gomgeg Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 You'll need a car, any silver untaxed untested uninsured Skoda will do. Thanks for the advice, but I don't want to stand out, we like to join in with the local culture when we're on holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I live in Wakefield and let me know that the dirtiest parts of this city are where the immigrants live. I should know I live on the edge of Agbrigg, and it's mainly the Roma/Slovak gypsies that make the mess. On one very short road of 20 terraced houses, most are occupied by them and the litter is shocking. I've also seen Page Hall/Burngreave which does seem worse than here, but there must be a link. Interestingly, in Nottingham they have a community of them and their areas are clean, but to be honest, I find cleanliness improves greatly south of Lowedges. I know local people drop litter too, but there does seem to a regional divide here. Tidy Britain Group on one of their publications show the league table for litter. The bottom three regions? In this order (from the worst); North West, Yorkshire, North East. Maybe littering is a Northern thing as well as an immigrant thing. Are your buses in Sheffield strewn with peoples rubbish? They are here. They're not in Chesterfield, Derby and Nottingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey finn Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I live in Wakefield and let me know that the dirtiest parts of this city are where the immigrants live. I should know I live on the edge of Agbrigg, and it's mainly the Roma/Slovak gypsies that make the mess. On one very short road of 20 terraced houses, most are occupied by them and the litter is shocking. I've also seen Page Hall/Burngreave which does seem worse than here, but there must be a link. Interestingly, in Nottingham they have a community of them and their areas are clean, but to be honest, I find cleanliness improves greatly south of Lowedges. I know local people drop litter too, but there does seem to a regional divide here. Tidy Britain Group on one of their publications show the league table for litter. The bottom three regions? In this order (from the worst); North West, Yorkshire, North East. Maybe littering is a Northern thing as well as an immigrant thing. Are your buses in Sheffield strewn with peoples rubbish? They are here. They're not in Chesterfield, Derby and Nottingham. There is, they live by a totally different set of moral standards compared to most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Looking at Google Maps, Page Hall looks quite clean. Where I live does too, and I tend to find most places that are normally a tip look clean on there. I wonder why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey finn Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Looking at Google Maps, Page Hall looks quite clean. Where I live does too, and I tend to find most places that are normally a tip look clean on there. I wonder why? I went through Page Hall today and you would need a skip just for the chewing gum outside the betting office, vile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I went through Page Hall today and you would need a skip just for the chewing gum outside the betting office, vile. I went to the doctors a couple of months ago, which is opposite Wakefield Jobcentre. The street is a tip generally and although it's in the city centre, the street cleaning regime doesn't see it as so. When I came out I saw the Google Maps car pass me and the street was in its usual state. Also, a look at the same road from when they photographed it last year shows a fair amount of litter. My point is that I presume Google Maps don't inform local councils of their photo schedules first, in case the council want to come out and clean it first. Seems odd then in that case that Page Hall looks clean on Google Maps, when we all know it's far from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggipower Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Eastwood at Rotherham is the same . same landlords as well . google lunik 9 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparko Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Eastwood at Rotherham is the same . same landlords as well . google lunik 9 . I don't know Rotherham that well, but am I right in assuming Eastwood has a Roma community? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piggipower Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 yes . massive issues with litter / fly tipping and all day / night parties etc...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prince al Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 What a dump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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