Hedworth or ‘Badwaff’ as the Jarrow locals call it

Living in Hedworth, Jarrow

Ahh badwaff, since the age of 1 I have lived in the neighbouring estate Fellgate, which is the ying to hedworths yang. With the Berlin wall like, River Dean separating the 2 estates, it was always a relief to see the orange glow by the riverside of the burning vauxhall astra and being thankful that […]

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Washington, Tyne & Wear, the sh*t on the boot which is Sunderland

Living in Washington, Tyne and Wear

Washington, I feel, is best described as the metaphorical s**t on the metaphorical Rockport boot which is Sunderland. Decades of under development and closure of the local pits and industries (which served to keep the ****** hordes of charver families in confined spaces underground for extended periods of time and thus away from the minority […]

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