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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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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