Strabane: stunning views of shopping trolleys wedged in the river

Living in Strabane, Northern Ireland

Beware the Mourne Valley mishap of a town that is Strabane. Squeezed between the villages of Sion Mills and Ballymagorry soon to be amalgamated with euro-ville Lifford,(Lifford ironically houses Strabanes only cinema-yes it’s strabanes, apparently) the town of Strabane is a sure **** central. So you’re in Strabane, and looking for a good time. What […]

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Kings Norton, Birmingham: I need to move

Kings Norton in brum is fast becoming the centre of the ne-er-do-well universe. Honest people are a minority here, criminality has breeched the generation gap i personally have two generations living (or squatting) next door and i know its only a matter of time before its three generations (eldest is 16 well past the normal […]

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Hastings: Rundown arcades and deprivation

Living in Hastings, East Sussex

Let me take you on a guided tour of Hastings, we’ll start from the train station: Hastings station has recently been rebuilt from a shabby, run down, horror of a building. Into a super ‘high tech’ glass structure. Not certain why the building needs to be so huge. Alighting from the train one can see […]

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Sidley: a dingleberry on Bexhill’s backside

Living in Sidley, East Sussex

Sidley is a dingleberry ******* off Bexhill’s backside. Just hop on the horrible bus from Eastbourne or Hastings and you’ll find yourself in Heaven. The lively town centre boasts a Co-op, two hairdressers, a Danny’s Discount Store, two pubs, a garage, and an off-licence. Oh, and a SureStart centre where inhabitants can learn how to […]

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Wakefield: a cultural wilderness of apish men and women in white stilettos

Living in Wakefield, Yorkshire

Wakefield’s claim to fame is that it is the Rhubarb Capital Of The UK. Seriously. Local are also proud to announce that Wakefield boasts two Mc Donald’s (yes, DOUBLE the job opportunities for most of our school-leavers), a cathedral (that makes it a city, you see, and as good as Manchester or Liverpool or London, […]

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Leigh, can you say “hor reet” without laughing?

Living in Leigh, Greater Manchester

They are known as Scroats in Lancashire, and god is Leigh overrun with them!  One can strip paint with the accents of the local Leigh *****. Anyone not able to say “hor reet ****” without laughing is branded a cockney, and beaten up. These beating are not too bad as the ***** are normally too […]

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Southend-on-sea: Face to face with the missing link

Living in Southend-on-sea, Essex

I spent four years of my life forced to live in the hellhole that is Southend and I loathed every hour of it. This pit has no redeeming qualities at all. Central to the town is the Victoria Circus shopping centre, half of its shops are closed down and the other half sell discount sportswear, […]

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