TartanJon Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 For donkeys years I've been coming to this ####in hellhole for work but travelling into the centre most days the last couple of years has been a real eye opener. The shopping centre is like one big giant spaceship full of people who live on disability and chippies.I can honestly say I have never seen so many people who need to use a walking aid congregated under one roof in all my life. EK used to be quite a desirable area to live and work when I was growing up but it's now a ghetto full of pensioners with nothing but sadness on their beaten faces and people who will never work a day in their life. It reminds me of Castlemilk or Easterhouse in the late 70s or Motherwell during summer 2014. Where did it all go wrong for this new town ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 For donkeys years I've been coming to this ####in hellhole for work but travelling into the centre most days the last couple of years has been a real eye opener. The shopping centre is like one big giant spaceship full of people who live on disability and chippies.I can honestly say I have never seen so many people who need to use a walking aid congregated under one roof in all my life. :lol: Used to love our monthly visit to the EK shopping centre when I was a kids in the 90s. Anyone else remember when they had those fountains near the escalators and the big toy and model shop nearby ?. Was last there nearly a year ago. It has too many daft card shops and pound shops in it these days whilst the sports shops are usually crammed with wee neds and have the most uninterested, unhelpful staff ("do you have this in black ?", "em, dunno man.", "well, could you check ?" "um, I dunno, mibbie...."). At least when I'm there it's all like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy North Croy Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 EK is more of an upmarket version of Cumbernauld...................must be something to do with "new towns" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Where did it all go wrong for this new town ? When I left in the early 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 EK is more of an upmarket version of Cumbernauld...................must be something to do with "new towns" Add Glenrothes to that list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I moved into EK a couple of years having worked here for 10 years and I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I moved into EK a couple of years having worked here for 10 years and I like it. Aye, but you are from Dundee are you not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark frae Crieff Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I moved into EK a couple of years having worked here for 10 years and I like it. Aye, but you are from Dundee are you not? Frying pan n fire springs to mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 I moved into EK a couple of years having worked here for 10 years and I like it. You're effin nuts A !!!!! Where are you staying ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 You're effin nuts A !!!!! Where are you staying ? St Leonards, where Hunter High was before they knocked it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 St Leonards, where Hunter High was before they knocked it soon. St Leonards was my old stomping ground if you can have a stomping ground as a primary school kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 A lot of young families moved to the new towns in the 59s and 69s. The 29-30 year-olds then are I suppose in their 70s-90s now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Label Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 St Leonards, where Hunter High was before they knocked it soon. They knocked down Hunter?? When did that happen? Calderwood boy here..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 St Leonards, where Hunter High was before they knocked it soon. Do you go out in EK ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Slightly behind Cumbernauld in shittyness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbernauldJag Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Slightly behind Cumbernauld in shittyness. Nothing compares to Cumbernauld for Shittyness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) St Leonards, where Hunter High was before they knocked it soon.Assume you mean Claremont (my alma mater), unless you're actually living in Calderwood. Edited December 19, 2014 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Assume you mean Claremont (my alma mater), unless you're actually living in Calderwood. I effing hate Claremont. In the early eighties we played in a league containing them and Barrhead. I remember several huge tonkings, including a 22-0. And we weren't that bad even ! I'd like to think we were up against future 's' signings......anybody know if they produced pro players cos they were shyte-hot at about U12 ish level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) I effing hate Claremont. In the early eighties we played in a league containing them and Barrhead. I remember several huge tonkings, including a 22-0. And we weren't that bad even ! I'd like to think we were up against future 's' signings......anybody know if they produced pro players cos they were shyte-hot at about U12 ish level. That was my era and I can't think of anyone who made it to pro level! McCoist went to Hunter. We did turn out Lorraine Kelly though... Edited December 19, 2014 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 We did turn out Lorraine Kelly though... "Turn out" in a pimping sort of way?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Embdy want to slag off Irvine and Livingston, then we can have the full set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) All the new towns in Scotland are utter nightmares.....a mish mash of 60's concrete joined up by never-ending roundabouts, with a run doon shopping centre as the nominal centre of town. The one I know best is Glenrothes, but even then I have to concentrate when I drive in there. If you take the wrong turn at the wrong roundabout you're catapulted into some ned-infested scheme that you can drive around in for hours before finding a way oot. On the map it's a black dot just north of Kirkcaldy, but in reality it spreads aboot 10 miles in each direction and is eating central Fife at an astonishing rate.....I think it's already the biggest town in Fife and in 5 years it'll be joining up with Kirkcaldy to form a shell suit wearing super shithole. Edited December 19, 2014 by Rossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Embdy want to slag off Irvine and Livingston, then we can have the full set? Glenrothes. See above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goozay Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 The shopping centre is like one big giant spaceship full of people who live on disability and chippies.I can honestly say I have never seen so many people who need to use a walking aid congregated under one roof in all my life. EK used to be quite a desirable area to live and work when I was growing up but it's now a ghetto full of pensioners with nothing but sadness on their beaten faces and people who will never work a day in their life. Have most town's shopping centres not been heading that way since the "credit crunch"? A mixture of the economic climate and internet shopping have meant that folk don't go to shopping centres to do shopping any more. Particularly during the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 "Turn out" in a pimping sort of way?!Certainly not, Claremont was a fine seat of learning ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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