A bit council (Vol 5)
Discussion
talksthetorque said:
I can't think of two more dissimilar posting styles tbh. Nonse - king of the minimalist puns, Frank7 - more rambling than a Janet Street Porter convention.
Aaaanyway.
I'm in Darlington this week and I was expecting council gold, but the bits I've seen arent as bad as I was expecting.
There's an Aldi and an M&S next door to each other, always queues outside the M&S at lunchtime, straight in to the Aldi every day.
They have a Sainsbury, and some pleasant looking victorian housing, along with a town centre befitting of a Great North Road town,
Even the lass I saw walking down the street in fitness gear - she wasn't a stick insect,( starting to get in to Dog Star territory, but not very far down that road) but the grey yoga pants with the transparent sections that they all wear nowadays looked as if they were clean and fitted her - and she wasn't jogging along with a sausage roll in her hand or anything.
Something I notice and dislike (not so much this post, but there are plenty of others) - and it's very much evident on PH.Aaaanyway.
I'm in Darlington this week and I was expecting council gold, but the bits I've seen arent as bad as I was expecting.
There's an Aldi and an M&S next door to each other, always queues outside the M&S at lunchtime, straight in to the Aldi every day.
They have a Sainsbury, and some pleasant looking victorian housing, along with a town centre befitting of a Great North Road town,
Even the lass I saw walking down the street in fitness gear - she wasn't a stick insect,( starting to get in to Dog Star territory, but not very far down that road) but the grey yoga pants with the transparent sections that they all wear nowadays looked as if they were clean and fitted her - and she wasn't jogging along with a sausage roll in her hand or anything.
It's this sneering "looking down" on places "worst place in the UK" or whatever that goes on. Very often it will be some post-industrial northern town. Well no s
t, Sherlock! Place that has seen nineteenth century industry and housing now has post industrial decline and poorer areas, usually near the centres nowadays! And show me any big town or city that hasn't got at least one rough council estate!Almost every time these places will have nice areas the equal of anything anywhere else (you also won't find the congestion and need to pave your front garden over) and easy access to a lot of countryside.
Remember all these gentrified areas of London, Manchester etc were pretty much slums not too many years ago.
austinsmirk said:
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/190628...
proof, as we all know, council's have more fun than us.
A cellar of covid.
God above - the popups on that site render it almost unusable!proof, as we all know, council's have more fun than us.
A cellar of covid.
talksthetorque said:
... grey yoga pants with the transparent sections that they all wear nowadays...
Not council and off-topic, but it's still good - for some reason adverts keep popping up on my FB feed for "shape brazil fitness wear". Well worth a look if you like birds arses in active wear. And lets be honest - who doesn't?If you "follow" it you get even more of it. I am told.
Flibble said:
That type are scumbags. I recall picking up a cat with a former lady friend from such a breeder. Whole house was full of cat st and screaming children. Grim. They can't be treating the cats right, just get them weaned and out the door.
plus as they are scum class council types, I wonder how many of them are raking in the cash from their illegal income while claiming unemployment benefits as well?t and screaming children. Grim. They can't be treating the cats right, just get them weaned and out the door. I guess benefit fraud, be it illegal or immoral is "standard" for council types.
Dog Star said:
Something I notice and dislike (not so much this post, but there are plenty of others) - and it's very much evident on PH.
It's this sneering "looking down" on places "worst place in the UK" or whatever that goes on.
I very much agree. As a Lettings Manager I have to point out to people that just because it's a posh street, it doesn't mean they won't have a drunken buffoon on a Saturday night singing or oiks roaming the streets. I have far better times going to the 'rough' areas, you get genuine conversation with people rather than Hugo coming from London looking for a pad to escape the city life. It's this sneering "looking down" on places "worst place in the UK" or whatever that goes on.
That said, Darlington is a s
t hole. I got off a train there on my way to Catterick many moons ago and was pounced on by a group of feral youths looking for a scrap. My pink shirt and blazer whilst appropriate for the Mess was not appropriate for the town centre. They picked the wrong lad, but it engrained the place in my mind as a dump. I think experience of a place is more important than reputation. Swansea, as Dylan Thomas said, was an 'ugly lovely town' and I'm sure this is true of many places that are oft derided.Jonmx said:
I very much agree. As a Lettings Manager I have to point out to people that just because it's a posh street, it doesn't mean they won't have a drunken buffoon on a Saturday night singing or oiks roaming the streets. I have far better times going to the 'rough' areas, you get genuine conversation with people rather than Hugo coming from London looking for a pad to escape the city life.
That said, Darlington is a st hole. I got off a train there on my way to Catterick many moons ago and was pounced on by a group of feral youths looking for a scrap. My pink shirt and blazer whilst appropriate for the Mess was not appropriate for the town centre. They picked the wrong lad, but it engrained the place in my mind as a dump. I think experience of a place is more important than reputation. Swansea, as Dylan Thomas said, was an 'ugly lovely town' and I'm sure this is true of many places that are oft derided.
Well this doesn't change my point at all - you've just got off the train. It's hardly an out of town pleasant suburb is it?That said, Darlington is a s
t hole. I got off a train there on my way to Catterick many moons ago and was pounced on by a group of feral youths looking for a scrap. My pink shirt and blazer whilst appropriate for the Mess was not appropriate for the town centre. They picked the wrong lad, but it engrained the place in my mind as a dump. I think experience of a place is more important than reputation. Swansea, as Dylan Thomas said, was an 'ugly lovely town' and I'm sure this is true of many places that are oft derided.I've never been to Darlington, but I'm going to chance my arm here and guess that once away from the town centre/ex industial bits it has some really nice areas.
Same as Bradford - bloody awful inner city area (I went for a job interview there once, got to the car park, looked round, phoned agent and cancelled), get outside of the sort of ring road area and there are some fantastic villages and some of the nicest scenery in the entire UK.
Dog Star said:
Same as Bradford - bloody awful inner city area (I went for a job interview there once, got to the car park, looked round, phoned agent and cancelled), get outside of the sort of ring road area and there are some fantastic villages and some of the nicest scenery in the entire UK.
'Tis true.All gets tarred with the same brush though sadly.
Dog Star said:
Well this doesn't change my point at all - you've just got off the train. It's hardly an out of town pleasant suburb is it?
I've never been to Darlington, but I'm going to chance my arm here and guess that once away from the town centre/ex industial bits it has some really nice areas.
Same as Bradford - bloody awful inner city area (I went for a job interview there once, got to the car park, looked round, phoned agent and cancelled), get outside of the sort of ring road area and there are some fantastic villages and some of the nicest scenery in the entire UK.
I'd agree with you on Bradford, I once had a very pleasant holiday just outside it and spent a lot of time exploring the local area. I've never been to Darlington, but I'm going to chance my arm here and guess that once away from the town centre/ex industial bits it has some really nice areas.
Same as Bradford - bloody awful inner city area (I went for a job interview there once, got to the car park, looked round, phoned agent and cancelled), get outside of the sort of ring road area and there are some fantastic villages and some of the nicest scenery in the entire UK.
I made my point badly I think. An opinion of a place is either down to experience, or in the case of PH so often, down to reputation.
Experience forms opinions in a far more personal way than reputation. I can base my opinion on lived experience, and whilst there are undoubtedly good bits to the place, my opinion has been formed by the bad experience. This is totally different to someone jumping on the internet and proclaiming somewhere is a hole simply due to reputation. There's a book called crap towns in the UK and several are local to me and are perfectly pleasant places for the most part and I doubt the author has ever visited half the towns he character assasinates.
Anyway, I'm waffling and I think we're on the same page, ie snobbery is bad.
Its Just Adz said:
Non story on a quiet news day i guess.Its been clear for years that a non-road legal method of transportation is not allowed to be used in a maccys (and all the other places) drive throughs.
RicksAlfas said:
'Tis true.
All gets tarred with the same brush though sadly.
Technically I live in Bradford. I was thinking the other day, actually whole reading the “ where to live in London thread”. I couldn’t walk for an hour or even more and find a bad area. In any direction. All gets tarred with the same brush though sadly.
Went for a run last night with some friends. Just lovely countryside and a plethora of other nice folk having a run or dog walking. And being really respectful and social distancing, as did we.
Mind you I could take you places that would terrify you.
Dog Star said:
Jonmx said:
I very much agree. As a Lettings Manager I have to point out to people that just because it's a posh street, it doesn't mean they won't have a drunken buffoon on a Saturday night singing or oiks roaming the streets. I have far better times going to the 'rough' areas, you get genuine conversation with people rather than Hugo coming from London looking for a pad to escape the city life.
That said, Darlington is a st hole. I got off a train there on my way to Catterick many moons ago and was pounced on by a group of feral youths looking for a scrap. My pink shirt and blazer whilst appropriate for the Mess was not appropriate for the town centre. They picked the wrong lad, but it engrained the place in my mind as a dump. I think experience of a place is more important than reputation. Swansea, as Dylan Thomas said, was an 'ugly lovely town' and I'm sure this is true of many places that are oft derided.
Well this doesn't change my point at all - you've just got off the train. It's hardly an out of town pleasant suburb is it?That said, Darlington is a s
t hole. I got off a train there on my way to Catterick many moons ago and was pounced on by a group of feral youths looking for a scrap. My pink shirt and blazer whilst appropriate for the Mess was not appropriate for the town centre. They picked the wrong lad, but it engrained the place in my mind as a dump. I think experience of a place is more important than reputation. Swansea, as Dylan Thomas said, was an 'ugly lovely town' and I'm sure this is true of many places that are oft derided.I've never been to Darlington, but I'm going to chance my arm here and guess that once away from the town centre/ex industial bits it has some really nice areas.
Same as Bradford - bloody awful inner city area (I went for a job interview there once, got to the car park, looked round, phoned agent and cancelled), get outside of the sort of ring road area and there are some fantastic villages and some of the nicest scenery in the entire UK.
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