I had a night out in Crewe six years ago and went to a nightclub, can’t remember the name but it wasn’t far from the station and you had to go downstairs to get in.

What a complete shithole, when I was leaving one of the bouncers grabbed me, no idea what for and never did find out. He was little more than a boy really but that can be dangerous.

I put him in a position of safety, Hand around throat,up against wall, feet off the ground while I explained to the other bouncers that if they didn’t take care of their gobby mate he would get them all in trouble.

Believe me, I have only been involved in two fights in my life, both where I have been subject to unprovoked attacks, I don’t consider this to have been a fight but it could have become unpleasant if the other bouncers piled in.

Has this town changed for the better?

I doubt it.

Before I slag Macc (as it’s known to the locals)let me add the plus points. beautiful countryside, good enough shops, mostly (daytime)friendly people.
But then nightime appears and Macclesfield turns into a town from the twilight zone. As a lass born and bred in Stockport (yeah, yeah I know, blame my parents)this place is odd. I have worked with the yoofs of Macclesfield and am therefore allowed to comment. Majority of the kids are good, bit f**ked up, but all in all there is hope.
I think the closure of Parkside loony bin (no offence to loonies) contributed big time. I remember driving all the way to Macclesfield from Stockport just to ogle said lunatic asylum. Those were the days.
They are wannabe chavs, but doing a crap job of it. They have the obligatory Manc accent, rough council estates (yeah, whatever) and poverty. Unless you happen to have a good social worker.
Have a glance at how estate agents sell Macclesfield and how they lie. Part of the job I guess.
Back to the loonies, lost the thread for a mo.
They have been released back into the community, oh bugger! And drugs were added. And then they bred! Oh shit.
Maybe it’s time I moved further afield.
But the bit I love best about Macclesfield is that we are so close to all the A-list footballers, Wayne Rooney etc. And they haven’t a clue about what’s just up the road from their safe little havens.
Can Macclesfield please be added to Chav Towns, we do have a JJB and an Argos. Ok it’s not as hardcore as Hanley but Saturday nights in Macc are great fun, and we also have a bus station. Not that I as a mature woman have tried my luck. Taxis work much better for me x

It is a fitting tome to Chester that even our chavs cannot compete with most others in the North West. Like the bars and clubs in the area, the scallies are nowhere near the scale and hardness of Merseyside or Manchester’s.
Having grown up here, I remember that they used to be intimidating, and that walking around town on a Saturday day or night could be scary indeed. To get along I used to have a good act of being one myself, in which I just had to say some of my classmates names to be safe wherever I went.

Now I have lost that but the scalls here have lost their toughness. They still dress like mugs and wanna abuse people but the full-on attitude has gone, they are basically just lost little tracksuit-wearers who are going to have a helluva shock when they turn 18, cant get a decent job and end up in a soul-destroying warehouse job where they realise their youth has ruined their chance to get out. Because I believe this is the age when they start to calm down and then realise that Chester is shit and theyll struggle to escape.

But the funny thing is they arent even hard. The biggest threat walking round town now is out of towners, from the Port etc. I imagine most of the Chester scalls are at home by 10 wetting their beds after drinking too much shitmix.

I remember back in the day you could get seriously battered if you looked at someone the wrong way, now you go into somewhere like Rosies or Brannigans and if you arent a complete weirdo you can walk around like you own the place and not one of these scallies will say anything. In fact if you are bored you should try getting into a fight with one, you cant lose so youre ok.
What happened? If you are going to try and be a scally in somewhere with a posh reputation, if you dont do it properly you’re just gonna look stupid!

I lived in Manchester and Liverpool for a while and the scall atmosphere in those places is 10 times worse. But these people are actually hard people, who you know not to mess with, and most of the time they are too hard to be seen battering someone clearly not looking for it (like myself).

The Chester scall-set are clearly ridden with insecurities and feel the need to hassle and just generally annoy people for ciggies and 30p’s, its embarrassing. They should really think about getting their act together.
The fact that people from the Port can just stroll in and lord it all over town speaks volumes. Guys, they are coming here to shag your birds, cos they know you are soft!!

Sort it out!!!

P.s i have been robbed two times….nice place chester.