totallywired
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Durham Miners Gala on the 8th July attracts about 70,000 trade unionists. A great day out.
denislawsbackheel said:pauldominic said:Durham Uni is about the 3rd top in the Uk behind Oxford and Cambridge..
The cathedral is one of the oldest (2nd I think behind Canterbury) in England and well worth a visit / guided tour.
Like someone said its very hilly but beautiful.
It is good but not that good.
It isn't, and hasn't been, in the top 3 of any way of grading unis for some considerable time.
pauldominic said:denislawsbackheel said:pauldominic said:Durham Uni is about the 3rd top in the Uk behind Oxford and Cambridge..
The cathedral is one of the oldest (2nd I think behind Canterbury) in England and well worth a visit / guided tour.
Like someone said its very hilly but beautiful.
It is good but not that good.
It isn't, and hasn't been, in the top 3 of any way of grading unis for some considerable time.
Well it partly depends what you mean by University.
In the modern definition, certainly yes, but in the classical sense I would disagree.
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Stuart said:leipzigblue said:Do any Blues know anything about the city of Durham?
I've just been offered a temporary teaching post at Durham University.
However, having never actually been to the city, I know nothing about it all.
I would greatly appreciate any info. Cheers.
I got nicked there in 92 and got a proper kickin' off the dibble.
That's all I've got on Durham. Sorry.
denislawsbackheel said:pauldominic said:denislawsbackheel said:It is good but not that good.
It isn't, and hasn't been, in the top 3 of any way of grading unis for some considerable time.
Well it partly depends what you mean by University.
In the modern definition, certainly yes, but in the classical sense I would disagree.
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University#Medieval_universities" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University ... iversities</a>
I didn't say it wasn't old.
I said it wasn't in the top 3.
<a class="postlink" href="http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug/universityguide.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/stug/un ... yguide.php</a>
gaudinho's stolen car said:Sunsh1ne said:leipzigblue said:Do any Blues know anything about the city of Durham?
I've just been offered a temporary teaching post at Durham University.
However, having never actually been to the city, I know nothing about it all.
I would greatly appreciate any info. Cheers.
Hey!
Durham is beeeeautiful. I lived there for 3 years when I went uni and it is just stunning with a gorgeous cathedral and castle slap bang in the centre of it. It is very small so you will always bump into everyone you know wherever you go but Newcastle is just ten mins away on the train so you get the best of both worlds if you tend to get claustrophobic and crave the big city atmosphere.
There are 12 college bars scattered across the town all in about 5-10 mins of each other which sell cheap ass booze - I dunno if you can do these bar crawls as staff but hey ho it is FUN! I did it with ZMZ once and he ended up on the bar top in Hatfield singing blue moon!
On the down side you do yet a lot of tof's or 'rar's' as they call them in the student community so there are a few fancy shmancy restaurants / coffee bars and the night life is quite tongue in cheek and cheesy (they have a party boat on a Sun and a club called Klute which played ghostbusters when I was there!). However, there are some decent bars/ pubs too and Newcastle is just down the road. There are actually some pubs in the centre that students are told to steer clear of as locals are hostile - The Fighting Cox is the main one. I asked them for a job when I was there haha!
Anyway I'm waffling cos I love Durham - if you have any specific Q's fire them across and I'll do my best to help x
A bluemoon romance??
Of someone's attic maybe. One attic looks pretty much the same as another.tueartsboots said:Flog It, BBC2 630pm today is from Durham, will at least give you a snapshot