petersimple Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 The music Sailing By is loved by many old people in this country. It gives them a short period of comfort between the usually depressing BBC Radio 4 news at midnight and the nightly vigil of listening for noises downstairs. You would be surprised by how many old people expect a drug crazed burglar to break in at any moment. For a minute or so Sailing By takes them back to the 1950s. When they were safer and happier. The instrument version of Charmaine has the same effect. It is very relaxing. In cinemas in the 1960s and early 1970s you would hear it before the lights went down. Even now whenever I hear it I see myself sitting in a cinema looking around watching the place fill up. Until a few years ago I had no idea that Ronald Binge, a Derby man, was responsible for both those pieces. Mike Carey has written a book about him but I have not read it. From what I can find on the net I can see that Binge was born in Darby Street, Normanton, a street I have walked up many times, and he died in Ringwood, Hampshire. I also know the Ringwood area quite well and I can understand why he would want to live there. A few minutes in your car and you are in the middle of the beautiful New Forest . It seems to me that when someone from Derby gets a bit of money or becomes famous they leave the place. Does that mean that Derby is not an attractive place to live? I must admit that I love reading about the history of Derby and I still follow the Rams but I couldn't live there again. It has changed too much for me and also there are more attractive places to live. But that is just my opinion. I have noticed that Derby players from other parts of the country like Roy McFarland, Archie Gemmill and Kevin Hector have all chosen to stay here. So that shows that some people find it an attractive place to live. The Elizabethan Serenade is Ronald Binge's most famous piece. To me it seems like a combination of Greensleeves and Karl Orff's Schulwerk. There's a link to it below with some nice paintings. Some people look down on this kind of music and painting and call it “kitsch” but it is just stuff that most normal people like.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XgbIhlOvk Here's Karl Orff's Schulwerk :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOJyCG3LAHE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarab Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 In a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramexpat Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 i left without any money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 No, I'd move to a better house, But depending on the amount of money, I'd use some to try and improve Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I.moved from South Normanton to Belper when I earnt more. Would move to Milford/Makeney if I earnt more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ya can bet everybody'd move out Nottingham put it that way. But not Derby, it's lovely here. Well...if you excuse Chaveston ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I'd move further out into Derbyshire. I hate the city and nearest suburbs excluding Darley Abbey. Been in Exeter today and it makes Derby look like a proper slum. It's clean, it's mixed the new with the old really well. Not like that 'quad' in Derby. Jesus, it's like ikea exploded and pieces landed in the city centre. Allenton Alvaston (where I live before I get called a snob) Chaddesden Oakwood (where everyone thinks they're posh but have moved about 20yrs too late) Allestree where they pretend they aren't 5 minutes from slums. Normanton Littleover (posh sinfin) Ideally I'd like to move from all of them. I'd call all those sideways moves. Darley abbey is nice but it's too close to the most vile city centre ever. Derby city centre is extremely ugly. The only nice bits are dying thanks to the Westfield. The new stuff they build I think is supposed look modern and trendy just looks funny. Forget Lincoln Cathedral. We've got a irregular shape building made from glass. Bring in the tourists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I could move TO Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 No way Derby born and bred and thick in the head. Its just a stones throw from beautiful Derbyshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardifframs Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I'd move further out into Derbyshire. I hate the city and nearest suburbs excluding Darley Abbey. Been in Exeter today and it makes Derby look like a proper slum. It's clean, it's mixed the new with the old really well. Not like that 'quad' in Derby. Jesus, it's like ikea exploded and pieces landed in the city centre. Allenton Alvaston (where I live before I get called a snob) Chaddesden Oakwood (where everyone thinks they're posh but have moved about 20yrs too late) Allestree where they pretend they aren't 5 minutes from slums. Normanton Littleover (posh sinfin) Ideally I'd like to move from all of them. I'd call all those sideways moves. Darley abbey is nice but it's too close to the most vile city centre ever. Derby city centre is extremely ugly. The only nice bits are dying thanks to the Westfield. The new stuff they build I think is supposed look modern and trendy just looks funny. Forget Lincoln Cathedral. We've got a irregular shape building made from glass. Bring in the tourists! But you lav iiiiiitttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 But you lav iiiiiitttt Tbf the people are mostly friendly. Only notice when you head south and fall under a stampede of shoppers. Or you get looked at like a freak if you say 'thank you' to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 If I was really rich I'd move to somewhere like New York, because they love an English accent over there. It might be my only chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I saw a nice apartment on sale about a year ago. The asking price was $25 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbeard Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Big estate in the Peak District, and then wear lots of tweed and stomp about the place shouting 'Get orf my laand' at the peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I saw the pits of Derby when i had to visit slums to try and help folk with their benefits 40 years ago. I also used to take a lady home to a posh area where she lived in the same close as Roger Davies. I enjoyed the Locarno and went out for a time with a Chaddesden girl. I used to see Cloughie driving home in his Merc each afternoon and often used to see the Derby players around Osmaston. Happy days among great folk. Times change and I am happily living 3 miles from Birmingham bullring. I still love Derbyshire and its people. I support the most interesting football team of all. Rams, who else?. Has money affected where I live? No. The blessing. " May you live as long as you want to, and want to as long as you live." holds true. Derby is fine, but where you live is a matter of circumstance. HOW you live is the key! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 If I was really rich I'd move to somewhere like New York, because they love an English accent over there. It might be my only chance... You used to have apply to live in NY, even if you're minted Madonna, who was turned down. Think it's changed since though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Times change and I am happily living 3 miles from Birmingham bullring. I still love Derbyshire and its people. I support the most interesting football team of all. Rams, who else?. Has money affected where I live? No. The blessing. " May you live as long as you want to, and want to as long as you live." holds true. Derby is fine, but where you live is a matter of circumstance. HOW you live is the key! I find it hard to understand how anyone can be happy living only 3 miles from Birmingham Bullring. Most people would need to be at least 20 miles away from Birmingham before they started feeling comfortable. For some reason which I have now forgotten I used to walk from New Street station to a place in Sparkhill. I sometimes blame that long walk down the Stratford Road for my bleak outlook on life. Several people have told me that Birmingham's endless drab urban sprawl has made them feel ill. You seem to be using philosophy to put up with the depressing environment. I don't think many people are capable of that. I wonder where you found the Derby slums you mentioned. It's a while since I had a good wander around the place but I didn't notice any slums. There used to be some terraced houses off London Road in Wilmorton which were not looked after, but most of the houses in Derby seemed in a good condition. All those houses around Abbey Street and the ones near the DRI that they knocked down were good enough to be still standing today. Some people complain about Hartington Street but that street contains some of the best houses in Derby. If Hartington Street was in London those houses would be fetching at least £2 million each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 It seems to me that when someone from Derby gets a bit of money or becomes famous they leave the place. Does that mean that Derby is not an attractive place to live? I must admit that I love reading about the history of Derby and I still follow the Rams but I couldn't live there again. I refuse to enter this thread until you tell us where you moved to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersimple Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 I refuse to enter this thread until you tell us where you moved to. Rural Somerset. Nice views and not much crime. A trip out for a good pub meal involves a 15 or 20 minute drive but the roads are so quiet that I will often not see a single car on my return trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 How much is the rent for a small place near city center. Say a mile radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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