Home is where the heart is, and for author Colin Bateman there is something about Bangor that keeps drawing him back.
Despite not being shy about calling out its flaws - "the centre of the town is such a disaster area really" - the 60-year-old holds out hope that the seaside town can turn its fortunes around.
And it's his memories of the town growing up that form a central part of his newly released memoir, Thunder and Lightning: Life on the Tough Cul-de-Sacs of Bangor.
