More for your Money
Apparently ‘Homes in Corby, the next property hotspot, cost 154% less than London’
This looks like a mistake until you do a google image search for Corby which turns up a site with aerial photographs of Corby which could better be described as a ’shithole in the middle of no-where you would have to pay people to live in’.
Thanks to Christian Smith for the Original image.
August 9th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
I am fed up with Corby being slated, true it has had and does have it’s problems like any town of it’s size, but is trying to encourage investment to improve itself .Give Corby a chance , articles like this do not help and media coverage (local rag Evening Telegaph - printed in Kettering funnily enough) is biased and unfair. Regards Mark Stewart
November 25th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
I live in Corby and, unfortunately, it is not the best of towns. We have a new shopping centre but bricks and mortar won’t change the attitudes of the people. It will be a run down wite elephant within 5 years, I reckon. I’ll still shop in Kettering and Leicester.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
That fine with me Paul, you shop in Kettering. Have fun with that… ;)
January 10th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I heard there was a new River Island in Kettering…………oh wait no, that’s in Corby isn’t it?……..damn and blast!!
January 13th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
People who slate Corby always refer to the late 80’s and and early 90’s when the town was in a bad place. Nobody talks of how much effort is going into turning the town around! Unless you live here or have half a brain to realise that the town is actually OK, then you should keep your shite, uninformed and unaccurate opinions to yourself. And for the people of Corby whats wrong with some pride in the place.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Right………………………………
If you read (& i mean read into things) at least what is written on wiki,then it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out WHY! corby had the tag of a hard or impovarished town & to those that still think it has are only working from bullshit passed down from thier fathers.
Imagine!!………….Over 30% unemployment in such a short space of time,big payouts in redundacies but no prospect of another job to go into (at the time),so therfore you are left with a legacy of alcohol induced apathy,this then evntualy permeates into the family & the moral aspects of the fabric of society,investment came,but to late,the seeds had been sewn.
The guys that came to this town (& the ones already here,locals) were a tough breed,they had to be,not educated,yet great graffters & fiercly independant for thier familys……….they were in nirvana,boom times,small town everyone prospered,then it was ripped from them,these guys were skilled tough men,not factory yes men nodders,TOUGH GUYS & PROUD MEN.
So when you take away these guys ability to earn for thier family,the use of thier skills,thier camaraderie….throw alcohol into the equasion (as is often the case in any impoverished parts of society the world over) then abuse,apathy,dissbelief & monotany is sure to follow.
Kettering never had to endure such hardship’s (at that given time) it gained from investment & prospered (rightly so) therefore social attitudes towards corby & drawing comparisons was inevitable (easy to really) creating animosity & tensions between the towns kettering had the (wee are better than you) attitude, but never understood the grit of the corby people.
However ,as is always the case,time & opportunity shifts,it is NOW corby’s time,it has the chance to be a model of envy for the whole of the uk,i wont go into it (i dont have to) its all their for those with open eyes & minds to see.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Although its known for its problems, most people want the regeneration to be a success, its only a small percentage of people that are causing the problems. the new housing estates are fantastic and offer some excellent priced housing compared to other area’s. Slowly as regeneration takes place and more people move to the area the trouble makers will be become even more of a minority. Unemployment in the area is going down so are crime rates. its only a matter of time.. As for the comments attached to the image! no dobt another comment from someone who has not been the area recently.. (For the record im not biased due to living in the area! just have business connections in corby is all…!)
August 4th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I am so bored of people who dont live in Corby and have never been to Corby slating it and generalising the people that live there. yes it has its fair share of ignorant yobs, but I have always had jobs in the surrounding towns and cities and can honestly say that they all have a fair share of ignorant chavs too!!
As for the aesthetics of the town it is getting better every year and for the first time in ten years the people of this town or feeling optimistic about the towns future especially with the Train Station due to reopen again in December.
Also it’s okay if people dont want to move to Corby -at least it will keep the housing nice and cheap for the people that do live there!!
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Corby has had a justifiably (in some circumstances) bad press, but in the main it is no worse than any other town of it’s size. People tend to forget the good things about Corby. For example, it has one of the best schools in the whole of the UK, which is consistently in the top ten. Corby is far cleaner than many other places and has extensive woodland within the town.
It’s situated in a very historic and picturesque part of the country and generally, the locals are very friendly. I was born and raised here and many of the detractors owe Corby a bigger debt than they realise. That debt is winning WWII through it’s contribution to the D-Day Landings on 6th June 1944. Corby was the only place in the whole of Allied territory with the skills and manufacturing capability to build and design the 6″ stainless steel pipeline that fuelled all the Allied vehicles for their European campaign. Without PLUTO (Pipeline Under the Ocean) D-Day would have ended 8-10 miles inland of France. It’s route between Southport and the Normandy Beaches is still a classified secret. Corby also was the only place big enough to build the massive Mulberry floating harbours used for D-Day, one of which still survives.
Next time you knock Corby, remember that without Corby, WWII would have taken a lot longer to end and how it saved countless lives by fabricating the fuel line preventing U-Boats sinking Allied tankers.