Askam
in cumbria. Now i've been to Barrow in furness. I've been to Millom. I've even stopped off (rather than driven through like everyone else) to Dalton in Furness. but! i have dared go to askam! i shall say no more other than provide this link:

www.flickr.com/photos/obscuracamera/2190534404/

Askam. Don't go.
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 22:38, 4 replies)

Funny enough,
I don't think I have been. And I live in Ulverston.

Amusing to see Barrow mentioned here and there after I mentioned it on page 2 :) www.b3ta.com/questions/rubbishtowns/post553824
(Cloudane, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 1:23, closed)

i went to UVHS :D
many moons ago in the late 80's :)

hullo possible someone! ;)
(DreddPirateBob has watched every scifi film ever on, Sat 31 Oct 2009, 12:57, closed)

And yet
you have a Yorkshire Fried Chicken, according to this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/obscuracamera/2172655433/in/set-72157603707780267/

Is their spokesperson Baron Sanders?...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 31 Oct 2009, 3:24, closed)

Frontier Town
Now then; Askam just happens to be where I have resided for the last 8 years or so. I freely admit that I do live up the posh-end, but I don't let that get in the way.

Against it, I would note that it does not have anywhere decent to eat, the local shops are very limited, and the fact that you have to go to Manchester to get any sort of culture.

For it; I would say that it has a great sense of community and it is jolly close to some great scenery, and views, for which you would pay big money to have in the middle-class enclaves of the Lake District. Biggest downside; the WIND (does it ever stop?).

I would also argue that if there is a dog-turd of a place in the peninsula, it is actually Ulverston, where the locals seem to think they are a cut above the rest of us, when in fact they have their heads jammed far up their own behinds. I try to have as little to do with the place as possible. I would suggest that Ulverston Dwelling folk who cant afford to live in the Lake District itself. Ulverston has a "latin quarter" but those who live in the better parts of town will deny it exists.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 12:57, closed)