slimmy wrote:

darwen_celeb wrote:
And MP Jack Straw said: “Shadsworth is improving and I have visited far, far worse estates elsewhere in the country.”

The phrase 'best looking in the burns ward' springs to mind.

the stoops estate, burnley wood , danehouse, stoneyholme.........

... calon estate, ingol, lower penwortham.
then back to blackburn, whitebirk, highercroft, green lane, redlam, whalley range, audley range. all these have a higher crime rate than the shadsworth estate.
check for one selves check where you live, then come back slagging of the shadsworth estate !!!!!!!
i lived on here for 40 yrs i'm fine my kids are fineboth kids work they weren't in any trouble.
i've worked since i left school.

the programme only hand picked the worst people of the estate.... did you see it showing any decent people ? ( YES THE MAJORITY OF THE ESTATE IS VERY DECENT)

yes there is drugs, yes there is asb yes SOME people don't or even wont work.
doesn't every estate have these people ????????????