Wellington, Telford: A depressive hole of wasters

Living in Wellington, Telford, Shropshire

Wellington is a market town near Telford, in Shropshire in the West Midlands. And my God, is it a sh*thole. The market itself is decades out of date, with outdated tat that old people bric-a-brac day in day out. The entire street is swamped with run-down bargain stores and shops that once were, which are […]

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Stoke on Trent – the place the Government forgot

Living in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Once the thriving Potteries, now its main industry is Bet365, which, as one of the local Councillors informed me proudly, is the only new industry to come to the area since Michelin did in 1926. The Michelin now shut, alongside most of the Pot banks, pits, steel works, retail and two thirds of the Local […]

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Cannock: What a hole

Living in Cannock, Staffordshire

Cannock is renowned as the **** capital of the UK, which isn’t far from the truth. This place has great spots where you can [allegedly] see them beating the **** out of the locals, the council workers as well as fellow *****. They infest the decrepit town centre. It isn’t too uncommon to hear one […]

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Stoke-on-trent, more like Sh*thole-on-trent

Stoke-on-trent, well, where do I begin? A run-down, deprived armpit with delusions of grandeur for starters – a dreary conurbation of 5 (or is it 6?) towns shovelled together & called a city. The ‘crowning jewel’ of which is Hanley, the ‘shopping centre’ with a boring mall called INTU The Potteries Centre, umpteen empty shops […]

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Stafford truly is the new Crewe and then some!

Living in Stafford, Staffordshire

Stafford truly is the new Crewe – plus some. Perhaps due to its close rail proximity and the lack of fare checking en-route, the Chavtastic culture has taken Stafford by storm. Swelled by ranks of illegal immigrants and ‘bag head’ H addicts from across the country, stepping down in Stafford is like entering a parallel […]

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