Towns or Cities where you were born or lived that have declined or improved over the years

[4COR]

Bonus points too, G, if you also know what Radiohead called themselves when they first started playing there. No cheating on the Internet!

Thom Yorke used to bank with Bicester Lloyds. One of my pub mates worked there; and often commented on "...the peroxide egotrip who acts like he's famous or something."

"On a Friday" - easy one that. I had a boss (kind of) who was at Abingdon school with Thom Yorke. They used to have arguments over who could use the music rehearsal rooms (my boss played Cello). Thankfully, Tom mostly won the arguments... Anyhow, I digress from the topic at hand.

Back to Oxford, it's interesting how the small "villages in the city" (Cowley Rd, Headington, Botley Rd, etc) have fared - many issues at play - Botley Road is mostly now large warehouse type stores and smaller shops are falling by the wayside (see: Botley Rd rail bridge works). Headington turned a while ago into charity shop central. My guess is that similar other communities in cities might experience the same (places like Streatham, Addiscombe?)

 

[AJM580]

My home city of Norwich generally seems to be ok to live in. We're lucky enough to still have a proper department store in Jarrolds and the area around the Norwich Lanes and the Market Place are always busy. Like any urban areas the increase in vape shops, nail bars and charity shops has happened, and the area around Anglia Square is still a blot on the landscape. With quiet countryside on the doorstep, it's not such a bad place to live, and visitors can arrive on some of the best trains in the country and ride quiet electric buses as well.