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Evo1883 · Feb 23, 2021

Nick · Feb 23, 2021

You sucking people off mate?

Evo1883 · Feb 23, 2021

Nick said:
You sucking people off mate?

Atleats you know where I am

Nick · Feb 23, 2021

Evo1883 said:
Atleats you know where I am

Yeah I will drop the money off later, sorry I didn't have all £3 on me.

Evo1883 · Feb 23, 2021

Nick said:
Yeah I will drop the money off later, sorry I didn't have all £3 on me.

It's £2.75 for you

stevefloyd · Feb 23, 2021

Nick said:
You sucking people off mate?

You got a fetish about sucking people off?

Saddlebrains · Feb 23, 2021

Utter shithole round there now.

I grew up round there but Jesus, the last few years, its full of utter tramps and immigrants.

Fridges on the streets of swan lane and a fist fight between 2 topless blokes men when i last drove down there

(Disclaimer, just because i said the word immigrant im not a racist)

fernandopartridge · Feb 23, 2021

I think they call it desecration. That estate is dreadful, an utter shithole and it's only be up 10 years or so.

The entry through to Nicholls St seems narrower than I remember

Evo1883 · Feb 23, 2021

Best I could do to picture the place, roughly where it would be

fernandopartridge · Feb 23, 2021

I guess the entire estate was sold to 'buy to let' investors during the boom with the consequences it has now

Liquid Gold · Feb 23, 2021

They didn't even build nice houses. Arsenal did it right.

Evo1883 · Feb 23, 2021

Liquid Gold said:
They didn't even build nice houses. Arsenal did it right.

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That's pretty great tbh

Liquid Gold · Feb 23, 2021

Evo1883 said:
That's pretty great tbh

It was listed so they had to keep a lot of the original. This is the entrance foyer on one side

Saddlebrains · Feb 23, 2021

fernandopartridge said:
I think they call it desecration. That estate is dreadful, an utter shithole and it's only be up 10 years or so.

The entry through to Nicholls St seems narrower than I remember

A lot of buy to let but also a lot of council housing there, your citizen, whitefriars etc.

The whole things been a cock up, doesn't even look nice like new housing estates usually do.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Feb 23, 2021

Liquid Gold said:
They didn't even build nice houses. Arsenal did it right.

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To be fair though it's quite a different price range and potential clientele.

But yeah, they could've definitely done it better.

Evo1883 · Feb 23, 2021

I mean it was never the ritz around there let's be honest, a rough place in general for away fans to go... But driving down their and around the streets it looks awful...

Nick · Feb 23, 2021

stevefloyd said:
You got a fetish about sucking people off?

Nah if you use the word Fetish the price doubles.

clint van damme · Feb 23, 2021

fernandopartridge said:
I guess the entire estate was sold to 'buy to let' investors during the boom with the consequences it has now

I almost took a punt due to my cast iron belief that Hillfields would be gentrified.
That's why I'm sticking to premium bonds from now on.

Nick · Feb 23, 2021

clint van damme said:
I almost took a punt due to my cast iron belief that Hillfields would be gentrified.
That's why I'm sticking to premium bonds from now on.

Full of punters round there.

shmmeee · Feb 23, 2021

Liquid Gold said:
It was listed so they had to keep a lot of the original. This is the entrance foyer on one side

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Good luck selling luxury apartments in Hillfields.

BornSlippySkyBlue · Feb 23, 2021

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
To be fair though it's quite a different price range and potential clientele.

But yeah, they could've definitely done it better.

And Highbury was different gravy to Highfield Road in terms of build quality. Was a well built stadium.

But yeah, they couldn’t really have done much worse with it. 10 years and it’s a run down shithole already.

better days · Feb 23, 2021

BornSlippySkyBlue said:
And Highbury was different gravy to Highfield Road in terms of build quality. Was a well built stadium.

But yeah, they couldn’t really have done much worse with it. 10 years and it’s a run down shithole already.

They were called the Bank of England club for a reason

BornSlippySkyBlue · Feb 23, 2021

better days said:
They were called the Bank of England club for a reason

Oak and marble everywhere. Whereas Highfield Road was more like MDF and asbestos panels.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Feb 23, 2021

Evo1883 said:
That's pretty great tbh

Still basically a set of overpriced rabbit hutches only a stones throw from some rough old estates though......I worked security briefly on the highbury quadrant in the mid-90s.....it was like the wild west.

SBT · Feb 23, 2021

Saddlebrains said:
Utter shithole round there now.

I grew up round there but Jesus, the last few years, its full of utter tramps and immigrants.

Fridges on the streets of swan lane and a fist fight between 2 topless blokes men when i last drove down there

(Disclaimer, just because i said the word immigrant im not a racist)

Nice of you to bundle them in with the tramps though

ccfcmad1 · Feb 23, 2021

Since we left I've never been back up there, can imagine it being a strange experience.....

Nick · Feb 23, 2021

I have been house hunting recently and for what those flats are they still go for a decent wedge to buy.

I assume people just want to rent them out at a premium.

David O'Day · Feb 23, 2021

I had a friend who lived in one and they are pretty shitty inside as well.

Nowhere near worth the money they can go for.

Mcbean · Feb 23, 2021

Sadly all round the quality of new build houses has gone down - we have some Persimmon homes round here and they have been shocking . The surrounds just aren’t built well either so the area looks in disrepair not long after they are built - people have waiting years to get the road adopted by the council so they do at least have tarmac

Sick Boy · Feb 23, 2021

Never been back there since the Derby game and wouldn't want to either, would be a really strange experience.

shmmeee · Feb 23, 2021

SBT said:
Nice of you to bundle them in with the tramps though

Capitalist housing systems do that TBF

Sky Blue Harry H · Feb 23, 2021

Evo listens to FREE FM

PurpleBin · Feb 23, 2021

I fingered a girl when I was about 16 by some garages just off King Richard Street last right before you get to the ground.

Great times.

ccfc1234 · Feb 23, 2021

Evo1883 said:
I mean it was never the ritz around there let's be honest, a rough place in general for away fans to go... But driving down their and around the streets it looks awful...

Miss it, the walk up from town and West Terrace atmospheres. For me football stadiums belong near City centres and blended in with the local community. Biggest mistake we ever made was leaving imo.

How much would we need to know the crap flats down and build it again (obvs not a serious suggestion for many good reasons but I like the idea)

Guess the areas businesses miss the footfall of 18k fans every other week.

Travs · Feb 23, 2021

Binley Oak is gone. Brewer & Baker gone. Can't remember if Foresters is still there (i ran past there a few weeks back).

It really is desolate and run down, and the flats on the site of the ground have done nothing to help.

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