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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 7:31:07 GMT
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Post by pearo on Sept 3, 2015 7:43:44 GMT
When I was young and naive I decided that I would go and experience the Vale Park atmosphere. When I arrived in Burslem I asked someone where the ground was, " Follow the crowd" the guy said, I finished up in a chip shop !!
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 3, 2015 7:48:20 GMT
Some good pubs in Boslem. And some excellent curry houses. Perhaps it should re market itsel;f as the place for older people to go for a night out.
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Post by Northy on Sept 3, 2015 7:48:36 GMT
That ITV and staffs report are 6 months old, anybody been to the new Italalian restaurant, or has it shut down already. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 7:59:30 GMT
They are 6 months old but is still relevant and highlighted on the BBC Breakfast show this morning .
Nothing much has changed , but does it ever ?
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Post by stokeharry on Sept 3, 2015 9:59:37 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more.
Fuck em
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Sept 3, 2015 10:48:17 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em This exactly, there's always something weird in the air the second you step north of Hanley. I really don't like it. I'd be up for evacuating all Stoke fans from the area then bombing both towns. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 10:49:04 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em You haven't been 'culturally enriched ' then ?  |
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Post by stokeharry on Sept 3, 2015 11:41:17 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em You haven't been 'culturally enriched ' then ? Unfortunately I have . I try and keep my "cultural enrichment" to a minimum though  |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Sept 3, 2015 12:38:44 GMT
Hanley third and Stoke eighth.
Still as long as they can build giant glass gourds down South eh......
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Post by derrida1437 on Sept 3, 2015 12:49:49 GMT
The minute you step outside of the city you realise how utterly crap all of Stoke-On-Trent.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Sept 3, 2015 13:46:39 GMT
The minute you step outside of the city you realise how utterly crap all of Stoke-On-Trent. I love it though. |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Sept 3, 2015 13:55:58 GMT
The minute you step outside of the city you realise how utterly crap all of Stoke-On-Trent. The minute you step outside the City you're in the hills and the Moorlands and you realise what a beautiful neck of the woods we're in. |
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Post by stokeharry on Sept 3, 2015 13:55:48 GMT
The minute you step outside of the city you realise how utterly crap all of Stoke-On-Trent. I love it though. I love what it was and although I'm proud of my city's heritage and working class pottery / industrial background I can't say there is much to be proud of these days but the same can be said for the country in general . |
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Post by stokeharry on Sept 3, 2015 13:57:47 GMT
The minute you step outside of the city you realise how utterly crap all of Stoke-On-Trent. The minute you step outside the City you're in the hills and the Moorlands and you realise what a beautiful neck of the woods we're in. Very true. Manifold Valley , Dovedale , Edale etc are on our door step pretty much and are wonderful any time of the year . Beats walking round park hall n West Port lake any road |
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Post by chigstoke on Sept 3, 2015 14:42:19 GMT
The minute you step outside the City you're in the hills and the Moorlands and you realise what a beautiful neck of the woods we're in. Very true. Manifold Valley , Dovedale , Edale etc are on our door step pretty much and are wonderful any time of the year . Beats walking round park hall n West Port lake any road The nicer places certainly surround the area. Listed some good ones already. Tittesworth isnt bad (well, last time I went anyway). I don't mind a walk around Stone or Leek, even if they are full to the brim with Charity Shops |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 14:51:49 GMT
Very true. Manifold Valley , Dovedale , Edale etc are on our door step pretty much and are wonderful any time of the year . Beats walking round park hall n West Port lake any road The nicer places certainly surround the area. Listed some good ones already. Tittesworth isnt bad (well, last time I went anyway). I don't mind a walk around Stone or Leek, even if they are full to the brim with Charity Shops  Mum.....Its go so bad in Burslem that even the Charity shops have closed down and moved out . The only one still left open is the one up Hamil Rd and even they have to borrow buckets to pass around at half time so that the fans can show their appreciation ...   |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Sept 3, 2015 19:24:06 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em You haven't been up 'Anley duck, for a while then. It's like being in Warsaw. I walked from the shopping centre to Tesco last week and didn't hear ONE English accent. In the middle of the day too. |
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Post by stokeharry on Sept 3, 2015 20:10:32 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em You haven't been up 'Anley duck, for a while then. It's like being in Warsaw. I walked from the shopping centre to Tesco last week and didn't hear ONE English accent. In the middle of the day too. I know mate . Looks like down town islamabad too . |
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Post by jukeboxjury on Sept 3, 2015 20:16:21 GMT
 Port Vale telephone transfer hotline |
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Sept 3, 2015 21:30:16 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em This exactly, there's always something weird in the air the second you step north of Hanley. I really don't like it. I'd be up for evacuating all Stoke fans from the area then bombing both towns. I agree, it's like you've been drugged and woken up in a strange, damp and dingy dystopia, where nothing feels or seems real, you see people, but they don't appear human, they seem to be holograms with animated faces, you feel as if everyone is staring at you yet at the same time you feel like the only person there. It's a bizarre feeling, but as you creep up towards Smallthorne then down towards Hanley it starts to feel normal again, like Burslem was a trip through Willy Wonka's nightmare tunnel. |
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Post by samba :) on Sept 3, 2015 23:22:13 GMT
You haven't been up 'Anley duck, for a while then. It's like being in Warsaw. I walked from the shopping centre to Tesco last week and didn't hear ONE English accent. In the middle of the day too. ever visited normacot? |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 4, 2015 0:41:04 GMT
If only we had one city centre we could focus on.......
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 1:46:49 GMT
Burslem and Tunstall are like foreign / different towns / city's to me anyway. Once I go North of Hanley it doesn't feel like SOT to me any more. Fuck em Sad to say it mate, but the whole UK feels like that to me, on the few times I visit the UK and stay in a hotel it is virtually impossible to find English speaking staff, especially in London ,very sad to see the demise of our once great nation, but it's the same all over the world, even the extreme right wing Aussies have the same problems. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 4, 2015 2:30:22 GMT
Australia was built by immigrants. No complaints. When the original inhabitants were disregarded as flora and fauna it's misguided to be disgruntled over a different accent. I'm not Australian but I don't regard it as a 'problem'.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 3:14:21 GMT
Australia was built by immigrants. No complaints. When the original inhabitants were disregarded as flora and fauna it's misguided to be disgruntled over a different accent. I'm not Australian but I don't regard it as a 'problem'. Good point well made as always Joe, and can only base my thoughts on what a lot of my Aussie friends say regarding immigration in Australia, recent events at that coffee shop stirred a lot of ill feelings, but as I say, these are just opinions based on what others have told me. |
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Post by NassauDave on Sept 4, 2015 11:32:48 GMT
That ITV and staffs report are 6 months old, anybody been to the new Italalian restaurant, or has it shut down already. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 12:12:14 GMT
I think that one day 50 - 100 years from now , the planners at the council may decide to consult with the locals in Burslem and decide to bulldoze it and build a new Mosque or something more appropriate for the area . As it currently stands it resembles a down trodden dilapidated Victorian film set , the likes of which are about as aesthetically pleasing as nude pictures of Anne Widdecombe cavorting naked across Southport beach . It looked much the same about 35 years ago and I remember people discussing the issues back then . Obviously since then the area has benefitted from the well advertised and promoted cultural diversity but in what manner that is I am not sure .
Tunstall is no better , in fact it's a mirror image but the local government and its leaders seem oblivious to the shithole that it has become . At the risk of offending some on here , I think the same could be said for the local inhabitants , but in their defence it is not something that they have had any control over .
You don't have to look far outside the city limits to appreciate what can be achieved , but it all comes down to the will of the people to change things .
Summarising .....Here's to the next 100 years of abject apathy and dereliction .
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Post by pearo on Sept 4, 2015 12:28:07 GMT
I think that one day 50 - 100 years from now , the planners at the council may decide to consult with the locals in Burslem and decide to bulldoze it and build a new Mosque or something more appropriate for the area . As it currently stands it resembles a down trodden dilapidated Victorian film set , the likes of which are about as aesthetically pleasing as nude pictures of Anne Widdecombe cavorting naked across Southport beach . It looked much the same about 35 years ago and I remember people discussing the issues back then . Obviously since then the area has benefitted from the well advertised and promoted cultural diversity but in what manner that is I am not sure . Tunstall is no better , in fact it's a mirror image but the local government and its leaders seem oblivious to the shithole that it has become . At the risk of offending some on here , I think the same could be said for the local inhabitants , but in their defence it is not something that they have had any control over . You don't have to look far outside the city limits to appreciate what can be achieved , but it all comes down to the will of the people to change things . Summarising .....Here's to the next 100 years of abject apathy and dereliction . Why would Southport beach ruin the beauty of Anne Widdecombe's nudity? I've not been there for a few years. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2015 12:38:06 GMT
Because there is an abundance of large sand dunes that may obscure the view of her floppy knockers .
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