Sherburn-in-Elmet is a relatively large village that the majority of people will not have heard of. Situated just off the A1, it is halfway between Leeds and York. The village centre is quite nicely presented with all the things you’d expect in a large village- a library complete with “cyber centre”, a couple of banks, a Co-op, Tesco metro, Spar, butchers, greengrocers, bakers, a few pubs etc. It is actually a great place to live, convenient for the major motorways, handy for Leeds, York and further afield.
So, I hear you ask- Why are you submitting it on chavtowns?
The answer is simple- Sherburn-in-Elmet is a living, breathing chav experiment. Whilst so many other postings simply post a beautiful vivid picture about what life is like under the rule of the chav, Sherburn is still in its’ infancy of the cancer that is the chav.
An interesting social experiment is under way- a war is raging between what I call the Real Chavs and the Rich Chavs. The Real Chavs are exactly that- Stella drinking, joint smoking, tracksuit bottoms tucked into their white socks, fake burberry baseball caps pushed way back on their heads. They have a leader who is the quintessential chav, never seen without a can of lager and a smoke in one hand with the other hand down the front of his Kappa tracksuit bottoms cradling his chavnuts that he undoubtedly uses to father more chavs with the slags that hang around the Real Chav gang.
The Rich Chavs act in the same vein as Real Chavs- spitting, swearing, abusing local folk, performing wanton acts of vandalism etc but they have one distinct difference- Daddy’s money. This means the older gang members have their Saxo 1.1 with a big whale tail spoiler and clear lights, those not quite old enough to drive will have a brand new 25cc moped and those younger still will have a top of the range mountain bike that they didn’t even have to steal! I would even wager the Burberry baseball caps they wear are genuine!
Now, normally you would expect that the Real Chavs would win this battle hands down, after all they are council scum who know no better than to piss in the street and have been bought up knowing the fist is far mightier than the pen, whereas the Rich Chavs did at least have some sort of education, even if they did get expelled for smoking weed in their dorms. But ultimately the Real Chavs are a victim of their own success- whilst they attach lit fireworks to the local HSBC sign in the centre of the village in plain view of everyone, with the manned police station a mere 250 yards up the road, the Rich Chavs drive out to the phone box on the quiet south side of Sherburn to smash all the windows and are away before anybody has even got out the front door. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who gets caught. And time spent getting another ASBO to rip up is time that could be spent increasing their posse. The other problem is that the Real Chavs main man, the Kingpin Chav of Sherburn, seems to be constantly in and out of the young offenders institution and whilst their illustrious leader is gone, the Chav spirit and guile withers and they almost return to normality. Christ- I even saw one of them delivering papers the other day to EARN some money!
As this battle rages on between the two warring factions I am at least confident of one thing- within a year or two Sherburn will have the same level of chav infestation and more serious crime level as some of the towns and cities that we can only current aspire to- Leeds, Carlisle, Slough to name but a few and will be punching well above it’s weight in the Chavtowns League!
Tags: leeds, North Yorkshire, Sherburn-in-Elmet, village, York
ha and exactly who is this ringleader?! e cant think of anyone with ginger hair!
I am not Batman but I really like the idea of a vigilante.
I am sure there are not too many 6ft Gingery Ugly dumb buffoons knocking about but if he has a name so I can address him correctly?
I am just moving into the village and so far like what I see. I have seen a couple of police knocking around as well.
I think I’m 5 years too late on this blog but just in case he is still stealing oxygen from my new home…
we are going to look at a house on hungate road in shurburn in elmit can you please tell me if there is still a problem with chavs? and what it is like today .thank you
Yvonne – it is a lovely place – enjoy
Hello all.. So let’s just think about what
Made sherburn the town it has become.. The jllher
Are bored.. The parents work.. There is
Absolutely moving to do for the youngsters..
I am almost 30 and feel sorry for the kids here
Eveybody was naughty when they were young,
So don’t just sit there and say there is a
Chav kingpin who directs the hoard.. Its just
Boredom.. All I can say it is a good town.
With good people who always greet.. I have
Lived in slough.. London.. Amsterdam and
Leeds so I know what is rough and what is
Not.. The kids are fine here.. They mostly
Are respectful and do what they need to do..
Why foot you adults start doing fun things
Them.. Organise football matches.. Or something
That helps build the community.. We need more
Coaches in things.. Not hounds that bark
Loud and dont bite.. Shame on the adults of
Sherburn for forgetting about the product
That helps kids build respect and persevera
nce .. I hope the antail reads this as they
Do nothing..
That it I’m out
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ive lived in sherburn now for two years. i agree with certain things that have been said but its the younger kids that find there isn’t anything to do. councils really do need to start finding funding to bring back holiday clubs for kids during the summer holidays. most familys find it hard because they haven t the money to do things with there children, or parents have to work to pay the bills.
sherburn,, my quiet little north yorkshire get away. I love it
You really don’t know what a chav is if you think Serburn is bad. You think chavs drive around smashing phone boxes for fun? Yes, they might smash a window, throw a firework in a postbox or something but that isn’t what makes them a chav.
If this is the worst you have to deal with then you have it easy. Stop winging about people wearing clothes you don’t like doing a little bit of vandalism when people within 20 miles of you have real problems to deal with.
haha thi sis so funny. i live in sherburn, my boyfreind USED to be one of them chavs, my brother IS one, and yeah we all know the ring leader btu seriously peopel make out like every person under a certain age is a chav. and when they are all the do is steal, hurt people and scared the crap out people but seriousy how many peopel actually know the case. its silly to discriminate against everyone. my boyfreind might have dressed as a chav and yeah he did get kicked out of school for weed but seriously he still did the papers still got a job. still goes to college and eveyrhting so think about judging everyone before oyu judge yourselves, think abotu the fact your kids probably do stupid stuff too. it annoys the hell out of me. not everyone is the same we cant all the the likes of the ‘ringleader’ ! please grow up!
Yeah,wind ya neck in dumb c**t,u no where to find me!mouthy soft c**t,il take ya dads car!
Sherburn….What a sh**te place to live.
I used to live there 2 years ago. It’s in the middle of no-where which is fine if it’s a nice village but Sherburn is not!!!!!!
Why anyone would want to live there I do not know!
There’s f**k all to do, except maybe the crappy yearly Sherburn fair.
It smells of cow sh**te and is full of thieves, pikies and chavs!!
I tried Swan pub but left after witnessing a fight and feeling sick after a dodgy pub meal!
There are some nice parts of Sherburn, but they not far enough away from the crap parts. However the nice areas just give the chavs somewhere to steal from so it makes no difference. I had my car stolen and was broken into 3 times when I lived in Sherburn.
I now live in Beeston, Leeds which isn’t much better but at least we have the Leeds City Centre nearby so there’s at least something to do and I am not stuck with the chavs day in and day out!!!
shut the f**k up whinging wag bow if you would of just bought the Richmond king size & frosty jack like they ask for, instead of turning you nose up like a big butter milk making dairy cow your reputation would have gone sky high & we they wouldn’t end up robbing your house’s!any who xxxchavsmustdiexxx bet your young ons are sat on the pot wall as we speak trying to finger next mans poo pipe LOL. Wernt you young once you with your funky fashion in your socializing spot you morbid whinging bitch
@ fred flinstone i see you haven’t put your real name on here, or are you the cartoon character i watch for year when i was a kid!
to the original writer LOL!
I have lived in sherburn for almost 10 yrs now & agree that there is to many chavs in the village.
All a bunch of no hopers, & the police are not much better.
The police only come out during the day, making this look impressive to the wider public in the dy time but at night it is a different storey.
I myself am more likely to get arrested for questioning the police about how the police the village
if you drive past the station, there is always 2- 4 cars sitting there.
There was an incident not that long ago & I called the police & it tool them half an hr to get there, when you question the police why they do they always have the answer you can’t disagree with.
I could write a letter but where does this get me.
As for that pub on the corner the Swan, all these ugly men & women drinking outside, why a welcome that gives sherburn.
The bear on the other hand, they keep them inside or at the back of the pub, great beer nice people but still a few ugly people.
Sherburn needs transformed & I think the new look bon vivuer makes a difference but people need to change, no chavs hats socks, bad manners, spitting, skunk, stella, etc etc.
if these chavs continue I will have to get a big Luton van & herd them into the back of it, teach them a few lessons on how to abide in the real world, bring back national service, send these little s**ts to war.
G leekie
you lot are as bad as the so called chavs, i see you havent put your names up on this post, i do own my own house thats three in total ive owned but did live in a COUNCIL house for 20 years i even came from a big family, its a case of taring everybody with the same brush.
so grow up you no hopers.
i live in sherburn in elmet and have done for many years, some of my family are dirty chavs and they do scare of alot of people, sherburn has changed over the years dramatically, it has got worse and more petrifying in what people say, now they have the chav wannabes that try their hardest to fit in and just doesnt work, i live in highfield villas and up here is probably the worst part of sherburn as you have the chas, druggies, perves etc etc etc here, it is a nice little town but to overcrowded of useles people that havent got nothing else better to do than try andpetrify everyone when walking past and sit on the toilet walls looking rather hard when they are just pathetic normal people like the rest of us
hi vicki, just been reading your blog about leaving in sherburn and highfield villas. we have just been offered a house on highfield we are a family with 3 children aged 12,10,8 it doesnt sound like a place i would like to bring the kids up in not sure if you still live there but i would love you view before i except the house. thank you diana
you know the sean bean film OUTLAW, thats not such a bad idea, anyone with me. we can get rid of the little feckers once and for all. Or we could just tear down the toilet and the toilet wall and then thjats one less place for them to stand, get a gate for members only into the social club. oh and the best idea would probably get some police who arent scared of them and would rather do all the paperwork for an arrest rather than just sit in their van across the road from watchting them and then just go back to the cop shop for a cup of tea.
We all know who we mean when we refere to the ringleader of the sherburn chavs CLUE – (About 6ft , Gingery coloured hair , ugly , dumb , always sits on the toilet wall with much younger kids). And again we all know how much of a better place sherburn can be without the likes of him , as when he has been locked up the village seems to become more friendly and his little scum , bum boy mates settle down. All we have to do is get rid of him and the problem should improve , so why not start a partition to have him banned from entering sherburn.
So lets rid of this bafoon and maybee sherburn can still be saved.