Yes I did even watch it. Twice even. The element you cite didn't come across to me as the main one......I saw it as much a visual message, as a political one, confounding the ignorant image of us as a sort of drab slum by the sea, rather than the historic and extensive river port that we are. I'm sure Hull offers better employment possibilities for a media career than Scunthorpe does, and if he's met a local lass then the deal is sealed. I'm not sure sending the message that people move to Hull and stay is not what this competition is about, nor is it a winning message. I'm sure Leicester's 100,000 Indians will beat is in that little challenge anyway. He may not hate Hull, just local taxpayers who disagree with his own views. Let me guess ...he lives in the Avenues? The lowest % of indigenes in the city
I once went to a barby and there were a few people in from the Avenues.I was approached by a woman who asked me"are you a violinist?"I still do not know whether this was an upper class chat up line/sexual invitation or she just had not heard my accent up until that point.
Leicester is a tup'ney hapney place; 4 acres of sodden marsh land in Rutland with an empty town hall on it. Population, 3 rather mangey cows, a dachshund named Colin and a small hen, in it's late 40's.
I used to know George and his brother John ( he had his ears pinned back ) . They used to be good mates with another friend of mine called John Joy, did you know him ?
So why bring up that he was from Scunthorpe like it had some significance? And I think in every column he ever wrote he referenced that he lived on The Avenues.
It would have been better had they found someone who had no track record of throwing hissy fits about the attitudes of Hull folk. Perhaps 'Scunthope- this Garden Town belongs to everyone' doesn't resonate as well?
Iv'e only just seen this. What i love is the honesty, the no bullshit attitude. The film says, this is what we are, and it doesn't lie,which is amazing and refreshing.
