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Timperley: no one can stand the ghastly Frank Sidebottom statue

Living in Timperley

Timperley… the very name conjures up images of winding leafy lanes, lazy afternoons spent playing pooh-sticks in the brook, tombolas and the distant thwock of leather on willow down at the cricket club. However, there is a darker side to this English village.. an evil who’s presence is felt from the local chippy to the […]

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Stretford, parades of fast food joints & tatty money laundering shops

Living in Stretford, Manchester

This town is situated in south west Manchester. It bears all the hallmarks of chavdom one would hope to avoid: Parades of murky fast food takeaway joints; tatty money laundering businesses masquerading as sunbed hire tanning shops and minicab firms; crumbling terraced houses and decaying 1970’s council-owned maisonettes. The streets are lined with dog **** […]

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