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• me and danielle used 2 live in corby and its da best place in da world!
• Corby may have a bad reputation but it is the best place goin!!!
• i really can't emphasize enough how nice the asda trolley porters are. They are probably the most attractive blokes in town.
• www.corbyweb.com is the place to shop for computer parts in corby
• town centre needs serious work!!!! as does just about everything in the place. - crime, pollution, stop the rot.
• Did you know that Winston Jones lives in Corby - He is a 6th Dan Wado -Ryu sensei. He is the National Free-fighting Coach and has previously been the Japanese (vary rare for non-Japanese to win), European and Welsh Champion. He currently hosts classes in Corby, Kettering, Desborough, Grantham to name a few
• hmmmmmmm please give us a sk8 park i weally dont like being stuck doin nuffin!!!
• Corby has rebuilt its industrial area from scratch, it is I belive 16th in the country for industry at the moment. The rates are high as is the population paying extensive council tax to receive nothing in return. If all you want to do is work! corby is the place for you because aside from that there is nothing left to do, except swim because there is still a swimming pool. Our council must be the worst in Europe, where is all that money being spent???
• Some of the views, not all, aired on this site have thoroughly disgusted me. OK Corby may not Beverly Hills, and it has its problems. Where on this site is it mentioned about the wonderful community spirit which comes out of Corby. All the money raised for local amenities. The money raised for Kettering General in Corby, far outstrips any other area. The way that people rally round for each other, i.e the support received by young Cody Hall, and the McKelvie children. A rising education system which can boast one of the best comprehensive schools in the country, the CTC. Everyone is to quick to shout abuse, yes there is problems, yes it will take time to rectify them, but this is our town and we should proud of what we have in it. Corby has an atmosphere and heritage which can be matched by no other town, and while many of you on this site will say that is its problem, I would say that, that is its strength
• Being in Corby for alotta years i think its disgusting that we still have no cinemas or bowling alley or anything for people to do... If you ask me theres to many pubs and not alot of anything eles maybe if we had other things to do there wouldnt be to many drunks or violence or crime... So that way we might be able to walk the streets without fear... Corby is boring near on dead.
• personally I wouldn't know about Corby since coming from Kettering means that as soon as I step over the dividing lines between the two towns some little fool who claims to be Scottish but has never been will jump me!!! And what is that accent all about?? Oh and I have met someone who comes from Corby and got arrested for sheep shagging, you all know that its true, apart from collecting their giro and having babies at 13 thats all people in corby do.
• i love stuart!!!!!!!
• Corby need to pull their fingers out stop moaning and elect people to represent Corby in a positive in stead of a negative
• Why don't we have a real (classy) restaurant?
• The Most Shell Suits, Celtic tops, cans of tennants super and ginger fright wigs bought per head of population in the world section.
• East Carlton Country park is a pretty good place to visit if you've been out of Corby for a while. I re-visited Corby and took in the park. The museum, steel works hardware and drag liner bucket from the old quarry brought back lots of memories of my childhood adventures growing up in Corby.
• er some of the ppl are pretty kool, but then u have the twats that like to beat ppl up cos of how they look/what they wear.cos they wont tap u a fag etc...BASTARDS!!!!
• Corby, with some of the most prosperous areas in the UK and such a stable economy is an area which is worth investing in for the future.With an average retail spending power of 10 million pounds (Northants Growth Statistics 1995) it is a town on the up.It is not the Shithole this site has led you to believe, and i think the town has a prosperous future.
• people that dis corby shouldnt corby rocks
• The east side of Corby (towards Weldon) smells, permanently of sewage. Will someone from the council PLEASE sort this out!
• Having lived in or around the Town for 44yrs I think I am qualified to say that some of the comments made in this section give Corby the image that others have of it. A run down 'Couldn't care less' place full of whingers and scroungers. This is NOT true there are some really good and genuine people in the Town, who work hard for Charities and voluntary organisations. The Town needs a shakeup and it is only by people getting off their backsides and making a concerted effort to change things that a Town we can all be proud of can emerge. Don't sit there moaning do somethong - support something - demand better from your elected representatives OR CHANGE them. Corby has potential but it is held back by apathy.
• There is a general opinion that corby sucks, this is true only if you grew up there and moved away!
• chatters hair studio in studfall avenue is well worth checking out. Alex, Cath and Tracey have a total of 84 years experience in hairdressing between them, so if you want a great haircut and a good slagging off while you wait you better get your hairy ass down there, no appointment required, just turn up if you dare or call us on 01536-269655
• Everyone on this site seems to have forgotten about the Corby Pill. A contraceptive that seems to work everywhere in the world apart from this dismal little pisshole; hence the high rate of pregnant 13 year olds.
• The Corby success story keeps rolling on. In October, Stagecoach is cutting nearly all of the towns bus services, leaving us with two measly services for the whole town, the number 1 and number 3, taxi drivers must be laughing.
• There is a paragraph sent into the page knowhere.co.uk/380 that mentions a website http://www.mrbips.com - this is NOT THE CORRECT URL!! It SHOULD be http://www.mrbip.com PLEASE correct this cheers muchly!!
• First of all i'm Corby born and bred and have lived here all my life (39 years)(unfortunatly) so i think i'm qualified to say what i'm saying below. If anybody's thinking about coming to Corby DON'T just keep on driving past - you won't miss much, Corby is what i call 'THE DEAD CENTER OF BRITAIN' there's no decent shops, no Computer shops, no specialist record shops, no train station & no swing parks for the kids, the council offices have been knocked down and in my opinion they should knock the rest of the town center down and re-build it from scratch. The only reason i'm stuck in the god forsaken hell hole is because of my wifes family still live here and she doesn't want to leave them (ahh) The best thing about Corby is the main road out of it. and has anybody been to the Corby Top 20 web site and IT'S ALL ABOUT CORBY web site - good for a laugh i suppose.
• Ian Forsyth`s Poetry Book, A Corby Brickie and a Poet, The Book is called A Bleak Outlook. ISBN 0 75410 643 8
• The stardust bingo used to be the premier 10 pin bowling alley in britian, it was built by AMF themselves and had the latest in hi-tech scoring equipment, not available in some american alleys. In about 1971 it went down to 5 lanes or so and half bingo. There was a bitchin' Disco with "Big Dougie" the hotest DJ of the day ( who went to america to try his hand on radio ) I saw the legendary "Van der Graff Generator" there, and now it's a Bingo Hall.... stop the world I want to get off!
• The steel works closing made corby into the biggest arse hole in UK. My best friend is from Kettering and he knows how to drink and therefore he doesn't know anyone from Corby. He has a sense of humour and knows how to talk coherently even when he is pissed. Considering I am a Kiwi and Australian this is a hugh thing. Therefore, if you come from Corby, do not bother coming to Australia coz we will beat the crap out of you in anything.
• There has to be a CORBY MARKET category. This is a gold mine of freaky things and freaky people.
• I know I havn't made it sound too good but Corby has a heart. From Scottish decent Corby thrives on its people and its history. Come and have a look. But get in touch first and we'll show you a great time and all the best bits !

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Last updated: 2008-02-20