Is Birkenhead still as grim as it used to be ?

[longers]

I lived there very briefly in the 80's when I was a kid and my memories of it are that it was one seriously grim place which had been massively neglected. I've got to go back there next week for a few days to help sort out my uncles house who passed away recently and am wondering what to expect ? Is it still super grim or has it improved since the late 80's when I was last there ?

 

[Toast]

Yes.

 

[Goat]

 

[nsno-chris]

No

it’s much much worse

 

[Papa Shango]

Well I went down to the Asda today and it was cordoned off as someone attacked it with a machete at 11am so....

The town centre is a bit desolate these days, Birkenhead Park is boss though and you are only 5-10 minutes away from the rest of the Wirral Peninsula which is nice and scenic.

 

[summerisle]

Not the same since the market burned down.

 

[Yakinblue]

I lived there very briefly in the 80's when I was a kid and my memories of it are that it was one seriously grim place which had been massively neglected. I've got to go back there next week for a few days to help sort out my uncles house who passed away recently and am wondering what to expect ? Is it still super grim or has it improved since the late 80's when I was last there ?

Stop posting silly threads you silly person.

 

[tommye]

Stop posting silly threads you silly person.

It's a GOT tradition. This place was built on silly threads. They are where the gold lives.

 

[larbert toffee]

Not the same since the market burned down.

Perfectly true Summers, that ripped the soul out of the town and for me it was never the same after that.

 

[Yakinblue]

It's a GOT tradition. This place was built on silly threads. They are where the gold lives.

Silly me...'reels line in...'

 

[Groucho]

Yes

 

[summerisle]

Perfectly true Summers, that ripped the soul out of the town and for me it was never the same after that.

And the flyover to the tunnel.

 

[4737carlin]

Its worse now then when this was made

 

[Yakinblue]

Yes

In what way?

 

[Monster Ultra]

my Dad worked over the water last year and got bollocked by his firm for not having wet paints signs in Arabic, thought he was taking the piss.