OT - Part 4 who said we are posting for the record

[torsie24]

Now you'll understand why I get slightly cross when people refer to Sheffield as 'The North of England'- Its a two and half hour train journey South for me!!!

Bob xoxoxox

Sheffield is way north!! Birmingham is official north as its where the accents start. And you can definitely tell yu arent in the south when yu're there.

But then oxford is north to me!

 

[Danauk]

Nice Jackie.
I live in the midlands, but I do have a 1000 year old castle 2 mins from my house which is where Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist and was the inpiration for Bleake House.

 

[gemmybear83]

Sheffield is way north!! Birmingham is official north as its where the accents start. And you can definitely tell yu arent in the south when yu're there.

But then oxford is north to me!

Oh dear ..........!

 

[ukstitch]

OMG, so i jsut looked up amble on a map!

That is NORTH! Like north north!!!

If you're anything like me Torsie, everywhere is North when you live as far south as we do

 

[gemmybear83]

If you're anything like me Torsie, everywhere is North when you live as far south as we do

Oh dear ..........!

 

[Danauk]

North to me is anything above the Watford Gap. Therefore, to me I am still officially a Northerner!!

 

[Bolanette87]

Sheffield is way north!! Birmingham is official north as its where the accents start. And you can definitely tell yu arent in the south when yu're there.

But then oxford is north to me!

I can assure you, Sheffield is bordering on Cockney territory to me!

This reminds me of when we went to see the Boosh in Sheffield last week. One of them (Julian Barratt) is from Leeds area, and Noel Fielding is from London. Someone was shouting something at Fielding and his response was: "Sorry, you'll have to talk to him" (Points at Barratt): "Anything North of Watford just sounds like bubbles to me!"

Bob xoxoxoxoxox

 

[gemmybear83]

My dad always makes me laugh talking about north/south. He tells everyone that we have to keep the north a secret because otherwise everyone else will find out how nice it is and move up here.

So he still tells everyone that we all work down the mines, keep pigeons, and wear flats caps! (Which is true of course I'm wearing my flat cap now and have my pet pigeon on my shoulder )

 

[torsie24]

My dad always makes me laugh talking about north/south. He tells everyone that we have to keep the north a secret because otherwise everyone else will find out how nice it is and move up here.

So he still tells everyone that we all work down the mines, keep pigeons, and wear flats caps! (Which is true of course I'm wearing my flat cap now and have my pet pigeon on my shoulder )

Hahaha, its funny how biased people are about north/south!

I would never leave the south!!

London, Surrey, Kent and East Sussex are all of England that I require. Lol. (Except for holidaying purposes of course! As nature is at its best in other regions )

Love my bluewater and london too much I'm afraid!!

 

[Danauk]

My dad always makes me laugh talking about north/south. He tells everyone that we have to keep the north a secret because otherwise everyone else will find out how nice it is and move up here.

So he still tells everyone that we all work down the mines, keep pigeons, and wear flats caps! (Which is true of course I'm wearing my flat cap now and have my pet pigeon on my shoulder )

Do you not have a Whippet too? Surely all Northerners have those as well?!

 

[ukstitch]

Oh dear ..........!

Oh dear ..........!

The thing is for me, Birmingham is a good 2 - 3 hour train journey north...

Even London is about 1 1/2 hours or so from where I am... Put it this way - I can see the Isle of Wight from not far from my house

 

[A Small World]

This is the area I live in

www.morayfirth.org/

Oh Jackie do you get dolphins?

 

[ukstitch]

Hahaha, its funny how biased people are about north/south!

I would never leave the south!!

London, Surrey, Kent and East Sussex are all of England that I require. Lol. (Except for holidaying purposes of course! As nature is at its best in other regions )

Love my bluewater and london too much I'm afraid!!

I'm the same - except my counties of choice are Hampshire and Berkshire. I try to avoid venturing into other counties unless I need to, although sometimes I have to venture into Surrey and London - not too often though.

 

[gemmybear83]

Do you not have a Whippet too? Surely all Northerners have those as well?!

Oh yes he is beside me now!

 

[Bolanette87]

Oh Jackie do you get dolphins?

We used to have a dolphin in Amble....! His name was Freddie and he was super lovely and sweet!

Bob xoxoxox

 

[A Small World]

Oh dear ..........!

Oh dear ..........!

exactly - Im joining in here to stick up for the North

 

[torsie24]

Oh yes he is beside me now!

Surely you mean:

"Aye, t'whippet is 'ere tha noo"

My northern accent is like well good! Innit guv!

 

[Danauk]

I'm not too amused that I live in the Midlands now, I'm a Yorkshire girl still at heart. But I must admit I do like being able to get to London and Leeds in around the same time. And we always call in at Blue Water when I visit my SIL down south, but I miss shopping in Leeds. Milton Keynes is quite good though which is only an hour away.

 

[gemmybear83]

Hahaha, its funny how biased people are about north/south!

I would never leave the south!!

London, Surrey, Kent and East Sussex are all of England that I require. Lol. (Except for holidaying purposes of course! As nature is at its best in other regions )

Love my bluewater and london too much I'm afraid!!

I'm the same, I have uni friends all over the country and visit all over quite often. I would live elsewhere but my friends and family etc are up here, and in my line of work I get paid more and there are more job opportunities up here. But if the right job came up I would move as long as I could sustain the same lifetyle/size of house that I own now

 

[gemmybear83]

We used to have a dolphin in Amble....! His name was Freddie and he was super lovely and sweet!

Bob xoxoxox

I remember Freddie