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2007

		Gina Di Lunardo, 17 December 2007
	found	Being Bored and Using Google?!
	from	Basingstoke
	email	dilunardo AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	Hi all, I have lived in Basingstoke all my life but in September I moved away to go to University. Where I have moved to is actually the most boring place I have ever visited let alone lived [So where is it? Do tell! - Ed]. This has made me realise that Basingstoke isn't as bad as we used to make out. In fact I really enjoy the weekends that I spend here!!!!! :D x
		Rob Nicholson, 14 December 2007
	found	Google
	from	Kent
	comment	What a great site! I lived in Basingstoke from 1966 up until 1976. Spent my teenage years there going to Charles Chute and The Tech. Absolutely top memories of those times. The Blue Room and Granary avoiding the skinheads! What fun. Great bands at the Haymarket...Status Quo, Caravan, Pretty Things, Gentle Giant all put on if my memory's correct by the legendary Johnny Prince who used to work in the record shop at the top of town. Was it called Hickies?? Always had to get the last 103 back to Oakley; 10.50 from the bus station! What a sad old git I am!! I still visit Basingstoke and in a strange way I still really like it and I'm not sure why!
		Chris, 13 December 2007
	found	I've been visiting for 10 years! [Woo! - Ed]
	from	basingstoke (1970-1974!!!)
	email	iamchrisdrake AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk
	comment	Further to my message of February and in response to your suggestion, which I'm sure I read somewhere!, that you really must update the TV/fictional Basingstoke section... Although you probably already know this; the actress Sarah Sutton, who played Nyssa in Doctor Who in the early 1980s, was born in Basingstoke. Apparently Tom Baker, once he discovered this, used to refer to her as 'miss Basingstoke'! This piece of information can be found in various magazine and DVD interviews with Sarah Sutton. Merry Christmas!
		Elizabeth Leung, 13 December 2007
	found	My Godfather emailed me the link - Thanks Michael!!
	from	Melbourne, Australia
	comment	I was born and raised in Basingstoke then the whole family moved to Australia in 1988, and we've been here ever since. Anyone from the Popley area, St Bedes, or Bishop Challoner?? Came back for a holiday in Aug 2006, was so great to see familiar places like Town, Marks&Spencers, all those roundabouts!! What happened to Wimpys?? hahaha!! Pigged out on all the food that you can't get here, no one makes sausages, pies and fish n chips like the English - yum! Its all changed! Very proud of how much you've progressed. Loved it, can't wait to go back again one day.....miss you Basingstokers!!! Come for a visit down under, our city rocks too :) Take care, Lizixoxo
		Kayleigh Halloway, 4 December 2007
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke!
	email	info AT missbasingstoke DOT co DOT uk
	comment	Hi all, Thought those on this site may wish to know of a new event to Basingstoke...the search to find the young lady to represent B'Stoke in the Miss England finals. For more info, please visit, www.missbasingstoke.co.uk Much love, Kayleigh xxx
		DC, 2 December 2007
	found	Google
	from	Slough originally but lived in NL for past 8 years
	email	derra AT talktalk DOT net
	comment	Dear all, my partner and myself are considering buying a new home in Basingstoke (the Paddocks, George Wimpey development RG24). My boyfriend is originally from Scotland and I’m originally from Slough but we’ve spent the past 8 years living and working in the Netherlands (just outside Amsterdam) We had a great time in NL but aint 21 anymore and I need to be closer to my family and I’m interested to know what Basingstoke has to offer.
		Ian, 19 November 2007
	found	Search Engine
	from	Surrey
	email	longman AT consultant DOT com
	comment	What a great website. It's great to see some input on the town I used to live in Basingstoke for 34 years. I read down this guestbook, and it was quite funny to see one comment saying that more people should support Basingstoke Town F.c, but I am sure these guys need to spend some money on the club, or get a rich mug in! Take care all. Ian. http://www.readingfc.org
		janet, 7 November 2007
	found	Emailed to me at work
	from	googling about
	comment	hi there, i lived in basingstoke for many years, spent my teenage years going to the shrubbery school (well, i went sometimes!),going to the youth club in popley,and who can forget the granary?
		Devon, 1 November 2007
	found	being bored
	from	Sudbury!
	comment	Wooo i am coming!
		Fraser, 25 October 2007
	found	Emailed to me at work
	from	Basingstoke
	email	frag_is AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	Really think you should include something about the bearded deaf twins that frequently enjoy a night out in this great town. Always seen arguing with each other in mute. [This is a new one on me, any more info? - Ed.]
		chris, 22 October 2007
	found	web
	from	boozingstoke or braisingstake
	email	fdip AT uwclub DOT net
	comment
		Claireee!, 19 October 2007
	found	Dunt No
	from	BASINGSTOKE, South Ham
	comment	Realii Aint That Bad Realii! Kinda Crappy But Not The Worrst! Hehe
		Bruce, 11 September 2007
	found
	from
	comment	Im sure you are trully amazing ed but im damn sure you're not the only one to have idependently 'created' the name amazingstoke [I'd say a good chance you're right there - Ed.]. Just like the Gazette aren't the only ones to have idependently created the Wote Street Willy name
		Nige, 8 August 2007
	found	Intriging
	from	Basingstoke
	email	www.myspace/nigerivers
	comment	Next time your bored and don't know what to do for an evening take a look at http://www.myspace.com/melonheadzproductions see what's on and get out to see some bands for free. These guys are putting on some great entertainment for you all, and it's happening in the centre of Basingstoke.
		Philip Arnold, 17 July 2007
	found	Webfetch
	from	Norway ( eks. Basingstoke )
	email	doraminmail AT yahoo DOT no
	comment	Trying to rack my brains as regarding pubs in the centre. I have stopped at 23. That is a radius from the New Inn to the Angel at Reading road.I remember well jumping from one tank trapp to the other at the Holy Ghost ruins.Many a teenager used to go there for a "cuddle" with there girlfriends. Otherwise its a shame the Western is closing. I think the first "live" pub bands started up there. We gathered there before going out to Saint Lukes hall on a saturday for a "rave up",and on the sunday it was the Stable Bar up the Reading road. Those were the days you....
		Liz Cory, 12 June 2007
	found	By accident
	from	Sherborne St John (originally)
	comment	It's so good to see so many positive comments about my home town. I spend my life defending Basingstoke to people I work with - amazing as I work in Andover and what a dump that is!!! PS I live 7 miles outside Andover - in a village called Chilbolton. It's lovely.
		Basingstoke Town fan, 9 June 2007
	found	found it years ago on google
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	The town is ok, but not enough people support the local side, Basingstoke Town FC! Without the people of Basingstoke we cannot push forward and get what so many people in this town want, a Football League Team. That said, we have a lively website and forum at www.btfc.co.uk (sorry if I can't leave that!) so check it out!
		raz, 8 June 2007
	found	by stealth and determination
	from	basingstoke
	email	www.myspace.com/mitcheldevastation
	comment	"found myself in Basingstoke, That was an amazing stroke of luck."
		CARLA, 30 May 2007
	found	Browsing the net
	from	Apparently a fishing village on the coast
	comment	Amazingstoke is logical was my conclusion when visiting up North! [it's funny, I made up the name Amazingstoke and the bit about marketeers for the web site in the mid nineties, just to balance all the negative names in the list, today it seems to be the new name for the town with the MySpace and Blogging generation, YAY! - Ed.]
		Garry Graves, 4 May 2007
	found	Google
	from	Newark, Ohio (USA)
	email	bgraves44 AT adelphia DOT net
	comment	I've been a big fan of Douglas Adams since my first read of the HHGG series well over a decade ago (actually, I like the Dirk Gently adventures even more). For whatever reason, the reference to "Basingstoke Roundabout" popped into my head this morning and I felt just curious enough about the subject to immediately stop working to look it up. [bet you came up with a lot more than you expected, too - Ed.] Very nice site. I've always wanted to see Great Britain and when I do, I'll definitely make Basingstoke a stop on my travels. If I don't get back to work soon my boss will be giving me plenty of time off to take that trip, so I'd better go for now. Thanks for the information and good luck to all!!
		Basingstoke Freecycle, 4 May 2007
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	You might be interesting in the Basingstoke Freecycle Network which is an alternative to dumping, its objective is to divert usable goods from landfill by offering them for free to other people of the freecycle network. Please use the URL below to navigate to the basingstoke freecycle forums :) http://www.basingstokefreecycle.tk
		Donna, 3 April 2007
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	i have just remebered a film was made here as well i can't remeber what it is called. it was filemd at the Vyne school when i was in year 6 or 7 so 1997 or 1998? (i know not very helpful)didn't know if you knew about it? xx [I reckon that's got to be "Get Real", there's a couple of items about it on the main site, good film too - Ed.]
		Donna, 20 March 2007
	found	me and my mate bored at work looking on internet
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	i think basingstoke is actually alright to live in. all places if you stay there too long get boring. i like the fact that i can walk through town at night (on night out) and know people and feel quite safe i have been other places and though they were wicked nights out i feel a lot safer here. they should do something to amuse the kids in the area but even then you would still get kids hanging out by the shops. it really isn't that bad. i mean come on the prices of houses wouldn't be so much if it really was such a horrible place to live.
		Frankie, 20 March 2007
	found	google
	from	Good ol Basingstoke!!!
	comment	I was born and bred in basingstoke... and love it!!!! love the people... love the pleace... talking about basingstoke being mentioned on tele... it was mentioned in shameless the other month... marty's mum shagged the plumber and she sed he was from basingstoke... and also the filming for the hit comedy programme 'Green Wing' on channel 4 is filmed at basingstoke hospital!!!! wahoo... love the site! xxx [thanks for the references Frankie, must get around to adding more to the tele section of the site - Ed.]
		Jo, 19 March 2007
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke, Originally
	email	jo_coles_ AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk
	comment	Added a comment to the site in 2005. [and welcome back - Ed.] Born in Basingstoke in 1969 and lived in Winklebury until I was 10. Just wondering if anyone out there went to Castle Hill Infants and Juniors during the years of 1973/74 until 1980? Would love to catch up with all those I went to school with as I have moved around the country a bit. Started in Tadley then Cambridgeshire now living in Cumbria!!! Maybe hear from some of you soon!!
		R Licence, 5 March 2007
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke
	comment	Thank you for such a funny informative site! I hope that the facts are true becasue i have been telling them to my friends and family, and they never knew any of it! (Even though they have lived here 50+ years!) Do you know anything of the Moose Centre, opposite The Anvil theatre? Thanks againe
		Chloe ballard, 25 February 2007
	found	Google
	from	basingsroke popley 4
	email	chlo_baz AT hotmail DOT com
	comment	Basingstoke needs more in side games like a little hall for kids.
		Philip Arnold, 11 February 2007
	found	Google
	from	Kingsclere Road (52-68)
	email	doraminmail AT yahoo DOT no
	comment	In spite of what people say, Basingstoke was a great place to grow up in. The number of pubs in the old town was quite amazing. [I've heard say the old town had the most pubs in a mile long street in Britain, anyone know? - Ed.] But progress had to come and a lot of people wept when they pulled down the Savoy and old crooked house. I went to Charles Chute secondary school (which is also pulled down)and had loads of fun at Whiteditch playing fields. We were a big gang who used to "hang out" there. The Soldiers Return football team started also up there. In the old days there were huge trees along Sherbourne Road, and corn fields belonging to Merton Road farm. I am trying to get in touch with people from that period (62-73) but it seems as though mates live in the same town but have not seen each other for 30 years !! Give us a reply anyone please..
		fatcat, 7 February 2007
	found	google
	from	Popley 2
	comment	What a crappy place ! Moved there in 1972 left in 1975, what type of planners name new housing estates numerically, Popley 1, 2, 3 & 4... you get the picture !!! Good riddance.
		Big Dave, 4 February 2007
	found	Google
	from	Basingstoke
	email	df AT loveable DOT com
	comment	I was watching a sky tv channel and only fools and horses came on and it turns out that Rodney Trotter attended art college here in basingstoke, wasnt sure if you was aware of this or not (and before youi say anything im aware hes not a real person) Dave
		Chris, 2 February 2007
	found	been visiting it for years!!! [welcome back - Ed.]
	from	A small dull fishing town on the South Bank of the Humber...
	comment	My annual message of 2007... Although I'm not a fan, I did notice that in episode two (Just A Target) of the SAS series Ultimate Force, Henno and various members of Red Troop end up in Basingstoke to thwart an assassination attempt on a prominent Euro banker. I thought the episode in question had shades of the film Who Dares Wins and various episodes of The Professionals, which, in my opinion, were both superior. Having said that, it was good to hear B'stoke being mentioned on primetime telly, although I can't say for sure whether or not the location 'shooting' (!!) was actually done there. I only mention this as I thought it might be of use in the 'fictional Basingstoke' section. Or as something different in the guestbook!!! Keep it up and I look forward to visiting the town again in the not too distant future...
		IAN THOMAS, 30 January 2007
	found	GOOGLE
	from	BASINGSTOKE
	comment	I LOVE THIS SITE IT IS GREAT TO SEE SOMEONE WHO IS SO INTERESTED IN MY HOMETOWN. BASINGSTOKE RULES!!!!!!!!
		graham bone, 14 January 2007
	found	search google
	from	old basing (originally)
	email	graham AT bone05 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk
	comment	wow, is it really over 3 years since i last left a message!!!!! left cornwall in sept 2006, now living in Asia (paradise), still miss the old town and the people, had contact recently with an old friend/neigbour for 1st time in 28 years, keep up good work in great website.
		Zoë, 10 January 2007
	found	wikipedia
	from	Hartley Wintney
	comment	Great website, love the humour, I worked in the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke when it was Wiggins Teape's head office. I hadnt realised the IRA had bombed the gents loo's at Bstoke station, they bombed a house just along the lane from where I live the same year (West Green House, Hartley Wintney). I think Monty Don (of BBC Gardener's World, and Observer column fame)is also a Basingstoke type too isn't he? I seem to recall reading in one of his books that he had attended 6th form at a comprehensive in Basingstoke having been chucked out of public school. might do some research on that one ..... [do let me know if anything interesting turns up] Thanks for the smiles, keep up the good work [thanks, my pleasure]
		Samuel Roberts, 9 January 2007
	found	Google
	from	Amazingstoke
	email	amazingstoke AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk
	comment	IAMAZINGSTOKE - by Samuel Roberts Bask in the psyche of a psychopath, a proud son of Basingstoke and a self-proclaimed Schwarzenegger-esque real-life action movie star. Seeking immortality through death, this is the story of how a young man sacrifices everything in an attempt to be remembered. Think you've got problems? Grade them against Emmanuel Cain. Click on the link to preview the first 100 pages (for free). http://stores.lulu.com/basingstoke or http://www.myspace.com/_amazingstoke Enjoy. Sam

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