Corby…the name says it all!

Is  a nice place to live or is  rough?

Welcome to Hell! That is what an unknown graffiti artist daubed in red on the walls of Corby’s bus station. He was right. In the early 1900’s, Corby was a small and sleepy village located in the north of Northamptonshire, surrounded by farmland and quarries. Sometime later, Samuel & Lloyd have built a steelworks near […]

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Nottingham

What a wonderful city this is! One of the oldest cities in England, Nottingham itself is wreathed in history. It is home to the oldest pub in the world, ‘Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem’. King Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham Castle, starting the English Civil War, and of course, the legends of Robin […]

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Worksop

Now you are probably wondering why I am writing yet a piece on a town which already has a couple of write-ups on it. I just felt that there were a few things that the otherwise very detailed other pieces didnt really expand on…here goes… This town is seriously lacking some much needed cash injection […]

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Glossop

Ah Glossop gateway to the peak district. The spine of northern England, famed rightly for it’s breathtaking natural beauty and romantic bleakness. Just a shame such lofty heights must be reached via such a dive. This place really does make you wonder if anywhere is safe. On the surface this place is idyllic. Lovely old […]

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Fleckney, Leicestershire, avoid this town like the plague

Is Fleckney a nice place to live or is Fleckney rough?

I cannot believe that nobody has included this in-bred smelly dive in this site yet! First and foremost, Fleckney is a small town south of Leicester. To those who know Leicester, they will also know the words that the ***** like to say a lot, and they way that they say it: Fish and Chip […]

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