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    Council House origins?

    Did you grow up on a council estate?
    59
    Yes
    23.73%
    14
    No
    69.49%
    41
    Andyw was Maggies council estate love child
    6.78%
    4

    The poll is expired.

    Bazza gets caught
    Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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    #2
    Bollocks was there only 4 of us who grew up on a council estate....
    Bazza gets caught
    Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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      #3
      I bet it's our Sal's post which prompted this thread eh Kate.

      I wondered the same but didn't have vitamins to post the question
      here.

      Milan.

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        #4
        Yes, although to be fair I've never lived on one of the big estates. It's a wonder that anyone makes it away from those places (peer pressure to engage in crime, poor opportunities for real work, the sneering and bullying of those who chose to educate or train themselves).
        Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on Twitter

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          #5
          Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
          I bet it's our Sal's post which prompted this thread eh Kate.

          I wondered the same but didn't have vitamins to post the question
          here.

          Milan.
          Yep it was...

          Thing is, I'm not ashamed about where I was brought up. I don't like it all that much but my parents, just like Sals bought their council house (still live in it, in fact!) and worked bloody hard to get us where we are.
          Bazza gets caught
          Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

          CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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            #6
            Originally posted by MrMark View Post
            Yes, although to be fair I've never lived on one of the big estates. It's a wonder that anyone makes it away from those places (peer pressure to engage in crime, poor opportunities for real work, the sneering and bullying of those who chose to educate or train themselves).
            Same here - our estate had about 100 houses in it. Got a lot more now but back then, everyone knew everyone and there was a real sense of community.
            Bazza gets caught
            Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

            CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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              #7
              Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
              Bollocks was there only 4 of us who grew up on a council estate....
              And you're all related ...
              Hard Brexit now!
              #prayfornodeal

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                #8
                I was born in in 1967 and until 1971 lived in the Police House attached to the town Police Station.

                I suppose that was a "Council House" of sorts.

                My parents bought their first house when I was 4 for the princely sum of £4500.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                  And you're all related ...
                  My council estate was in a different country
                  Bazza gets caught
                  Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

                  CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
                    And you're all related ...
                    Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
                    My council estate was in a different country
                    Originally posted by cailin maith
                    Bollocks was there only 4 of us who grew up on a council estate....
                    Bollocks! Were there only 4 of us who grew up on a council estate?

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