Hastings

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:23 pm

Is there a more depressing place than this town?
I moved out of there thirteen years ago and only go back there on the rare occasion to visit family.
Every time I walk through the town centre the piss-head population has increased by about five. They cradle their can like it's their life and scrounge for spare change constantly.
The do-gooders out there will say it's not their fault they are in their position, but in the vast majority of cases it is entirely their own doing. Just amazes me how they never have money to try to help themselves out of the mess they find themselves in, yet they always have enough for alcohol, cigarettes or drugs.

AMK · Post by **AMK** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:43 pm

I liked Mr Moretons Amusements there

Such a generous man. However I do agree the town itself is horrible. Always police there breaking up trouble.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:50 pm

Oscar here, logging on under JG's account as I feel like a change. Robert, quite frankly I find your thinly veiled reference to machine X utterly vulgar, crass and unprofessional. Why not take a leaf out of George's book? He is quite the gentleman don't you know? Your posts recently though Robert have been fucking nauseating to say the least. I bid you good day.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:54 pm

Oscar...can you NOT use my account please. Yes Hastings. I visited twice. Once there was a festival there and so lots and lots of drunks. Unreal, like every hoodlum in Sussex had descended on there. The other time it was cold. Tunnels. Subways. The front just goes on for ever. When it comes to scrawny tattooed blokes asking for heroin money, Coventry wins hands down so there.

Roll_With_It_Russ · Post by **Roll_With_It_Russ** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:56 pm

far worse places, visited areas I knew 10 years other day...

Drunks in the street, beggers in the mall, foreigners filling the library chairs asleep(you couldn't make it up they had suitcases all packed up and set up camp in there), romainian street gangs running some gambling game with drinking and shouting.

I can't understand how the local residents where going about like it was perfectly normal, why the local authority did not have more presense with the mind to move these sorts on I don't know.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:33 pm

rougley , between stoke n litcfield ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you know your in a shithole town when you find a pub with every single window boarded up ,,,,,,,, but its still open for business

FruityPro · Post by **FruityPro** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:10 pm

trayhop123 wrote:you know your in a shithole town when you find a pub with every single window boarded up ,,,,,,,, but its still open for business

At least if you get shit from the locals you won't be asked to "Pick a window"!

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:38 pm

Sinfin in Derby is among the worst places I've ever been slotting, on a par with Southall, a place I still have nightmares about.

Used to play a lot round some of the rougher parts of Liverpool, and some of the pubs.... well, I needed to be both pissed and high before I went in them. But fortunately I usually was. I remember in Birkenhead one night yeeears ago me and my mate split up to do 2 pubs, we did paper, scissor, stone to see who went where and I lost, so I got to do the rougher looking pub. Went in, house double vodka with a splash of lemonade, spent 5 mins befriending the pub great dane, quick £60 raise, no heat at all, another 2 mins throwing buster's toy bone around and off out the door.

Meanwhile my mate is getting threatened with a brick for making £6.

Plumy2k · Post by **Plumy2k** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:36 pm

Lol u don't wana go round outskirts of Liverpool or Birkenhead mate. Could end up losing your legs lol.

johncluedo · Post by **johncluedo** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:11 pm

The trick is to act like your a nutter

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:18 pm

Went there once, played a chesstournament. Sailed through to the final. Played some mysterious Jackpot George guy, lost 8 1/2- 1/2 in the final, managing to scrape a draw in game 9.

JG · Post by JG » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:42 am

The Hastings two day rapid play bloopety whoopedy congress. A big event on the chess circuit. I wonder if it's still going?
Hastings always sounded quite upmarket to me, as a youngster. It took me 32 years and a bit to get there. It was worth going but a bit of a long drive for me.

Ruler of The World · Post by **Ruler of The World** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:01 pm

Oscar wrote:Sinfin in Derby is among the worst places I've ever been slotting, on a par with Southall, a place I still have nightmares about.

Used to play a lot round some of the rougher parts of Liverpool, and some of the pubs.... well, I needed to be both pissed and high before I went in them. But fortunately I usually was. I remember in Birkenhead one night yeeears ago me and my mate split up to do 2 pubs, we did paper, scissor, stone to see who went where and I lost, so I got to do the rougher looking pub. Went in, house double vodka with a splash of lemonade, spent 5 mins befriending the pub great dane, quick £60 raise, no heat at all, another 2 mins throwing buster's toy bone around and off out the door.

Meanwhile my mate is getting threatened with a brick for making £6.

Nothing wrong with Southall. If you're not white and sleeping in the Plaza hotel.