Loppy will never really retire from prog. It needs him.

WTF???

Roger Sanchez killed Eric Morillo!!!

Quite enjoyed the diversion into Essex discussion here.

Question for the Essex lads: Do more sentient Essex types like you realise it’s probably the UK county that is most full of bellends, in pretty much everyone’s experience, or are you Proud Essex Lads ™?

    bosstrabs That’s a bit rich given so many of the locally imposed lockdowns and most egregious COVID breaches are in the North of England 😆

        alistair I’m talking more of it’s rich history, from the Rettenden murders and all the awful gangster movies it produced, through to Mark Francois, and everyone in between.

          This thread (and board) needs ETC now more than ever

          bosstrabs I think your spot on Dave.

          That’s why I live in Kent.

            Smallman1 Surrey is dull as ditchwater. No thanks.

            Cumbria and Devon are England’s most beautiful counties, probably. Shame there’s no work in either and the cities (Carlisle and Plymouth, anyway) are full of quite loathsome chavs.

                Cornwall is more picturesque than Devon i would suggest

                  bosstrabs agreed on Surrey. Soulless stockbroker belt and Pringle sweater brigade.

                    Essex is indeed an odd place, but on paper just to same as the other home counties apart from the accents and more traditional Londoners moving there from the East End.

                    The whole Towie thing made Essex a laughing stock. I lived in Buckhurst Hill/Chigwell where they began filming it and it was pretty true to form. A bunch if little rich kids with no education running riot, but you get that everywhere.

                    What gets on my tits is people taking the piss out of the Essex/east end accent. Seems like the media/UK in general scorns upon an accent nowadays, with everyone trying to speak in this bland Hampshire droll. I remember in the 90s people tried to talk a bit Essex with the whole Mockney/New Lad/Laddete thing. You used to hear regional accents a lot more on TV. Nowadays everyone tries to talk like Wills and Kate when they come from Colchester. Its like the Essex accent is being ethnically cleansed out of the UK………..

                    It is rather common though

                    The uncouth and asinine ramblings of such chancers as Joey Essex and that Gemma whatserface Mr Blobby tribute act thing have no place in polite society.

                      Read somewhere that Essex has more self made people/entrepreneurs than any other county. Can believe it

                      essex is pretty bad but parts of yorkshire are even worse. especially looking at places like bradford, rotherham and hull.

                      my bother and his mates were all into the typical essex boy scene crusing around chelmsford in their RS turbos blaring out the latest deep heat album. that never interested me and more the reason why I moved to Leeds to go to clubs like Up Yer Ronson, Basics etc rather than have scrap in Dukes every Monday.