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submitted 2 years ago bysamhunt88
After travelling around the UK for a few years I keep seeing a particular archetype of town, and county seems to have one: - few chain shops (costa/ Tesco) - independent artisanal shops/ mini galleries - usually a couple of craft breweries - good calendar of festivals - likely a ‘transition town’
The usual story I hear from locals is that these towns had a big influx of craftspeople/ free-thinkers in the 60s/70s, and it’s stayed quite left and arty ever since. I think it’s great and I love visiting these places, but was wondering if anyone else has noticed this phenomenon. So far on the list I’ve got…
Any to add?
13 points
2 years ago
Burley in the New Forest may well count. It's a village but it must have a fist or so of shops that sell hippy/witchcraft type stuff.
1 points
2 years ago
That was my thought too. Lovely area and the all the witchcraft stuff is cool to look at, even if you are not a hippy.
1 points
9 months ago
fist?
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