Crap towns

BlueMoonRisin' said:
I'm surprised you didn't mention the co-op was founded in 'dogdale' tenbob gun.
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Toad lane if memory serves me rightly and a cracking pub called the Baum on site if you do get the chance.Does any one remember the Rochdale Co-op food store where the bingo hall now is.They used to give everyone a divi and you got Green Shield Stamps.It was my job as a kid to lick them and stick them into the book as I enjoyed the taste of the glue.From the brink of collapse a few years back the co-op picked itself up being ruthless in restructuring refocusing and cracking on to reshape the business model to cope within it's challenging new environment and do you know what this year it now enjoys around 6 % of market share just behind Aldis so bravo Mr Co-op and one hell of a journey it's been.

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The exchange rate ended up a little like Turkish lira and got completely out of control.It took longer for the stamps to come out of the machine than to actually do your shop.
 
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Skelmersdale. My word what a depressing place. Doing some work around there, and literally nothing but roundabouts and grey buildings. I live in Oldham, which granted is a bit of a dump now, but at least it has some character.
 
Two Gun Bob said:
Toad lane if memory serves me rightly and a cracking pub called the Baum on the site if you get chance.Does any remember the Rochdale Co-op food store where the bingo hall now is.They used to give everyone a divi and you got Green Shield Stamps.It was my job as a kid to lick them and stick them into the book as I liked the taste of the glue.From the brink of colapse a few years back the coop picked itself up beening ruthless in reastructuring and refocusing whilst cracking on to reshape the busines model to cope within this challenging new environment and do you know what this year it enjoys around 6 % of market share just behind Aldis so bravo Mr Co-op and one heck of a journey it's been.

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Showing your age there tenbob. And I'm showing my age calling you tenbob; ) Never had you down as a stamp licker mate; )
 
jimharri said:
Not all of it. Down around Kerry, around Connemara, along the West Coast generally and parts of the North Coast around Antrim, parts of Wicklow; the "tourist-y places, they're generally not too bad. Most of the small towns though; its like Chernobyl after, not before. And a lot of Dublin is pretty grim. And.... it's full of Jackeens!
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As a trucker I get about a bit and some of the shit towns I’ve been to and stayed in have been mentioned already like Crewe, Scunthorpe and Chatham.

The worst place I’ve ever seen though is Thamesmead in London. A truly grim place of grey concrete social housing. Wouldn’t want to live there that’s for sure.

Dartford/Erith, Grimsby and immingham are also shitholes.
 
Stoned Rose said:
Runcorn
Ellesmere Port
BIrkenhead
Wallasey
Wigan
Huddersfield
Rochdale
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Totally agree. Those Wirral towns are a million times worse than actual Liverpool. Some of the most vile people I've ever met. Same with Runcorn, an overspill town obsessed with all things Liverpool. Used to see the same group of kids on my daily commute, abusing the train guard after trying to skip the fare from Runcorn to Warrington.

Lived in Huddersfield for just over a year until recently My God, the most backward place I've ever lived. Nothing and nobody works round there.
 
I’m sure all places have nice suberbs but town centre wise......Blackpool, Crewe, St Helens, Runcorn, Newcastle Under Lyme, Barrow, Midddlesborough, Wigan, Bolton (used to be ok. Not anymore), Birkenhead. There will be many more
 
thismustbetheplace said:
I find it really weird that everyone under 45 seems to have a thick Scouse accent. Everyone over 45 seems to have thick Lancashire accent.
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A lot of the surrounding areas are the same. Areas of Wirral, Runcorn and Ellesmere Port too. I've met people from Skelmersdale and Birkenhead who have thicker scouse accents than lads from inner city areas of Liverpool I used to know.

Laughable why one, anybody would want to be attached to Liverpool. And two, actual scousers find people from any of the above areas intolerable, they rip the piss out of everything from their accent to their dress sense.
 
Jaywick don’t know if it’s a town, village, or suburb but what I do know is it’s a depressing place by the sea
 
KingCarlito said:
Or Skem as the locals proudly call it. Horrendous area of the country.
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An ex of mine lived in Skem. If you ever go,don't get lost,as there are no pavements to ask a local for directions. All underpasses and pedestrian walkways away from any traffic. Gives it a really weird feeling of a ghost town. The main shopping area for the "Plassy Scousers" in Skem is the Concourse. Or as they call it "The Conny". Probably I may have had a sheltered upbringing but it stopped me in my tracks walking round "The Conny" one day with my ex that I saw they had single eggs for sale! How did they get them home without cracking them. That said,the devils own place in my opinion is Leigh.
 
Oh YeahOh Yeah said:
An ex of mine lived in Skem. If you ever go,don't get lost,as there are no pavements to ask a local for directions. All underpasses and pedestrian walkways away from any traffic. Gives it a really weird feeling of a ghost town. The main shopping area for the "Plassy Scousers" in Skem is the Concourse. Or as they call it "The Conny". Probably I may have had a sheltered upbringing but it stopped me in my tracks walking round "The Conny" one day with my ex that I saw they had single eggs for sale! How did they get them home without cracking them. That said,the devils own place in my opinion is Leigh.
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Not far wrong there. Some of those M62 corridor towns around Warrington and Wigan are like the dark ages.

Everybody I've ever met from Ashton-in-Makerfield stank of shite as well and had about 3 teeth between the full family.
 
KingCarlito said:
A lot of the surrounding areas are the same. Areas of Wirral, Runcorn and Ellesmere Port too. I've met people from Skelmersdale and Birkenhead who have thicker scouse accents than lads from inner city areas of Liverpool I used to know.

Laughable why one, anybody would want to be attached to Liverpool. And two, actual scousers find people from any of the above areas intolerable, they rip the piss out of everything from their accent to their dress sense.
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Exactly haha. People from Liverpool are always taking the piss out of them, calling them Wools etc.

I know Skelmersdale was an over-spill from Liverpool but it's still 15 miles away!
 
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