Quote Originally Posted by Mason89 View Post
At least these places offer up sea views. The ex mining towns along the M8 or East Ayrshire are the grimmest places in Scotland

That said, my idea of Hell on earth would be living in Luss
I did time canvassing and leafleting in Jim Sillars?s South Ayrshire constituency in the 1979 election. Patna, Ochiltree, Dalmellington - holy ****, it was appalling. Like a throwback to the 1930s. Added to that was the local NUM?s openly-violent attitude to anyone who wasn?t on the side of my fellow Keith Grammar School alumnus George Foulkes, the Labour candidate, eventual winner of the seat, and 100% crunt. Had these boys sent a couple of shift rosters of pitmen down to Orgreave, I think the coppers (and the un-numbered uniform-wearing military bastereds) would have had a few more bruises.