Westhoughton a ******-******** town in the armpit of the North West

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

Welcome to another ****-******** town in the armpit of the North West. I recommend you stay well away from Westhoughton when on a trip around the U.K, or if for any other reason. There are absolutely no interesting facts about this small, worthless town apart from it has a large teenage pregnancy percentage and a […]

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Skelmersdale: like a ripped bin bag dumped on a pristine bowling green

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

If you are ever travelling along the M58 motorway in Lancashire, take the time to stop off at Skelmersdale. Your suspicions will immediately be aroused by the view that presents itself – the incongruity of sprawling grey concrete amidst lush greenery. Leaving the motorway slip road, one of the first things you will notice is […]

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All this talk of Golborne in Wigan is making me feel ill…

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

You’ve read the articles on the towns in the Wigan area, Leigh, Lowton, Hindley, etc. Now it’s time to hear about the one, the only… Golborne. And yes, I live there. Where to start? Well, Golborne is a small town on the outskirts of Wigan (though for some ****** up reason has a Warrington poscode […]

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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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Wigan – where hell once froze over… and then it rained constantly

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

Wigan, to be blunt, has become a ****-******** sh*thole. Having spent 29 years (too long, I’m currently looking for a place elsewhere, but I digress…) in this dump of a town I can safely say that in the last five years or so things have gone downhill here at a terrifying speed. The town centre […]

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