Washington, I feel, is best described as the metaphorical s**t on the metaphorical Rockport boot which is Sunderland. Decades of under development and closure of the local pits and industries (which served to keep the inbred hordes of charver families in confined spaces underground for extended periods of time and thus away from the minority population of respectable people) has led to a plague of Burberry-clad, acne encrusted, apelike, ugly mutants swamping this town’s various districts, the already monstrous council flats of which Washington mainly comprises soiled even more by the ubiquitous presence of a charvette’s XXL sized Sunderland AFC pregnancy wear blowing in the wind whilst hanging out to dry from the scummy verandas of these hovels.
The local youths, spilling endlessly out from the charver production line that is Washington’s laughable comprehensive schools, find endless excitement by congregating in village centres or The Galleries, a 1970s concrete monstrosity claiming to be a shopping mall but in fact is a large creche where Declans and Chantelles take their little ones, the perfect advert for contraception, to keep them occupied amongst the rows of charity shops and budget clothes and bling stores within, whilst mummy and daddy, veterans of the ante-natal clinic at age 14, meet with other like minded individuals outside the McDonald’s to discuss who-shagged-who, obviously hot gossip in this town where charver wife-swapping and subsequent pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey style random inbreeding leads to an urban population where everyone is everyone else’s cousin.
After The Galleries, our charver population proceeds to the aforementioned village centres, home to the Indian shops supplying them, practically intravenously, with their cider and alcopops. Here, should one not wish to forever have an inverted imprint of an SAFC medallion ring a feature of their eyelid, one should avoid at all costs. Whatever appeal they find in such a Charve-moot, littering the ground with burger wrappers, chewing gum, saliva and everything but the third page of every tabloid newspaper currently published, I do not know. There are obviously very important social rituals taking place here, but are, clearly, far too highly-strung and subtle for me to detect their true nature and purpose.
So, I finsish with some words of advice: when you are driving north along the A1 and make that fatal left turn onto the slip-road that delivers you nicely to the outer boundaries of Washington – marked by a signpost that has not yet been repaired since a joyrider crashed into it – yes, once you smell that odour of fast food and s**t that hangs about the town like radiation within the Hiroshima gene pool, marking the territory of the Washington Charver like a mangy, mongrel dog marks its territory by pissing against a lamp-post, make sure you are equipped with, at the least, a psychotherapist and an armed bodyguard. Or alternatively, take a weapon of some sort. Kill the charvers with it, if you wish – I will be grateful – or succumb to the hypnotically oppressive and unavoidable Burberry-patterned mentality of Washington, and kill yourself.
you are an idiot, waisting your time writing this s**t instead of doing something productive makes you just as bad as the waist of space people you describe in your article.
I’ve attended two of Washingtons so called laughable Comprehensive Schools ….. They were balanced and offered opportunities to learn like any other . I experienced cultural and social variety that has enabled me to be better at dealing with patients from all backgrounds . So, as a Consultant Neurosurgeon I feel Washington, the town , people and education has served me well . What exactly do you do? Or are you one of those who just likes to blame the system for your shortfalls? . I reserve this word for you …… c**t !
what a load of crap! if the thatcher govement had not closed all of the community centers and play parks in this countery. the youth of today would have some where to go to. I wish that this so carld goverment would pull thare fingers out of there arses and stop thinking about how muck money there should spend on the foreners that come in this countery and reopen the community centers and play parks for our white british chrildren after all thair is no blake brown or any other colour apart from red white and blue what are doing allowing the govement to bring foreners in to our countery and take our jobs and the tell us we carnt have any benifored because we are white our kids have no chance of any work if this counter keep given the jobs to forners send them all back to there own counters and give our white poeple a chance
Good god man…cant you use a spellcheck??? no wonder you cant get a job! just blame your sad existence on the ‘foreners’??!!
Its amazing how easily people stereotype a society just because of a minoraty or because of something they have seen. I know people who live in the flats at sulgrave and they have full time jobs, work hard for what they have and dont get anything from the government. Ive lived in washington for 21 years an have never owned a piece of burbery clothing or once been on the dole. Areas with high unemployment will suffer as a comuntity but to then label that comuntiy as a s**thole is wrong. That s**t you can smell is probably because your head is so far up your own arse my friend. Just goes to show what a narrow minded twat you really are. I was born in washington and im not afraid to say it.
Well said Mr Smith!!!! the voice of reason…
How sad it is that an individual can be so slanderous. I’ll be the first person to admit that Washington isn’t the most pristine place to live in the UK, however it’s nowhere near as impoverished as the clown whom originally posted the article wrote. Quite frankly I would take this article with a pinch of salt, on the whole Washington is a well very balanced area with plenty of character. The comment about scholarship is simply cow fodder, most schools I Washington are over achieving I take my education very seriously and always aim for success, which needless to say I have achieved.
I was born in Newcastle and lived there for a number of years I can firmly say that there are certain areas of Newcastle that would make Washington look like an area created by angels for angels. Yes there are flats, dole wallers, bums and chavs in Washington; go to anywhere in the UK and you will notice the same there too.
As a note to the original poster, by judging your written communication skills, which by the way are poor, your intelligence levels are questionable and therefore your article is meaningless.
Ive always wanted to live in Washington,every time I watch the President on tv standing there giving a press conferance,the stars and stripes behind him,it realy makes me want to pack my bags and get a cheap flight out to the States.
why no mention of the fat geordies that prowl are streets and by my reading of your comments your a newcastle fan as there were no bad comments of that place as for inbred hordes my family have worked and lived in washington for generations and were good people and not every one that came to live in the new town in the sixtys came from sunderland as you implied I’ve been all over the world and this country and washington is heaven compaired to some places I’ve visited
I have lived in washington all my life… and ive never read anything so funny in my life hahaa!
humm…Ive noticed the person that made this sight hasnt left his/her name.. is that because you actually live in washington and have no friend.. so you have to sit on your computer all day maken up stories to please yourself..?? Maybe..! You have a very sad life… washington has its good parts and bad parts, just like sunderland and newcastle. the only good difference about washington is the fact knowone will pull a knife out on you for looking at someone the wrong way! seriously you need to find a hobby as the one you have isnt getting you anywhere.
I have lived in Washington most of my life. Yes there are rough bits, but there are alot of lovely bits too. Washington had gone through alot of development over the years. Glebe and Blackfell have been demolished and re-built with lovely modern houses. All council houses in Washington have all or are being re-modernised. The Galleries is getting re-modernised worth 2 million. They have also built a retail park, which includes alot of exclusive shops, such as M&S and Clarks etc. New Restautants Frankie & Benny’s, KFC. Macdonalds has just been done out too. There alot of jobs in Washington, companies expanding, with Nissan and their new Leaf, which they are taken on alot of labour. A new housing estate incuding shops are currently about to start in Teal Farm.
Unfortunately you do get people with not alot of money, centered around the galleries, but not everyone are like that. I know a hell of alot of people and families who are not like that, they are all decent people with good jobs and good educations. My brother has gone on tobe self employed and is thriving everyday, getting bigger and bigger.
Please Remember Washington is in the Borough of Sunderland, years ago we used to come under Co. Durham. So we are a town on our own and not be compared to Sunderland.
Chavs are found everywhere not just in Washington, so please remember not to slag us off until you have looked around the place where you live.
I have lived in Washington all my life
I believe that this is a very biased view Washington as in comparison to other areas in Newcastle or Sunderland Washington is a very pleasent town. Fair enough it has its rough spots but so do all towns and there is many new estates. I was educated in a ‘washington school’ and did extremely well , infact schools in washington get the highest grades GCSE grades in sunderland. For the chavs is there not some everywhere ?
washington is a s**t hole unless you live in the better off places and it is over run with mackems and geordies what a lovely place to live i dont think
I was born in Portsmouth, but here from a few months old and lived here all my life, it was and is still a lovely place to live with many good people and plenty of very expensive housing, however, it did take a turn for the worse in 74 when boundaries changed and we were lumped in and taken over by Sunderland, that;s when the chavs arrived and all the said troubles, but only in ‘designated’ areas which I think most could name!! I live nothing like the above mentioned and see none of the so called crime they mention, of course there is crime, that goes for everywhere.
I’m thinking perhaps as this person is so ‘knowlegeable about all the above mentioned, that they are actually one of those people who has lived that life, you’d have to really, to know as much as they ‘appear’ to know….with a warped view of life in Washington as that, I’m hoping they no longer live here, we’re far too nice for the likes of you. Yes of course we have crime, chavs etc, but look around buddy, that goes on everywhere……….
The anonymous person who wrote this obviously has a number of issues that need to be addressed quickly! I am a very well educated lady with a 2.1 honours degree and have held a well paid professional position since leaving a ‘Washington school’ 11 years ago. I have lived in Washington all my life and intend to continue living hear whilst bringing up my family whom I had at the respectable age of 29 after being married to my husband who was also brought up in Washington. Amongst my family and the people I grew up with in Washington are two doctors, a fashion designer for a National Retail Outlet, a very successful property developer, an estate agent and three teachers. As for your disgusting comment about inbred hoards of chaver families, a number of my older family members worked in pits and these were extremely honest, hard working and respectable family people. I am priviledged to have known them. Washington is more than just flats and if you had any mathematical knowledge you would get your perentages correctly calculated because flats are only a small percentage of the property and housing within the town. We have ancestrial heritage dating back to George Washington, a beautiful wetlands centre and Penshaw monument to name but a few. You are obviously not proud of your background or you wouldn’t be anonymous or so bitter and twisted. Please, if you are going to make comments then back them up with some educational justification you narrowed minded little person.
Like most places it has both good and bad spots. I’ve lived in Washington for 25 years and cant wait to get out…..
f**king MEGA LOL
hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa, me thinks this is a wind up………..Washington’s lovely…………obviously there are parts , like any other place , that arent up to scratch……..but……………..well done, pretty good wind up.lol
The powers that be should have built the newtown over at Pelton Fell cos the Makums have got the Lovely town of Washington on its knee’s, all you hear in the Gallerirs is “All right Cher”…..
Washington full of crazy Americans,I love it,….God bless the USA………..and nobody else
Oh and let me guess, your s**t doesn’t stink? I wonder what ugly traits you’re hiding on the inside, you never know. Might make Washington proud.
my s**t stinks and Ive got lots of traits,Ive also got a split personality,havnt I?yes we have,you get it in your genes,well we do when weve been drinking nothing but Skoll super non stop for 3 days,thats why I dont buy Levis anymore to expencive to keep replacing.
what a retarted bitter and twisted person wrote that !!
he did