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• probably got the wrong category, and not sure if my clip is relevant, but i saw the bit about the cure and wondered if the fact that they once supported my band at the Christmas gig-St Wilfreds school 1976 was worth a metion. We all used to rehearse in the same house in the old hollow worth. Our band was a jazz/rock band called amulet. W.Joens. wilzj1@gmail.com
• most worst place in crawley e.g bewbush, boardfield, tilgate, three bridges, pound hill, langley green,west green, northgate,ifield.
• NORTHGATE REALLY SUCKS. vile little slum
• Crawley laserquest! It's called LaserHub and I love it... If you become a member and go regularly (especially out of peak, it has a real friendly amosphere) The staff are pretty on the ball and nice and most importantly the lasertag is a hell of a lot of fun! www.laserhub.co.uk
• OK, So I am not particulary fond of Crawley I have lived here all my life (that would be 30 years) and my mum and nan lived here all their lives too. Crawley has turned into something i don't recognise, Back in the early 80's It was a 'treat' for a kid to see a police car, Now kids worry if they DON'T see one, they think somethings wrong. But isn't everywhere getting abit like that?? Chavs are everywhere not just in Crawley and we do have a very good shopping centre and lesiure facilities, and some lovely parks and Brilliant adventure playgrounds for the kids, but that is it! One thing that has got me though is the fact that everyone keeps slagging off LANGLEY GREEN, What i'd like to know is do they actually live in Langley Green or have they actually ever lived in Langley Green, Obviuosly I live in Langley Green and have done for 12 years, Before that i lived in West Green. I WOULD NEVER LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE IN CRAWLEY, Tilgate? HA HA your having a laugh!! Furnace Gtreen same as tilgate, Pound hill and three bridges, everyone thinks that these places are posh and nice, THEY ARNT, they are turning out the same as everywhere else! And most of the ppl who rorignally lived in Broadfiels and Bewbush have made a profit on their council houses they bought and have moved to pound hill and three bridges! LOL sorry but thats really funny! Langley green has a great community spirit, Everyone knows everyone and know one agrues, we all get along togther, whatever race or religion you are, The teenagers who agve the place a bad name have all grown up and live in pound hill or tilgate or broadfield and the 'new' teenagers are actually ok! funnily enough! The only problem is the pikeys they like to send their kids to play here, but even them are well known kids in the neighbourhood! Everyone Knows mikey! and hes actually a nice lad! lol So please unless you ahev actually lived in Langley green or live here please don't give it a bad name its one of the only places in Crawley that still has a sense of community!
• I have a real problem with some peoples' attitudes towards the young people of Crawley. Because they meet up in groups and have a laugh doesn't necessarily mean they are organising a mugging trip or dealing drugs. Have any of you actually tried speaking to them ( not shouting but saying hello) because in my experience most of them are friendly, helpful and funny - even if they swear as much as Eminem and smoke 30 a day. Have you all forgotten what you did as a teenagers? give them a break, you might be pleasantly surprised.
• As a foreigner, I like Crawley. I get asked by people if I enjoy living here, and it isn't a fair question because I have no other English residences to compare it to. It's location is brilliant, it has a market and plenty of superstores for convenience. I know living in a leafy country lane is preferrable to the masses, but I like Crawley for the available conveniences.
• tilgate park that is nice not if you cross the m23 or uchan park that is nice or the back of bewbush that would be my best bet
• i dunno where to write this but where the fuck do u live n stop slatin bf and bewbush u bunch of cunts u aint got a clue wot its bout unless u live der so fuck u
• Can thoroughly recommend Francis Chappell Funeral Directors!!!
• i want an ice skatin rink, where the old bowling alley was. it would be really cool
• minge teasing bastard
• the thing is Crawley may pants when you live there but i haven't lived there for over a year and i miss it like mad. Although i wouldn't move back.
• if your annoying stay away
• i think that broadfield is the worst place on earth, full of drugged up little junkes who are stupid and mouthy. a few months ago, my friend went into a shop for a drink and when he came out these guys stole his bike, kicked his head in and left him in the road - thats the wonderful place we live in today...
• Just incase you're interested I run a bussiness in Crawley where I can supply free mobile phones with very low call costs and can reduce your utility bills by about 50%. If you're interested in saving money or making money as also looking for more distributors please call Gail on 01293 409601.
• Didn't know where to put this so here we are! Just wanted people in Crawley to know that we are desperatley looking for volunteers in the town to help at our various WRVS projects! And no, you don't have to be female and over 60 to join. We really want you men and young people to come and see us as believe it or not all of us here at the WRVS are "living" in the 21st Century! I know the sietes for "fun" things but who said volunteering can't be fun. You will never know 'till you try! Want to know a bit more about what we do in Crawley then call me on 01322 554250 or email me! Thanks Heather
• Many people are complaining about Crawley. I was brought up in Crawley, and educated at Hazelwick. I left Crawley almost ten years ago, and it really isn't that hard to go. If you don't like Crawley, move!! I did and now my life is much improved.
• Da casbah in west green is da best place 2 go 4 booze nd fags if u cnt gt served newher else. its easy 4 NE1 2 pik up nefin in der. no questions asked or ID needed!
• I can't understand all the slating of the town. I've lived here all my life (29 years) like the town. A lot of my friends are moving to surounding villages slagging the town off, but still using its facilities. Well its good to know that their council tax will be going to Horsham Town Hall and County Councill and mine will be going towards paying for a new leisure complex which they will be using. No wonder the schools are in need of money - when the council has to compensate all the outsiders using the town. My 2 cents worth is if you don't like the town then stay out and shut up, I couldn't care less what you think.
• There is nothing wrong with Crawley, it might be a bit rough but then again which towns and cities aren't rough. It is a thriving town like other new towns it is attracting people from around the country to live it has great entertainment a big airport, how call people call this place hell. Can everyone stop critising ALL NEW TOWNS they are fine it's just that the likes of Stevenage, Wyelyn Garden City and Crawley are similar designs by the goverment from 1947.
• Open that stip club your planning near the Leisure park
• your all gay, i love crawley i wanna live here for the rest of my life. big up all my pakis in LG - umair akbar you are the FITTEST! LOVE U BABY
• There is no mention here, but Crawley boasts a fine preserved signal box which dates from approx 1850-1860. The box was abandoned by the railway companies in 1986 but was taken over by the Crawley Signal Box Preservation Society in 1992. Since then the box has been renovated and the society holds regular open days when members are on hand to relate the history of the box to anyone who is interested. Contact Chris March on (01293) 514737 for further details. Incidentally, it's not as boring as it sounds, try it.
• Grahams big belly, cos its toooo big!!!
• I would just like to say that all the people that don't like Crawley seem to be the people that work here, but don't live here. Crawley is ok for you to work so you can't think it's that bad and anyway if you don't like it f**k off and find somewhere else to work, like in yr own towns!!
• crawley railway crossing by the firkin pub. excellent for jumping over when pissed
• Lots of mouthy and violent wankers who beat people up for no reason. I've been set on by five youths and they didn't steal anything, they just want a punch-bag. BE CAREFUL
• Im a born and breed Crawley girl now 25. I grew up in Furnace Green and even though I have lived a year in America, two in Austria, two in Telford and am relocating to Newcastle Upon Tyne with my boyfriend, Crawley will always be my home! Crawley really isn't so bad. It is no worse than Telford and certainly has more to do. The grass is not greener on the other side, if I could afford the kind of house I'm buying in Newcastle I'd be back to Crawley, my family and friends in an second!!
• If you have an alternative dress sense ie. if your a grunger or a goth DON'T come to Crawley!!! The town is over run with some very aggressive teenage townies! I no longer venture into town in the evening for fear of having abuse thrown at me or even being beaten up! It's ridiculous! There needs to be something done about it!
• Australia here and I havn't been back to Crawley in 6 years. I miss the old cess pit. But say what you like about it, if you move out you'll never forget it. And that has to be good. I came searching the net for Crawley updates and found this, good and bad though,it all makes Crawley. HOLY TRINITY RULES
• www.altgarbage.com yet again! an alternative site based in crawley :) fun fun fun
• A SPECIAL THANKS TO ORIENTAL EMPORIUM, THE ONLY SHOP IN THE HIGH STREET WHERE U CAN BUY UR FAGS WHEN EVERY1 IS CLOSED!!!!! THEY EVEN SELL TOP UP VOUCHERS SO WHEN U PULL, CREDIT IS ONLY A SHORT STEP AWAY!!!!!LUVLY SAMOSAS , SHOE POLISH, RAZORS AND YES LADIES, EVEN TAMPONS AND TIGHTS!
• crawley needs some decent, FRIENDLY nightlife. Ppl - lose the frikkin' attitude.
• To cap it all off,I never tell anyone that im from crawley. If I won the lotto I would be on the next plane out. There are those who say the grass is always greener on the other side.But in this case the grass is greener on the other side
• CRAWLEY IS HELL, I DON'T THINK SO. New towns! I've seen a few and trust me Crawley is not HELL!! That little moniker must be reserved for HARLOW. Imagine Crawley Town Centre with every shop an empty unit... Imagine the best of Broadfield, Bewbush etc a vertical edifices to New Town Planning... Imagine somehere with no clubs... Imagine somewhere that even Wetherspoons have been reluctant to open a pub! People who slate Crawley really should get out and experience the new Towns that are encamped around London. It should be said though I do have softspot for Stevenage, possibly the World's best colleciton of pubs in both the new and old towns!
• I have just found this web site, and it's not hard to notice that residents are being more than a little rude about Crawley. I grew up in Crawley, but I have not lived in Crawley since I was 19, which is quite a while ago now. It makes me wonder, why do these people stay!!!!! Brighton is only a few miles away, why not move. Commuting isn't that much if a pain if you hate Crawley that much. I moved, and it really isn't that hard.
• Crawley isnt all bad as every1 makes it out to be. yeh sum places aren't nice but not all of it. There are sum nice ppl here an all, but we're annoyed at the fact that we are gettin a bad reputation!
• WE NEED AN ICE SCATING RINK!!
• Yep, we have the trendies, the s**tty teenagers, several ugly buildings, and a noisy airport. But we also have loads of places to go out (even if Brannigans is full of kids) and all my best mates live here. GIVE CRAWLEY A BREAK GUYS!!
• Well....what can i say. I live in Crawley and do you know what, it's not that bad! Yes, some of the people can be scary, but you get to know the places to avoid (usually the areas with too many roundabouts). Being one of the non-attitude, non-slapper, non-yobbish,well educated individual, one of many i would like to inform that reside in Crawley. I'd just like to tell the people that do have a problem with the place, stay the f**k out!
• Must have the highest rate of under age, pregnant girls in Europe. I heard they even tested the new buses which could lower to kerb level which enabled pregnant women an easier way of climbing on board!
• Crawley should be flattened!!
• i dont see how crawley could be described as hell it has many things for entertainment. it is the ideal town located somewhere which isnt quiet but not exactly a major town. the schools are very respected especially HAZELWICK which has very high standards! there is lots of discipline but I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT there is a MINORITY NOT A MAJORITY WHO BRING OUR TOWN DOWN AND THESE ARE THE RESIDENTS!!!!! WELL IF YOU DONT LIKE OUR TOWN WHATS KEEPING YOU HERE???!!!! AND IF CRAWLEY IS SUCH A BAD PLACE, WHY ARE THERE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING TO CRAWLEY?! ALSO IT MUST BE AN INTERESTING PLACE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO COME BACK AFTER STUDYING IN OTHER SO CALLED "MORE INTERESTING" CITIES SUCH AS LONDON????!!!! THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE LIKE CRAWLEY APART FROM YOU PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOUR TOWN A BAD NAME BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR ALL "BAD" YOURSELVES YES YOU KNOW WHAT I MEEN BY THAT!!!!!
• the train service - CONNEX - is CRAP you can't go to Brighton for a night out at the weekend because a)the last train back is before 11pm - who crap is that? and b)if you choose the alternative to stay over-night you are told that Brighton isn't far enough away to warrant an open return.
• I am a local estate agent, working in Crawley, and I can honestly say, that you would have to pay me too live in Crawley, I would never buy a property in this area. Crawley has a very poor image with those individuals from outside the town who are needing to move into the area, mainly because of company relocation moves and employment at Gatwick Airport. Many of these clients that visit our estate agents are reppelled by the crime and attitudes presented by many of Crawleys resisdents.
• i am an ex resident and i would nver want to go back there, i think the best way of portraying crawley would be to say that it would be the perfect place to film Buffy the vampire slayer as it truely is the gateway to hell.
• crawley is hell. We are in eternal damnation, buffy lives on the hellmouth - dat aint nothing,we live in hell. maybe it's not that bad now but as i look around i can see it deteiorating to that level. i can't wait to leave.
• The local trash newspaper Crawley news ran a story on this website on the date 20/6/01 and they were furious because they said this website is slagging the town off.Even the mayor moaned too and said this place was great. But they are all wrong because this place is a tip. and if you are a tourist, Please please please don't come here!!!!! you would do yrself a big favour because this cesspool of a town is not even worth a look.And the residents are very cold and unwelcoming... Try bognor regis instead!
• Crawley may suck in sone ways but it is a great place, we need to over come those snobs in Horsham though :-)
• Crawley is a great place to be.......I come from Devon, I left home at 16 because there were no jobs in the West Country. Crawley has NO UNEMPLOYMENT (unless some idle whatsisname doesn'e WANT to work), beautiful surroundings and, considering the architecture is largely 50's and 60's concrete, the Local Authority has really made an effort to create pleasant surroundings.....Tree lined avenues, colourful flower beds and hanging baskets and the annual "Crawley in Bloom" competition which encourages house dwellers to splash the colour around! I have friends in Hartcliffe, Bristol, Rifford (RiffRaff) Road, Exeter and Foxhole (What a Hole!) Estate, Torquay would give their eye teeth to live here. Life is what you make it and, if you hate Crawley so much and you're still living here, it begs the question ..........WHY??? Crawley will never be the classiest town on the planet, but Hell it Ain't!
• Gatwick Airport is in the town borough. However, please note that US immigration get sniffy about point of UK departure being Crawley. US Immigration 'but your flight left London Gatwick?' Crawley resident ' ... Err, no, Gatwick is not in London, it is in Crawley' US Immigration 'No, your plane left London Gatwick so your point of departure is London' Crawley resident 'Oh how interesting. I must of missed something in my 40 years of living in Crawley right next to the airport' US Immigration 'are you trying to be cute?' Crawley resident 'No. Are you?'
• Crawley rocks and maybe if you learn to look around and appreciate it your have a lot more fun. Stop moaning about what you haven't got and start appreciating what you have because theres probably a lot more of those!
• Being born in Crawley and living here for so long, watching it grow so much that the complaints of not having anything to do have turned into compliments for a thriving new town! (Especially appreciating it more after moving back from University!)
• Last train from Brighton 10.30 pm, but trains run from London all night. Go figure.
• The person at the top says they would move out if they could afford to!!! Crawley is just about the most expensive place to live in the whole of this area. Even the smallest most cramped properties cost upwards of £50, 000 and that's if you get a good deal! If you want to move out, move!!
• We need an iceskatting ring
• Someone famous said that hell was other people. He was wrong. Hell is just a few miles south of Gatwick and is Crawley.
• Although I live here, I thinks Crawley sucks. I'd move away if I could afford to.
• Its a shame these new towns all look the same, you could be any one of about a dozen town centres.

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