paulhanley Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Don't know whether I'd rather be a Scouser or a Manc. Not a great fan of either. Never worked in either other than a year in Manc City Centre but roughest area I've been to is Wythenshawe. Not for the faint-hearted! Collyhurst is pretty rough too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted February 18, 2020 Members Share Posted February 18, 2020 Played American Football in Toxteth (Merseyside Centurions). That was enough. Made Beirut look attractive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 18, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2020 Reminds me of a headline in Bolton Evening News back in the day. I was working as a leading fireman at Farnworth around the time they were demolishing parts of Little Hulton; Armitage Ave area. Car fires every few hours throughout the night where the kids stole a car, drive home then set fire to it. Two or three house fires in the houses they had emptied ready to knock down. Basically a busy station to be working at. Every morning a Bolton Evening News reporter would ring the station asking for a few column inches of what had happened. I gave her a list of all the fires from the previous night, after which she asked, off the record, what Little Hulton was really like. I glibly told her to think Beruit without the guns. That evening's front page headline - "LITTLE HULTON IS LIKE BEIRUT" SAYS FIRE CHIEF. I was sent on a Press Relations course a week later because I'd set relationships with the locals back about ten years. (I still think I got it right though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter White on Tyne Posted February 18, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2020 And the Lebanese no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 34 minutes ago, MickyD said: Reminds me of a headline in Bolton Evening News back in the day. I was working as a leading fireman at Farnworth around the time they were demolishing parts of Little Hulton; Armitage Ave area. Car fires every few hours throughout the night where the kids stole a car, drive home then set fire to it. Two or three house fires in the houses they had emptied ready to knock down. Basically a busy station to be working at. Every morning a Bolton Evening News reporter would ring the station asking for a few column inches of what had happened. I gave her a list of all the fires from the previous night, after which she asked, off the record, what Little Hulton was really like. I glibly told her to think Beruit without the guns. That evening's front page headline - "LITTLE HULTON IS LIKE BEIRUT" SAYS FIRE CHIEF. I was sent on a Press Relations course a week later because I'd set relationships with the locals back about ten years. (I still think I got it right though.) Risky move on her part, she'd have been getting nowt else from me next time she needed an easy word count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted February 18, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Anderson said: Risky move on her part, she'd have been getting nowt else from me next time she needed an easy word count. That's exactly what happened. All the Bolton fire stations refused to speak to BEN for a few months. As officers move on and people come in to replace them it all gets forgotten and becomes the norm again. Another time we refused to speak to their journalists was when they got a new Circulation Manager. Her job was to get circulation up. One payback for the number of stories we (and police & ambulance) enjoyed was the free delivery of three papers at each station. (Bolton, Crompton Way, Farnworth and Horwich) so a dozen papers six-days per week. Suddenly we got a bill for a few hundred pounds because this new woman saw that we'd never been billed. We pointed out to her that we'd had these free papers for ever and a day and that she was pretty much biting the hand that fed them. Eventually the editor phoned and asked why we were refusing to speak to his journalists. He was furious. We didn't pay the bill and I'm guessing they still get free papers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, MickyD said: That evening's front page headline - "LITTLE HULTON IS LIKE BEIRUT" SAYS FIRE CHIEF. I was sent on a Press Relations course a week later because Beirut Council had complained about the comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted February 18, 2020 Members Share Posted February 18, 2020 When our sprog was on the way I got told about mother care having a closing down sale in Manchester City centre. That was a stretch because it was Cheetham hill. Fuck me I’d rather go self catering in downtown Damascus than go back there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted February 18, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 18, 2020 I worked in Wavertree, I liked it. Old Swan, Tuebrook, areas that are meant to be rough were fine, no worse than Bolton. Then we played 5-a-side in Croxteth, jesus, stick your bags in the back of the net and the keeper's job was mainly to guard them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 4 hours ago, MickyD said: Reminds me of a headline in Bolton Evening News back in the day. I was working as a leading fireman at Farnworth around the time they were demolishing parts of Little Hulton; Armitage Ave area. Car fires every few hours throughout the night where the kids stole a car, drive home then set fire to it. Two or three house fires in the houses they had emptied ready to knock down. Basically a busy station to be working at. Every morning a Bolton Evening News reporter would ring the station asking for a few column inches of what had happened. I gave her a list of all the fires from the previous night, after which she asked, off the record, what Little Hulton was really like. I glibly told her to think Beruit without the guns. That evening's front page headline - "LITTLE HULTON IS LIKE BEIRUT" SAYS FIRE CHIEF. I was sent on a Press Relations course a week later because I'd set relationships with the locals back about ten years. (I still think I got it right though.) It was a lovely Little little Village when I lived there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 45 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: It was a lovely Little little Village when I lived there. Beirut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Uncle Tom's in L/H was a great nightclub in 71, had some great Northern Soul acts on back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 50 minutes ago, leigh white said: Uncle Tom's in L/H was a great nightclub in 71, had some great Northern Soul acts on back in the day. I have read a good few stories about the acts that played at Uncle Toms, some world renowned household names played there, the bloke who owned it had a couple of clubs around Manchester think one was called Browns, he quickly realised a cabaret club in LH was a bad business Idea and bailed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mounts Kipper Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Traf said: Beirut? Funnily enough as a kid that is exactly what us villagers named Highfield/Newbury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Just now, Mounts Kipper said: I have read a good few stories about the acts that played at Uncle Toms, some world renowned household names played there, the bloke who owned it had a couple of clubs around Manchester think one was called Browns, he quickly realised a cabaret club in LH was a bad business Idea and bailed out. Look at the Golden Garter in Wythenshawe and Talk of the North in downtown Patricroft, they lasted for ages in rundown places, but the big act's kept the punter's coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 42 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: Funnily enough as a kid that is exactly what us villagers named Highfield/Newbury. NB definitely. Still as bad if not worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 That crossing over the M 61 must have seen some action over the years on Cleggs Lane between L/H and N/B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 The one on Anchor Lane between Highfield & LH saw plenty of action, especially on long bright summer evenings. Running battles most nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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