Maybe its because I'm a Northerner

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:23

Is there anybody on this site north of Watford? Is there any life other that "capital punishment "from little Nige?



Last time I was in London,went on the tube people rushing around like crazy,not speaking to each other - bit impersonal. Pity everything is brought and built in London even the new Wembley was rebuilt there instead of the midlands(easier access for fans etc).



We dont all wear cloth caps,talk like people on Coronation Street,eat black puddings and pies at every meal( although they are good);and keep whippets on the allotment.



We have the best countryside - north wales,yorkshire dales and lake district

Cost of living is cheaper

More and best comedians eg Les Dawso Ken Dodd(lets face it we need 'em)

Dont take ourselves too seriously

Will bring our friendly characteristics to the TRNC and enhance whenever possible



Just a thought to anyone out there,



will now boldly go .... out in the snow ...or better still forth and prosper.

kind regards to all,Steve

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:29

Do all 'Northerner's' Ballet Dance, like Billy Elliot?

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:39

Steve,

Spot on mate .



No.1 Doyen



Wish I did but it,s very difficult when wearing clogs.



Hattikins

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:43

North East born and bred! hate black pudding YUK! beautiful country side and Coast's, Little country Hamlets and very friendly People. And yes Bill I can Ballet dance like Billy Elliot!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:45

Vicki - I was referring to the Men!

cruggs


Joined: 06/04/2008
Posts: 498

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:53

dont they all keep pigeons up there.!!!!!!!!!.



















good for you steve 1953, why not a northen thread

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 13:54

Men also Bill!

Kitty Kat Jac


Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 230

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 14:32

Yes i am soooooooo pleased that you put this thread on. Northerners are the salt of the eath. None of this liquer stuff for me, who wants anything to do with eels on their pie anyway??????



Good old Darlington Bird and proud of it!!

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 14:43

Hi Kitty Kat jac,



We are from Darlington, born & bred. We do live in the smog at the moment in the big capital city. Just returned from a trip home yesterday and almost got caught in the freezing weather. On the train travelling south 3 different people sat next to me and they all chatted and passed the time of day. You get into London and nobody speaks or smiles, you are right it is so much more friendly up North. Roll on retirement so we can go back home.



The Butlers wife.

Kitty Kat Jac


Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 230

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 14:54

Wow how funny! Yes i left in 2005 and although I love the place I am alot happier here. I am originally from Staindrop and moved to Darlo when I was 18. Did you have a Taylors pork pie?? Now thats real food!!

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 15:29

Guess its no comment from me!



Just for you Karen,



wyn









Oh Wyn! - ltd

Blackie


Joined: 20/12/2007
Posts: 129

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 15:55

My doctor advised me to move to London. I had to go and see him I told him that I was feeling miserable and depressd. He said I should move to London, I asked him if it would cure me he said no but at least I would fit in.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 16:03

JOKE:



1000 Northerners were asked if they thought Britain should change it’s currency. 99% said ‘no they were happy with the Giro’.

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 16:26

Dear Jane,ended up in Darlington after following the Hadrian's Wall road from Haltwhistle and roman fort at Vindalanda. Stopped at market town of Castle Barnard - nice place.



Used to go regularly to Gods own country north of Skipton - Grassington and Kilnsey,Malham Cove and Tarn,Inglebro' and Gaping Gill caves,Mother Shiptons at Knaresborough,the x Keys pub next to the A59 at East Marton ,York,Eden Camp,Hardcastle Crags and other packhorse routes ..etc etc



My uncle used to live and owned a greengrocers in Banoldswick,which until 1974 was in Yorkshire. One of his customers came in and remarked - thank God we are now in Lancashire ..... I dont think I could have stood another of those Yorkshire winters.

cheers,Steve

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 16:37

I went up north just before Xmas. Watford's a nice place.

Kitty Kat Jac


Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 230

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 16:39

Hi Steve, I went to school in Barnard Castle. We dont refer to ourselves as Yorkshire classed as County Durham but i would probably say just as cold.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:04

No1, Wrote "JOKE:







"1000 Northerners were asked if they thought Britain should change it’s currency. 99% said ‘no they were happy with the Giro’."



??????

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:12

Hi Kitty Jac,



Taylors Pork Pies, now you are talking. When we lived in Italy, I used to dream I was eating them. Where in the TRNC do you live? Our bungalow is nr. Esentepe. I love it there and cannot wait for the time when I can spend the majority of my time there.

We will have to meet up with Wynyard Man and Britvic from Thorpe Thewles and anyone else from that location.



The Butlers wife.

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:21

Newcastle born and bred. It makes me laugh when people from Manchester refer to themselves as Northerners, presumably because it's north of Watford, but as far as I'm concerned they live in the Midlands!!

Kitty Kat Jac


Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 230

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:47

Very True JimmyG very true, Now i am thinking of shopping in Newcastle so im going to stop posting on this thread or i will start feeling home sick. Now the Angel of the North, gave me goose bumps every time i drove past it!



Butlers Wife, I live in Lapta full time, moved out here in 2005. Mum is also here and she says im loosing my accent but most people beg to differ lol.

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:50

At least we have decent beer up North, can't beat Boddys, much better than the watered down nats pee they pass off down South for beer.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:50

The Butlers Wife, who would have though we all live about a mile or so from each other? a meet up would be great! Just let me get rid of this damn cold first, look like death warmed up!

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:51

tips for you southern nancies



http://www.ayup.co.uk/avina/laugh3.html

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:54

What utter twaddle, originally Lancashire and now Greater Manchester, in North west , think you are on a wind up.

Garry


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 8

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:55

Clitheroe - no longer sure if that counts as a Northerner or a Midlander

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 17:56

Last message was for Jimmy G

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:05

Not at all Mindy but that's how those further north of Lancs & the North West view that particular part of the world as it's about half way down on the trip to London.

barnaclebill


Joined: 12/12/2008
Posts: 303

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:20

Born in Newcatle ,miss, Pease Pudding Newcastle Broon.Up until I was 15 I thought anything south of the Tyne was Southern.Fortunatley only ever been to London once.You have to admit Nothumbria has the best coastline in the UK,I no shame about the weather thats probally why it has stayed so nice for so long though.

clayton


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 1143

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:27

jimmyg i thought newcastle was in scotland mancs forever

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:27

Sat `ere in Yorkshire with mi ferret darn mi trow avin a Barnsley chop f mi tea nice n warm while our lass`s outside clearint snow n bringin`t coil in, luvly.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:35

RedSnapper. Great sense of humour!

maybemike


Joined: 12/01/2009
Posts: 188

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:50

Hunour what humour, thats real life up north

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 19:55

I go t`t Pub `n drink Ten Pints,

`n I get totally plastered,

I stagger off `ome n beat upt wife,

Coz i`m a Yorkie b*%$*@d...

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 20:05

10 pints?



You must be Sarf Yorkshire.

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 20:07

Its Wards though...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 20:09

10 Pints. That's a mouthwash darn sarf

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 20:11

Got big mouths thats why...he-he

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 20:21

Southern beer tastes like mouthwash too.

Have a pint of Courage beer, you need courage to drink it.

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 20:39

Two bottles of courage light `n a dash of lime in Dartford innit?

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 21:22

youre all southern softies to us jocks lol no offence meant my wife is english , she will kill me if she sees this lol

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 21:22

Hi Barnaclebill,



got to agree with you about Northumberland. My sister-in-law lives just outside of Morpeth and when we visit, we go out looking at all the magnificent scenery and beaches up there. It truly is beautiful and I never tire of it.



The Butlers wife.

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 21:28

Here we go, just started havin` a laff `n the Mrs steps in being all nice `n sensible, it`s not upstairs downstairs you know...

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 21:54

cant be many of us out here then , look at the londoners post?????

The-Wicks


Joined: 27/05/2007
Posts: 2279

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 21:59

Message 43 - well, there you go then!!

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 22:00

Quality mate, not quantity,,,

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 22:07

ain't gary robb one of your lot? lol.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 22:08

Manchester is the place to come from and at least if you ask someone the way in the north you are likely to get a northerner answering you. went on the underground once (more than enough) and there weren't any english down there they were all foreigners

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 23:15

scooby

the last time we drove to manchester it was the snow plough showing us the way.

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 23:39

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 23:45

Rowlo Message 43, The Londoners post started 31/01/2009 this one started today 3/02/09 they have a 3 day head start!

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 23:48

And we've got Fab Blackpool tower.....

What you got ??? Telecom Tower woweee!!!

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
03/02/2009 23:57

Vicki,

Just type out so we beat the southerners,lol

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 00:25

Bring on Arsenal - more capital punishment



By the way,northern birds are the best



cheers,Steve

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 00:31

you's are southerners to us north of the border !

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 00:44

Dear Kenny,nothing wrong with the jocks -just speak more slowly if in Glasgow - ooch the new and see u jimmy.



Still more friendly than the Landerners -used to say that southern girls were Mrs Garnett ... cos of Alf G definition of his wife. We never skit them .... but there sense of humour wouldn't be out of place in Germany



cheers again,Steve

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 00:46

we southern scots are not that dif from you northern lads,

eager


Joined: 23/02/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 00:55

Vicki, How could you not get the joke ? re- msg 13 Not like you at all.

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 01:17

I live in the shadow of Blackpool Tower better than the southerners who live in tower blocks like del boy and dave...............

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 03:25

Is this and the other thread (maybe its because im a southerner) exempt from moderation??

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 03:55

I was born in Glasgow, brought up in Ilkley, (moor ba'tat) and now live in Lancaster (when not in Northern Cyprus) So I guess I'm definately a true Northerner! London's ok for a bit of sightseeing, shopping & a trip to the theatre but wouldn't want to live there. Give me Northern hospitality anyday!

Maggie

maybemike


Joined: 12/01/2009
Posts: 188

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 07:33

OMG northern hospitality..what get drunk and punch the nearest person...I don't think so..

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 07:42

I was born in Middlesex but would always choose to live north than south. The people are more friendly and it is cheaper, why live south? Firestarter you should go in the summer ... it rains, no snow ploughs then!!

neilhodgin


Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 11:49

maybe the southerners should of gone to the south of the island, and left the north to us.......

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 13:28

msg 61

"OMG northern hospitality..what get drunk and punch the nearest person...I don't think so.. "

Well they don't seem to need to even get drunk down south to stab people in broad daylight!

chick


Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 323

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 13:43

Reading the Londoner Thread I saw no detrimental remarks about the North,

and yet this thread is all about southerners.



Says it all.

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 14:05

I was Southern born & brung up, but like Maggie & Bernie, I lived in Ilkley, for 25 yrs. Back in the 'smoke' now.



As every Northerner knows, Ilkley isn't actually in Yorkshire, it's a 'canton' of Surrey, where they speak English and take tea & cinnamon toast in Betty's on the Grove.

Travel 2 miles from Ilkley in any direction and you are back in Yorkshire!



(Only adviseable during daylight!)



Rob

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 14:11

Lol Rob! we used to call it 'Harrogate for beginers'!

When were you there? I lived in Ilkley from 1957 til 1983 I am 57 years young now - maybe we knew each other?

Maggie

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 14:34

Maggie!



Were you 'that' Maggie I was with in the cloaks cupboard at the Craiglands Hotel after the Christmas ball??



I was there from 1980 till 2005. Lived up at Westwood Drive, dead posh eh? Kids went to Sacred Heart, then on to St Marys Menston. I ran a business with offices in Ilkley and a warehouse in Addingham, where my daughter still lives.



Rob

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 14:40

Being brought up in Middlesbrough, wasn't as tough as some people might think, I hate the way it is portrayed in the press. Now I'm not saying out else on the subject.......................................maybe later!

mia100max


Joined: 19/03/2008
Posts: 404

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 15:43

Brought up in Southport. We all hated it when we lost our Lancashire postal code & got forced to take Merseyside. People still drawing up petitions to this day!

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 15:56

Rob, No, not me at Craiglands! think you must have missed my 'wild child' days as by 1980 I was maried with 3 kids!

We lived on Parish Ghyll Road (just off the Grove) I went to The Grove Preparetory School (sadly not there any more) then on to Ilkley Grammer School (when it was a grammer school -11plus & all that). Happy days at Ilkley outdoor swimming pool, rowing boats on the river, dances at the Winter Gardens & the very famous Cow & Calf Disco! (before your time?)

Went back for a visit last year and was dissapointed it had changed so much.

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 16:22

Just checked my spelling - ggrrrhhh GRAMMAR school, how standards drop when one starts mixing with common people (joke) that's my excuse anyway!

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 18:28

I have fond memories of Belle Vue in Manchester, I only lived a stones throw away, Scenic railway and 'The Bobs' rollercoasters.GREAT !!! Not that I could afford to go in often, and don't get me started on the Speedway.

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 19:10

Mindy

Used to go regularly to the Stock Car meetings ... Remember going to see Johnny Ray at the King's Hall in 1957, excellent 9/- seat , thought I paid the earth... 1/9d return on the train from Blackburn ... Those were the days ...

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 19:15

Harita, I was only 4yrs old then Lol.I do remember Jonny mathis being at the Apolllo in Ardwick but he wasnt to my taste.

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 19:17

Also I frequently went to Old Trafford to watch MANU and a ticket cost 35 pence to get in.

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 22:09

Anyone seen mi flat cap? Think a myta left it int wheeltappers n shunters club, eeh by gum....

Toon Army


Joined: 09/04/2007
Posts: 132

Message Posted:
04/02/2009 23:34

I am a Barnsley lass married to part of the Black & White Army.

Lived in Newcastle for five years and been back in Barnsley for the past 15 years.

In both places never met a set of more friendly people in my life.

Other than TRNC of course.

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 00:47

Did anyone go to the Embassy Club, Bernard Mannings gaf. If you needed the loo when he was on you had to cross your legs, anyone who left thier seats were in for a right insulting earbashing.

ian444


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 71

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 02:00

just returned from Blackburn Rovers V Sunderland great result Bloody Freezing



Lots of effort little skill but fight till you drop true northern teams even if lots of

europeans playing



Big Fat Sam's Blue And White Army

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 02:08

Just a few thoughts on this theme -



Dear Chick Mess 65 : dont take things too personally,no intention to insult,but just confirm that a lot of the UK's heritage and history + major sporting events ends up in London - everybody knows it but its keeps happening . Just giving

comments as they appear to us that survive on tripe and onions(no thanks).Think from a personal point of view that there is more opportunity in the South,but often us up north could never even afforded a rabbit hutch down south even in the early 70's - cost of housing .



Money not everything, - south seems more "stressed", but lets agree things much more level in TRNC and celebrate that. Cie la vie and cheers to the future,kind regards,Steve

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 02:20

Dear Maggie Mess 60 : used to go the a Local authority stone built home in Westbourne Road - the county Council sold it off,then knocked it down and built a red bricked nonentity of a private nursing home in its place.



Lancasters ok if you have plenty of time to spend in the one way system. Had to take my lad to LRI from morecambe many moons ago ago - pass.



You need a sense of humour to negotiate this every day - you have my sympathy.



Couple of years ago did the cross bay walk - not with Cedric - the other chap- forget his name .. .great but longer than I thought,past the cockle picker area.



Think we probably have a lot more open spaces and sense of humour that the south cannot match

Regards to all - north,south,TRNS (you lucky b...'s),Steve

Kitty Kat Jac


Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 230

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 11:38

Who mentioned Bettys? That brings back memories my Grandma used to drag me shopping with her every Saturday and if i was a good girl (which of course i always was) we could go to Bettys for a special chocolate milkshake and a scone.

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 12:33

Even though I'm back in London, I have to admit that the best bread in the UK comes from Bettys, delicious!



I also can't survive without Taylors Yorkshire Tea!



Bettys & Taylors,... a national treasure!



Rob

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 13:02

Is there a branch of Betty's in Harrowgate? We stayed there for a long week-end a few years back. We drove over and took a steam train ride through 'heartbeat' country. Great memories.

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 13:15

Grim up North at the mo` tho`.... snowed in yet again in Sheff and i`ve heard our wonderful Council have just about run out of grit... whoopee

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 13:51

Msg 85 No1 the original Betty's was in Harrogate (no W) Ilkley was the first branch they opened - I think they're all over the place now.

Course the other Great national treasure to originate in Yorkshire was Harry Ramsden's Fish & Chips a White Cross, Guisely. Remeber going as kid and they had a fairground complee with helter skelter. They're all over now but not really Harry's any more and nowhere near as good!

Maggie

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 14:02

Maggie & Bernie......aaaahhhh, the good old days!

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 14:19

M&B



HR at White cross eh!



Used to be fantastic until they were bought out by Compass years ago. They introduced a machine to spread 1 micron of butter on your sliced bread in 3 nano seconds! The original wooden hut is still there, but the helter skelter went years ago to make room for more coach parks.



Very sad!



Do you remember the Silver Cross Pram Factory just down the road? That's now 'bijou' town houses and luxury appartments!





Good fish & chips still available in Ilkley though!

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 15:40

Is there no one from Muddlesbrough here? come on admit it I did! Lol

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 15:41

Ok, If you came from South Bank or Grangetown that's Ok too!

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 15:43

Marton, Nunthorpe, Stokesly, Easterside, Grove Hill, Teesport? Come on show yourself!

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 15:47

Redmarshall, Thorpe Theweles, Northallerton, Picton, Stokesley, Winyard (apart from Wyn) Coxhoe, Great Ayton, Egglescliffe, Yarm?

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 16:42

ian444 .. Message 80

Couldn't get it on TV here in TRNC , but will be cheering the Rovers on against Villa Saturday .. One consolation last night was mostly the fringe players ..

"Come on you Blues"

harita


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 1343

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 16:53

Yes Mindy I went on the Friday night of the week John Bond was sacked by Manchester City ... Manning was an avid fan of City ... Very topical & very funny .. "Hope he takes his effin son Kevin with him, if he had taken two shots at John Lennon he would still be alive"..

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 17:08

The best fish & chips in the world (imho) are to be found at a place called Whellan's in Lytham nr Blackpool - it's a 6o mile round trip for us but well worth it! When I got back from TRNC last saturday I went straight there! It helped with the depression!

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 18:03

Msg 82 Steve, Slightly off topic but yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the Chinese cocklepickers dissaster on Morecambe Bay _ I well remember helecopters flying back & forth over my house (at Slyne) all night - didn't know why till the next morning. Never done the cross bay walk as terrified of quicksands, have you ever been to the Maritime Museum in Lancaster and seen the pictures of the coaches & horses that used to cross the bay to Grange over Sands? many never made it! -You were lucky!

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 19:17

Come on all you northern folk! Don't let them 'sooth moothers' beat us on this. Lets keep it at the top. More northern memories required!

Anyone remember when Morecambe had two piers?

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 20:18

bus trip to whitley bay for the day that was our summrr holiday lol

domino


Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 4

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 20:32

Remember West End and Central piers very well - spent my youth roller skating at the end of West End pier. Oh memories!!

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 20:58

Britvic,I lived in Linthorpe for 2 years,just off the roman road whilst doing my apprenticeship in Stockton,but dont tell anyone.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 21:32

Wouldn't dream of it gooligan! No one will hear it from me! Actually Linthorpes not that bad, apart from 'The Linthorpe' or Linny.

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 21:37

Dear Maggie,used to visit Slynne House HFE near you until 1998. On the road to Kirky Lonsdale there a cable over the road - not sure - does it go to a quarry.



Quicksands at Silverdale and just lower down than Kents Bank - bloke told us perfect place for a murder as about 20 foot deep. Feb 2007, a lad took shortcut over the sands and ended up to his waist with tide coming in -



luckily for him it was a low tide and they managed to get him out.



Been to Maritime museum - Sunderland Point interesting place,noticed cotton tree now blown down.



This time last year had Riverdance stuck on our beach - place was like August bank holiday in freezing February - people coming from miles to take photos and collect buscuits.

Quality not quantity on this topic



cheers for now,Steve

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 21:37

The glorious Peak District and it`s superb dams of Ladybower and Howden, frozen over this morning and shrouded by the snow topped pine forests.

The High Peak Hunt leaving from Bakewell last Sunday as it has for nearly 300 years.

A true gem in the Northern Crown.

Cabbie


Joined: 30/01/2009
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 21:52

fudidadd@thequarterwit.com

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
05/02/2009 21:55

Cabbie what are you on about?

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 01:51

thought I'd just drop another teaser in - what have Colne(8 miles east of Burnley) and the Titanic got in common?



Give in?



Wallace Hartley guys and gals.





















Who is WH you ask yourself?





















He was the band leader who played whilst the ship went down - true story

Ok Blackpool Fan ..... I know,I must get out more - but his statue is in Colne.Not a lot of people know that .......cheers,Steve(sorry MC)

magicart


Joined: 05/10/2008
Posts: 985

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 08:23

Is there anyone from Brum out there?

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 15:46

re mess 70 : They should have kept the original boundaries. Just been reading about Southport - didn't know that its tree lined boulevard of iron and glass goes back to 1820's,Steve

borodave


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 19:15

the name says it all born in surrey street near the old general hospital where you could hear the roar of the ayresome park crowd ahhhhhh the good old days

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 20:00

Monkey Hanger in the house, Hartlepool born any Monkies on TRNC NO oh well anyone from DARLO will do, Hi Beccs

johntie


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 65

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 20:38

To 108 Hope not !!

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
06/02/2009 21:59

Started in Bury then onto Whitfield then Blackpool then south to Brixton then Addiscombe then Shirley then up to Silverdale Lancs, lovely place and then to TRNC. Oh dear big mistake!

Arthur


Joined: 04/11/2008
Posts: 687

Message Posted:
07/02/2009 00:11

I must confess that I have been up North, to the north of England, Scotland and dare I say even to Shetland................however, I have now given up missionary work!!!

Steve1953



Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 298

Message Posted:
07/02/2009 01:55

Dear Quarmby - why mistake in TRNC - I can understand UK?



Arthur - think you wanted the Londoner thread lad,but got sidetracked

welcome sir,I thought that was only being kept going by 3 gasbags anyway



there is life after the south ...so boldly go where no .... has gone before ....



the north zone...you will not be disappointed ... go forth and prosper

cheers,Steve

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
07/02/2009 02:47

Aurthur I lived on Shetland for 8 years, my eldest daughter still lives there. I always said it would be a great island if they could relocate it into the middle of the Med - Then I discovered TRNC....perfect!