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Best and Worst in Hertford, Hertfordshire*

Hertford, Hertfordshire Triumphs and Tragedies

Favourite Building

• Umm... Methvens, the bookshop. And that cool fountain thing with the names of the four rivers on it.
• Salisbury Arms.
• Barneys Grill
• Maccy D's THE place for us teens
• Prince Regent - Used to be Canvas Holidays. Nothin' particularaly exciting about the arcitecture of Hertford - it's all old stuff.
• The Castle

Demolish It Now Building

• the multi-storey car park. It's hideous.
• Gascoigne Way & the crap local gov't office on it
• baroosh - oh my god mcmullens wot monster have u created?
• Hertford Police Station
• Multi-story car park off Gascoyne Way. Even worse on the inside than on the outside. Smells like urine and kebabs.
• The Woollen Mill. Why can't it just go back to where it came from- Mars
• The crappy club they call Zeros. (Well over due)
• Stag house empty since it was built and a tribute to 80s excess Castle hall a boil on Hertfords bum

The Best Things

• Castle hall, shops, saturday market is ok too. The museum is sweet, if you're around, say hi to the horned toad for me!
• Quiet market town atmosphere.
• One of the best things about Hertford (Though you could veiw it as having got better - depends what your stance on that kind of thing is) used to be the availability of soft drugs. I dont mean cocaine or ecstasy, it used to be all to do wiht a bit of ganga and some acid. These days however the yoof are into harder drugs, which has had a real impact on the atmosphere of the town. When i was younger, everyone would wonder about having a joint, or just chill over the castle of an afternoon tripping. These days though, everyone charges about off their heads on coke and looking moody.I think the old bill in Hertford would be more effective and find they had less trouble at weekends if they targeted hard drugs and allowed people a bit more leeway with cannabis. I have NEVER seen anyone who was stoned go steaming across a packed bar to confront someone over a spilled drink. BUT I have seen a stoned person lunge acrss a packed bar to sip up the last of a spilled drink when asked though - a very subtle difference, but an important one. So, come on the old bill, let Hertford smoke weed.
• sitting down by the barge on a summers day and the smell from the brewery on those special days....mmmmm those hops
• The good kids and the skaters
• The shows on at Castle Hall by Hertford's own Drama group- HDOS
• Close to London.
• Hartham Common.
• Hertford has some great bands!! Don't miss Wyld Thyme if you're there. They made my vacation! . Love from Bubba, NY.
• Knowing a sneaky little parking space on a Saturday afternoon. Market on Saturday. River and Castle.
• It is easy to get to London from either of our two train stations, Hertford East and North. East is closer to the centre of town. Trains go to/from: Hertford North to Kings Cross/Finsbury Park and Hertford East to Liverpool Street.
• Probably one of the best places to go on a pub crawl as the pubs are so close together.
• Home of the McMullens brewery, has lots of pubs, and places for cheap eats.

The Worst Things

• hartham swimming pool is dire. Hint; the baby pool is warm because the toddlers pee in it. They use tons of chlorine.
• Too many Estate Agents, Hairdressers, twenty somethings at the weekends.
• The dual carriageway -what a crap palce to build a road a 2 year old could have come up with a better plan grass seed it now
• the smell of urine in the underpasses.
• The horrible drunken yob kids who dont give a F*** about anyone.
• The Balls park campus of the University of Hertfordshire has a pretty good business depatment and therefore foreign studends will pay anything to go there. Unfortunately it means that the town is packed with foreigners. Sounds Interesting? It isn't and the novelty value of trying to understand japanese conversations soon wears off.
• That bloody fountain by Candies
• The monstrosity that is the town centre fountain - target of washing-up liquid and stolen cars from miles around. Traffic in the rush hour. Too many Gippos. (and not enough sites where I don't have to see them everyday)
• I think I mentioned them...
• One way systems. Traffic in rush hours.
• Hertford has quite the worst McDonalds in the entire known universe (shame, cos I love Big Macs).

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Last updated: 2007-08-02