The Gurnos Estate in Merthyr is one of Europes biggest housing estates .......its not even one of the biggest in Wales
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The Gurnos Estate in Merthyr is one of Europes biggest housing estates .......its not even one of the biggest in Wales
It certainly is a ****hole thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Nothing wrong with itQuote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
Roath park was originally called Roaf park due to the inability of cardiffians to pronounce "th"
This is totally untrue
The Coryton Interchange is the biggest motorway roundabout outside of London
This is not true but it is one of the largest in the UK
Its in Africa :shrug:
Rugby is the most popular sport in Wales.
It's also in South Yorkshire. :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
A microwave in Welsh is a pippety-poppety-ping.
We don’t all walk around with a pick & shovel, singing “saucepan vac” :hehe:
If Wales was squashed flat cannabis consumption would rise.
You're doing that thing again where you laugh at something that's not funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
That we all have the same accent.
Although the place was originally called Cardith you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
You’re doing that thing again, where you think everyone is on the same wavelength as you (sarcastic smiling smiley)
The Welsh Media is cutting edge
BBC Wales produces great programmes
Though the orginal name was Caaaaaaardiff?Quote:
Originally Posted by RonnieBird
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Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
According to the venerable Bede there was a tiny Norse settlement in Llandath in the 7th century founded by Northmen who sought refuge after being driven out of the Thyords because of their speech impediments.
Indeed , there is a contemporaneous commemorative rune stone in Ùpsalla confirming the exodus of a warlike seafaring Klan known as “the Norfmen”.
I love this !
Sorry to be that guy but the Danes first attack on the British Isles was on Lindisfarne in 793, the end of the 8th century.Quote:
Originally Posted by RonnieBird
If wales was squashed flat it would be bigger than England.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
There are far worse places in Cardiff.
Has to be the everyone loves Rugby myth.
Has it ever been described as one of Europes biggest housing estates?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Following a campaign by a resident of North Cardiff, Junction 30 on the M4 was opened in 2015. Unknown to other motorway users, it leads directly to resident's back garden and is for their personal use only.
Loads of times , in written print and on BBC Wales Today , its a complete myth . Ely , Townhill etc are far far biggerQuote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Brackla in Bridgend has also been said to be one of Britain's biggest housing developments
It's not
"The reason why there are so many mountains and hills in Wales, is because the Welsh took so much land from the English, that they had to stack it high"
- NOT true!
Aren't Ely and Townhill suburbs rather than housing estates?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
According to the 2011 Cencus they are estatesQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
Population of Ely 15000
Townhill 8000
Gurnos 5000
When I was at college we had an urban studies lecturer who had us rolling about laughing when the myth that the gurnos was a huge housing estate was going around
For a town with a population of 50 odd thousand it's a big place but it's not a big place in the big picture
Holme Wood in Bradford has a population of 30000 and I think there may be even bigger estates than that
Depends on your definition of housing estate I guess. To me it's a development of council houses built by a local authority, of which the Gurnos is one. Ely and Brackla aren't.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
If you throw careau in with Ely, which most people do, then the population rises to around 25,000.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I thought it was Ely that used to be the biggest housing estate in Europe? Thats what i was told anyway :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
I think the biggest is in Romford, or around that area, London overspill. Something like 50, 000 residents, although that sounds a lot, doesn't it? Maybe I'm way off.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
I have heard that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
I think it's called Beacontree ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
"Wales is a principality of England"
You're right, Dagenham way. ****ing huge, housed loads of the ford plant workers.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
It's a very large estate but not the biggest in the UKQuote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Considering how big it is the people who live there have been served up with crap facilities for years
Maybe it's to do with the geography but why hasn't it got a train station ? The nearest one is fairwater
It's almost forgotten like St Mellons , Llanrhymney ?
Now THAT'S a big estate 😆Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Are Ford still making cars there ?
Bridgend engine plant is going or gone