Snobbiest places in the UK

Which play of Shakespeare? I wouldn’t have known what he was talking about.

I'd left my home city, Liverpool to attend University in York. I was waiting for a lecture to start and talking about an event I'd attended at the weekend.
The tutor who'd just arrived looked at me and said, in all seriousness "And of course, you'd understand Shakespeare coming from there".

Visiting my future SIL for the first time I was taken to the Sailing club for lunch and introduced to the Commodore. He asked me where I was from and I told him which city. His reply was "How dreadful for you!" to which I replied "How dreadfully rude of you!". Now that is snobbery. Actually some years later I got to know his wife quite well, she's a delightful person very down to earth and we get on very well, not a bit snobbish despite being the daughter of a Lord. People seem to think "manners" is all about using the correct fork, etiquette etc, it's not IMO it's about treating people as you would wish to be treated yourself.

somewhere they look down their nose at you .hmmmmmm.......anywhere really . my church ,when in summer men turn up in t shirt and short ,the older people make noises . if you live in london area you treated the same ,think maybe windsor and that area .i remember asking for a slice of cheescake in a cafe there ,what did they bring a slice of cheese sponge .??? em no says me . cheesecake dessert . oh !!! we dont serve that kind here . haha..

I don't know what your friend would have made of us then Callistemon. We had no bathroom, a tin bath and an outside toilet!

When I was a teenager, my school friend told me I lived on 'the wrong side of town' and our house was very 'quaint' because it had a downstairs bathroom.

I had a wonderful moment many years ago when setting up a new bank account with a sizeable amount of money.
We went through the rigmarole and then she looked at the cheque again: looked at me and literally went, oh! I’ve missed off a nought, would you like to talk to someone about investing this money
I don’t know if it was snobbery or just assumptions.

Chewbacca

On the Mumsnet thread, 3 areas, all within 3 miles of where I live, have been identified as some of the snobbish places to live in the UK. --another reason I need to move--

Oh well, look on the bright side, Chewbacca, the value of your house will have increased!

I still remember my step daughter who had moved from her rented apartment at one end of the city to an apartment at the more notoriously expensive other end saying she was delighted with it, however her then boyfriend piped up that it was a pity it was beside a bar and they were disturbed by the “drunks” coming out at closing time. My step daughters response was, “yes, but they are a better class of drunk”.

Urmstongran
Oprah Winfrey was snubbed by a Swiss shop assistant. Bad mistake ?

OMG BlueBelle, that's dire and actually quite amusing. Must be a play there somewhere? Wouldn't want them as neighbours, would you?

.....sorry, starting ...I meant staring!

I think there can be snobby towns built on snobby people There is a small attractive town in my county where the housing is very expensive, the goods in the shops are more expensive than just down the road There are lots of folks with second houses and as a town they put up a big fight if any shop or store tries to open up that is deemed to lower the tone

Nansnet your post reminds me of the time I went into a Jaques Vert shop in the town I used to live in (this was about 20 years ago, when they still had their own shops).

I was looking through the rails when the manageress came over and just stood there, starting at me, like she thought I was going to shoplift something! I glared back at her and marched out of the shop; it was so blatant!

I've no idea why she did that. I was mid 40's at the time and dressed absolutely fine. I was going to complain to head office about her behaviour, but I never did.

I think it's definitely people are snobby, rather than places.
When my son was getting married, and I was looking for my special 'Mother of the Groom' outfit, I went shopping with my daughter. We were both wearing jeans, padded coats and flat boots (as it was winter), so we probably didn't look our best groomed selves. Upon entering a shop, which specialised in wedding outfits for mothers, we were greeted by the most unhelpful shop assistant I have ever come across, who most definitely looked down on us. Little did she know that I had a very hefty budget for my special outfit, which I chose to spend elsewhere!

Chewbacca

^I have no idea what colour car would have been acceptable^

Grey, apparently Callistemon! He replaced his little yellow car with a grey one so as not to upset anyone and it hasn't been vandalised. Good to know eh?

he should have stuck with the flying custard.
yellow is the safest colour of vehicle, followed by bright red, due to conspicuity.
grey is the least safe, disappears into the road scape.

NotTooOld

I agree about the snobbish golf clubs although I believe they have had to change their ways in recent years. I knew of a golf club that did not allow 'lady' members. Women were only allowed in on 'ladies' nights'. Pathetic. I've had a pathological dislike of all golf clubs ever since.

it's not that long ago since they did not allow jews, blacks, irish, asians etc.
some probably still don't; they just happen to have no vacancies at that handicap...
freemasons on the other hand... all boys together, flashing their insignia.

The woman in front of me in the Lidl queue answer her mobile saying that she was queueing in Waitrose!

Perhaps it's Cheam: in the papers recently "Neighbour tells family to take down Black Lives Matter sign because it ‘doesn’t reflect well on area’. (snobbish and racist in my opinion).

I remember Tony Hancock's character used to live in East Cheam and he certainly had delusions of grandeur.

Seriously though, I'm not sure that where you live indicates how snobbish you might be.

I think it's a myth that "old money" is generally less snobbish than new. Etonians, for instance, have a reputation for looking down on less wealthy people and behaving disrespectfully towards them.

My mum only shopped at Waitrose because she liked the lay out and the food. She was a Yorkshire born woman who kept her accent. She was from a wealthy family but ey lad tha made tha money from hard graft and owned factories. Used to be t’mill owners and there’s nowt wrong with child labour is tha?

On the Mumsnet thread, 3 areas, all within 3 miles of where I live, have been identified as some of the snobbish places to live in the UK. another reason I need to move

I have no idea what colour car would have been acceptable

Grey, apparently Callistemon! He replaced his little yellow car with a grey one so as not to upset anyone and it hasn't been vandalised. Good to know eh?

I don’t think it’s places that can be “snobby” but people, and from all walks of life. I worked as a cookery assistant in a local adult education centre (a very long time ago) and I found that people with old money less likely to be snobby, than new money.

Snobbiest place I experienced was on a very very upmarket cruise line, a lovely sailing ship.. beautiful ship, lovely places to visit, we could only afford it the once, never again. Most of the people on board were nice people, but one or two froze us out when we told them our occupations (especially mine). Another woman looked horrified when I told her my job, which is NHS admin.

One couple who froze us out thawed a little when they found out we were staying on the same corridor as them.

I wish I had had the presence of mind to say we had won the lottery!

Disclaimer: we had not won the lottery (I wish).

Chewbacca

^Pensioner Peter Maddox was criticised by posh locals and tourists who claimed his vehicle was a^ blot on the rural idyll of the village in Bilbury, Gloucestershire. Vandals scratched the word "MOVE" into the paintwork and smashed its windows causing so much damage that the pensioner was forced to replace it.

After hearing about his plight hundreds of sympathisers in yellow vehicles descended on the village for a rally

Here's the story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-39456449

I think it was because it was yellow and spoilt the idyllic look of the village - it was tourists who didn't even live there who complained as if they owned the place!
I have no idea what colour car would have been acceptable.