Areas of unusual ugliness

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TRO Toddslayer Mar 2018 6:01pm, 5 Mar 2018 16,348 posts	0 TRO Toddslayer St Helens Hulme (Manchester)
Sigh Mar 2018 7:21pm, 5 Mar 2018 1,428 posts	0 Sigh Brownhills (Nr. Walsall - just to clarify) The only place I know of where even McDonald's closed and left town. (Although I haven't researched that any further!)
mushroom Mar 2018 7:22pm, 5 Mar 2018 975 posts	0 mushroom Just had a few days visiting Cornwall for the first time. Thoroughly enjoyed my trip, but wasn't exactly struck by the beauty of St Austell town centre - not in a rush to revisit there.. How many can claim to have been the subject of a commercial? Does anyone remember the Chewits advert 'Even tastier than Barrow in Furness bus depot? Though, in fairness, they have improved it in recent years (ie. knocked it down..)
Dvorak Mar 2018 7:30pm, 5 Mar 2018 15,620 posts	0 Dvorak There is a blog about Brownhills brownhillsbob.com I've not looked in for a while, but it is a good example of how somewhere which may be basically a bit crap is still home and a community and can have points of interest especially regarding social history. A bit like where I am in fact: hmm, I can get up a couple of pictures of outstanding ugliness without a trip to Cumbernauld. Tbc.
Sigh Mar 2018 8:09pm, 5 Mar 2018 1,429 posts	0 Sigh I know about Brownhills Bob, and I agree with the community comment. I was born a few miles away in Norton Canes (now famous for the M6 Toll services), my Mum still lives there; the whole area has recovered from the decline of coal mining and rebuilt itself, and the folks are the salt of the earth. But for all that, it's still a pretty ugly place!
Joopsy Mar 2018 11:28pm, 5 Mar 2018 8,429 posts	0 Joopsy Sigh, McDonalds also vacated Worksop Town centre. Whilst the town is surrounded by some beautiful forests the town centre is spectularly awful.
Sigh Mar 2018 6:43am, 6 Mar 2018 1,431 posts	0 Sigh Blimey, there's a flashback! I used to work in Retford ('95-'98) and would drive around Worksop each way - don't think I ever went into the town, but sounds like I didn't miss much.
Jono. Mar 2018 9:44am, 8 Mar 2018 5,889 posts	0 Jono. Doncaster / Rotherham
StuH Mar 2018 9:46am, 8 Mar 2018 2,157 posts	0 StuH Doncaster / Rotherham / Worksop
BanjoBax Mar 2018 10:12am, 8 Mar 2018 4,462 posts	0 BanjoBax Got my first banjo from Doncaster, wasn't the prettiest, but nearest place that sold good banjos at the time.