General Chit Chat

[thebish]

Was missbish unavailable for torch-holding janckers?

nahhh - she doesn't involve herself in that kind of helpful activity!!

[Gooner Girl]

ever started a job to late but had to finish it?

bit dumb - but started to fix roof onto chicken run in anticipation of rainy season...

7 corrugated plastic panels - each 8ft by 3ft...

started the job at 5:20 - still light!

missus calls me in for tea at about 6:20 - half done - one side fixed - but wind starting to get up..

finish my tea- now getting decidedly dark - but there is a wind getting up - and they WOULD blow off!!

just finished... at the end - was banging in nails in the pitch dark - and I simply could not see the nails - had to do it by touch...

heaven knows what it will look like when I go out to inspect it in the morning!

Probably brilliant. You are a bit good at that sort of thing. Wish I had your DIY skills.

[Dujon]

So am I, G.G.. If you want a decent pile of sawdust just give me some timber and ask me to build something. I have no idea as to why as I'm a decent draughtsman and reasonably good with metal.

When are you coming over, thebish? I've got a couple of jobs needing doing.

[Bruce Rioja]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[mrkint]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

[Bruce Rioja]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

Exactly what I though, and London? Bit vague, that.

[Gary the Enfield]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

Exactly what I though, and London? Bit vague, that.

What a crock of shit.

[Bruce Rioja]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

Exactly what I though, and London? Bit vague, that.

What a crock of shit.

Apparently voted for by visitors to thee Craptowns website. York? Worse than Goole? Seriously?

[Montreal Wanderer]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

Exactly what I though, and London? Bit vague, that.

Gibraltar? I would not have thought it a town in Britain. Obviously there must be something in the criteria that I am missing. Anyway I don't think crappest could be a word - surely it should be crappiest.

[Gary the Enfield]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

Exactly what I though, and London? Bit vague, that.

What a crock of shit.

Apparently voted for by visitors to thee Craptowns website. York? Worse than Goole? Seriously?

Post the link. Dan'll have that righted overnight!

[Bruce Rioja]

Post the link. Dan'll have that righted overnight!

Sort it out, Daniel. http://www.craptownsreturns.co.uk/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[thebish]

behind the scenes - what it looked like in the studio...

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/10/08/30- ... e-moments/

[bobo the clown]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

York? Chipping Norton? who the bleeding hell compiled that list?!

Exactly what I though, and London? Bit vague, that.

What a crock of shit.

Apparently voted for by visitors to thee Craptowns website. York? Worse than Goole? Seriously?

Looks like it's been usurped by the small minded and jealous.

Now, if you said "towns with the crappest road system York would have a shout.

[Zulus Thousand of em]

I can't believe that both Slough and Staines missed the cut.

[bwfcdan94]

Here you go - the 10 worst places in Britain to live, apparently. A couple of surprises in there too.

No mention of Middlesbrough, Redcar or Stockton I note, Daniel.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... lery&ino=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Can I just point out that Stockton is alright and I doubt I ever mentioned it in the same context as Redcar and Boro. I can understand London but I think al l this tells us is that people in London are more negative then the people of Burnley and Blackpool. No Hull either.

[bwfcdan94]

Post the link. Dan'll have that righted overnight!

Sort it out, Daniel. http://www.craptownsreturns.co.uk/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Was about to send them an email but don't worry I will work on it, nominations please Il start
Redcar.

[bobo the clown]

I can't believe that both Slough and Staines missed the cut.

I thought Staines was OK !

Slough is another matter to be fair. It's a whole book on its own.

[bwfcdan94]

I can't believe that both Slough and Staines missed the cut.

Is that Slough near Colne and people say I don't know my geography.

[bwfcdan94]

Post the link. Dan'll have that righted overnight!

Sort it out, Daniel. http://www.craptownsreturns.co.uk/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ok I have posted the following, thought you might like to see. I must state I only used my personal experiences to make my assumptions but it is still a dam sight better than the list ChavTowns have put up:

Gosh this is a joke that has got out of hand have the creators of this website/book actually been to poor places? Have you actually seen endless streets of unemployed families where the kids know by the age of 10 that they wont work a day in their life because of poor schooling/schools, the fact that not only the towns they live in but all of those with a 15 miles radius have double the national average unemployment and that because they don’t have enough money to move anywhere else (because non of their family have had a job) and due to the high price of running a car will never be able to go further then their feet can carry them, this is what is called “the poverty trap” and I doubt any of the creators of this website have actually ever seen it. Here is a list of towns where not only are these towns unemployment filled dumps but they are also surrounded by unemployment filled dumps:

1.Redcar, Teeside
2.Colne, East Lancashire
3.Nelson, East Lancashire
4.Burnley, East Lancashire
5.Middlesbrough, Teeside

I have seen these towns (a relative of mine has even lived and worked in them) and I can tell you that these are 5 places where the true definition of hopelessness from birth till death can be found. These are towns where anybody that does work not only stands out but is laughed at, victimised and even hated because they are simply something different.

In the case of Redcar and Middlesbrough where the unemployment rate is double the national average (yes that is 200% of the national average), where are your local options in terms of work in and around Teeside? Well Grangetown is just as bad, Hartlepool is miniscally better, Darlington is just as bad so what are you going to do where is the mythical place near Redcar or Middlesbrough where unemployment has not taken over? well that’s the problem there is not anywhere for people living in Redcar or Middlesbrough, they will struggle to make anything of their lives and the closure of the steel works was the final nail in the coffin for Redcar and Boro.

As for Colne, Nelson and Burnley well similar problems just with added chavs, even worse schools oh and of course the centre for the racist revolution in Britain but at least the unemployment is only 190% of the national average. Your in just as much trouble in East Lancs as you are in Teeside, unemployment, the worse schools in the country (well done Burnley) the highest teen pregnancy rates in the north west (Burnley again), the chavs have not only taken over East Lancs but have put their print of racial hatred on the area hence the Burnley riots in 2001 and of course their is the added bonus of having mile upon mile of boarded up houses from the second you turn off of a main road in this part of the road you ask yourself what have you done (and that cancer has spread from Burnley, Colne and Nelson to make inroads in Accrington). Did I mention just how amazingly backward this part of the world is (rumours of inbreeding, horse shagging are rife and have even been proven by local police). So what are your options in Burnley, Nelson and Colne well you could go to Accrington (oops no job there either but at least the place is safer and friendlier), Brierfield has the same problems as them , Blackburn is alright but not exactly a town that can cater for the many jobless in Colne, Nelson and Burnley.

While the 5 places I have named in my list are the literal meaning of hopelessness I take my hat of to the people of Teeside and East Lancashire. In particular to the people of Redcar, Colne, Nelson, Burnley and Middlesbrough because I do not know how you all keep going each day. People from these parts are clearly something of a different breed it takes something special to spend your whole life in these places and its clear these people are as hard as they come to be able to manage to still drag themselves out of bed each day to stand outside the local corner shop in their fake Burberry caps and fake grey Nike tracksuit bottoms. People of Redcar, Colne, Nelson, Burnley and Middlesbrough I salute you because the daily lives you lead 99.9% of people in England could barely imagine let alone lead.

Hope I haven't p*ssed any of you off.

[Bruce Rioja]

Can I just point out that Stockton is alright

You can, but you'd be hopelessly incorrect.

EDIT: Dan - it's Teesside, at the side of the River Tees. JSL.