Shittest town in the UK?
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I see your whatever above and raise you Govan.Pinno wrote:None of you have experienced the delights of East Kilbride, Cumbernauld. Maybole and the wonderful Wishaw. These places can make you suicidal just by going through them.
I wish they had tried to roll these places in glitter.
I had to drop someone off there once. Rab C. Nesbit was set there for a reason.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Pinno wrote:None of you have experienced the delights of East Kilbride, Cumbernauld. Maybole and the wonderful Wishaw. These places can make you suicidal just by going through them.
I wish they had tried to roll these places in glitter.
I fondly remember those first two from my youth (late 70's). Didn't they film Gregory's Girl in Cumbernauld? Classic.0 -
Page seven until Stevenage, where I live, gets a mention, not bad!Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.
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Govan. Yep, have to concede that.
Gregory's girl: "One million and 9". Dumbarton ain't much better. Dudley too. Margate. Southend on sea... Oh, mustn't forget Newport.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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Ah yes indeed. Now then, Clare Grogan or Dee Hepburn?Big Harv wrote:Didn't they film Gregory's Girl in Cumbernauld? Classic.
He messed up there.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Linwood. (Scotland). Again, I remember it fondly but not for the architecture.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood,_Renfrewshire
Edit: Just looked it up for old times sake. Sad really. But possibly there is hope. Always hope.0 -
LostwithielAlways be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0
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That looks like the Redcar steelworks. Except that one is working and the weather is unfeasibly sunny in that pic.mrfpb wrote:afx237vi wrote:Port Talbot. Lovely looking place.
Anyone doing the Dragon Ride will be able to tell the difference between the Devil's Arsehole and the Devil's Elbow."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I worked in Port Talbot steelworks for a few months in the 80s. (A student work placement). I've also worked in Gateshead in the 90s. Both are better than Aldershot which has nose dived as the army presence has shrunk.
When I moved to the area one of the locals told me its hard for a business to suceed there. They built a new shopping centre in the town a few years ago and did not get a single tenant.
The town planners in Gateshead have given up on the town centre. It's a black hole in the centre of an improving borough. Metro Centre thrives, the Quayside and the Millenium Bridge* and Derwent and Saltwell Parks have been improved over the years; The Angel of the North is a national icon.
*When Gatehead proposed a new foot/cycle bridge to Newcastle the response was "you can build a bridge if you like, but you can't build on our side of the river."
That's why the structures for holding and rotating the bridge are in the river rather than on the banks. Only the gates to block access before the bridge opens are on the Newcastle bank. It's a fantastic piece of engineering when you look at the design brief and restrictions.0 -
...haven't seen Grantham been mentioned yet.0
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kiteloopy wrote:...haven't seen Grantham been mentioned yet.
Good call.
But not as shiiit as Alsager. At least in Grantham they don’t use faeces as facepacks.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
mrfpb wrote:afx237vi wrote:Port Talbot. Lovely looking place.
Anyone doing the Dragon Ride will be able to tell the difference between the Devil's Arsehole and the Devil's Elbow.
Modeled (sic) on England that be, see.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
MF, I think we need to know what happened to you in Alsager...Matthewfalle wrote:kiteloopy wrote:...haven't seen Grantham been mentioned yet.
Good call.
But not as shiiit as Alsager. At least in Grantham they don’t use faeces as facepacks."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
These places must get a mention:
Carlisle
Johnstone
Preston
Ramsgate
Skegness
Workington
Luton
Leicester...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Already mentioned (by me): Southampton. Guess what? It's not improved. Imagine going on the holiday of your life, a wonderful cruise on the Queen Mary (other ships are available). You have the best time ever. And then you get into Southampton. Why not make a suicide pact off the Isle of Wight (that's another shithole, but that's another day)?
Shittisst town in the UK. Ever.Ecrasez l’infame0 -
+1 for Johnstone, although again with rose tinted memories. Is it not doing any better than Linwood? Guess not.
Maryport, Cumbria springs to mind. Dunno why..0 -
It's got a sh1t football club for sure.BelgianBeerGeek wrote:Already mentioned (by me): Southampton. Guess what? It's not improved. Imagine going on the holiday of your life, a wonderful cruise on the Queen Mary (other ships are available). You have the best time ever. And then you get into Southampton. Why not make a suicide pact off the Isle of Wight (that's another shithole, but that's another day)?
Shittisst town in the UK. Ever."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
BelgianBeerGeek wrote:Already mentioned (by me): Southampton. Guess what? It's not improved. Imagine going on the holiday of your life, a wonderful cruise on the Queen Mary (other ships are available). You have the best time ever. And then you get into Southampton. Why not make a suicide pact off the Isle of Wight (that's another shithole, but that's another day)?
Shittisst town in the UK. Ever.
Whilst Soton isn't my favourite of cities I will jump to its defence. It has lots of open space and parks. Theatres and music venues. 2 universities. Lots of eateries and drinkeries. A huge modern and bustling shopping mall in the heart of the city. The quayside is OK with marinas, apartments, restaurants and cinemas.
I'm not entirely sure why you'd consider Southampton the worst place in UK.
Top of my worst places that I regularly visit for work are:
Torquay
Bridgewater
Redruth
Plymouth
Weymouth
Basingstoke
Weston S Mare
Shepton Mallet
Gillingham (Dorset )
Street
Lostwithiel
Tiverton
Fareham
Crediton
Newton Abbott
Aldershot
Saltash
Bodmin
Waterlooville
Eastleigh
My definition of a totally 5hit town or city is one without any endearing areas or totally devoid of character or culture.Always be yourself, unless you can be Aaron Rodgers....Then always be Aaron Rodgers.0 -
I reckon the OP's list wan't too bad...Vesterberg wrote:UPDATE
Ok, I think a shitlist of 20 is large enough, the festering scabs in your regions are:
Welsh Shitholes:
Merthyr Tydfil
Newport
Cwmbran
Rhyl
South West Shitholes
Swindon
Midland Shitholes
Stoke-on-trent
Corby
Walsall
Ilkeston
North East Shitholes
Middlesborough
Gateshead
North West Shitholes
Skelmsersdale
Blackpool
Bradford
Runcorn
South East Shitholes
Luton
Milton Keynes
Peterborough
Scottish Shitholes
Cumbernauld
Denny
Despite Yossies brilliant and impassioned plea for Alsager, I'm lumping it in with Stoke.
These will go into a Poll and the for the winner I will start an online petition to have it prefixed with '$hit' for example 'shoot Walsall' or for all civic and road signs to have 'Voted Britain's Shittest Town' underneath. More than 100k and it has to be debated at least.
Alsager only gets a mention
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
The Northwest has its own share of contenders so we are not accepting Bradford as one of ours.0
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is there much of the UK left to nominate?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Pinno wrote:None of you have experienced the delights of East Kilbride, Cumbernauld. Maybole and the wonderful Wishaw. These places can make you suicidal just by going through them.
I wish they had tried to roll these places in glitter.
New Cumnock, Kirkconnel, Greenock, West Calder, Tarbrax, and basically any ex coal town in South Scotland0 -
Pinno wrote:None of you have experienced the delights of East Kilbride, Cumbernauld. Maybole and the wonderful Wishaw. These places can make you suicidal just by going through them.
I wish they had tried to roll these places in glitter.
i went to east kilbride, once, a long long time ago, visit to the motorola wafer fab there for a security thing
in my hotel room, the bathroom door fell off, in the hotel restaurant the wine was off and they nearly set fire to us when they lost control of the flambé operation at the next table
only hazards in the fab were things like copious amounts of hf
they closed the fab, but i bet that hotel is still theremy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
BelgianBeerGeek wrote:Already mentioned (by me): Southampton. Guess what? It's not improved. Imagine going on the holiday of your life, a wonderful cruise on the Queen Mary (other ships are available). You have the best time ever. And then you get into Southampton. Why not make a suicide pact off the Isle of Wight (that's another shithole, but that's another day)?
Shittisst town in the UK. Ever.
I did ambulance work in the Isle of Wight for a bit.
Dead, nothing happens, bit dull but not that bad really. TBH, hey do like their carverys a bit and it's full of fat slippers but overall a 5 out of ten on the shiiiitttt scale.
Much worse out there. Like Alsager for example, the only town in the world where the mayor celebrates an annual pig masturbating festival with the brides of the town drawing lots to bath in urine.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
If I may be permitted to give this thread a slightly more continental theme
Came back from Limoges in France where my daughter lives and studies, which is a bit of a craphole in itself but only a bit!!
However, this trip I drove down there rather than fly and holy shite, what a hellhole Calais is!!
The town itself is dying on it’s arse and everyone’s given up on improving the place but then you approach the port and honestly, it reminded me of those high security American super jails!!!
As bad as places are in this country there is nowhere in the UK that looks like that!0 -
crispybug2 wrote:If I may be permitted to give this thread a slightly more continental theme
Came back from Limoges in France where my daughter lives and studies, which is a bit of a craphole in itself but only a bit!!
However, this trip I drove down there rather than fly and holy shite, what a hellhole Calais is!!
The town itself is dying on it’s ars* and everyone’s given up on improving the place but then you approach the port and honestly, it reminded me of those high security American super jails!!!
As bad as places are in this country there is nowhere in the UK that looks like that!
They may have a problem or two at Calais, so let’s cut them some slack.
Britain has places nigh on that without the problems they have.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0
