Snobbiest places in the UK

Of course we all know what it means in its exaggerated form in for instance Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet!) but other than fictitious characters, it’s a strange concept.

I think snobbery is more subtle in Australia. More which school you attended in Melbourne. Public or private and then there are nuances for each school. Thinking about it,I could list them in order of ‘prestige’ as most Melbournites probably could. There is definitely a pecking order! Not so much on other states. Sydney seems to be more about high wages, for example.

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"

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.

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

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

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

Primary school playgrounds.

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.

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.

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 ".

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

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.?

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 ?

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.

‘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!

I love Henley!

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 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.

*this should read those

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.

Tea3 No it’s MY sils house ??

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

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.

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