My mate is a bizzie round there. They are real guns. He just wishes they would all wipe each other out as they're all little scumbags.
"Good work Raymondo, I'm bumping you back up to DS, only this time make sure it stands for Detective Seargent and not Dog Sh*t..."
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It isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be in norris green and croxteth. I also took my driving lessons in that area with no problems what so ever and my nan lives in croxteth and has had no problems living there. I'm not denying that there are problems, there are and they are being tackled by the council and police. There is alot of regeneration happening in these areas and they are gradually getting better.
It's mainly the media that make people think your life is at risk just by walking through it. To be honest, the public are partly responsible for all the hype as too many people believe everything they read in the papers and never consider the other side of the story, and alot of people who have oppinions on these areas have never even been there or have been there once.
Everything gets exaggerated, I live in Northern Ireland and a lot of people still think that there's people getting shot etc. just because of the past, we've built a reputation. I think these kids want a reputation like that and so it all gets blown up, not saying there isn't a problem though. I've been in Norris Green about 10 times and haven't had any problems, although I did hear about people driving by and shooting at houses. Does Liverpool not have a midnight soccer thing? It's started over here, to help get teenagers off the street.
The first time I saw roadside shrines is when I came here in the early 80's. They were usually on the sites of fatal car crashes. Probably the idea was taken to the UK by tourists who had seen them. They always seemed a daft idea to me.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
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All of the derelict houses in Gilmoss are finally to be demolished soon,the council have finally found the money to relocate the remaining people,no date has been set for the demolition,great news though.
The whole area bordering the East Lancs,Lower Lane,Stonebridge Lane is being developed but I'm not sure what it's going to be.Then there's a massive business park being built just over the road in Gilmoss and the Boot estate is well underway so it's not all bad news for this area.
I don't think the kids in Nogzy/Crocky are any worse than a few generations ago. It's just that they are allowed to get away with more than we did. When I was a teen in Canny, you'd daren't take the chance disrespecting (a stupid Southern word, sorry) an older bloke, because there was always the chance you wouldn't be alive the next day. This was in the 70s.
Same when we were kids Dave, however that was around the time that kids started to question their 'rights' for the first time.
If my mum and dad didn't find out about something then they'd be told by someone else, and you would still get a good crack, or 'the slipper' in my case.
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