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filthy area,s populated by foreigners in leeds
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i was in leeds recently looking for a house to rent, i was shocked to see the state of some of the areas there, in armley it is absolutely filthy and horrible, the pakistani,s / arabs have all theyre washing over the road on cables similar to telephone lines,because all i see is burka,s and white cloak things worn by the men. i mean why doesnt the councils reprimand them or bring court orders against these people who are ruining our streets instead of penalising their own people for not putting the right rubbish in the right waste bin ? ive seen other big cities and ive seen similar districts run down and it seems to me that it is foreigners who are residing there probably the odd british junkie or two but mostly arabs/pakistani,s , romanians. am i really so wrong in my views here ? i cant tell lies i only see what i see with my own eyes. i am not racist and i do not see chinese communities or black communities like this. i am originally from belfast and we never had this problem untill romanians moved here into a certain area and within a year it was wrecked and filthy. we have loads of black people and indians , chinese but generally we dont have a problem and we are happy to live side by side and get on well and integrate with our foreign neigbours in belfast.(although polish people do not integrate with us for some reason i dont know)
this country really needs to waken up.FAST !!! oh s**t im going to be banned ;-(
this country really needs to waken up.FAST !!! oh s**t im going to be banned ;-(
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I have seen that too with black bags left out for collection, immigrants (and they have definitely been seen as such) get there first, rifle through for anything they are able to take to use or sell and the rest of the rubbish in the bag is left strewn along the street. I say what I've seen with my eyes too and that's here in my part of England so I should guess it's not...
08:08 Thu 21st Jul 2011
thanks mosaic and lottie :) lottie ill try to get some pics and upload em to photobucket or somewhere but im hopeless at stuff like that :(
*OK, nobody talk to Safiya, she married a foreigner*
lol ratter so did he.... dunno how the poor bugger puts up with my english ways lol ;)
it'll probably be raining then too drf ..... bringing all the coal dust down and stuff .... :((((((
*OK, nobody talk to Safiya, she married a foreigner*
lol ratter so did he.... dunno how the poor bugger puts up with my english ways lol ;)
it'll probably be raining then too drf ..... bringing all the coal dust down and stuff .... :((((((
Well, I can't add anything much to what's been said already, but I might be able to shed a little light on the 'washing hung out over the streets' topic. My maternal granny used to live in Armley, on Elsworth Street, and I sometimes went to stay with her. That was in the late 1940's, early 1950's, and most of the street has since disappeared. The houses were all back-to-backs, no gardens, so the washing had to be hung over the street. Every house had a pulley and cord arrangement fixed to the front wall, so that the washing line could be lowered to put the clothes on it, then raised aloft to allow vehicles to pass beneath.
maybe some have been converted to through houses in mining towns, my references come from a wiki article, for example in some areas of birmingham, back to back houses remain, in the sense that the physical building exists, however the houses have been knocked into one so therefore are no longer back to backs though they may look like them from the outside.
I know a town in which I once lived many years ago, and in that town was a particular district where once lived professional people such as solicitors, doctors etc. in huge Victorian and Edwardian houses.
When huge numbers of immigrants came to this country in the 60s, these house were taken over as they became vacant by multi-families of immigrants.
Since they never bothered to maintain their houses, over a very short period of time the area became dilapidated and run down, so much so that the council with a government grant, re-roofed their houses etc, and also gave them the choice of either a blocked paved parking area at their fronts, or built them attractive walls round their front garden areas.
When huge numbers of immigrants came to this country in the 60s, these house were taken over as they became vacant by multi-families of immigrants.
Since they never bothered to maintain their houses, over a very short period of time the area became dilapidated and run down, so much so that the council with a government grant, re-roofed their houses etc, and also gave them the choice of either a blocked paved parking area at their fronts, or built them attractive walls round their front garden areas.
*professional people such as solicitors, doctors etc. *
were the immigrants professional people like that aog? if not maybe they couldnt afford to maintain them, if so then nice one of the council to help them keep it looking nice.
just curious about the back to back houses.... i lived in mine a couple of years and it had no skirting board anywhere.... the house next door was the same and the house across the road.... i dont know about the others as i didnt go in them..... were they all like this? it bugged the life out of me but was dead easy when decorating lol
were the immigrants professional people like that aog? if not maybe they couldnt afford to maintain them, if so then nice one of the council to help them keep it looking nice.
just curious about the back to back houses.... i lived in mine a couple of years and it had no skirting board anywhere.... the house next door was the same and the house across the road.... i dont know about the others as i didnt go in them..... were they all like this? it bugged the life out of me but was dead easy when decorating lol
After the war the immigrant population came over here at our Goverments' expense - in the 70s many came to escape Idi Amin, I remember that well, and they came here with very little.
Goldenbolls seems to have gone for now - but this has thrown up the problem of lack of civic pride in many of our cities, whether the residents are immigrant or indigenous. Our binmen came today - that is, if the seagulls didn't get there first. Litter tipping is widespread in many sectors of society.
On a point of accuracy - if there were dishdashes and burkas hanging out in the street, the residents are more likely from Afghanistan or the Middle East than from Karachi - most Pakistanis who don't wear western clothes wear shalwar-kameez (or at least the many I know do). I know that's pendantic but if you are going to rant, at least be accurate.
Goldenbolls seems to have gone for now - but this has thrown up the problem of lack of civic pride in many of our cities, whether the residents are immigrant or indigenous. Our binmen came today - that is, if the seagulls didn't get there first. Litter tipping is widespread in many sectors of society.
On a point of accuracy - if there were dishdashes and burkas hanging out in the street, the residents are more likely from Afghanistan or the Middle East than from Karachi - most Pakistanis who don't wear western clothes wear shalwar-kameez (or at least the many I know do). I know that's pendantic but if you are going to rant, at least be accurate.
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