Dearne Valley (Valley of Death!)

Is Dearne Valley a nice place to live or is Dearne Valley rough?

Allegedly cast out of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham probably 200 years ago, I was told by a Minister, “non-conformists” were not allowed to take up residence any closer than 7 miles to any of these towns. Goldthorpe, equidistant from these three towns, therefore looks very much like a “non-conformist settlement”, and is probably why the […]

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Goldthorpe, Bolton-On-Dearne, Wath – the Brown-toothed underbelly of society

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

I’m not quite sure where to start here. You could start with the Brown-toothed underbelly of society that like to believe they’re from the close knit group of people ‘up goli’. You could also start with the Neanderthal inhabitants of Bolton, that love to loiter outside the particularly foul smelling Tesco Express, or go ‘t’ […]

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Barnsley, visit the place which inspired the film Deliverance

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

How to begin? Firstly I am born and raised in Barnsley, a large portion of my post isn’t aimed at a large majority of the population which impressively has a large work ethic and standards. Once a mighty industrial, agricultural and coal mining town, this has rapidly descended into a venomous weeping hole of utter […]

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Goldthorpe in Barnsley is easy to get into, but hard to get out of

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

If you want to discover what life was really like during neanderthal times then jump on a train and head to Goldthorpe, this south yorkshire ******** from the stone ages is so behind times even the Wright Brothers would be stunned. but lets take a look at this Libyan-Twinned town and discover the people and […]

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