Escaping the slums.

[jdw100]

I grew up in the Kingston Upon Thames, Hampton Court area, just outside of London.

Glad to have escaped such slums.

The home counties are rife with such dreadful areas.

Does any one have any similar stories or know of anyone else, famous perhaps, that have also escaped dreadful UK slum areas?

Edited by jdw100 on Tuesday 18th December 07:55

[Don1]

Living south of St Evenage, it's hard man. You won't understand the struggle of surviving day to day in the war zone that is Tewin.

Just where his dad still is...

[Vixpy1]

My family escaped Hull...


No, really

[jdw100]

Don1 said:

Living south of St Evenage, it's hard man. You won't understand the struggle of surviving day to day in the war zone that is Tewin.

Just where his dad still is...

Yeah the only chance to get out of d’ghetto is through Formula 1 racing.

Enjoying the serous answers to my question on here as well.

Maybe people haven’t seen a newspaper yet? He really is a bellend isn’t he...

Edited by jdw100 on Tuesday 18th December 07:52

[jr6yam]

I was born and raised on the mean streets of the 'Nidge, still here man keepin' it real
One of ma boyz used his talent as a driver to get outta da 'hood; in fact he fked right off, to Monaco! Props to him...

BULLst! When Lewis was born Stevenage was a prosperous town, with plenty of well paid jobs, and no slums at all

[jdw100]

jr6yam said:

I was born and raised on the mean streets of the 'Nidge, still here man keepin' it real
One of ma boyz used his talent as a driver to get outta da 'hood; in fact he fked right off, to Monaco! Props to him...

BULLst! When Lewis was born Stevenage was a prosperous town, with plenty of well paid jobs, and no slums at all

Word!

It’s all slums man.

Apart from GSK’s various Pharma operations over the years and new Bioscience centre...just like a favela in Rio.

Only route out for poor people is F1.

[JulianPH]

jdw100 said:

Maybe people haven’t seen a newspaper yet? He really is a bellend isn’t he...

I was about to say the same thing, but you beat me to it!

Yes, he really is.

[Du1point8]

Vixpy1 said:

My family escaped Hull...


No, really

I escaped Hull too.

My folks are still in the area, as is most of my old school friends, the old school friends are all still there plodding along looking forward to their Friday-Sunday piss ups and then complaining about life all week.

[Cold]

I hope to escape the slums soon too. I can't wear my Bacofoil inspired jacket without being mocked around here.

[vixen1700]

To be fair Stevenage is a sthole.

Agree he's a bellend, mind.

[dundarach]

Vixpy1 said:

My family escaped Hull...


No, really

Pity really, I've lived and worked in various places around England.

Still prefer the place, especially as this incorrect image keeps the crowds and traffic away.

[anonymous-user]

I grew up in the heady affluent parts of South Yorkshire.

All down hill from there though and now live in the slums of Chester.

I'm thinking of taking up transit van deliveries to drag myself back up the social ladder though.

Yea he's a right tt. Such drivel being spoken on the dedicated thread by his apologists too

[jr6yam]

vixen1700 said:

To be fair Stevenage is a sthole.

Agree he's a bellend, mind.

Compared to Harlow or Luton it's an effing paradise!

[Mothersruin]

None of you have grown up, or should I say survived, the mean streets of Rickmansworth.

It's barely existing. The day we made it to Chorleywood was a day to remember...

[vixen1700]

Grew up in a tower block on the Stratford/Leytonstone borders. Looking back, the Thatched House area was better in the '70s than it is now.

Even though the stty block I lived in has long been pulled down and replaced with houses.

[The Don of Croy]

I spent my formative years in the shanty town area of Kippington, Sevenoaks - out on the very border of the wild lands.

Think 'Peachtrees' in Judge Dredd and remove the glamour.

Only the most priviledged got out - those with help from on high (like the local Vicar's son - how else do you get to be Tech Dir of McLaren GP?) or willing to sell their soul (Saturday boy at the paper shop - Guy Hands).

It was tough, man. You had to be there.

[OtherBusiness]

He really doesn't help himself

[227bhp]

It's stupid enough if it was an off-the-cuff remark, but surely he prepared some words beforehand? With all his money you would have thought he could have polished his image a bit better than that.

[austinsmirk]

Is Lewis Ali G ???!!!!

[Don Roque]

alorotom said:

My wife was born and raised in Walker, Newcastle - none of her friends have left there, it’s a large area predominantly inhabited by 3-4 generations of families - mostly on benefits, not working and knocking out kids (in both senses). There is a real property phenomenom / bubble there too as prices are very stable and properties always in demand for these reasons too

I once spoke to a young nurse who was living in a flat on Scarborough Road there. She had needed a flat at shirt notice to start a job up here and a deal she had in the table had fallen through, so she took a 12 month tenancy at a dump on Scarborough Road at the last minute without seeing the place other than a few interior photos. She couldn't wait to leave.

Melted bin on the pavement outside, downstairs flat number displayed in spray paint on the wall.