I worked down your area a few months ago, Consett to be exact, I thought it was quite a nice wee town, ( at least the area I was working) I rented a house in a village called 'No place' strange name but it does exist just outside Stanley, your correct Stanley isn't the greatest of places, an Asda and an Aldi/lidl across the street from one another is about all it has to offer as far as I seen, but a couple of miles down the road in a town just after No Place there a wee shop that sells the best scotch eggs I've ever tasted, pretty famous shop down that area I'm led to believe... Surely Stanley Saints snarled a few...