Worst Places to Live + derelict buildings + other fascinating urban architecture + brutalism

[Lucille]

I can't believe they're planning to knock down the shopping centre SURELY it should be AT LEAST Grade II listed

This is actually what ALL OF CHISINAU looks like!

 

[Lucille]

I'm going to look it up on Google Streetview immediately

Omg the street view is SO MUCH WORSE!

 

[ButterTart]

Come see the BIGGEST tourist attraction in Sheffield, the PARK HILL FLATS

Is that 'Will u marry me' graffiti still on there?

 

[Zu]

Omg the street view is SO MUCH WORSE!

Isn’t it just! And someone has STOLEN the embossed signage*!

*On the front at least

God it looks absolutely DISGUSTING

 

[Shirley]

I'm particularly taken with the RIGHT-HAND end of the TODD STREET FACADE with the bricked up BAR door and very odd TILE effect

 

[Kate]

But what COB says is "wasteland" I'm seeing a HUGE BEER GARDEN Do you think Joanna would take £2.50 for it?

 

[ButterTart]

Greater Manchester is AWASH with architectural tragedies, especially the pubs.

The Lying Slut in Farnworth (Britain's roughest pub, although my mate used to drink in there years ago and isn't currently dead so I think that's just a publicity tactic).

 

[floppet]

I've been offered an interview in Hemel Hempstead which I said I wasn't sure about because it's a bit out of the way from London although the school looks nice. The recruiter insists that the town itself is very nice and well connected but I'm not sure I trust her.

Which school is it in Hemel? You can PM me if you want.

Some places in Hemel are quite posh, others not so much. I wouldn't fancy commuting from London though.

 

[Soldi]

@ButterTart Now with ADDED LIGHTS

 

[AGinAg (37)]

It's the variety of exposed building materials in Joanna's that pleases me. Is that tree bark or crisp packets you used for the far wall?

 

[ButterTart]

And of course, the beautiful town centre winery that saw new life when it was sponsored by a local taxi firm.

 

[Soldi]

@Lucille WHY we’re you in CHISINAU? Did you take part in Moldova’s national final or something?

 

[Shirley]

Which school is it in Hemel? You can PM me if you want.

Some places in Hemel are quite posh, others not so much. I wouldn't fancy commuting from London though.

I was casting ASPERSIONS on Hemel rather I'm afraid as I don't know it that well, I was just remembering the TALES that my friend RICHARD who used to run a SOFT FURNISHING STORE in the town centre used to TELL ME

 

[ButterTart]

Greater Manchester is AWASH with architectural tragedies, especially the pubs.

The Lying Slut in Farnworth (Britain's roughest pub, although my mate used to drink in there years ago and isn't currently dead so I think that's just a publicity tactic).

@Floppet is this closed now? It's quite local to you is it not?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

And of course, the beautiful town centre winery that saw new life when it was sponsored by a local taxi firm.

Is that real? Like is it really a pub sponsored by a taxi firm?

 

[ButterTart]

Is that real? Like is it really a pub sponsored by a taxi firm?

Yep! No idea if it's still there because I don't go to Bolton itself very often anymore and that street is a bit of a shit and the red light area is literally next door.
It says 'a warm welcome' on the door but don't be fooled. That just means they'll set about you with a flamethrower as soon as you walk in.

 

[Kate]

It's the variety of exposed building materials in Joanna's that pleases me. Is that tree bark or crisp packets you used for the far wall?

ART

 

[AGinAg (37)]

ART

JAYWICK CHIC

 

[Lucille]

@Lucille WHY we’re you in CHISINAU? Did you take part in Moldova’s national final or something?

Oh I wish! My friend is from there and goes back there every summer, so I decided to visit.

It really is quite

I was meant to be attending the wedding of her sister there this summer but it looks like it's being called off

There are actually some LOVELY vineyards in the countryside, and a lot of VERY OVER SPECCED fancy nightclubs in the city centre, all of which are complete fronts for BARELY CONCEALED MONEY LAUNDERING.

 

[ButterTart]

@ButterTart Now with ADDED LIGHTS

That actually looks quite nice, to be fair. I'm thinking I may actually have seen it lit up the last time I was in Sheffield.

 

[Zu]

OT: at @ButterTart’s Kevin Squelch avatar

Back on topic with more glamorous high end shitpits please (although I think @COB is slaying the competition )

 

[COB]

Moopy to make Joanna (possibly dead) an offer and turn that crumbling shack into the Katie's Bar SLAYER it's destined to be.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I'm not sure there's a nicer spot in

 

[floppet]

@ButterTart I spent many a happy evening drinking in the Shittle when I was younger but the Lancastrian (sadly long gone from Kenyon Way) and The Kenyon (Manchester Road West, now a nursing home) at Little Hulton were my proper locals and the Shittle wasn't a quarter as rough as they were in those days. It closed ages ago and I think Metro did too but not 100% certain because I only drive past once a month on a Saturday morning before opening hours. My friend runs The Griffin next to Olympus in town, that's still going.

 

[Generic Account]

Thanks @Kate, @Zu-Klara, @Floppet and anyone else.

My friend is in west so he's pushing for that so we can live together. I'll try to narrow it down from there. Ideally I'd like to avoid as much public transport as possible but that might be tricky.

 

[Kala]

Oh I wish! My friend is from there and goes back there every summer, so I decided to visit.

It really is quite

I was meant to be attending the wedding of her sister there this summer but it looks like it's being called off

There are actually some LOVELY vineyards in the countryside, and a lot of VERY OVER SPECCED fancy nightclubs in the city centre, all of which are complete fronts for BARELY CONCEALED MONEY LAUNDERING.

I was hoping to go to Chisinau this summer, but I guess next year will have to do. Moldovan wine is AMAZING. We had some when I was in Kyiv a few years ago. It was something like 1 Euro a bottle!

 

[ButterTart]

@ButterTartMy friend runs The Griffin next to Olympus in town, that's still going.

I don't think I've ever been in there. Considering I used to walk past in daily on my way to Morrisons...

 

[ButterTart]

Radcliffe is famous for two things:
1. My best mate is from there.
2. It's shit.
Mind you, they have a belter of an indoor market (not pictured).

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Radcliffe is famous for two things:
1. My best mate is from there
2. It's shit.
Mind you, they have a belter of an indoor market (not pictured)

Oh that's a REAL BEAUT.

 

[ButterTart]

Oh that's a REAL BEAUT.

That's the posh end. Four cafes, a Boots, and a weird little pub which is like an abstract painting of sadness round out the rest of the town.

 

[AlgoAlex]

Radcliffe is famous for two things:
1. My best mate is from there.
2. It's shit.
Mind you, they have a belter of an indoor market (not pictured).

I had a nose once mid afternoon on a Saturday but mot much was open. It looks like it had some potential which nobody has said about Radcliffe for the past 50 years i’m sure

 

[ButterTart]

I had a nose once mid afternoon on a Saturday but mot much was open. It looks like it had some potential which nobody has said about Radcliffe for the past 50 years i’m sure

They're supposed to be renovating which, from the mock-ups I've seen, basically means they're sticking an awning up. My mate will not hear a good word about it, and he lived there for 30 years.

 

[Soldi]

Radcliffe is famous for two things:
1. My best mate is from there.
2. It's shit.
Mind you, they have a belter of an indoor market (not pictured).

I fancy some of GREGS DISCOUNT FOOD

 

[AlgoAlex]

That's the posh end. Four cafes, a Boots, and a weird little pub which is like an abstract painting of sadness round out the rest of the town.

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They're supposed to be renovating which, from the mock-ups I've seen, basically means they're sticking an awning up. My mate will not hear a good word about it, and he lived there for 30 years.

Poor thing. Oh well at least there is a tram to get to better places.
So it’s got that over other horrors such as Leigh

 

[ButterTart]

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Poor thing. Oh well at least there is a tram to get to better places.
So it’s got that over other horrors such as Leigh

I quite like Leigh, although I'm well aware I shouldn't. The was a restaurant-cum-bar called the Waterside (I think) which I used to love, although it was ripe for a stabbing.

I imagine it's shut down now. Leigh might have been able to tolerate a restaurant, but they were nowhere near progressive enough to handle a cum bar.

 

[rocketstail]

Anyone for a big night out when we're allowed again?

Convenient for the local bingo hall, health centre, and oh yes - mere minutes from my flat

Can't believe good old HOTSPOT Joanna Dees is still there. It had been closed for years when I used to live within staggering distance 14 years ago.

 

[rocketstail]

This gem was always a favourite (could never tell if it was open or derelict).

 

[ButterTart]

This gem was always a favourite (could never tell if it was open or derelict).

That's almost magnificent in its shitness.

 

[Kate]

I googled Comet Bar to have a look on Streetview - DEAD but did find this one 20-odd miles west in Port Glasgow

 

[SDF]

Ellen's house

I heard it was like jail