Rotherham than me…

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

Having lived and worked in many places around England including Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Preston (Depreston!), Leigh, Bootle & Great Yarmouth, all of which have their problems, I have to say that you have no idea just how piss poor a town can be. I was born and bred in Rotherham. I spent the first 25 years […]

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Crime Statistics for Batemoor, North East Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, 2024

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Dinnington – **** end of the Universe

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

Dinnington is an absolute sh*thole, very much reminiscent of the bottom of a municipal bin that’s growing maggots and stinks of.. well we don’t don’t what it is, but every now and then you get a whiff. More than likely the decaying stench of broken prams, mattresses and mouldy decaying sofas, that readily line the […]

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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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