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• Morrisons, hanging around the steps... great.
• always meet up in the earl for a few drinks b4 a lush nite out,drinks are cheap and the food isnt half bad.
• Down the wreck near KLV, no chavs go there so you can sit and chill out.
• Ise lodge skate park was the place to be when it first opened in around 1999/2000.
• gardens.
• the really wierd "cock tower" in the middle of town is allways the first place tht pops into my head- named "cock tower" cus sum1 scratched the L out of clock!! another place is the market, but if you are on a bike or board then the scary man from the ASK shop may threaten to get all 18 of his "well 'ard" nephews from corby onto you, be warned he will be watching you!!
• Under 16? Skater fag? Chopper's the place for you! Just hang out, but never buy anything! Library gardens, also a great place to hang out, smoke underage, and then run away from anyone remotely chavvy, even when you outnumber them 20:1
• Round the back of leo's restaurant is a really cool chill out spot with that special someone!!!!!
• The Pleasure Park was a real hot spot when I was growing up! Those trains have a long history!!!
• Rock and Bowl
• the clock tower - think kettering is tryin to be leicester
• now you gotta now that where ever i am that is the place...fact!
• WESTIES CREW STAND UP, ANTHILL BACK IN THE DAY, VOODOO CREW, HITTIN SONIC DANCE, YA GET SHIVVED UP BY DELROY & CORNELL, ADAM LEEDS PISSIN HIS PANTS, OLIVES FOR THE DRINK, BEFORE WE HIT PLEASURE PARK FOR THE LINK.... BOBBY IF YA LOOK AT ME GET DONE BY KEN & BEARDY, THIS IS THE OLD SKOOL RAPPERS STILL IN EFFECT AND CATCHING A MAD HANGOVER LIKE AUSTINS LIFE, SHIT IS STRIFE, BACK IN THE EVERYDAY SHOPLIFTING AND CARRYING KNIVES WAS OUR WAY......
• ROCKSCHOOL LIVE GIGS ON THE LAST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, OPEN TO ALL AGES, AT CLUB XCESS, PYTCHLEY IND EST, KETTERING. DOORS 6.30PM, 1ST BAND ON 7.00PM, TEL IAIN 07850 700370 FOR MORE INFO OR IF YOU ARE IN A YOUNG KETTERING BAND LOOKING FOR GIGS.
• oh yes...becuase kettering has so many cool hookup spots *cough* honestly, there is actually NOWHERE to meet up with your friends, apart from town, a crappy pub or umm mcdonalds. actually thats a lie...some of the more "alternative" youths hang out at the gardens near the library. but dont go there unless your a "misfit" ;)
• SHUT UR FACE U TRAMP, WE R FROM KETTERING AN WE ARE NOT FAGGOTS, IF U DONT LIKE THIS, IS TUFF, U STUPID OLD BIDDY. ANY WAY CORBY IS A SHIT HOLE!
• A hook-up spot wud be the market or library steps bcoz theyre like the warm up spots lol
• meet outside maccy d's at one o clock to go crusin round town all day.if not that meet at the old faithfull taxi rank on dalkeith place!
• Rockingham Road Pleasure Park (not actually on Rockingham Road) is a lovely park with the mandatory Swings & slides (Wicksteeds Finest of course) for the Kids, bowling opportunities & plenty of Space to chuck/kick a ball about. Or why not just SIT!? if your on a bike you can ride round in circles going up & down - you'll see what i mean!
• Me and my m8s normally just hang round everywhere coz sum of the ppl here are wankers and only belive in themselves and we perfer to keep well away but morrisions is fun though.
• In the little green park/garden/whatever its called outside town centre, the small one outside the art gallery with the War Memorial (on which i might add are the names of 2 soldiers who survived the war... go figure).
• we used to go the graveyard near the police station for a joint.quality
• DON'T GO TO THE GARDENS OUTSIDE LIBRARY, full of losers Mainly jus' ppls houses then we walk.
• badgers wood wazza plaze ta hangaa out cruze and booze
• Hangin down westies park or as its also known McDonalds Park, you know where i mean, watchin the lads play footie in summer and pwhoar was they hot LOL. Also a frequented pot smoking place lol. Also again the steps by the library, many an afternoon watchin my mates skate whilst i chatted up the nearest skater boy :D
• Hangin down westies park or as its also known McDonalds Park, you know where i mean, watchin the lads play footie in summer and pwhoar was they hot LOL. Also a frequented pot smoking place lol. Also again the steps by the library, many an afternoon watchin my mates skate whilst i chatted up the nearest skater boy :D
• We normally go and stand by the steps near the church,(the 1 nxt 2 the library)It's where all the cute skater boys hang out!!!! Watch out for the so called "skater girlz" though coz they give u dirty looks when they think you r about to hit on their boyfriends!!!!
• My Front Door. And of course the Town Center, everyone moans bout it but everyone does it
• My favourite is the three cocks - any man's ideal innit!!
• Bar sun is a good place where the girls get mullered,and the boys get bladdered. Then they wake up next morning and just feel hammered.
• London Rd car park isnt a new spot-me & my mates used to hang round there in 1985!
• Dalkeith place kettering
• Wickee Park, just to wind up the ol' security guys...nah u no i luv ya really!wickees a little on the expensive side but an old skool laugh!!
• Places for teenagers seem to include: The Knibb centre (youth club kinda thing on a saturday) which offers all music-minded kids a place to practise and others a place to hang out. Apparantly also open some nights a week. Other places include: Wicksteed park kiddies play area (look out for the Southfields and Tresham students during the day), The Library Gardens (age group 12-15 year old alterna-teens), Morrisons car park (skaters at night)and outside the Corn market hall and the Works whenever there is a gig on. Maccy D's always a good place to look too :P
• corner of o malleys,on the back door!
• Well, if you're into rock music and feel like getting *away* from people who'll shout abuse/start fights with you, the gardens down near the library has to be the place.
• Da libary gardens is bout it but it sux in da winter!
• The Pocket Park near Rock 'n' Bowl, I spent most of my summer 2000 evenings there, what a classic time, mind you i was with the people i loved and 16 years old
• Wickies, omg, the fun 2 b had down there, even now when me and leonie go there doing our 'memories' ........blow job boy, boy with dog etc... errrrmmmmmmm town all day its great fun. TESCO i live down there lol
• Got to be good old wicksteed park,the mount of times me and my mates have wandered down there tryin to look all sexy on the swings to atract some loving is uncountable!(it never worked mind)
• Ise Lodge skate park and my house
• Mill road park, i spent manier rainy nights there drinking cider with my buds!
• find a park, you'll get company
• Hook-up spots in kettering!! where??? brambleside shops, pleasure park wooo fun fun fun, morrisons....not wait were not allowed down there. up town... everyone goes and hangs around town which is a bit sad really. Rock and bowl is pretty wiked and up nr the cinema and burger king thats alrite.
• cornmarket hall,but beware its next to the police station
• The Benches outside Mcdonalds have become quite a good place, as is the fountain opposite WH Smiths.
• The hook up spot is Pipeseys bench on near St Andrews church he sits there with his pipe puffing away
• sad gits hang around the grange shops
• LONDON ROAD CAR PARK IS IT STILL AS SAD AS IT WAS IN 1996
• Under the clock in the Newlands Centre
• There is also a bunch of incredibly good looking kids that hang in our biggest tourist attraction 'Wicksteed Park'
• ahhh the market place...what fun but remember the graveyard on london road and west park (westys) is also the place to be for fun young alchoholics
• Truly sad - try London Road car park!
• The Market place

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