I hate Cheshire

[abradingleydon]

In light of the I hate surrey... I decided to start one for where I’ve just moved from. Moving away gave me more perspective.

Not all of Cheshire is like this, just the East of the county and closer to Manchester/Macclesfield and the illustrious “Golden Triangle”.

People in these areas, seem to me, to all be;
obsessed with interior design, spend a ridiculous amount of money on new sofas etc almost yearly
Live in fake period dwellings that are hugely massive
Drive big f off cars like a Landrover
May have a house in France
Try and do everything to appear to be upper class
attempt to Keep up with the Joneses

The funny thing is, that I went to comp school with lots of these people. They married well and now completely forget they are normal, and spend all day looking down their noses at people.

Always braying

I would take dcs to their private day school and see the huge brand new 4x4 turn up and their little “Sapphire and Penolopy” would tottle off in pristine clothing. The mums would talk about their big new extension and go for coffees etc How they are going to Florida

Everything is look at me, look at me.

Yes I am being unreasonable, but that’s life

The nct sales are full of lovely baby clothes for practically nothing, so it's not all terrible. My sister finds it hilarious that all the baby groups are filled with kids in JoJo and Boden.

YANBU! I grew up in the ‘golden triangle’ and absolutely hated it, moved to London 25 years ago and although I like to visit relatives, I could never live there again.

It's non- Cheshire bit of Cheshire round here but I work in the Cheshire-y bit of Cheshire. Fur coat. No knickers.

Well that's what'll happen at any private school surely!

I live near Warrington in a village that's always been in Cheshire (unlike Warrington, Lancs). We're not as posh as Knutsford but we do have a smattering of c'lebs here. I'm a single mum on a low income and I've never felt that I don't fit in here, not ever!

You get people like that in most areas.

I live in Dublin and there's a lot of new money around and showing off and keeping up with the Joneses and not having any real value on things - just throwing stuff out and buying brand new 'this year' things.

But there's also lots of ordinary people who live within their means, don't squander money just because it's there and couldn't care less what the Joneses are doing.

And, of course, there's lots of people struggling to get by - some very obviously, some more secretly.

My randparents lived in a lovely large detached brick built house in Lymm. I happened upon it by accicent on the internet - they woud be horrified! It's gone all footballers' wives. Lots of purple and silver. Hideous,

I would take dcs to their private day school

🤣 Moaning about braggers, but got that one in didn't you.

here it is!

www.onthemarket.com/details/1163063/

Private day school no less. Is that you, Yvette Fielding? I think we're in the presence of greatness here...

That’s tragic, busy.

I’m Wilmslow born and bred. There’s a couple of rough estates scattered around if you fancy visiting them. Might change your view somewhat...

That's where I live busy - Lymm, not that particular house!

The mums would talk about their big new extension and go for coffees etc. How they are going to Florida

So nothing like Mumsnet then! 🤣

To ask where you're going this summer
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3483130-To-ask-where-youre-going-this-summer

Home Extension thread 2018
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/property/3168493-home-extension-thread-2018

I lived in Wilmslow for ten years. Colshaw farm, Lacey green and Spath lane (Handforth) estates are certainly not posh. It's like everywhere good bits and bad bits.
Also know knutsford well and I don't find it like that at all.
I live in Altrincham now much more down to earth, we don't talk about extensions here just the best tutors for entrance exams.
You can keep Alderley Edge though.

In Wilmslow/Alderley edge some people are definitely like that! Hear some cringe-worthy conversations in Starbucks early in the morning and toddlers dressed in high-end designer clothes (Dolce and Gabbana rather than Boden.) Wilmslow is dying a death right now, it used to have lots of choice of shops when I was a child, now it is just charity shops, coffee shops, and few posh shops that never last more than a couple of years.

I hate Alderley Edge, it has changed so much in the past 30 years and I don't feel comfortable there any more, every weekend you get young lads driving expensive cars through the village showing off and it is full of young girls from all over Manchester trying to hook up with a footballer.

Prestbury is full of competitive housewives trying to outdo each other.

I love Cheshire! Live in Hale. Work in Wilmslow. Nice cafes and restaurants in both places. New small cinemas. Booths and Waitrose to shop in. Great schools where I live, no need to pay fees. On the edge of the conurbation so near countryside yet 20-30 mins by tram or train into Manchester if necessary. Three National Trust places within 20 mins. Affluent and Middle Class.

Some of those supposedly 'fur coat and no knickers' people have been customers of mine over the years and most are lovely. Wouldn't share their dress sense but so what? I wouldn't touch Primark with a bargepole either. Don't judge a book by its cover.

I've lived in several towns in the UK (and one US) and the people in Cheshire are no more nor less snotty than people anywhere else.

I am the poster who said fur coat no knickers

My original quote was :

"I find the part I live in very fur coat no knickers"

I do not live in Hale

Hale appears quite upmarket from the little I've seen of it

Hale does not represent the entirety of the county, or the people who live in the county or the average household income, or my personal experience of living in Cheshire.

Got to say, Booths is a redeeming feature.

Visited Alderly Edge once and got an amazing beaded jacket in a charity shop. The lovely elderly lady in there said 'is that for your cruise?'

I went to sixth form college with Yvette Fielding

There are rich pickings in the charity shops if you have the endurance levels.

I tell you the other thing I notice when visiting Cheshire, people are very mean spirited on the roads.

No fucker will let you out at a junction and if you let someone out, they are so startled by the unaccustomed act of benevolence, they oft just sit there blinking at you unsure of whether it is a trick or they are hallucinating.

@LuggsaysNotaWomen they're too used to wankers in Bentleys thinking they own the roads. I'm a former resident of knutsford and you can't move for twatty cars there now. I miss the good old days when it was a lovely little town with normal people in it.

I thought you meant the cheese, was wondering why you didn't just buy Wensleydale instead.

It's not Bentleys now, it's Rolls Royces (there's a new garage).

Colshaw Farm/Spath Lane etc are in Cheshire, but the older people there were from Manchester originally (they were built as overspill estates).

I like it, but then I grew up in the golden triangle, so it feels very familiar to me. I don't think the accents are particularly affected are they? Just not particularly northern-sounding.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned going on holiday to Wilmslow on Sea Abersoch!