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Nuneaton

Post by TheFamilyCat » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:51 am

Anyone been?

Thinking of a long weekend there and looking for recommendations - places of interest, decent pubs and restaurants.

I might try to watch a match too at Nuneaton Town. Are tickets easy to get hold of and what is public transport like to the ground?

Cheers.
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Re: Nuneaton

Post by D8BFC » Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:55 am

Yes I’ve been to Nuneaton Town in the 80s

*Shudder*

:shock:

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:11 am

D8BFC wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:55 am
Yes I’ve been to Nuneaton Town in the 80s

*Shudder*

:shock:
I was stewarding the supporters club coach that got bricked as we left

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by NL Claret » Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:37 am

Following our drubbing at Notts County in Jan 1995 I got the train back to Leicester, don’t get me wrong I’d had a few pre and post match. I told myself don’t fall asleep whatever you do. Yep, woke up just outside Nuneaton. Went in a pub bought 17 cigarettes and went to get the train back to Leicester, got charged for another ticket too.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by beddie » Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:50 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:11 am
I was stewarding the supporters club coach that got bricked as we left
The good old days. :(

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by CalamityClaret » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:00 pm

I can't think why you would want to go. Not a nice place. Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick and Stratford upon Avon are near by and lovely towns. Try them

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by randomclaret2 » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:05 pm

D8BFC wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:55 am
Yes I’ve been to Nuneaton Town in the 80s

*Shudder*

:shock:
Quite a day that was....werent they still known as Nuneaton Borough ?

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by dougcollins » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:15 pm

Had the misfortune to stay at a motel on the A5 near Nuneaton.

Longshoot I think they called it - holy sh!t, what a dump.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Herts Clarets » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:35 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:11 am
I was stewarding the supporters club coach that got bricked as we left
And I was on that coach a couple of seats behind the window that went through. Most of it stayed intact until we reached the top of Manchester Road when it fell out onto the road. Still we won 3-2 courtesy of 2 from Peter Devine and a rare goal from Phil Malley.

Also did a track day at MIRA in Nuneaton 13 years ago where I managed to spin a Porsche GT2, destroy the chicane and come to rest on the grass in field :lol:

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Tall Paul » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:43 pm

dougcollins wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:15 pm
Had the misfortune to stay at a motel on the A5 near Nuneaton.

Longshoot I think they called it - holy sh!t, what a dump.
Had an annual job in nearby Hinckley and they put us in there a few times, Dump is the word.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Leisure » Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:47 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:51 am
Anyone been?

Thinking of a long weekend there
Just why??? :o

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by tarkys_ears » Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:20 pm

Are you on drugs?

It's one of the biggest **** holes in the country. Avoid!

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Bosscat » Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:52 pm

Wow
Questions about Tirana
Questions about Krakow
Questions about Riga
Questions about Tel Aviv

Now questions about Nuneaton (probably the most exotic :lol: destination of all ;) )

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Newty » Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:19 pm

I had to go to Nuneaton for a training course 10 years or so ago.

On driving into the town I saw a large sign saying "YOU ARE ON CCTV FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY" and it told me everything I needed to know about the place, really.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Kingsleyclaret » Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:40 pm

We’ve just visited family in Coventry over Christmas from Western Australia. My two sons brought their girlfriends- two Aussie girls that have never been to the UK before. We went through Nuneaton. They thought it was the apocalypse.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Bosscat » Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:57 pm

Kingsleyclaret wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 2:40 pm
We’ve just visited family in Coventry over Christmas from Western Australia. My two sons brought their girlfriends- two Aussie girls that have never been to the UK before. We went through Nuneaton. They thought it was the apocalypse.
Well it is where they filmed "Mad Max" 😉

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Folkestoneclaret » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:02 pm

Years ago I was up there on business for a few days, took the Mrs for company. Chanced on a pub in the centre only to realise after a while that it was a gays pub. Stayed in a B&B with thin walls and listened to the next door couple bonking all night. Don't go there if you're a eunuch!

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by DCWat » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:04 pm

Well this is one destination I never expected to see a ‘recommendations and things to do for a long weekend’ thread on.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by taio » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:08 pm

I'd rather have a long weekend in Somalia

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Tall Paul » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:21 pm

DCWat wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:04 pm
Well this is one destination I never expected to see a ‘recommendations and things to do for a long weekend’ thread on.
Almost as if it was started as a pisstake...
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Re: Nuneaton

Post by TheFamilyCat » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:51 pm

Tall Paul wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:21 pm
Almost as if it was started as a pisstake...
Some of the responses are alarming. No wonder disinformation and fake news is so popular these days.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Rowls » Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:59 pm

D8BFC wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:55 am
Yes I’ve been to Nuneaton Town in the 80s

*Shudder*

:shock:
Nuneaton *Borough*

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by fidelcastro » Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:19 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:52 pm
Wow
Questions about Tirana
Questions about Krakow
Questions about Riga
Questions about Tel Aviv

Now questions about Nuneaton (probably the most exotic :lol: destination of all ;) )
There was a thread about Greenland too, but it got deleted for some inexplicable reason.

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Spike » Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:23 pm

There must be better places to go maybe a rethink is in order

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by Volvoclaret » Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:34 pm

Is it still twinned with Gaza?

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by tarkys_ears » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:06 pm

Volvoclaret wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:34 pm
Is it still twinned with Gaza?
I think Gazza has a brighter future than Nuneaton, nevermind Gaza!

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by ecc » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:30 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:35 pm
And I was on that coach a couple of seats behind the window that went through. Most of it stayed intact until we reached the top of Manchester Road when it fell out onto the road. Still we won 3-2 courtesy of 2 from Peter Devine and a rare goal from Phil Malley.

Also did a track day at MIRA in Nuneaton 13 years ago where I managed to spin a Porsche GT2, destroy the chicane and come to rest on the grass in field :lol:
Fans of The Office might have thought of the Computer Guy when reading your last sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z8pgV74_Hw

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Re: Nuneaton

Post by TheFamilyCat » Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:50 pm

ecc wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:30 pm
Fans of The Office might have thought of the Computer Guy when reading your last sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z8pgV74_Hw
What were you worried about?
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