PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Talking to my copper nephew in Nottingham yesterday and asked him which was the roughest area of Nottingham. Without hesitation he said ////////////////? I was half expecting him to say the area where I used to live, but he said "no, that's not bad". The area in question had a reputation even when I was a lad in the 40's and 50's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I've been told on many occasions that this place is bad and that place is bad but when I've got there it's been fine. I'm talking all over the world here not just Nottingham. Take as you find I think. If you want rough try Swansea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Think his opinion was based on crime rates and problems. But yes, there are rough places to be found everywhere. Some of the areas I visited around the country as a young tech rep put the worst of Nottingham in the shade. Gorbals area in Glasgow, parts of Leeds, Liverpool and Dublin - oower!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hmm, I worked a couple of times in Belfast after the troubles and there were still green goddesses flying about. Not very good for a coward like me, definitely the best laxative known to man. I always found Glasgow fine, I had a helluva time there on more than one occasion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Rough because of Violence & Crime, or Rough because of low standards of living. Being brought up and Schooled in the Meadows in the 1960s, I would have considered this a Rough area, because we were personally very poor. I am sure it happened but I don't ever remember any crime occurring? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Poorest and most run down place I have ever been to is Barrow in Furness. Thought we had better get out of the place quick but first nipped into the local Co-op for cans of Guinness. They didn't even bother emptying produce out of the boxes to stack on the shelves. They just opened the box and shoved it on the shelf without emptying it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,157 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Growing up on the 'Old Bestwood Est' none of us had much,and i don't recall any crime,in fact i loved it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Everywhere has it's problems and nowhere is exempt from crime, except ASPLEY, that is the No 1 shithole !!! 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,157 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 From my days as a 'Store Detective' in Nottingham catfan,Aspley was high on the list.lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 The cab of my wagon got attacked three times there in broad daylight. I can never forgive the Luftwaffe for missing the place. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 #5 Yes, the Medders always seemed to have a bad reputation when I was a kid. When I first went to Mundella, a mate from Wollaton said he felt scared coming to school in the area. Living there twenty years I never found a problem, hardly ever saw a policeman, there was no need. After the redevelopment it had a bad reputation for crime and guns in the nineties. These days it seems to have calmed. I still go through there often and feel safe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Am I missing something here ? Or is everybody else also commenting on a place we don't know? Why is it a secret? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Presumably PeverilPeril doesn't want to upset that area's residents. Don't see why it should be an issue though. Presumably the ???? area will be commented on by default. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Everywhere has it's problems and nowhere is exempt from crime, except ASPLEY, that is the No 1 shithole !!! I always though 'Aspleh' was the posh part of Broxtowe? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 You are having a laff Mick. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Of course, I'm not talking of nowadays - but my parents (and grandmother) used to reckon old Narrow Marsh was the roughest of the lot. They would also say that St Anns Well Road was famous for its Saturday night fights around chucking out time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I think all housing estates whether Council or Privately owned will have elements of being rough. In my experience there will be certain families who live on these estates that will cause havoc, misery and distress to the area in which they live. This problem has always been around and always will be. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I lived in St St Anns in the 60s, yes the occasional pub fight but I never heard of a mugging, burglary or any sort of vandalism. Happy days. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I grew up in St Ann's during the late 40`s and the 50`s and never encountered any problems other than the street raids with them from Bullivant St, it was the Medders we were always wary of! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankWheldon79 2 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 No idea about the 40s and 50s as I was a 60s child. But ever since I can remember the Bulwell area was always in the top 3. Strelley etc Then there was always St Anns. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I was actually working in Belfast when the troubles started. The only problem I had was from British soldiers who stopped my car, dragged me out, slammed me over the bonnet and gave me a very 'hard' search. Fortunately an officer appeared and reading the situation correctly, ordered them off. He then gave me a very stern wtf? type dressing down.They then escorted me to the ferry port with 2 armoured vehicles and left me there wandering what the hell was happening. The port gateman would not let me in until 1 hour before departure and it was another 7 hours before the next ferry left. I was badly shaken so drove back into central Belfast thinking 'to hell with it', parked outside the biggest hotel, went in and got pi..ed. Returned to the ferry port and was let in. Went straight up the steps to the port bar to put the finishing touches to my inibriated state. The telly was on and Willie Whitelaw was shown explaining the IRA problem but it had NOT been shown in England!!. And so I discovered that we, the 'free press' Brits, were carrying out TV censuring. Suddenly everything went quite in the bar, just like a Western saloon film and 2 armed squaddies walked in, stood there for a while looking around then left. Sound returned, but during the couple of minute of silence we could hear explosions from outside. A guy in the bar explained to me that it was the army blowing up suspect parcels gathered that day. I just didn't know anything about the troubles or I would not have been there...sorry I digressed... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Reading through this thread it seems to me that we have missed a deeper issue. Growing up in Netherfield I remember there were some hard guys there that you didn't mess with. There were always various parts of town that were thought of as "tough." If you didn't go looking for trouble though you probably wouldn't find any. Today there is a significant change in many. To Use a Georgia expression, "they are as mean as a snake." They would kick your eyes out for a laugh. There are far more of them in all our cities. The question then becomes not, which areas are the roughest? But why the change? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robbie 39 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I can't speak for all the areas in and around Nottingham because l just don't know but there were families, could still be, that you wouldn't want to cross living in such areas of Bestwood, Bulwell, Broxtowe, Bingham and Newark from the 60's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Going back many years Narrow Marsh before it became Cliff Road And before that the area where the Victoria Station was built Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,157 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Back in them days 'bubblewrap' you had to be hard to survive, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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