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[Chicken McNuggets]

Not that I want to tar anyone from southern England with the same brush (there is in fact far worse poverty in the south that would make your eyes bleed) but it's clear that there are still some absolutely ridiculous attitudes to the north of England as a whole, as evidenced by some dumb **** on The Apprentice this week who while miserably failing to sell a new product to a petshop in Liverpool said "You have to remember this is a northern petshop. People here don't earn such high wages".

I would have been incredulous had it not been so laughable. All she was trying to sell was a dog lead !! You'd think she was comparing wages in London to wages in Lahore, not Liverpool.

Anyway, back on topic eh....

That reminds me of the page on the website for Channel 4's 'Location, Location, Location' programme which was attempting to justify why they deemed Middlesbrough to be the 'worst town in Britain' in their programme on that theme in 2007. One of their oddly small number of separate statistics they cited was that a greater percentage of people in Middlesbrough used the bus rather than the car, than anywhere else (or something like that). And that's the kind of thing which supposedly makes Middlesbrough the "worst town in Britain", in their eyes! Never mind the 'Marton Road crawl' or that bus travel may just be quite a convenient way of getting around (remember the high student population relative to the overall population there). I remember thinking, if Middlesbrough's as bad as Britain gets, then we obviously don't have as much to worry about in this country as we think... and that it's no wonder they get such erratically changing tables year-to-year (Hull in 1st in '06 I think; 10th the next!) if you're depending on that, other, apparently out of date statistics, and even showing images of the ugliest part of neighbouring Redcar and Cleveland rather than Middlesbrough, to justify their choices...

**Gets off Middlesbrough-bedecked soapbox** Sorry about that, I know it's still a tad OT...

[potmotr]

Details here...
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Rob_Smedley

[ensign14]

I have to say, Middlesbrough was the most depressing place I have ever visited. It is clear that whatever government spends goes to the north-east it gets hoovered up by Newcastle. When the locals PROUDLY tell you they filmed the prison planet scenes from Alien on the beach up the coast...

[Imperial]

I have to say, Middlesbrough was the most depressing place I have ever visited. It is clear that whatever government spends goes to the north-east it gets hoovered up by Newcastle. When the locals PROUDLY tell you they filmed the prison planet scenes from Alien on the beach up the coast...

That was at the edge of Dalton-Le-Dale, next to Seaham, an easy 20 miles away from 'Boro. Some loser was actually claiming that as being filmed there?

Edited by Imperial, 09 May 2009 - 12:41.

[Lifew12]

That was at the edge of Dalton-Le-Dale, next to Seaham, an easy 20 miles away from 'Boro. Some loser was actually claiming that as being filmed there?

Actually, they also used the interior of the now demolished Blyth Power Station. Bet Rob Smedley didn't know that.

[Blythy]

I have to say, Middlesbrough was the most depressing place I have ever visited. It is clear that whatever government spends goes to the north-east it gets hoovered up by Newcastle. When the locals PROUDLY tell you they filmed the prison planet scenes from Alien on the beach up the coast...

As a damn proud mackem, yes it ****ing does (and billy elliot would have been a sunderland supporter.)

and ridley scott is a sand dancer. So I'm not surprised.

[ensign14]

That was at the edge of Dalton-Le-Dale, next to Seaham, an easy 20 miles away from 'Boro. Some loser was actually claiming that as being filmed there?

Someone from Redcar, a place even McDonalds rejected that place as being too downmarket.

[Kop Alonso]

Durham City = paradise....

[Coral]

Blyth is one of the most depressing places I have ever had the "pleasure" to visit. Very dirty and rundown. There are some beautiful towns in the North-East though...Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham are two of my favourite places in the UK.

[Kop Alonso]

Blyth is one of the most depressing places I have ever had the "pleasure" to visit. Very dirty and rundown. There are some beautiful towns in the North-East though...Berwick-upon-Tweed and Hexham are two of my favourite places in the UK.

quite right Blyth is a complete crap hole ...

[Blythy]

people better be damn careful about their typing in this thread.

[wrighty]

lol great thread......on my way to and from work i get to see the Angel, Newcastle's ground, Penshaw monument and Durham cathedral (just).....twice a day......from countryside views to traditional towns to the vibrant Newcastle city centre....oh its grim oop north

@Ensign.....guess you've never been to Doncaster then it's like 'Boro but without the glamour lol

ever yours, from the (not at all) frozen North..........Wrighty

[ForeverF1]

lol great thread......on my way to and from work i get to see the Angel, Newcastle's ground, Penshaw monument and Durham cathedral (just).....twice a day......from countryside views to traditional towns to the vibrant Newcastle city centre....oh its grim oop north

@Ensign.....guess you've never been to Doncaster then it's like 'Boro but without the glamour lol

ever yours, from the (not at all) frozen North..........Wrighty

If you really want the pits, you have to try Rotherham.

[wrighty]

If you really want the pits, you have to try Rotherham.

haha passed through there once (karting night) and you're right i think, but the top of donny (carr hill area) ranks alongside that i think lol

[blackhand2010]

Never been to Stevenage!

It is a **** hole of epic proportions.
It looks like an architect who had a fetish for concrete went berserk.
Every building is like a temple to bad '60's/'70's architecture.
To get anywhere in the town, you have to use underpasses in which you expect Droog like gangs to be be lurking.
Unfortunately, the reality is more prosaic, and it is just filled chavs wearing too much man made fibre, and expressions which can only be described as slack-jawed.
And back to topic...

[Imperial]

lol great thread......on my way to and from work i get to see the Angel, Newcastle's ground, Penshaw monument and Durham cathedral (just).....twice a day......from countryside views to traditional towns to the vibrant Newcastle city centre....oh its grim oop north

@Ensign.....guess you've never been to Doncaster then it's like 'Boro but without the glamour lol

ever yours, from the (not at all) frozen North..........Wrighty

I can picture your journey exactly in my mind right now and the first thought that spings to mind is...surely there must be a quicker way for you to get on the A1 that doesn't involve passing NUFC and coming all the way down St James Boulevard, over Redheugh and then down past Teams?!

I love how this thread is hilariously off-topic by the way, yet probably involving no less motorsport talk than 90% of the rest of the bullsh!t threads that clog this place up

[Tony Matthews]

It is a **** hole of epic proportions.
It looks like an architect who had a fetish for concrete went berserk.
Every building is like a temple to bad '60's/'70's architecture.
To get anywhere in the town, you have to use underpasses in which you expect Droog like gangs to be be lurking.
Unfortunately, the reality is more prosaic, and it is just filled chavs wearing too much man made fibre, and expressions which can only be described as slack-jawed.
And back to topic...

It's got a TK-Maxx, what more can you want?

[wrighty]

I can picture your journey exactly in my mind right now and the first thought that spings to mind is...surely there must be a quicker way for you to get on the A1 that doesn't involve passing NUFC and coming all the way down St James Boulevard, over Redheugh and then down past Teams?!

I love how this thread is hilariously off-topic by the way, yet probably involving no less motorsport talk than 90% of the rest of the bullsh!t threads that clog this place up

i only said i can see it western bypass my friend....i didn't realise there was so many RC members from up here (yes, i know it's likely but you never see much about localities on here), maybe we should get together for a night of bare-knuckle boxing in the true RC style eh?

Edited by wrighty, 10 May 2009 - 08:38.

[Imperial]

i only said i can see it western bypass my friend....i didn't realise there was so many RC members from up here (yes, i know it's likely but you never see much about localities on here), maybe we should get together for a night of bare-knuckle boxing in the true RC style eh?

Funnily enough I've been watching Sky News this morning and on the ad-breaks they keep running an ad promoting the north-east of England. While it does all look very splendiferous on the advert I can't help but thinking that they're misleading potential visitors somewhat. Having said that of course I also clearly don't believe the tourism adverts that portray Ireland as a nation of simple fishermen and people in bars playing the fiddle, nor do I believe the "What are ya bloody waiting for?" Australian adverts where obviously everyone in Australia wakes up Monday to Friday and immediately run to the nearest beach with a surfboard, a mini-BBQ and a packet of snags.

[Blythy]

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