Working Class Towns

[Settle59]

Inspired by another thread - and being a Sociologist (after a fashion..) -
thought I'd start this thread.

OK here goes:
Luton
Slough
Blackburn
Corby

Harlow

Also all the 'new towns' that are essentially overspill estates:
Runcorn
Kirkby
Harlow

You beat me to it Hippo!!! x post!

Glasgow (not the west end)
Dundee (not the Perth road nor broughty ferry)
Falkirk

I was taking the piss @WombatChocolate

Northampton

"Not Broughty Ferry" made me laugh!! I lived in Dundee, and yes- Broughty would not like to be in this thread

Barrow-in-Furness
Workington
Whitehaven
Millom
Carlisle
Morecambe
Blackpool

Pontarddulais nr Swansea
Peterlee Co. Durham

Sheffield
Rotherham
Barnsley

Possibly all of the old Yorkshire Mining and steel towns

Luton is a commuter town for many many professionals in London. Definitely not predominantly WC at all.

@settle59

"Notts"

Do you mean Nottingham?

Barry
Neath
Sarn
Portsmouth
Bracknell

forgetmeyes - no Nottinghamshire

Clydebank.
Dumbarton.

forgetmeyes - sorry I know I stand corrected in probably quite a few of the towns I've mentioned - I admit I'm still living circa 1986 ! (check out my mullet and neon accessories!!)

RHYL

There is a lot more than the west end of Glasgow that is very much not working class.

I agree with @sluj, there are mixed socio-economic areas in every town. I live near a typically well-to-do city but there is a huge amount of the city that is deprived. This largely goes ignored because ‘it’s such a nice town’. Of the towns already listed, there are certainly nice parts and not-so-nice parts but as industry has changed significantly since these towns originally grew, I don’t think whole towns can be classed as working class towns now.

Bridgend
Gloucester
Leicester

EL You're right! I'd go one step further to say its 'Furrock Hun'

I agree RaspberryToupee - which is why I intended this thread to be sort of semi lighthearted in a way... things aren't clear cut. Graduates of my generation often bought houses in 'traditionally' very working class parts of cities for their first house - those parts are being gentrified etc. It's not clear cut any more

Wolverhampton

Corby

When did you last go?
Massive new build estates/new villages
Immigration from London- new Milton Keynes.

Walsall
Wolverhampton
Dudley
Sandwell region

Anyone else suddenly thinking of the Rugby League results on a Sunday night?