wick is gna b a ghost twn

[JAWS]

golach, shock horror, I have to agree with you and I hate being agreeable.

I also had great difficulty with the original post. When that happens I take the old fashioned examiners view, "If I can't read it then it's wrong!"

Chick, what you have to learn is that you speak to different groups of people in different ways. Every group of people have their own jargon and usually it means not a thing to people outside that group.

Text Message "jargon" is for texting and not for emails, letters etc. I take it you speak in a different way when you are in trouble with your teacher to the way you chat to your mates afterwards.
And no, I'm not having a go, it's just a friendly bit of advice.

[wick_boy]

Chick wrote

plus nuttin 4 children 2 do in wick they ave to go to thurso 4 e cimena

There are plenty of things for kids to do in Wick. When I was a teenager and I was bored, my mother would suggest doing a jigsaw, go for a bike ride, or finish off that drawing that I had started etc. Are teenagers in Wick averse to doing such things?

When I was with my friends, we would build dens, collect owl pellets or other things from the countryside and study them, in other words we used our self initiative to amuse ourselves instead of gurning "there's nothing to do"

But I do sympathise that Wick seems to be on the downturn, though I live Thursoish side of the county, I think Wick has the most delightful harbour and general layout, it just needs the local people to support and look after their town.

You say that there are lots of things for kids to do in Wick. I cant think of many.

[Dr Evil]

Perhaps that will give you time to improve your literacy, in order to further your chances of being recruited.
that is a bit steep don't you think [/img]

[fred]

look am young and that is what everyone uses now! wick is boring as that is not what we want to do. sorry for trying to speak to people.

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[LENSMAN]

Not another Wick v Thurso, Wick boring post!!!!!!!!!!
Please refer to previous posts before starting any again!!!!!!
Thurso has not go a lot more than Wick, Bowling alley and pictures admittedly but how many use them regularly and people moan about them anyway, shops are a bit more shiney but basically the same.
The shopping in Caithness has always been a take it leave it culture (not a lot of choice)
People from Thurso shop in Inverness as well.
So stop thinking the grass is always greener it ain't

[angemonster]

Personally I wouldn't say thurso has ALOT more than wick but it has that added bonus of the cinema/bowling alley that wick has never really had the opportunity for.

To be honest the worst thing that is happening in wick at the moment is the amount of shops on the highstreet bordered up and not being used. nothing ever happened with dominoes or azad what makes you think it will be different with the more store or alliance and leicester.

There is nothing for the kids in wick at all to do. I know when I was in High School I was bored out of my brain the whole time. This is why the kids hang around the streets the whole time. Petitions have been tried but nothing has happened. I remember when I was in primary school and dominoes burned down we had letters all over the newspaper saying what could be done to help kids and that was primary school kids. If we were bored imagine how teenagers feel,

Will anyone ever listen?

[Gizmo]

Back on the subject ..Yes it is becoming a ghost town but why are the shops e being left empty....is it to do with rates?
What are our local councillors doing about the 'evacuation'?
What are they doing /going to do to make these premises attractive to business?
Are the premises fit for purpose(rumors of asbestos in the More store ,subsidence on Bridge street)& if not WHAT will they do about it?
What is missing in Wick?
What do we need?
More clothes shops?Electrical retailers?Argos/Index type shop? offlicense?Toy shop?
Internet /computer game type cafe/shop? specialist food shop?Bike shop?Cheaper kilt hire/wedding shop?Babyclothes (&bits n pieces ala mothercare)shop?Tourist information?
There is loads of Ideas that i'm sure would work.
(I think we can avoid more eateries/hairdressers/florists/shoe shops & 1 sport/ 1 music shop/2 jewellers would probably be enough for a small toon lek Week!!)

'BOOT TIME SOMEONE ANSWERED THESE QUESTIONS/ISSUES!!

Its all awfy depressing but we have to look forward & take ideas from other places that have been through the same rough patch
On a plus note ..good on Gails Gift box.Nice to see something opening instead of closing!!

What are ye sleverin on aboot min, we hev plenty o pubs, isnt that all we need??
I wish all the banks in Wick would close down anyway, then they would stop robbin me blind everytime i go a couple o pound over my overdraft limit.....the robbin gits

[The Angel Of Death]

Funny isnt it giving you a fine for money you dont have only a bank could think / get away with that

[gravedigga]

Tell me about it, think i've forked out about £60 in the last month - the feckers

[KitKat]

I would be a bit more sympathetic if those samed bored teenagers could just be bored and leave everyone in peace, instead of causing damage around the town. Its not just the scratched cars (which some of us adults do boring jobs to pay for!), but last week an elderly lady in her eighties had all the windows in her greenhouse smashed and this week they came back to kick hell out of her garden wall, dislodging the coping on top. Apart from all the distress this has caused, how is a pensioner on her own supposed to fix this ?

Another group of "bored teenagers" were so bored this week that they tried to climb up on the traffic lights to smash the glass. When the police were called the complainant was told that there were no policemen or women in the town to attend to it!!!

I used to be proud to live in Wick, but these days there are a few mindless morons making it difficult to live here.... and don't tell me it happens all over, it still doesn't make it right.

[Rheghead]

I think only under sixteens should be on Wick Council, then all we can expect is brilliant ideas. Just remember back to those years ourselves, we knew everything then too!

[dragonfly]

hear hear KitKat. Being bored is no excuse for mindless vandalism and harassment of the elderly.

These junior thugs if/when caught should be made to face their victims and I think their parents should also face up to what they have spawned!

[tides of pentland firth]

I'm a teenager, im bored all the time. But i dont smash windows.
What the hell is wrong with me. Do you think I should go to the doctor and get my head checked or something?