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[challenge entry] It had to be done.

From the British Tourist Board Posters challenge. See all 127 entries (closed)

(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 20:54, archived)
# So good, the BBC exiled half their staff there...
;-)
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 20:55, archived)
# Yes
Likes this, and looks up compo as a bit confused.
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 21:58, archived)
# Hm?
Why's that?
(, Wed 9 Feb 2011, 22:06, archived)
# There are two halves to Salford
The posh waterside bit with the BBC and new flats
...and the high rise bit with the university, which is utter brutalist, litter-strewn grimness.
(, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 12:50, archived)
# I went to Uni in Salford.
It really is a massive shit-hole, made me realise quite how nice Brighton is.
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 3:20, archived)
# Oi!
That's my home town! (sulks)
(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 11:41, archived)
# Mine as well
Hence, this.
(, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:22, archived)
# My brother went to uni in Salford.
The locals used to launch fireworks bazooka-style at the student accommodation.

Visiting parents were warmly encouraged by the university to leave their cars in a gated car park ringed with barbed wire and patrolled by guards with dogs.

Only one of my brother's friends could imitate the local accent well enough to get served in their local pub without getting beaten up.

When my dad went up to visit him, he saw a local kid playing in the street wearing a shirt and nothing else. The kid took one look at my dad (who was dressed in a suit) and said "Are you a doctor?"
(, Sun 13 Feb 2011, 7:02, archived)