Introducing Essex
Poor old Essex has been the butt of English jokes and target for snobbery for decades. Its inhabitants are ridiculed for their bottle-blonde manes, promiscuous persuasions, witless ways and loud cars. But throw the stereotypes aside and you’ll discover a county filled with diversity and diversions. Here lies historic Colchester, Britain’s oldest town with a burgeoning arts scene. Sleepy medieval villages hide down winding lanes and amid countryside that inspired the painter Constable. But if you’d rather skip culture and seek out Essex’s saucy stereotypical soul, make a beeline to Southend-on-Sea, the most popular fun-in-the-sun resort near London.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: first time traveller heading to se asia feb 2012
by malvolio 12 September 2011
First time, yeah I was a little nervous but really, relax. It is +physically+ safer than Essex, wherever that is. There isn't the kind…
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RE: Unseen Travel. find someone else if you're considering them.
by webme 23 August 2011
Essex mostly, although in Colchester they tend to say ครับ.
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RE: Geordie Shore
by cheshireindian 21 August 2011
I think that is a bit of generalisation. It certainly is an accurate representation of certain segments of English culture (as #1) pointed…
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