OT Negative Rotherham news

[clarkey1974]

Not this time but I know of people that have been caught by BBC Look North interviewers and their comments didn’t “ make the cut”

One of them was quite recently regarding Boris and his parties. The comment of it being exaggerated by the media and under the circumstances Boris is doing a decent job wasn’t used.

A bit like phoning Praise or Grumble and telling them you’re a Rotherham fan

Deano the ex mod on here for one after the morecombe away game when we lost 5-0….they cut off the full interview and left the bit that actually became incendiary…

[ragingpup]

Not this time but I know of people that have been caught by BBC Look North interviewers and their comments didn’t “ make the cut”

One of them was quite recently regarding Boris and his parties. The comment of it being exaggerated by the media and under the circumstances Boris is doing a decent job wasn’t used.

A bit like phoning Praise or Grumble and telling them you’re a Rotherham fan

Yet a couple of days ago on Politics Live they were vox popping folks in Wakefield and had folks on there saying Boris was doing a good job etc. How could that have happened?!

[animallittle3]

Just go in to Barnsley and see what their council has done to the town centre these last couple of yearsThe town planners in Rotherham are getting paid really good money for doing sod all.Barnsley are light years ahead of us but similar in size and population.They have had a plan and got on with it and a centre that is very smart and vibrant now.Rotherham has a council that is a disgrace and the towns folk deserve a lot lot better.I can't think of another similar sized town with a worse town centre.

They've made a cracking job of the town centre , absolutely fantastic what they've done .

A real sense of pride when you walk in town these days .

I initially thought it was a huge gamble , what with Meadowhall , Leeds and internet shopping but it's paid off with the Town centre vibrant and busy .

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

They've made a cracking job of the town centre , absolutely fantastic what they've done .

A real sense of pride when you walk in town these days .

I initially thought it was a huge gamble , what with Meadowhall , Leeds and internet shopping but it's paid off with the Town centre vibrant and busy .

I live equidistant between Barnsley and Rotherham, I go to Barnsley centre reasonably regularly, Rotherham centre hardly ever.

Both towns have Labour councils, so what’s going wrong in Rotherham?

Not prepared to gamble?

[animallittle3]

I live equidistant between Barnsley and Rotherham, I go to Barnsley centre reasonably regularly, Rotherham centre hardly ever.

Both towns have Labour councils, so what’s going wrong in Rotherham?

Not prepared to gamble?

I know the council received investment from a body called Leeds City Region Growth Deal as well as putting in £47m themselves .

I don't know Grist and it's sad to see places like Wakefield and Huddersfield city and town centres on their ass too .

[MillerBill]

I went to town on Tuesday, street market day and was a little shocked what I saw there ! huge queues outside Ramsdens was the first sight I saw 80% of these were Eastern Europeans ? didn’t understand what was happening ,then seemed to move from there to cash shop, because somebody said they had run out of money ? There were also huge queues outside Pawn Brokers on corner, again mainly Roma, on top of that town was full of beggars and gangs of young adults looking for opportunities ? working the streets, using mobiles to inform each other, it really was horrible with lots and lots of very poor people on Effingham St !! No sign of any police or council officials to keep order, it was like a lawless society ? Dodge (y) City springs to mind !

The council invited all this lot to our town,provided accommodation and now it's their town.Nobody wants to come in the town centre.I feel sorry for the genuine shopkeepers who stayed as long as possible,it's dead and gone now.

[avondalemiller]

Modern day poverty.......Aaron says he finds food in the bins, but this money will help him to get his phone back from the Pawn shop........................here lies the problem. Maybe teach them how to budget, after all we are a welfare state.

At least the tills will be up in the Plough, County and Angel..............

[rileyev.the.third]

When was the last time you went to town riley. The pavements are filthy, openly drug dealing on Nottingham street. Romas in gangs of six just hanging about. It’s a dump mate.Yes I know there is hard working people struggling so why do Rotherham council bend over backwards for the low life in Rotherham.

I know mate, it's a rough rough place. Probably about 2 years since I was last in the town centre and it was awful then, I suppose its even worse now. Its not dye in the wool Rotherham folk that's caused this though is it? The town now is more like a holding pen for every wrong un from Eastern Europe/Asia/Africa etc etc, blame Blair for that, he sold this country down the river!!!

I've lived in Barnsley for 5 years now and I echo what people have said about the regeneration of the town centre, its lovely. However don't be fooled, there's plenty of low lifes frequent the place!!! I've never known a place with so many legless beggars, no doubt caused by years of injecting crap into their veins, their certainly not veterans of conflict, that's for sure.

I'm gutted with what's happened to my home town but I'll always love it, it will always be home in my heart!!!

[great_fire]

I live equidistant between Barnsley and Rotherham, I go to Barnsley centre reasonably regularly, Rotherham centre hardly ever.

Both towns have Labour councils, so what’s going wrong in Rotherham?

Not prepared to gamble?

Barnsley are only correcting the mistake they made in the 60s or 70s when they knocked down all the nice old buildings and put up a load of horrible concrete brutalist monstrosities.

Rotherham Council have improved the High Street and they're finally doing something about Westgate. But apart from the football there's no real reason to go into he town centre.

[great_fire]

I know mate, it's a rough rough place. Probably about 2 years since I was last in the town centre and it was awful then, I suppose its even worse now. Its not dye in the wool Rotherham folk that's caused this though is it? The town now is more like a holding pen for every wrong un from Eastern Europe/Asia/Africa etc etc, blame Blair for that, he sold this country down the river!!!

I've lived in Barnsley for 5 years now and I echo what people have said about the regeneration of the town centre, its lovely. However don't be fooled, there's plenty of low lifes frequent the place!!! I've never known a place with so many legless beggars, no doubt caused by years of injecting crap into their veins, their certainly not veterans of conflict, that's for sure.

I'm gutted with what's happened to my home town but I'll always love it, it will always be home in my heart!!!

Not just Blair but it's the cheap housing, you don't have the same problems in areas with expensive housing.