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Fishy Forum › Fishy Boards › Non Football › Interesting Grimsby article in Guardian Moderators: Moderator Users Browsing Forum No Members and 5 Guests Interesting Grimsby article in Guardian   This thread currently has 1,491 views. 2 Pages 1 2 Next All Recommend Thread psgmariner January 23, 2018, 11:27am Special Brew Drinker Posts: 9,079 Posts Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 76.11% Rep Score: +40 / -13 Approval: +3,522 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/23/battle-grimsby-great-again http://www.miabcleethorpes.net Logged Offline 0 0 Maringer January 23, 2018, 11:59am Vodka Drinker Posts: 7,499 Posts Per Day: 1.87 Reputation: 86.15% Rep Score: +54 / -8 Approval: +7,463 An interesting, if depressing read. As with so many northern towns, screwed over by politicians of all stripes for decades. Logged Offline 3 1 Reply: 1 - 14 Manchester Mariner January 23, 2018, 12:54pm Exile Posts: 2,183 Posts Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 74.7% Rep Score: +7 / -3 Approval: +520 Good piece that, thanks for sharing. This rang true with me, especially regarding a new stadium “People are positive here, but there is a negative element. They don’t want good stuff to happen.” "Lovelly stuff! not my words but the words of Shakin Stevens." Logged 0 0 Reply: 2 - 14 grimsby pete January 23, 2018, 2:15pm Exile Posts: 42,156 Posts Per Day: 11.40 Reputation: 81.29% Rep Score: +118 / -27 Location: Suffolk Approval: +9,850 A good read but a depressing one. The good old days were really good when it comes to Grimsby. Over 31 years living in Suffolk but always a mariner.                                 Logged Offline 1 0 Reply: 3 - 14 cmackenzie4 January 23, 2018, 2:42pm Recovering Alcoholic Posts: 41,125 Posts Per Day: 12.83 Reputation: 92.36% Rep Score: +124 / -9 Location: Louth Approval: +9,835 I’ve recently moved to Louth (7 months ago) due to work commitments and I don’t miss Grimsby at all, when I visit friends for a coffee in Freshney place I realise how run down the town has become, there are a lot of angry people in Grimsby too (I know you get this everywhere) but Grimsby seems to have more than it’s fair share. Grimsby and proud! Logged 1 0 Reply: 4 - 14 arryarryarry January 23, 2018, 2:58pm Vodka Drinker Posts: 6,305 Posts Per Day: 1.58 Reputation: 60.79% Rep Score: +25 / -19 Approval: +5,973 I was just about to post this article as just come across it. Confirms why the Liberal elite don't understand why many towns like Grimsby voted for Brexit, a town forgotten by the south of the country. Logged 2 0 Reply: 5 - 14 psgmariner January 23, 2018, 3:02pm Special Brew Drinker Posts: 9,079 Posts Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 76.11% Rep Score: +40 / -13 Approval: +3,522 Quoted from arryarryarry I was just about to post this article as just come across it. Confirms why the Liberal elite don't understand why many towns like Grimsby voted for Brexit, a town forgotten by the south of the country. Have you read the comments section?. Some proper infuriating stuff on there. http://www.miabcleethorpes.net Logged Offline 0 0 Reply: 6 - 14 Grim74 January 24, 2018, 9:53am Cocktail Drinker Posts: 1,706 Posts Per Day: 1.33 Reputation: 60.06% Rep Score: +15 / -13 Approval: -1,760 Not a bad read to fair although had to cringe at the credit given to the EU for financing the fish market, (British tax payers money then!) the irony is that by joining this corrupt organisation contributed to the death of our fishing industry. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Promise a man someone else's fish and he votes Labour. Logged Offline 3 2 Reply: 7 - 14 Maringer January 24, 2018, 10:08am Vodka Drinker Posts: 7,499 Posts Per Day: 1.87 Reputation: 86.15% Rep Score: +54 / -8 Approval: +7,463 Don't think the EU had anything to do with the Oil crisis of 1973 or the Cod Wars, did they? I'm sure I read somewhere that the medium-range trawlers based in Grimsby were made uneconomical when oil prices quadrupled. That started the rot, the Cod Wars finished it off. Logged Offline 3 2 Reply: 8 - 14 Grim74 January 24, 2018, 1:35pm Cocktail Drinker Posts: 1,706 Posts Per Day: 1.33 Reputation: 60.06% Rep Score: +15 / -13 Approval: -1,760 Quoted from Maringer Don't think the EU had anything to do with the Oil crisis of 1973 or the Cod Wars, did they? I'm sure I read somewhere that the medium-range trawlers based in Grimsby were made uneconomical when oil prices quadrupled. That started the rot, the Cod Wars finished it off. Our fishing industry was sacrificed in the desperation to join the old Common Market at any cost. Our traditional waters were handed over to foreign factory ships in exchange for a place at the subsidised lobster supper tables of Brussels. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Promise a man someone else's fish and he votes Labour. Logged Offline 2 2 Reply: 9 - 14 2 Pages 1 2 Next All Recommend Thread Fishy Forum › Fishy Boards › Non Football › Interesting Grimsby article in Guardian The New FishyNon FootballClassic ThreadsArchive Thread Rating There is currently no rating for this thread Rate Topic 5 - Best 4 3 - Average 2 1 - Poor   Back to top of page

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