Lewes - Just How Insane is It?

[The Spanish]

Following on from talking about burning stuff. How bonkers is Lewes?

It has always freaked me out a bit. The castle, the prison, the bonfires, the 2cvs and craft shops. the place oozes nuttiness, but like someone really trying to repress it unlike brighton which (until the makeover) was like someone just shouting at no one and swigging sherry in steine gardens.

burning people, right through to blowing up parking meters. what is it about the place.

anyone got any good Lewes stories?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

this:

Strictly Not Cricket

hopefully lots of people coming tonight raising loads of money for youth cricket!

 

[PHCgull]

its freaksville

 

[Gwylan]

Full of witches, weirdos and wife-swappers

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Lord and Lady B.

nuff said.

 

[beorhthelm]

... unlike brighton which (until the makeover) was like someone just shouting at no one and swigging sherry in steine gardens.

yeah, post make over its Chardonnay from a glass.

 

[sussexbornandbred]

we're not all wierdos....its nice to live in a town with a bit of character and history anyway rather than some run of the mill tin-pot town!

 

[The Spanish]

it oozes character. why it is not more nationally famous (apart from the soppy bonfire which has got silly over the last few years) is beyond me.

I do think it is like something out of a john wyndham book though.

plus fatal avalanches, mad concrete snails, anne of cleves house, it fascinates me i wish i knew more about it. thats why i am after some bonkers stories.

 

[Les Biehn]

Not as crazy as East Grinstead.

 

[jevs]

It's full of upper class snobs and lentil munching hippies. They hate outsiders and anyone who come's here to live is called a DFL (down from London).

The recently approved tescos expansion has really upset the natives....they think it's going to put all those twee little hobby shops that sell balls of string for £35, out of business.

Have a look at Lewes for a good laugh.

 

[surrey jim]

Lewes has its own currency. Nuff said

 

[Hunting 784561]

Yoghurt weaving lesbians, and 'more than a whiff of nut cutlet' about the place.

I like it though.

 

[keaton]

It has some lovely pubs, brewery and theatre.

I don't get the fireworks thing myself and a lot of my family are nutty over it.

 

[The Large One]

Thirty-something mummies.

Lots of them.

 

[User removed 4]

Thirty-something mummies.

Lots of them.

Yes but they're all the sort who wear crocheted berets and long shapeless flowery skirts.

 

[beorhthelm]

It's full of upper class snobs and lentil munching hippies.

and a portion of chavs, or you not been to Landport?

theres about 20 pubs, so its bound to be a little squiffy and eccentric. do i sence a list? I'll start with

1. The Brewers.

 

[User removed 4]

and a portion of chavs, or you not been to Landport?

theres about 20 pubs, so its bound to be a little squiffy and eccentric. do i sence a list? I'll start with

The Brewers.

Tally Ho

 

[The Large One]

Yes but they're all the sort who wear crocheted berets and long shapeless flowery skirts.

Only when they hit 70, and their front holes start flapping like a Cocker Spaniel's ears.

The 30-somethings still look in need of a mid-morning beauty treatment of minted cock yoghurt.

 

[User removed 4]

Only when they hit 70.

The 30-somethings still look in need of a mid-morning beauty treatment of minted cock yoghurt.

sounds like el pres has hacked your account

 

[The Large One]

sounds like el pres has hacked your account

I taught him everything he knows...