ideas for my homework, and although this didn't help it's given me some great facts i can use to outsmart my friends! I love this site! [Thanks, great to hear it! - Ed.]
		bob, 27 October 2005
	found	just looked up Basingstoke !!!
	from	Basingstoke Oakly , Ex- Shrubbery
	email	elektrikbob58 AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk
	comment	I have over the years seen Basingstoke grow & change some for the better, some not, so thats life, but one thing Basingstoke is not is boring. I live at present over sea's but when I do get back there is so much to see & do that two weeks hol's is not enough. just thank god you do'nt live here one "old flea pit cinema" & a swimingbaths for non swimmers. Oh yes I WAS BORN IN BASINGSTOKE & BLOODY PROUD OFF IT Bob.
		Teresa, 17 October 2005
	comment	hi there ,  i grew up in hook in the 50s , and when i was in my teens ,we would never date a basingstoke boy ,  why i dont know  ,maybe i would now , ha ha ,  good luck in your search teresa [Ha ha indeed, seems somethings never change, going by other comments about the Basingstoke blokes of today posted here - Ed.]
		Paul, 13 October 2005
	found	Browsing
	from	origin West London,now in New Forest
	email	DPaul567 AT aol DOT com
	comment	Basingstoke is great. Any derogatory remarks should be passed to the Large firms ,who relocated to the area from London with the intention of ''Asset stripping'' downsizing, or any other perfidious hidden agenda's in pursuit of profit.
		Martin B, 10 October 2005
	found	Google
	from	Andover
	email	martinbelcher AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	Great site, I didn;t know there was so much interesting stuff about B'stoke. Much more interesting than boring old Andover....... All Hail the Great 'Stoke!
		Ste, 27 September 2005
	found	Google
	from	Camberley
	comment	Great site, currently visiting Basinstoke nearly every week and moving to there soon, this site is a good read. Thanks
		John, 24 September 2005
	found	Looked under B
	from	Belfast origionally
	comment	OK showing on the map where the Festival Place Bus Station is, but who walks now a days.Need directions on where to park up,eg Anvil car park multi storey C/P keep left area B Brit Home Stores B3 park level Lift to Gd Floor ( BHS) look for exit doors sign posted bus station?
		Mel Foley, 22 September 2005
	found	on net
	from	hampshire but now live in america
	email	millie_mel67 AT yahoo
	comment	Hey Basingstoke has changed sincew the last time i was there over two years ago. i moved fro tadley to the u.s big change but i typed in basingstoke and it brang this up. well i hope to see it next year when i come back from Americ afor a bit if anyone knows my bro Rhys Foley send me an email at millie_mel67 AT yahoo
		Will, 22 September 2005
	found	Google search
	from	London
	email	w21wtf AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	It's not basingstoke, it's an ironic amazingstoke!!!!!!
		JOANNE, 14 September 2005
	found	INTERNET
	from	BASINGSTOKE
	comment	I SEND SOME INFORMATION ALL ABOUT BASINGSTOKE TO A FRIEND AND THE FRIEND REALLY ENJOYED THE INFORMATION AND THE FRIEND WOULD VISIT BASINGSTOKE. THEY WOULD LIKE ME TO SEND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BASINGSTOKE
		GaNgStA's of BaSiNgStOkE, 19 August 2005
	found	fuck knows
	from	BaSiNgStOkE ( ghetto)
	comment	alryt now u jokas listen up 2 dis shit... basingstoke aint no joke! get dat straight first! BLAPPPP.... there may not be loads to do all the time but we got milestones so respect that! there r bare crews roamin the streets so it is a humble place to live with lots of violence n crime goin down, u cant miss the graffiti cos they all over the walls. bare pigs around tinkin they bad wit no control. the place is full of fuckin pansys tho. barrrdddd town centa. check this BASINGSTOKE even had the cheeky girls checkin in and we was on CRIMEFIGHTERS on channel 3 on thursdays at 11pm check it out!! DNT B A FUCKIN PANSY AND CHECK OUT R CAFF....BBBRRRAAAAPPPPPPPPPP....y
		Glynis, 4 August 2005
	from	New Zealand
	comment	...thank you for your industry and forethought in the creation of your web site. I have been in New Zealand for 19 years and plan to return to good old England next year. After much searching on the web I decided that Basingstoke and environs would be the lucky recipients of our glorious selves. However, when trying to find photos and information to show my daughter how worthy the town was of our attention I could find not a jot! Until I discovered your excellent site. That swayed the vote. So I thank you and hope that Basingstoke will appreciate (and not regret) having two extra (rather fine) souls to entertain and house.
		Anon., 2 August 2005
	found	was lookin 4 liquids in basingstoke coz its not all BORIN
	from	BASINGSTOKE
	comment	basingstoke is a really cool place 2 b its not london but most ppl no it n its got loads of stuf 2 do countryside n dat if u want n new shoppin center is wikid n every1 sayin dat der aint no community how cum every1 knows each otha sumhow if u wlkin fough twn n dat u will c loads ppl u no all my m8 usally round jd lol n i wanna live here 4eva luvya basingstoke n all da gr8 ppl who live in it all u h8rs F*ck of move if u wnna n if u dunt live here getta life if u have move on
		gareth johnson, 29 July 2005
	found	mate to me
	from	basingstoke
	email	garethcjohnson AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	wtf!! some one spent time building a site about basingstoke kool.. if ur thinking of moveing here and ur a chav dont we have to meany
		Lewis Rentschler, 25 July 2005
	found	Google search on "boringstoke"
	from	Melbourne, Australia
	comment	Visited Basingstoke recently and was hugely amused by the site.
		sandra fisher, 1 July 2005
	found	Internet
	from	Belfast
	comment	left basingstoke 14 years ago and never looked back. Miss somethings but it's easier to make friends here where people don't always come in pairs. Best of luck to all, but I'm having the best luck of all. Probably will never come back. xxx
		Bongolina, 1 July 2005
	found	google
	from	london
	email	bong_muse69 AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	Very excited to know hunky Carl Barat has dressed up as a whale! do you think you could get him to come back to basingstoke and do a whale reunion?
		Mandy, 28 June 2005
	found	msn search
	from	Born Basingstoke (elsewhere from 7-25)
	comment	I was born in 'The Shrubbery' Basingstoke in 1960 - before the mass expansion for the london overspill. I lived first in Coles Yard (caravan site in Eastrop) then South Ham Road before moving to Chivers Close when New New South Ham was created in '66. My dad was born in Sherfield-upon-lodon. My maternal grandfather (Tiger)worked for British rail and used to take me to the livestock market near the station. When he retired he did 15+ years as a lollypop man in south ham. I am sure there were more pubs then - one on every corner !! At 7 I moved to Bristol - a Basingstoke education put me top of the class in this big city. Fate put my husband and I together in Bristol (he was also Basingstoke / shrubbery born) - after a few years in the army we settled here with our 3 sons in 1988 (20 years after I left). Our Grandson was born here last year. We are very happy to have grown as a family at the same time as Basingstoke has grown as a town. I hate to hear people 'Dis' my town. I suspect there is a strong link between the negative aspects and people who don't like it here. So, please bugger off if you don't like it here - and leave the rest of us to enjoy our history, diversity and bright future :-)
		Lee Cummins, 13 June 2005
	found	Search Engine
	from	London originally via Basingstoke now in New York City
	comment	Just checking up on whats going on back in Basingstoke.. And, as I thought, absolutely nothing.. Toodle Pip Basingstoke..
		joanne wells, 11 June 2005
	found	on the intenet
	from	oakrigde basingstoke
	comment	i was looking for some thing for a friend all to do with basingstoke and I LIVE IN BASINGSTOKE ALL MY LIVE AND SOME OF THE PLACE IN AND AROUND BASINGSTOKE ARE REALLY NICE AND BASINGSTOKE IS EASY TO FOUND ON THE MAP
		Tony, 9 June 2005
	found	Google
	from	All over mostly London
	comment	I have lived all over London. I have now been in Basingstoke 15 years. It was like a dream when I came here and still is. It's more like an American small town than an English one. You Basingstokers don't realise how fortunate you are. You may find out one day if you move around. Enjoy it while you can. Foreverbasingstoke
		Jenny, 27 May 2005
	found	friend told me
	from	Oakley
	comment	Please please please dont let Basingstoke eat Oakley
		Jo, 26 May 2005
	found	google
	from	basingstoke
	comment	Interesting site! Left Basingstoke at the age of 10 and moved to Tadley. Moved from Tadley seven and a half years ago to Cambridgeshire, never regretted it once! Family still in Tadley so have to make regular visits but would never return, I live in a village called Godmanchester, the prettiest, friendliest place I know. Get out of Basingstoke while you can! But must admit the new town centre is ok.
		gavin, 24 May 2005
	found	google
	from	b-stoke
	comment	Basingstoke has its bad points, sure, but so does any other town, we really kick ass!!!
		fay, 17 May 2005
	found	dont know
	from	basingstoke
	comment	basingstoke ent no joke i lived her all ma life...well im onli 16 but theres loads to do n it ent about all the famous peps who USED lived here its bout who stayed here..basingstoke is betta than most places bears 2 do n are down is amazin!!! i dunno who started off all dat basingjoke shit but u cant mock it till u try it!! im gon live here 4 da rest of ma live no matta wot n e 1 says thnx LOVE YA BASINGSTOKE ghetto (jokes) xx
		Chris, 5 May 2005
	found	Repeat visitor [welcome back! - Ed.]
	from	At the moment, Grimsby!!!!
	comment	Have just visited Basingstoke for the first time since 1999 - and probably only the second time since 1977. Thoroughly enjoyed my visit, fairly impressed with Festival Place and took a real trip down memory lane by visiting my old haunts in Kempshott. Had the pleasure of seeing some old friends whom I haven't seen in almost 30 years! Even got to see a Dalek in Ottakers bookshop! Maybe I'm easily pleased, but I had a great time! I'll try not to leave it six years before I come back again... In the meantime, I shall continue to stay in touch with the town via this website!
		Katie & Karen, 5 May 2005
	found	Google
	from	Basinstoke originally
	comment	Its not that bad, and we miss the halcyon days of QMC. After all how many places can boast that it's the birthplace of the founder of the east india company?!?! Another watering hole with a no townie policy would be good though! Seriously though the roundabouts are an experence unto themselves!And to any potential visitors give Liquids a wide berth unless you fancy a chavtastic (Expensive, much shiny white trainers and huge amounts of 'bling') night out! >From two escapees now in Cardiff the centre of the universe!
		Brian Brawley, 25 April 2005
	email	brianbrawley07 AT aol DOT com
	found	Browsing
	from	Scotland
	comment	I spent more than 3 years in Basingstoke. And as usual. It is the people who are born there that try and bring it down. Basingstoke is a nice place. You could live in a lot worst places than Basingstoke, trust me i have been to Belfast..
		Ben Dixon 20 April 2005
	email	ben_nhl AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	Let me guess, the IRA intended to blow up the gents in b-stoke n then realised that b-stoke place was already a shit hole n thought if they did indeed blow it to high heaven they?d be doing the UK a favour?!?!?!?!   Nice try to ?big up? b-stoke with all the names,  ?its known as? but to be honest what a load of bollocks!! LOL. I havn?t read so much crap about the place of which I live, its crap boring n should be demolished for something decent&like perhaps A REAL SKATE PARK or even a prison will do. Drying bananas? A 7 tonne lump of stone that will never have a case of Mr Floppy? Anyway I?m sure you enjoyed reading my excellent contribute to yr website. :P Ben Dixon, 19 QMC student
		Stuart Ayling, 14 April 2005
	email	stuartea AT ntlworld DOT com
	found	Brother
	from	Basingstoke (not now)
	comment	Ahh my Basingstoke education served me well. I managed to hit return before I was ready. Lovely site, reminds me why I left.
		Stuart Ayling, 14 April 2005
	email	stuartea AT ntlworld DOT com
	found	Brother
	from	Basingstoke riginally
	comment
		Boo, 11 March 2005
	found	cat stepped on keyboard!!
	from	Grew up in Basingstoke
	comment	I grew up in Basingstoke in the 70"s, now living in Mississippi....guess what?. they have NO glue sniffers here!!!
		Sheila, 10 March 2005
	email	saucysheila at optusnet dot com dot au
	found	by accident
	from	England Originaly Australia Now
	comment	I wonder if there is anyone out there who remembers Sheila Woods who used to live in Kempshot Lane Back in the forties, I had a friend called beryl,Gingle her grandmother used to platt my hair as my Mother had cut her hand? if anyone has any information re; Beryl I'd love to hear from you. Sheila
		patrick dyer, 26 February 2005
	found	me and my freind were discussing shit towns
	from	well dorset originally ,however i lived in basingstoke for 18 year
	comment	well what can i say about good old basingstoke apart from the time i spent there i hated every minute of it.mindless cider fuelled wankers ,inbred boy racers and the general social malaise that frequents the population of concentrated chavs.i went to school here (richard aldworth in fact)the only good bit a slight bit of hypocrisy (i know)please refer to the above statement.i still have freinds there and i pray for them everyday that they will see the light,lol,in short a terrible place and should be the first on the list for the bulldozers.enjoy lol
		Dan, 24 February 2005
	found	Google I think?
	from	Zimbabwe
	comment	Basingstoke is more famous than I thought! Or should I say infamous...
		Ed Innis, 5 February 2005
	found	Search Engine Yahoo
	from	Glendale Heights, Illinois USA
	comment	Was watching A Touch of Frost last night & Jack was assigned a new partner who they say was from Basingstoke......The name Basingstoke has a nice ring to it, so I thought I would investigate and do a web search on it......From what I have read so far you have a very nice town with nice folks as residents......Its always nice to learn about new things......and new places.....I have always had a fascination with The UK, its history and its residents, what a great history you have ....Well "Cheers" and best wishes ...Thank You
		Onslow, 4 February 2005
	email	timonslow at hotmail dot com
	found	very interesting
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	There are some sinister and surreal facts about this town for sure. The Iran-Iraq monument detail made me grin, another fine British export to Saddam. Not forgetting tho the nice story about the Basingstoke guy who tried to kill Pablo Escobar with a dodgy fighter jet, that's a goodun. I''ve also heard Oswald Mosely (British Fascist Party) liked to hang around Down Grange and the Brewer's Fayre/'Bernie' in his time. I believe some of his descendant's might still be regulars actually. Still, these juicy details from history don't make for a decent town per se, I'm not pursuaded that Basingstoke is recognisably distinct from every other town in the South. I think the phrase "staying in is the new going out" was first uttered by someone who'd been to Liquids the night before... [nice one! - Ed.] Still, the author should be praised for an interesting site! Cheers
		James, 1 February 2005
	email	whatever_909 at hotmail dot com
	found	Yahoo.co.uk Accident - wilst looking for lotus elise body kits
	from	Basingstoke - A place called buckskin
	comment	Basingstoke is a great place to live. i dunno why people take the p*ss out of it. its excelnt, fabulous,great, amazing, scrumpsous, i dunno why but its basingstoke ...ahhhhh good ye olde basinstoke Basingstoke is brill, super, amazing, brilliant, fantastic, outstanding. why do people slag it so much. i would not want to live anywhere else..... i love the new town center its well good. And to the person who made this site i clap my hands to you... clap!! clap !!! clap !!
		Laura B, 25 January 2005
	found	By pure chance looking for a job!!
	from	Hatchwarren, good old Blazinsmoke
	comment	Wicked website, big up Blazinsmoke. The rest r all jealous. xx
		K Hyatt, 12 January 2005
	found	erm ..not sure cant remember ?
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	I was born and breed in Basingstoke and love it to bits ! It's not boring and get's a rough deal from the media! ..It's pretty cool place to live great shops, great history, great buildings,great restaurants,it's modern, and minutes from the deep hampshire countryside and minutes from central london. It's great !
		Mr Q, 3 January 2005
	found	Google
	from	Aldershot
	comment	Ah, good old Basingstoke, the town of many roundabouts, including my favourite one the Black Dam, where I got pulled over by the police going through an amber light (who doesn't?) I have many friends here from Winklebury to Chineham. Great site
		Giggler, 2 January 2005
	found	A link on anuvva Basingstoke site
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	Love it! From left to right you have the cartoons, then the largest phallus pic, then the hedgehog story. Love that the Observer called it 'excellent' - did they get the joke ? Silly sausages Oh - Reading is indeed also crap
		Sara, 1 January 2005
	found	Google
	from	USA
	comment	This is a really cool website. I just happened across it and it was fascinating. I have never heard of the town before, but the way you portray it, it seems like a good place to live and you certainly make it sound interesting. Cheers!

2004

		Morris Dancer of Doom, 31 December 2004
	found	Using my computer, internet, webbrowser and some typing skills
	from	Basingstoke, you mindless ape
	comment	Basingstoke is the epicenter of the Universe. All non-believers will be punished when the final time of Judgement comes, and all non-bstokers will burn for eternity in the Hell known as Reading. The skyscrapers (sic) of Basingstoke will been seen from all the corners of the Earth, and the flaming eye will rule with an iron hand. The message is given, 'dis Basingstoke and you shall be punished, infidels.
		amy, 28 December 2004
	found	Google search
	from	basingstoke
	comment	Well as a Basingstoker I am writing an essay on Basingstoke for my degree. I am concerned that the majority of sites seem to run down this fair concrete urban jungle. I now live in Oxford but give me Basingstoke any day! Since the redevlopment I think we have nothing, well nearly nothing to complain about. It could be worse we could be in Milton Keynes! Lets celebrate this vibrant town and all its oddities
		Lucy D, 28 December 2004
	found	a friend told me
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	Basingstoke would be ok if it wasnt for all the lying cheating b******s who populate it. You know who you are!!!! Bomb the boys of  Basingstoke and bomb Liquid especially
		Jerome, 6 September 2004
	found	Excellent
	from	Paris, France
	comment	Hi, I staid in B'stoke for one year, and during a nostalgical sort of night, I found this website which is absolutely excellent... I have heard so many times people from Basingstoke telling how boring their town was... Well I met wonderful people and had without the shadow of a doubt some of the best moments of my life in the Stoke. Anyway, I did enjoy my time there and will surely never forget it. Thanks for the author of this website... You rock !! PS: In the famous people from B'stoke section, maybe you could add Carl Barrat, one of the leader of The Libertines, as he was born there
		Claudia Coll Dimayo, 27 August 2004
	found	looking for information about hampshire
	from	Barcelona
	comment	I don`t understand why people always run down Basingstoke as I think it is a really good Town. I lived there for 14 years and really enjoyed being there, my two children were born there and had very good schooling and a happy childhood with many friends. There was plenty to do and they really were happy. We went this year on holidays and we were impressed with all the changes specialy the new shopping center.
		Linda, 16 July 2004
	found	looked for Basingstoke
	from	USA
	comment	I was in Basingstoke many years ago and enjoyed my time there. I knew a group of folks who went by the name of "The Bores" and were such great fun.
		Nina, 20 June 2004
	found	Browsing
	from	UK
	comment	why is it that everytime i go to visit B'Stoke I swear Ill never go back yet i do go back every time???
		Jim Holder, 11 May 2004
	found	Google Images
	from	?place of birth or planet?
	comment	This site is even better than a visit to Basingstoke! Would you like to take over editorship of the Gazette you're sorely needed. Borough elections are on June 10th. Vote xxxxxxx
		jr, 2 May 2004
	found	yahoo.com
	from	http://www.internetnewsdaily.com
	comment	Keep up the good work.
		Robin, 17 April 2004
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke
	email	robin DOT msn at ntlworld dot com
	comment	Hi there, we have set up an online community for people to chat and meet. We have a calendar of local events and there are discussion boards for people all over the country to join in.... "www.hideaway.org.uk"
		adam robertson, 13 April 2004
	found	i looked it up
	from	i live in hatch warren write next to the petrol station
	email	crazedmonkey52 AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	if theres any 1 from hatch warren e-mail or talk on msn please im 13 m and live in the exelent place known as basingstoke i have my own website which im making cool ha ill have a paart dedicated to basingstoke and i love this town i love festival place bowling swiming and its a wikid place any 1 whos ontrested its just of junction 9 i think or 8 7 i dont no just look it up gret cool site m8 does any 1 no me adam robertson or my sis lucy robertson ? if so contact me cheers big up basingstoke soz about a long post hahahalol bye ok im leaving ok ill go i cant stop typing aaah my fingers are burning ok i give up END ta
		wangwei, 3 April 2004
	found	wangwei
	from	China
	email	wanglaoda-2008 AT 163 DOT com
	comment
		Nat, 25 March 2004
	found	Jeeves (my mate)
	from	basingstoke
	comment	well what can we say!!! basingstoke is alrite!! its not as bad as some of the birds from this town make it out to be! the shopping centre has got alot better then the old shitty one but at least its ok now so y dont all of u out there that keep complaining, give it a rest it you dont like it then you can simply just move away its a case of you simply liking it or lumping it!! all i can say is i fink amazingstoke iz fucking wikkid and its evenbetter when im drunk great site seeya x x x x x x
		Martin Milner, 9 March 2004
	found	google search on "Basingstoke"
	from	London
	comment	I've never been to Basingstoke, but it looks fun and I wish I had!
		Katy Hawkshaw, 21 February 2004
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	I think Basingstoke is great and there is loads to do. im 13 and i think that the shopping centre and ice rink and bowling alley and swimming pool and eastrop parrk are all FAB!! i dont know why people dis Baisingstoke.
		Dave Yates, 14 February 2004
	found	AltaVista You know us as the Internet's original search engine.
	from	Cuckoo Land
	email	hendersonyates at bigpond dot com
	comment	Hi my name is Dave Yates, circa PPH 1962 - 1977. Well having become an internet freak of many years and just recently got into the business of learning to develop webpages the connection between all of that and my other obsession nostalgia hit a chord. Why not produce a webpage to revive the memories of PPH? - For a while it gave us all a new life and propelled us into the future so I decided that it could not just be relegated to the slag heap and forgotten - hope you feel the same! Welcome everyone to the PPH oddfellows webpage http://parkprewettoddfellows.20m.com/index.html
		dave taxi, 2 February 2004
	found	hust chanced across it
	from	basingstoke
	email	idavetaxi at readytosurf dot com
	comment	its crap it just gets more crap especially with that bearded scottish +++++++ +++++++++ in charge this non entity desesrves a bullet in the back of his head for his appraisal of festival place which is the worst shopping centre i know bar none and another bullet just for beind scottish guildford reading london winchester southampton kingston newbury even fleet is better ( is nearer london ) work it out you people this town is crap and after nearly 40 years of being raped on a daily basis is now a cultural gibbering wreck sterile like docklands all councillors deservere to be drowned ok so i was a bit harsh but for gods sake why does this town never get anything right it fucks up everything ok i was unfair to the bearded one because all beaurocrats are wankers a complete bunch of morris dancers public leeches who deserve nothing more than to have thier anal hairs violently waxed we dont even have the status of a successful ira detonation it failed to go pop remember ?
		Ian, 2 February 2004
	found	Webring
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	Nice website, will come back again soon Byeee Ian http://www.ian.5u.com visit this.
		Stu, 2 January 2004
	found	A friend told me
	from	Canada
	comment	I lived in Basingstoke from 1962 to 1972, I found the town a great place to live and never regretted being there at that time in my life.

2003

		Steve Elsley, 31 December 2003
	found	browsing
	from	Basingstoke originally
	comment	left Basingstoke 12 years ago to go to University in Leeds. Although everyone seems to slate it, I always thought it was a great town, only ruined by some of the disaterous town planning and "some" of the small minded locals. I visited earlier this year to find that the town has completely changed; the previous concrete theme is no more, which is great. The real beauty of the town isn't the shopping centre (which I'm sure is lovely), but is the old town and the historical buildings which are hidden away from most visitors. Although I know I'll never move back there, I do miss it.
		Chris, 24 December 2003
	found	return visitor
	from	Grimsby
	comment	Merry Christmas to Joe and all visitors to the website. [cheers Chris - Ed.]
		Jo, 7 December 2003
	found	My Dad sent me the link
	from	Cambridgeshire
	comment	I was born and bred in the town and moved away when I was 18. I must admit, there is a bit of a stigma attached to the place - I find people almost wince when you say you're from Basigstoke originally. People have heard negative things about the town and take then on board, even if they haven't visited the place! My family still live in and around the town so I'm back regularly. I love it - I'm proud to be from Basingstoke! Great website!
		Ashley Tooney, 17 November 2003
	found	Ask geeves
	from	Chineham
	comment	There is a boy in winklebury who was raised by monkeys. Watch out his name is Keith.
		TKR, 13 November 2003
	found	searches
	from	Earth
	email	info at f-r-e-e dot tk
	comment	All i can say is I run basingstokes only and newist underground hip hop and turntablist night at the Bang Bar on a monthly basis, come check it out,  http://www.f-r-e-e.tk
		Ian Longman, 19 October 2003
	found	Local Paper
	from	Basingstoke
	email	idlongman at ntlworld dot com
	comment	What a fantastic website. I was also attempting at one stage to built a website but I have not touched this for a very long time www.ian.5u.com this website was also going to be based upon the town of basingstoke but ran out of idears. But would like to say your website is tops!!.. keep up the good work
		Graham Bone, 18 October 2003
	found	Thisishampshire.net
	from	Cornwall/Old Basing
	email	graham at bone05 dot freeserve dot co dot uk
	comment	Spent the first 17 years living in old basing, have nothing but fond memories of the town and the people i grew up with. Lived in Cornwall now 25 years and to be honest wouldn't move back as the pace of life here suits me. Still read the gazette every week and in a strange way still miss the place. Excellent website will definately be coming back. GOOD LUCK TO BASINGSTOKE AND ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE LIVING THERE FOR THE FUTURE
		SENIORGUY BOY, 25 September 2003
	found	MYSELF
	from	LOME TOGO [town of Lome in Togo]
	email	CHOPKNOCLE at YAHOO dot COM
	comment	I DON DEY HERE I BEG UNA MUNGUN MUNMUN MAKE UNA DEY BLESS ME DEY GO AMEN.
		Cheryl Tiltman, 1 September 2003
	found	looked it up
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	I signed in your guestbook back in April 2002 and i thought your website was really cool. I got to see the changes in Basingstoke first-hand this year in June and it absolutly blew me away. The changes are awesome and i am now REALLY homesick. I am trying to convince my husband to move back to Basingstoke from Colorado. Cross your fingers for me!!!!
		Cliff Ewing, 19 August 2003
	found	Just serft in
	from	Basingstoke
	email	cliff at vision-site-design dot co dot uk
	comment	Just like to say what a grate site well done, I have just moved back to Basingstoke after 25 years of being away in Somerset, I am so overwhelmed with all the changes here, all for the best I mite say, theirs so much to do now especially for the children, which is grate for our son. The people are just as friendly and helpful as I remember, just wished we had never left. Cliff.
		Andrew Cuthbertson, 19 August 2003
	found	return visitor
	from	Basingstoke!!
	comment	Iwell...im 15 years old and ive lived in basingstoke all my life. ive gotta say. i couldnt cope with living anywhere else. i dont understand why people are constantly badmouthing us. basingstoke is cleaner, nicer and has more amenities than so many oother surrounding areas. considering back in the day we were a little market down, i think we've done amazingly well for ourselves. so yo' hataz shut it, ya'll hear? ;-)
		Jo (yet again), 15 August 2003
	found	guess...
	from	still living in the same old place as before
	email	tigger_dino at hotmail dot com
	comment	i seem to be the only person that comes back to this website this much...but anyway hi, :) still love the site and will always love basingstoke...by the way if your getting annoyed with me now just say [Nope stop by any time - Ed]
		CHRIS, 10 August 2003
	found	Was looking for another web site
	from	Basingstoke/South Ham
	comment	I have lived in basingstoke for 35 years. B/stoke's not that bad. There are places to go if you can be bothered to go an find them. New shopping centre ok if you like clothes shopping but could do with some more interesting shops! Not sure about the new town housing developments, enjoy the view of the multi-story car park guys !! Doh
		laura 18yrs, 25 July 2003
	found	Was looking for another web site
	from	ahem (basingstoke)
	comment	when people ask me where i am from, i atmit i cringe saying basingstoke. I always say i wana get out but secretly i dont think its that bad. im moving in sep, and i'll probably miss it alittle. its not that bad... there are things to do and a new shopping centre. but why is basingstoke plagued with bad design? even with 300million to redesign the centre, they couldnt get it right. it has everything you need but just not anything special. it has nice parks, and if your board you can always take a train to london. you have to have some pride in your hometown. There are worse places to live arent there..? (andover)!
		Charlie, 14 July 2003
	found	Was looking for another web site
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	I've lived in Basingstoke all my life and have always found loads of things to do. Basingstoke is a lovely town, i suggest people who don't like it here move away or stop visiting as we don't want you here as much as you don't like our town!!
		dave yates, 9 July 2003
	found	through roundabout advertising
	from	Auistralia
	comment	Hi, I'm the webmaster of parkprewettoddfellows that you'll find listed in roundabout. I first set eyes on Basingstoke in the summer of 1962. I was down from Cheshire for an interview at Park Prewett Hospital. From then to 1977 I became a Basingstoke resident. I was married there, my children were born there and it was my first independent home after leaving home. In the '60's of course it was a small market town with loads of pubs, winding lanes and streets throughout the town itself and plenty of green fields surrounding it. I visited it again in '81 for six months and then '99 for 2-3 weeks. For me the 'old Basingstoke" of my late teens will always be the best. I didn't like your 'spagetti junction', the disappearance of the Hampshire accent on the streets and I can't see it ever winning a good town design award! I feel a stranger now in the town I once lived in. But it still of course holds fond memories and long term friends who I have known since the '60's. Basingstoke has changed of course from a small rural Hampshire orientated town to a much larger and London-focused arena. It will be interesting to see how it changes again in the next 20 years!
		dave yates, 5 July 2003
	found	just browsing as usual
	from	Perth Western Australia
	comment	Well, I'm an oldie - came to B'stoke in 1962. It was a small market town and just beginning to re-develop and of course has never stopped since! It was quiet and friendly in those days and had more pubs than it has now! All we had then was pubs, cinema (1) and dances at PPH (Park Prewett Hospital -see the new website on the basingstoke roundabout website). They were sleepy country days and the most common accent was the Hampshire Hog accent not the 'cockney one'! I re-visited in '99 after a 20 year absent and basically didn't like what I saw - bad planning and design - a town with no soul - just catering for the commuters. Yes for me Basingstoke has changed from a typical Hampshire village/town to a London suburb. if you want London suburbs - fine - if you want Hampshire villages and towns - you've blown it!!
		A survivor, 28 June 2003
	found
	from	Australia
	comment	Last year I visted Basingstoke after 20 years away. What an awful boring nothing of a place it is. Perhaps if it's all someone has known it might seem ok, but get a life and see what the world can offer then Basingstoke will be revealed in its true light ... a very, very dim light. [I've lived and worked in over 30 countries, and still set up the site - Ed]
		Paula, 22 June 2003
	found	Basingstoke Roundabout
	from	Oakridge, Basingstoke
	comment	I moved to Buckskin, Basingstoke in 2000 (from Reading) with my husband. We now live in Oakridge area of the town. I really like it. Every place has pros and cons, but I personally think that Basingstoke is a nice place.
		louise, 9 June 2003
	found	search
	from	uk
	email	loulou91 at ntlworld dot com
	comment	hey. its me for the first time eva.
		Mark Chambers, 1 June 2003
	found	I can't remember
	from	Oakridge, Basingstoke
	comment	I was born here 20 years ago and I have grown up here, and I really like it! I work in the town centre, and mostly people are pretty nice. It's a great place to go shopping with the new shopping centre, and a great place to go pubbing/clubbing with mates in the evening. There's loads of other stuff you can do to like at the leisure park with the new 'Aquadrome'. It's got nice parks like Eastrop Park and the War Memorial Park. Stop slagging off our town people! It's great! .
		Mark King, 23 May 2003
	found	Search Engine (Google)
	from	Kempshott, Basingstoke
	email	mark.king1978 at btopenworld dot com
	comment	Hi! I have just created a Technical Support website to help advertise my main hobby. Please feel free to visit it and utilise my skills. The address is www.mark-king-tech-support.co.uk. Thanks Mark King www.mark-king-basingstoke.co.uk
		??????, 21 May 2003
	found	internet
	from	boringstoke
	comment	i've lived in basingstoke 4 7 yrs n i wish i didnt.
		Mr Ian Longman, 29 April 2003
	found	Search Engine
	from	Basingstoke Hampshire England
	comment	Hey Love the website, Will come back again soon. I have also made a little website ....nothing much .....just playing around with it....but its fun. Bye Ian http://www.ian.5u.com
		A Secret, 18 April 2003
	found	Looking for an image of the Wote St. Willie
	from	Popley, B'Stoke
	email	yelmalio at yahoo dot com
	comment	Came to Basingstoke 10 years ago, 1993, when I married my wife, who was born and bred in town. Been visiting Basingstoke since 1985, a friend in Popley. The town has improved tremendously in those years. In some ways it's reputation was deserved 20 years ago. since then we've had The Anvil open, Central Studios, Festival place and a whole load of urban rejuvanation. Any who thinks there is nothing to do in town just aren't looking hard enough.
		Dawn Brlek, 24 March 2003
	found	Paying on Internet
	from	Toronto, Canada
	email	dawnbrlek at hotmail dot com
	comment	I just want to say that the two years that I spent in Basingstoke were great (April 2000 - April 2002). I got the chance to work in a grea bar CHICAGO ROCK CAFE. And got the chance to meet a lot of great people. If any of you remember who I am please email me I would love to get in touch with some of the people that i got the chance to meet while I was there. And I hope t come back one day for a visit. I hear the new town centre is great and can't wait to see it. Dawn
		Jose Segovia Muñoz, 4 March 2003
	found	Lycos
	from	Spain
	email	josegovia at novapepel dot com
	comment	I am going to live to Basingstoke and I dont find in your site some place(university,scholl,etc)where I could learn english Could you help me?
		joan wattam, 25 February 2003
	found	can't remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
	from	up north
		Thankfull, 9 Frebruary 2003
	found	Curiosity
	from	Unfortunately -Basingstoke
	email	bigmacker1971 at aol dot com
	comment	After living in Basingstoke for 30 years, I'm just thankfull I'm not there anymore and now living up north as far away as I can afford! One of the main factors for me doing so, is that, after working in the retail business for a major DIY chain, I found that there is no one more arrogant, rude, sefish, short tempered, and down right so blunt as anyone coming from a town of this size. I'm now in Yorkshire and people up here are far more civilised and pleasant to deal with. I ashamed to be from Basingstoke. I have to agree with an entry from Andy!, I'd bomb it if it wern't for family!. And for all you people shopping in Homebase, Go easy on what little staff they have left, after all, it's thanks to you that we've all left due to your rudeness, arrogance, dis-respect and total lack of manners!!!!
		Paul Midgley, 31 January 2003
	found	by pure genius
	from	Basingstoke
	email	drum.runners at virgin dot net
	comment	I like where I work and play, occassionally I sleep. Born and bred in Basingstoke I have seen a mere glimpse of all the positives and negatives that go towards making an interesting place to live. Did I mention the drumming ? http://www.drumrunners.net
		koinu-chan, 26 January 2003
	found	curiosity mixed with a dash of google
	from	Basingstoke, originally. Now thankfully somewhere else.
	comment	I'm happy that at least one person has something good to say about the town I grew up in. I spent most of my 20s denying that I had  anything to do with the place. Even now when I'm visiting friends and relatives, I still feel that desparate sinking feeling as I see the AA Building appear on the horizon. But somehow The Fear is subsiding. Basingstoke isn't necessarily a bad place to live, but I doubt that I would keep coming back if most of my family didn't live there. I would probably feel the same way if I had grown up in Hemel Hempstead, Swindon, Slough or any of the other McTowns in the UK..
		Jo Heley (again), 26 January 2003
	found	return visitor (duh)
	from	B'stoke
	email	i've changed it, its now Tigger_Dino at hotmail dot com
	comment	COOL! :)
		Nick Lowden, 26 January 2003
	found	I was lost
	from	belfas
	email	nowden89 at hotmail dot com
	comment	havent look at it so i cant say wat i think of it [! Ed]
		Frank Appleford, 19 January 2003
	found	surfed in
	from	born in Bramley
	email	steam at relax dot com dot au
	comment	Great website - entertaining, hilarious. I'll be dropping in from time to time, cya
		Harry .D. Browne, 18 January 2003
	found	Basingstoke town f.c .com
	from	Basngstoke
	comment	Basingstoke was mad in 11th centry in years auther attwood is helpful of histroy about basingstoke far back in when it was the 13th centry when it was medevil times iv lived here well moved hiere when i was 2 in 1995 imm hsppy here i may stay in till i die wichi hope i do in in 2083 when im 90 or older because from 1960`s town cente to the festval place Ensends scaps say Basingstoke and and only foce and hoce by roodney toking to a lady she said basingstoke wheres that rodney said a town in Hampshire basingstoke in hampshire. fairfelids arts center. the old ploclie statoin on industril hositry of Basingstoke. NOW WHERE THE CHACL PLAZZA IS THE BIG BLUE BELDIN B THE Festval Place. [! Ed]
		Richard Midgley, 13 January 2003
	found	Web link
	from	Amazingstoke
	email	richard at midgley5 dot freeserve dot co dot uk
	comment	I absolutely adore Basingstoke. For those people who say that there is nothing to do are just not looking hard enough. I'm a supporter of Basingstoke Town FC, play in drumrunners which is a basingstoke based samba band and that takes up all of my time! On the website there is a referral to Basingrad but no idea who uses it....not sure if it originates from them but it is the nickname given to our town by Aldershot FC fans! If anyone wants to do some samba drumming around basingstoke we are always looking for new members, practising at the Haymarket and play at the ice rink and various carnivals and festivals around Basingstoke.....drop me a line
		Jo, 7 January 2003
	found	from somewhere
	from	BASINGSTOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (hehehehe)
	email	Joanne_heley at hotmail dot com
	comment	I was born in basingstoke so i know it like the back of my hand. Its really cool. You can do almost everything here although it may not seem like it but theres alot more in Basingstoke then people see.
		Calogero, 5 January 2003
	found	A friend
	from	Italy
	comment	I've been in Basingstoke a couple of times and I was told about its "fame". Well, I can't tell whether it's deserved or not; I can only tell that the taxi driver who was taking me to Basingstoke from Reading got lost at the first roundabout and literally "sold" me to a local driver so that I could reach my destination safe and sound. Probably he didn't want to mess with the Basingstoke hell. Anyway I must admit that I did like your town and the people I met. No, really!

2002