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Gayle 28-07-2008 21:14

Blackburn tonight
 
Is anyone else watching the programme on Channel 5 that is giving this area a bad name?

MargaretR 28-07-2008 21:16

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
I have just started a thread about it too - gripping isn't it?

PS beat you to it by 3 minutes :D

Lilly 28-07-2008 21:20

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 612082)
Is anyone else watching the programme on Channel 5 that is giving this area a bad name?

Watching it now, Gayle.........from between my fingers with my hands over my face.

Hideous, isn't it. :(

Footage taken on Mad Friday (last Friday before Christmas)

Hope there's no Accywebbers on. ;)

Gayle 28-07-2008 21:23

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
It is awful. I used to go out drinking in Blackburn but never remember anything like this.

Then again, I was always the drunk that was curled up in a corner asleep. :D

shakermaker 28-07-2008 21:25

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 612082)
Is anyone else watching the programme on Channel 5 that is giving this area a bad name?

I think it might have had a bad name before this programme!!

:hidewall:

BERNADETTE 28-07-2008 21:28

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Recording it, sounds like it could be worth watching. Don't think it can be any worse than other towns I have seen featured. The fighting makes me cringe and a lot of the time the girls/women are worse than the boys/men:o

Royboy39 28-07-2008 21:44

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Quote:

Originally Posted by shakermaker (Post 612088)
I think it might have had a bad name before this programme!!

:hidewall:

Don't need to hide behind a wall....Blackburn is the pit's.
I was born in Blackburn and cringe when I hear Straw on his soapbox.
The police can't get a grip because their hands are tied.
The central police station is no longer in the centre.
Bus drivers are assaulted, Taxi drivers are mugged and poor Johnny, according to his brief, didn't mean to do it honest,
Where do the priorities lie? Fixed penalties for smoking in a van or sorting out these would be hardmen and women who think they can get away with murder?
Going out at night to your popular haunt is no longer an option.
Where the hell are we going?

MargaretR 28-07-2008 22:01

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
For those who have missed it (and Royboy :D) you can see it here-
Demand Five | watch television on demand - Channel 5 TV

They announced that at the end - might be available tomorrow

Royboy39 28-07-2008 22:15

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by [email protected] (Post 612096)
For those who have missed it (and Royboy :D) you can see it here-
Demand Five | watch television on demand - Channel 5 TV

They announced that at the end - might be available tomorrow

Thanks Margaret.

Bonnyboy 28-07-2008 22:16

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Just watched it. Standard weekend stuff really ( I can’t be alone in thinking that ) seen in just about every town the length and breadth of the country. Guess that’s part of the problem that it’s seen as standard behaviour.

lancsdave 28-07-2008 22:17

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
I seemed to have missed an announcement by the government over the years, as the programme was called CCTV Cities and the commentator referred to Blackburn City centre :confused:

Royboy39 28-07-2008 22:20

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 612101)
I seemed to have missed an announcement by the government over the years, as the programme was called CCTV Cities and the commentator referred to Blackburn City centre :confused:

Hey come on Davie Baby..........Blackburn has got a Cathederal and should be a city:confused:

Bonnyboy 28-07-2008 22:29

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 612103)
Hey come on Davie Baby..........Blackburn has got a Cathederal and should be a city:confused:

That must have been the assumption by the programme makers, just the fact that it has a cathedral, therefore it’s a city.

Looks like they were wrong to assume.

Just looked up the criteria for being a city, wish I hadn't, it's too late at night for that - City Status

The list of cities is here if any one is interested - UK Cities

Royboy39 28-07-2008 22:34

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonnyboy (Post 612107)
That must have been the assumption by the programme makers, just the fact that it has a cathedral, therefore it’s a city.

Looks like they were wrong to assume.

Just looked up the criteria for being a city, wish I hadn't, it's too late at night for that - City Status

The list of cities is here if any one is interested - UK Cities

Just testing.....the only Catherdral in Burnley is the Boot.

MargaretR 28-07-2008 22:37

Re: Blackburn tonight
 
Most cities are dumps for the dross of society.
Who in their right minds would live in any city centre.
Nowt wrong in being a 'hick from the sticks'


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