Was looking for a couple of xmas cards today.
Found one that said 'Happy Christmas from Kingswood'(area on border of bristol & south glos). It had a beautiful snowy picture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge on it.
The Suspension Bridge is nowhere near Kingswood (several miles away).
I'll admit Kingswood isn't the most picturesque area but surely they could have found somewhere local? Historically it was never even in Bristol.
Have bought one for Dp's grandad who is in hospital adn likely to be so over christmas to give him a laugh.
Me and dp sniggered at the card alot. Am now amusing myself by thinking up things they could have photographed instead - boarded up churches, charity shops, chasers nightclub (now boarded up) etc etc. Or to be more serious the park, the big church, grimsbury farm.
But am a bit annoyed at the same time, though not going to lose sleep over it. BUt sometimes you'd think clifton was the only place that existed in Bristol outside the centre as it's the only other place photographed to represent the city. And I for one think of it as a protected enclave rather than part of the main. It is nothing like most of the city that I know. And it is a small part of a very large city.
There is also other stuff going on like old pretty streetlights being removed from 'less nice' areas and resited in Clifton. Them having better (and cheaper) bus service than the rest of us and similar things. Just to prove to the rest of us that we are not worthy of them. And now they are even hijacking our christmas cards.
Bastards.