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Many years ago, long before VT, Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, etc. there was a book called Europe on $5 and $10 a Day. At the time I thought this was a huge amount of money to travel on per day and felt I could do it on much less.
I was just wondering what young people today consider to be, what I used to call, a suicide budget? I suppose the major difference these days is that I used to hitch-hike which isn't common these days ...
Alastair
Interesting question, might go over better on the Misc. forum...
As a teen, we would go to the seashore (a few hours drive) and get by with 10-20 dollars. All pitched in for gas, found free parking many blocks from the beach, dodged beachtag sellers and enforcers, ate cheapest boardwalk junk food available. After marriage, carting 2 kids along, a cheap day is $200!
Hiya Alastair,
I believe (from people much younger than myself!!) that the under-25's now consider £20-30 a day a low budget, for most countries worldwide.
Of course if they are here in rip-off Britain, they probably need to budget more like £80 a day!!
I remember those books from the halcyon days of the 70's!
Whether its in the day to Shop or Eat, or at night to Drink, Dance and Eat, then the main 2 streets that house most facilities are the Ironmarket and the High Street.
They are not long Streets as such and run at 90 degrees to each other. The Ironmarket is positioned @ halfway along the High Streets length. The People....
I am trying very hard to build up my pages and tips to benefit other travellers. You have arrived at one I have not had a chance to devote my time to yet.
This is a great destination! Please do visit!
Do you need some information about it? Please email me or leave a comment below. I will answer all questions and build tips upon request!
Have a great Holiday here!
All the best,
DAO
This is a Winding Wheel from a Coalmine Pit Shaft....
It's a monument at Stoke-On-Trent's Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum (sadly now closed due to fire damage) at Brindley Ford on the outskirts of Newcastle Borough
My Grandfathers were both Miner's and I am very proud of that fact...
This is where modern communities were formed; not the old class divisional system of the 19th and early 20th Centuries, and more recently the Greedy Individualism of the late 20th Century.
The area of North Staffordshire was bristling with mines such as Brymbo (Chesterton), Silverdale, Wolstanton (deepest Pit Shaft in Europe), Hem Heath, Florence and Sneyd to name most; as well as the British Steel Works (Shelton) and other heavily Industrialised Factories (Michelin & Rists).
The Pottery Companies were far too many to mention here, and were dotted all across the local landscape.
Consequently, not the cleanest of areas in the Country, the people were a strong, friendly and self-sufficient Bunch...who got on with the cards they were dealt with.
Recent decimation of all these Industries and well paid jobs has seriously eroded the Community life in the Potteries, to the point where I'm afraid it's quickly becoming one large faceless Distribution Centre that pays low wages....sad but that's the way I see it.
However, despite all of the above..and constant sniping from National Media and Broadcasters (and so called TV/Radio Stars who come from "New Money" areas)...this is my home; and despite all the wonderful places I have been in the world..there is no better feeling than meeting up with my brothers and mates, and telling them all that they, Oatcakes, Lobby, Wrights Pies and the wonderful Stoke City are "WHERE WE COME FROM"
Thankyou!
Newcastle or 'Castle as the locals know it lesser well known than its equally named bigger City from the North. It lies in the Northern reaches of Staffordshire (The Creative County). It is a Borough rather than a City, and is surrounded by the City of Stoke On Trent and the Counties of Cheshire, Shropshire and mid Staffordshire.
I will add more detail later!
Newcastle Town Centre hasn't quite got the hustle and bustle of the nearby Hanley City Centre or a bigger Metroplitan City, however, the Garden's are a popular place to eat your lunch on a Summer working day and watch the world go by....
Mid way between Manchester and Birmingham lies Newcastle-under-Lyme. A quiet and friendly market town by day and lively nightspot at night. Keele University is just up the road and the Potteries of Stoke-on-Trent on the doorstep. Close to the Peak District National Park and centrally located it's a great place to get away from!
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Q: Europe on $5 a Day "Many years ago, long before VT, Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, etc. there was a book called Europe on $5 and $10 a Day. At the time I..."
A: "Interesting question, might go over better on the Misc. forum... As a teen, we would go to the seashore (a few hours drive) and get by with 10-20 dollars. All pitched in..."
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