Went there for a week last week. My first time. Very nostalgic, the trains are old undergound trains, they have retired TFL buses in service in Newport, the police wear the old bobby hats that ive not seen in London for years.

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    8 months ago

    Worked on the Isle of Wight from 2010-2016. When I moved they still sold Golly-wogs on Cowes high street. Unbefuckingleivable. I’ve lived a great many places, quite a few countries, and all over England. It’s, to date, the only place I’ve been racially abused for being Scottish…

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      8 months ago

      Haha holy fuck sorry for laughing, they dont like scots? Ivory tower much. Sorry you had to experience that

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        8 months ago

        Don’t be sorry. It’s inherently funny. Fucking dada-esque masterpiece of a place.

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    8 months ago

    They definitely have bobby hats in London still! This reminds me of going to Malta years ago, they had shipped all the bendy buses over from the UK and had British bus drivers running the routes and training the Maltese drivers how to bendy. It was a strange experience.

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      8 months ago

      Ha, may take a trip to malta, without my bike this time, those bendy buses eat cyclists. Ill keep an eye out for the bobby hats, I havent seen one myself for a few years now at least