Leigh, can you say “hor reet” without laughing?

Is Leigh a nice place to live or is Leigh rough?

They are known as Scroats in Lancashire, and god is Leigh overrun with them!  One can strip paint with the accents of the local Leigh *****. Anyone not able to say “hor reet ****” without laughing is branded a cockney, and beaten up. These beating are not too bad as the ***** are normally too […]

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Southend-on-sea: Face to face with the missing link

Is Southend-on-sea a nice place to live or is Southend-on-sea rough?

I spent four years of my life forced to live in the hellhole that is Southend and I loathed every hour of it. This pit has no redeeming qualities at all. Central to the town is the Victoria Circus shopping centre, half of its shops are closed down and the other half sell discount sportswear, […]

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