Bedale is the red and grey brick cyst on the face of the otherwise picturesque Yorkshire dales

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

I must regretfully inform you reader that I have recently returned back to my home town of Bedale, which has recently been placed highly on a poll which lists several of the best market towns in the UK, somehow placed ahead of Mashamand Leyburn. And due to my connections with the town, and evidently by […]

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Mixed bag for Darlington (Darlo)

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

Darlington is truly a mixed bag. It consists of the best and the worst, and by the worst, I mean you’ll feel like you’re in Mogadishu or Baghdad. Unlike other nearby towns, such as Middlesbrough, Hartlepool or Stockton which are all universally **** throughout, Darlington consists of several okay areas in which you’ll find old […]

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If, in Darlington, you’re black, there’s no going back

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

Darlington. I don’t know where to start – the cheeky little ***** on their BMX’s or the constant abuse non-straight-haired people receive on a day to day basis. Darlington isn’t a hell-hole, or bad, it’s just Darlington. Since moving from the South when I was a baby, growing up in Darlington was fairly normal, as […]

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