Thick Skinned Geordies!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 22:11

Geordies are well-known for braving the cold weather in skimpy clothing and it could be because they have thicker skin than people in other parts of the country.

This is one of the theories scientists are investigating as they try to find out if the Toon hardiness is anything more than a myth.

Newcastle has a reputation for being a fun-loving city where on a night out many women dress in mini skirts, crop tops and high heels, while men battle freezing temperatures in nothing more than a T-shirt and trousers.

Geordies are being asked about their coat wearing behaviour in an online questionnaire as experts try to find out whether they are naturally warmer than their Southern counterparts.

Are the Geordies just tougher than the rest of us?

Coachie



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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:00

No1..Its the same here in Stoke-on-Trent.They walk around half naked in the winter,and we can get some cold weather here.I think with the Geordies its what they are used to.,bit like living in hot climates ,after a while you get acclimatised to the cold and it does not seem to bother them as much...

britvic



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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:04

Cough!!! So sorry I have a cold!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:17

Thorpe Thewels.......not as tough as the Geordies

britvic



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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:23

More or less same accent! not many can tell the difference, me and Wyn both. But your right it's not nearly as cold here as it is in Newcastle fifty miles away. Lol

Coachie



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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:29

vicky ..can you keep a secret...I am one of them..

britvic



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Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:45

Lol, Coachie are you a secret Geordie?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:01

Coachie, I had an idea you were a Geordie. You're tough alright. ))

britvic



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:08

Shhhh! A secret Geordie!

mountain edge



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:25

I'm a Geordie and was wondering what this coat thing is you are talking about.

Turtle


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:28

Mountain Edge, Are you one of the mini skirted crop topped 6 inch heeled flusies that totter about in town at weekends ?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:32

Turtle- you're close to Newcastle you must have some Geordie in you.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:39

was -5 in edinburgh last saturday night and they were dressed like that msg1

Turtle


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:43

No1....how very dare you !

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:46

rowlo

Yeh but don't forget they all get topped up with antifreeze before they go out.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 00:48

hey aj its called the famous grouse lol

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 01:00

rowlo

My guess is that they are not that sophisticated, maybe a bottle of Bucky or two.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 01:12

i will stick to the fowlers wee heavy aj im from edinburg. tried the bucky once was sick on my mums floor all night , she always goes on about it and im nearly 50 lol

Mountain Edge



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 10:25

Turtle- Only on a Friday night, but don't tell anybody.

dixie normus


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 10:37

Being a Makum a night out in skunkland never ceases to amaze, but them scantly clad Mag lassies can put a mans head into revolving door syndrome and they no how to entertain, thick skins no, just cant aford a jacket now the provi's have dried up.



D.N

JimmyG


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 12:35

DN - It says much about Sunderland when a Mackem has to have a night out in the Toon - I hope you didn't find any keys when you were there!!!!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 13:07

Vicky..Borne in Essex ST just off Scotswood road,but left there just after the war finished and moved into Co.Durham where I went to school till I was 15 then joined the RAF as an apprentice..

Coachie



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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 13:34

No1 ..Turtle lives near Newcastle but its not the one on Tynside,Its the one down here in the Potteries..

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 13:41

Thanks Coachie. I was never any good at geography )

dixie normus


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 15:43

Well Jimmy

Will have to give you the benefit of the doubt, my lad lives in Jesmond and treats his Dad on the Toon when I'm back, entertainment value 100% sorry to say Sunderland will never be a patch on it while we have a council full of numbskulls and a town full of DHSS dipsticks, your only problem is the way the dipsticks breed Newcastle will be overan so enjoy while you can.



D.N

JimmyG


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 15:57

Thanks DN but it's not like I need a Mackem's approval to enjoy my hometown while I can!!!! Anyway, it's good to see your son's seen the light and I hope you enjoy your next trip back to Geordieland bonny lad.

booitsme


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Posts: 667

Message Posted:
20/02/2009 19:59

How about - No sense, no feeling???? Pretty good laugh though watching the "girlies" - anything from 14 to 74 - skid about in sky scraper heels in sub zero temps. Only place I know of where madam can skid, teeter, fall flat on her backside and still hang on to her curry and chips.

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
20/02/2009 20:27

Coachie, message 22. I joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1957. You don't look old enough to have done the same thing around the same time!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
21/02/2009 22:43

Kaiserphil..September 1957..

Coachie



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Message Posted:
21/02/2009 22:47

Kaiserphil.. thankyou for the compliment ,but same age as youself. 05/02/1941

newscoop


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Message Posted:
21/02/2009 22:52

Spent many a happy summer in Gateshead in my youth. Every morning up to the baths on coatsworth road at 7am, bloody cold. After across to the A1 cafe for a gravy dip my cousin always had the dripping dip. On a good day a brisk walk doon the team valley, again bloody cold and on a really good day a trip to Blackhall colliery which surprise surprise was bloody cold.

If anyone saw Get Carter they`ll know what I mean!

Later in my youth the in place was the Azure Blue and it`s famous landlord Viv.

mountain edge



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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 03:27

The baths were/are on Alexandra road and I assume the cafe you are talking about was the cosy cafe.

I used to frequent the Azure Blue myself, shame when Viv got done in by some idiot.

swyflot


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 12:43

Mountain edge,

Thanks for the reminder about baths, i forgot to have my morning swim,reminds me of my daily swims at Whitley Bay,especially New Years day.

Is it just me or is the water getting warmer

Dixie, it sounds as if you are a closet Geordie,by the way you still owe me 2lira

keithcaley



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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 15:06

Swyflot,

So it was YOU in the sea at Whitley Bay!

I sometimes stayed at a friend's Penthouse (aka 'attic flat') between the Royal Hotel and the amusement arcade on the corner. We would stand looking out of the window on New Year's day at the loonies in the sea...

Keith.

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 15:19

Coachie message 30 - 19/01/1941. Were you at Halton?

fredred


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 15:25

Being born on Felling on Tyne, I would certainly say the Geordies are tougher than the rest, but I cant say that about their Football team

dixie normus


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 15:30

Swyflot in the sea!!, no wonder the fish have left the North East coast. Invested your 2 lira in a pint of foaming ale, you are now at the top of my christmas card list.



Bless U



D.N

swyflot


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 15:37

Keith ,



Lived in North Parade a few hundred yards from you

Coachie



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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 16:47

Kaiserphil..No I was at St.Athan in Wales..The "other" establisment.Was considered to be Too Old to be in the apprentices for three years so I wentto the Boy Entrants School which was only 18 months.Passed out from there and to Ballykelly in N.Ireland with heady rank of S.A.C.Did my fitters course about 12 months later at RAF Melksham,passed that and went to RAF Geilenkirchen in Germany for threeyears.Ah.those were the days,never to be seen again.Gather you were at Halton then??

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 17:46

Hi Coachy, no I was at Hereford. Lovely place the camp was a retired fruit farm, trees everywhere.

Not a million miles from St Athan!

Not sure when I will get across to cyprus again, but if we coincide maybe we should have drink or 6!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 18:43

I dont actually live in TRNC just gothere on holiday .I am out there on holiday on June the 7th for two weeks.Would love to have a few and a chin wag the old days.WasHereford the Radar/Radiotraining school???

Coachie



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Message Posted:
22/02/2009 21:21

Mountain edge..Wonder if those baths were the same ones I used to go whenI was about 12.We travelled from Chester-le- Street on a Saturday morning to be there for about10am. Had twohours in the swimming pool then we used to go to a little cafe and have bread bap dipped in onion gravy and a cup of oxo.The whole day out used to cost my mum and dad2/6d. We always tried to get on a UNITED double deckerbecause they had these long bench type seats across the bus and they were quite fast for that time.I suppose everything has been flattened now.Saw the film Get Carter great movie....

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 00:30

Coachie - no that was Locking. We were Admin Apps, Clerk GD, Suppliers (me) and Pay Accountants.

I left TRNC almost a year ago after my marriage collapsed, moved to Bavaria as I had ex-TRNC friends here.

Now met another partner and moved 140 miles to be with her, but still in Bavaria.

But I will visit TRNC when I get a chance (probably be arrested for not renewing my residency!).

email me on eltsinthesun@gmail.com if you feel like it, maybe we can have a few beers sometime.

JimmyG


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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 11:30

Coachie, the Shipcote baths are still there and the gravy dips bring back some fond memories. I was at the premiere of the Get Carter film at the ABC cinema in the Haymarket. The iconic car park in Gateshead is about to be flattened any day now - shame but it really is an eyesore.

Mountain Edge



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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 11:59

Yes the baths are still there and are now an annex of a leisure centre. The place is closed at the minute for a full refurb. It needed it, to be honest, as the only changes that there have been from the 60's are the changing rooms. A lovely place.

You are right about the Multi Storey car park, it is a carbuncle and we will be well rid of it, although that isn't the opinion of everybody. I remeber when they shot the film and the body was flung off the top there were many calls made to the police because they thought it had actually happened. Not a lot of people know that.

There was supposed to be a night club on the very top but it never ever got opened. I wonder why?

Coachie



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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 14:04

mountain edge..can you still get the electric train to Whitley Bay??

Mountain Edge



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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 14:40

If, by electric train, you mean our Metro system the answer is YES.

Coachie



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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 18:22

Well it was not called that when I was a kid,it was the only electric service from Newcastle to Whitley Bay.Times they are a changing and I am getting older!!!!

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
23/02/2009 18:49

Coachie you took the words right out of my mouth!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 13:50

Kaiserphil..You need not talk you old codgerha ha!!

kaiserphil


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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 14:22

OK Coachie, I hold up my hands to being an old git!

BTW, I would never claim to be a Geordie, but my forebears were from Tyneside, and I have a Geordie name, even having a village named after me!

Coachie



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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:37

Ah ,well niver mind bonny lad.Wiv arl got a cross of sum sort to bear,ye nah.

Kitty Kat Jac


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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:42

Just to let you all know, Newcastle Brown Ale is on sale in the Stumble Inn.

Coachie



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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:50

KKJ..I see a link there!

JimmyG


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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:54

Thanks for the info Kitty Kat Jac - that'll be a nice little reminder from home and a change from my usual Efes or Gold Fassel - why aye man - Cheers!!

simbas



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Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:57

Re msg 53 . Do they serve it warm ?

Regards , Simbas