Snobbiest places in the UK

Back in the 70s after a day out myself and friends stopped at a pub in the village of Ullenhall, ordered our drinks in the lounge and was told there was plenty of room in the bar. We obviously did not fit in with our brummie accents ?

Golf clubs and Little Theatres can be very snobby and unwelcoming.

I definitely let the side down during lockdown, on the weeks I couldn’t get a Waitrose delivery I had to have Tesco’s and one week Morrison’s ?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️

I'm feeling snobbish just reading this thread. 'Snobby' indeed. I'm glad some of you have used the correct terminology!

NanKate am shocked! Tesco deliveries....really letting the side down.?

I live between Windsor and Henley on Thames and have deliveries from Tesco. Our town Waitrose has closed ☹️ but we do have 2 Sainsbury’s and an M and S food store. So I’m a bit of a mix.

Yes, it's the people themselves and not necessarily the places/ areas.

Tea3 No it’s MY sils house ??

It's the people, rather than the places though, isn't it? One of my SILs is from Coventry. You feel as though you must keep your end up when you visit. Her house never really feels welcoming whereas BILs does.

*this should read those

I do not think places are snobby, it’s people.

The more wealth a family have and the longer they have had it the less likely they are to act in what could be described as snobby

In my experience it’s this on the way up the monetary ladder who look down on others and forget their roots and often their manners.

My sister in law’s cleaner asked if she could bring her kids with her on one occasion during the school holidays. My sister in law said that was OK, just this once, as long as they didn’t expect to play with her children.

I love Henley!

‘I once asked the consultant treating DH where he lived. He said it was just outside Sunningdale. I said "Of course you do darling" and he said "It's all right - we do lower the tone"’ Love it!

Deedaa

As a lovely East End market trader always used to say to me "NOCD" (Not our class darling)

DS delivers for Tesco in Windsor and Ascot, where the delivery is taken in by the staff and the inhabitants are apparently several levels above the Royals. They all think Boris is doing a great job!

I once asked the consultant treating DH where he lived. He said it was just outside Sunningdale. I said "Of course you do darling" and he said "It's all right - we do lower the tone"

Why don’t the people in Windsor and Ascot get their deliveries from Waitrose or Ocado rather than Tesco? If you’re going to be a snob, do it properly!

PS My son lives close to Windsor and he definitely takes in his own deliveries. Loathes Boris, too.

Mollygo

My definition of snobby is unwelcoming. The snobbiest place I’ve ever been is Coventry. I asked someone if they knew the best way to the town centre and got a frosty look and, “I don’t have time to answer questions like that!” Honestly, I did ask for town centre, not Anne Summers!

Being sent to Coventry ?

Grandma70s

Schools are a big source of snobbery in the UK as well as Australia (my late husband came from Sydney, and he was definitely aware of a hierarchy among schools there). Really though, snobbery is evident in people, not places. There are unsnobbish people in Oxford and Hampstead, and very snobbish people in Blackpool.

Absolutely.??

I did laugh at the few comments such as MIL’s house etc.?

It's a form of ignorance isn't it ? I'd go as far as to say a lack of knowledge too.

There's more than a hint of it in parts of Australia, particularly near to where D lives on the Northern Beaches as they have a name for the " not so well-offs " which is across Australia itself, and that's a reference to " The Bogans ". These people are the, quote " unrefined, and unsophisticated ".

I did come across real snobbery once, in Oxford as it happens. I had at the time a very posh boyfriend. He was not really snobbish himself, but he introduced me to a friend of his who immediately asked me what my father did. When I said he was a schoolmaster in a grammar school the friend looked a little taken aback and said dismissively “A very worthy profession, I’m sure”. I was quietly shocked and incensed. I was proud of my father. Perhaps if the school had been Eton it might have been acceptable.

Not very nice Millie. Her husband was 'high up' in his field and they mixed with a certain 'set' all of whom dropped her like a stone when he died. She had a 'pecking order' and I think I was at the bottom
It was a bit hurtful but hey ho. My husband however was furious.

Primary school playgrounds.

My neighbour made me laugh. She said they were moving out of the village as too many people owning white vans were moving in!

When i was young it was people from the “county set” who were snobbish. If you didn’t ride horses, oh dear me.

Kate
That was a really unkind thing for your 'friend' to say. I bet you were upset.