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black shuck
31 Jul 17 16:32
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Was thinkin of movin there coz the rents are affordable for sure. Or do you go out to work and rat boy has nicked everything and pooed on your carpet?
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Report casemoney • August 1, 2017 11:06 PM BST
Im getting old mate  The BUZZING of London  is a distant Buzz ,Ok for the younger Generation  and People with Plenty of Money to throw around ,I prefer Country Roads these days Happy  And would certainly Prefer to live by the Sea as to living in most Cities ..
Report casemoney • August 1, 2017 11:11 PM BST
northumberland- englands best kept secret.

Ur spot on MM Grin  And hopefully it will stay that way Happy

Some Cracking pubs selling Decent Grub ,North Yorks Coast lovely as well whitby  robin hood etc ...
Report Gnarley • August 2, 2017 3:09 AM BST
SlippyBlue    01 Aug 17 21:48 
Smog in London? Surrounded by parks here, they've even done away with chimney sweeps as there is no d

SlippyBlue    01 Aug 17 21:48 
Smog in London? Surrounded by parks here, they've even done away with chimney sweeps as there is no d

SlippyBlue    01 Aug 17 21:48 
demand anymore.

Slippy, you are Ronnie Barkers' Arkwright and I claim my tuppence ha'penny, thank ee very much.
Report OwnBrain • August 2, 2017 8:33 AM BST
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ratboy-anthony-kennedy-jailed-three-2239255

RATBOY
Report OwnBrain • August 2, 2017 8:36 AM BST
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Report black shuck • August 2, 2017 7:17 PM BST
Imagine coming home and finding that curling one out on your persian
Report saddo • August 2, 2017 7:23 PM BST
There's a case to be made for hobbling ratboy, shirley.
Report Coachbuster • August 2, 2017 7:35 PM BST
is London the whole south of England now ?  lol
Report scandanavian_haven • August 2, 2017 7:55 PM BST
Midlanders will say they are from the midlands, but ask anyone in London where Nottingham or Bitmingham is, they will all say "it's up north". Even if you point out that it is indeed in the midlands, to them anywhere north or Watford gap is up north, which is fair enough as it is .
Report OwnBrain • August 2, 2017 9:54 PM BST

black shuck 02 Aug 17 19:17 Joined: 31 Jul 05 | Topic/replies: 1,955 | Blogger: black shuck's blog
Imagine coming home and finding that curling one out on your persian
Laugh
Report Stow_judge • August 2, 2017 10:42 PM BST
Could happily live in York. Love
Report Coachbuster • August 2, 2017 10:47 PM BST
it's where the accents change - which is somewhere around Towecester /Northampton/Peterborough/Worcester/Shrewsbury/Spalding  - they start to take on a familiar northern way of speech - vowel shifts etc
Report scandanavian_haven • August 2, 2017 11:01 PM BST
Anyone that pronounces words like Past, Last, Mask, Chance, Dance without the -r that is not there, is a northerner imo.
Report Knight Commander • August 2, 2017 11:49 PM BST
Or a wurzel
Report RLKingPunter • August 2, 2017 11:57 PM BST
Leeds has it all, the only downside is Bradford is only about12 mile away
Report casemoney • August 3, 2017 12:20 AM BST
The Bradford book reading types  certainly Never made it as Far as Durham, 0.5% of the Community Plain
Report LAMBETH WALK • August 3, 2017 12:21 AM BST
in the 70,s  .... clobber used to be the best way of spotting a Northener... most would turn up at football still wearing shocking flares and looking like noddy holder LaughLaugh
Report Coachbuster • August 3, 2017 12:26 PM BST
YORK would get my vote ,but there are loads of really nice locations up north .  It's still a bit rum up there though in places  lol
Report SlippyBlue • August 3, 2017 2:59 PM BST
For some reason Coach I've never been to York but it is certainly on my "to do" list.
I used to spend a few weekends in Scotland which I used to enjoy a lot and have been to Perth races which is a lovely track and Carlisle as well on the border. You have to actually go to Carlisle to understand quite how steep the uphill run in is, it's stiffer than Towcester which is saying something. It's not a place that I would have ever gone to had it not been for the racecourse though as the place itself is rather grim to put it mildly.
Report cooperman • August 3, 2017 3:28 PM BST
I was in Scunthorpe a few weeks ago and most of the northern accents were from Eastern Europe. They did however have the highest number of gold/pawn shops I have encountered anywhere.
Report Coachbuster • August 3, 2017 3:31 PM BST
....  did you own  a horse Slippers ?   

York is a lovely old place,   although  my memory  of the place isn't 100 % owing to a few bottles of Old Peculiar. 

Harrogate and Chester are the two i haven't been two up north which i need to visit .

Whitby is also  a place i like - Carlisle  is a bit rough and ready  - a bit like my town lol    ... haven't been to the course though  Happy
Report black shuck • August 3, 2017 7:49 PM BST
Loved it at york races..blinding...cooperman the eastern europeans have completely taken over east anglia so scunny being rumania on sea doesnt suprise me..fact is they are taking up very much of the affordable housing..hence my search..probably end up selling big issues on the island of uist
Report LAMBETH WALK • August 3, 2017 8:01 PM BST
great idea letting all these peasants in were,nt it Angry
Report black shuck • August 3, 2017 8:06 PM BST
Great workers mostly great people..
Report LAMBETH WALK • August 3, 2017 8:22 PM BST
great... enjoy living in a doorway
Report crystalhunt • August 3, 2017 8:47 PM BST
My son and his wife lives in York centre - nice apartment near the Minster. Great shopping and eating out. Only problem Friday and Saturday nights the place is inundated with stag and hen parties mostly the great unwashed from the North East. The noise goes on until the early hours so they get very little sleep. They are now planning to move to the outskirts.
Report GoOnThen • August 4, 2017 9:41 PM BST
This is what 450k gets you in Rotherham.

I found this property on the Rightmove Android app and wanted you to see it: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/49127979
Report johnnythebull • August 4, 2017 10:11 PM BST
superb drum..amazing the dichotomy in price in different parts of this benighted once sceptred isle!
Report doantwin2easy • August 4, 2017 10:21 PM BST
exactly my thoughts Johnny.
Report SlippyBlue • August 4, 2017 10:25 PM BST
1 bed basement flat next door to me, no garden, £800K.
Report Deptford • August 4, 2017 10:25 PM BST
When I was young I hated Northerners, but loved going oop North for football, and I hated the people, they all talked funny and wore shocking clothes, as you get older you mellow, met loads of decent Northern types on holiday, met up many times for drinks etc and shown some beautiful villages, been to loads of the racetracks and stayed in some lovely areas, I am lucky, I live in a lovely area now, ( Petts Wood ) you wouldn't get me to move back for anything
Report SlippyBlue • August 4, 2017 10:26 PM BST
I'm cashing in my chips next year and moving to Sussex.
Report Deptford • August 4, 2017 10:27 PM BST
How you doing Slippy? Poxy result for us,same old story, missed loads of chances tonight, had 2 disaster days Goodwood but superb since
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 10:27 PM BST
woodford green,more money here than in dulwich village
Report Coachbuster • August 4, 2017 10:29 PM BST
Aunty Post is alive and well in Wooford Green Laugh
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 10:30 PM BST
and forest beat millwall
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 10:31 PM BST
wtf is aunty post
Report Deptford • August 4, 2017 10:31 PM BST
My mate lives in Woodford Green, seems okish
Report SlippyBlue • August 4, 2017 10:32 PM BST
Petts Wood is nice Deptford, South London will be forever in my bones for always but fancy a change now. Hope all is good with you Happy
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 10:44 PM BST
Edinburgh was full of hate tonight
never seen nothing like it.
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 10:46 PM BST
i used to drink in deptford tis shyte
Report Deptford • August 4, 2017 10:48 PM BST
Lovely little place, nice village feel to it
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 10:49 PM BST
is that irish boozer still there at the top of deptford high road turn right
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 10:49 PM BST
Serious this was bad for Edinburgh
the bouncers rejecting whites but
others get in cos they dont drink.
You know what i mean.This is bad
Report Deptford • August 4, 2017 10:50 PM BST
Harp Of Erin?
Report SlippyBlue • August 4, 2017 10:51 PM BST
I'm OK Deptford, had to have part of my collar bone removed this year after a hideous injury but my cup, as ever, is always half fullWink
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 10:51 PM BST
Your too drunk but you know
a certain group dont drink
so they walk in and laugh.
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 10:52 PM BST
Absolute crazy they are loving it
the festival is on but
no drunk Scots allowed.
Report Knight Commander • August 4, 2017 10:54 PM BST
Why would non-drinkers want to go into a pub anyway ? Confused
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 10:55 PM BST
There ended up being a fight with
scots v scots.This is never happened
even back in the drugs days.
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 11:00 PM BST
incorrect.-one jock could start commotion in an empty room
Report GoOnThen • August 4, 2017 11:01 PM BST
Jocks fighting jocks on a Friday night? Unbelievable!
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 11:01 PM BST
They wouldn't let me in to
watch Forrest lol i got told
Forrest was down.just check 1-0 Laugh
i put bet on in Bridges i'm
checking my pockets now
Report chavman • August 4, 2017 11:01 PM BST
one jock and a bottle of whiskey in an empty room and you got a riot
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 11:02 PM BST
goonthen no jocks mate
town is flooded.White man drinks
so too drunk but others dont drink so
easy pass.
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 11:04 PM BST
white man gets rejected for booze
other guy is clean with booze
work it our ffs.
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 11:06 PM BST
go to north bridge and you will
see.they pull up in cars and bouncer
cannot reject because he is sober.i
would hate to have daughters in any
bars in UK.at least sons can fight
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 11:12 PM BST
tommy rob , i like him one day
next day he;s a tw@t.but watch him
from his old days he got it spot on.
people on here know i aint no tommy
lover but fck me he got it 100%
Report OwnBrain • August 4, 2017 11:21 PM BST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SW2Agh0FDI

up to no good though wtf is going on
Report ufcdan • August 5, 2017 6:57 AM BST
I'm cashing in my chips next year and moving to Sussex.

Fxxk off slippy..........I moved out of the smoke to get away from the likes of you LaughLaughLaughWink
Report OwnBrain • August 5, 2017 7:28 AM BST
we all realise Tommy got bought
grassed his mate and has a free
run yeah? Book published x 3 now
Laugh i have met people
who met him.Kev is hard TR
is no more than rob them.
Report SlippyBlue • August 5, 2017 5:28 PM BST
ufcdan 05 Aug 17 06:57
I'm cashing in my chips next year and moving to Sussex.

Fxxk off slippy..........I moved out of the smoke to get away from the likes of you


How very dare you! I'm chilled out wherever I reside Happy Just the right time for me to move away from London in the next year or so, might buy a greyhound to run at Hove, go fishing a lot and just generally chill out. That's Plan A anyway.
Report ufcdan • August 5, 2017 5:54 PM BST
Well if you do come down and infest Sussex.........I'll take you on the Rother as a guest of my club decent Barbel and plenty of chub Cool
Report SlippyBlue • August 5, 2017 6:06 PM BST
That's a deal, I do love my fishing. My brother owns a great pub near Dorking, http://www.thekingwilliamiv.com/
We go fishing for plaice and mackerel in Littlehampton and often get a good haul and put it on the menu when we get back to his gaff.
Report scissors • August 5, 2017 6:17 PM BST
Black Shuk -- its awful , horrible, dont come up --
pass it on to ALL your Southern friends ... please !!

In this way we can keep the secret of the beautiful areas we have up here
and keep them pure , clean and Southerner free !!

Those that know .. keep stum !!
We dont want an invasion of the
up the apple and pears lot !!
Report Dr Crippen • August 5, 2017 6:20 PM BST
I'm afraid if you're working class or on benefits the whole of the UK will soon be a grim place for you to live.
If the part you live in isn't pretty grim already.
Report GoOnThen • August 5, 2017 6:48 PM BST
Looks like a nice boozer Slippy. I'm currently in Horsham for a couple of nights.
Report SlippyBlue • August 5, 2017 7:02 PM BST
It is a grand pub GoOnThen, The King William 1Vth  won The Daily Telegraph award for the best Sunday lunch in the U.K. a couple of years ago. He works his socks off, if you pop in to see my brother Eamonn say you know Slippy Blue and you'll no doubt get a free pint Wink
Report GoOnThen • August 5, 2017 7:43 PM BST
Cheers mate.Happy
Report black shuck • August 5, 2017 8:12 PM BST

Aug 5, 2017 -- 12:17PM, scissors wrote:


Black Shuk -- its awful , horrible, dont come up -- pass it on to ALL your Southern friends ... please !!In this way we can keep the secret of the beautiful areas we have up here and keep them pure , clean and Southerner free !!Those that know .. keep stum !!We dont want an invasion of the up the apple and pears lot !!


Im coming alone..southern softies wont handle the east wind in winter anyway

Report morpteh mackem • August 5, 2017 8:18 PM BST
reet, i'll be in walton on thames/weybridge area tomorrow. if you see me say hello Grin
Report black shuck • August 5, 2017 8:25 PM BST
Wow thats well south for a mackem..not south enough to see me..im dungeness atm
Report Hank Hill • August 5, 2017 8:46 PM BST
Born and grew up in the SE, but absolutely loved my time at university in the NW.
Report SlippyBlue • August 5, 2017 8:57 PM BST
morpeth mackem, The Ship in Weybridge is a good pub. Great grub.
Report scandanavian_haven • August 5, 2017 9:01 PM BST
London is the jewel in England's crown, let's all be honest Grin
Report morpteh mackem • August 5, 2017 10:19 PM BST

Aug 5, 2017 -- 2:57PM, SlippyBlue wrote:


morpeth mackem, The Ship in Weybridge is a good pub. Great grub.


might have a butchas, been told of a nice italian there too.

Report digdeep • August 5, 2017 11:52 PM BST
I had a week in a cottage near Amble thought Northumberland was stunning ,the people very friendly would live there like a shot if it wasn't for my children and grandchildren all living down south,and I'm a born and bred Londoner.
Report ufcdan • August 6, 2017 6:04 AM BST
Looks like a nice boozer Slippy. I'm currently in Horsham for a couple of nights.


I consider Horsham to be "Up North" Mischief
Report ufcdan • August 6, 2017 6:05 AM BST
And on that basis I was in Bedford last weekend............what a sh1thole !
Report morpteh mackem • August 6, 2017 2:34 PM BST
reet im here, its warmer i must say, just went past the ship in weybridge about an hour ago looked like people drinking shandy or lager topsShocked. m25 is a nightmare though.
Report GoOnThen • August 6, 2017 3:46 PM BST
Didn't like it too far south Dan. Had a place on Brighton marina for a couple of years around the turn of the century.Used to cycle up to Hove lagoon for breakfast, even at that time in a morning there'd be taxi drivers tossing each other off in the bushes.Just had a pleasant afternoon in The Anchor Tap in Horsham. Most civilised. Happy
Report casemoney • August 6, 2017 9:35 PM BST
London is the jewel in England's crown, let's all be honest ???

You obviously do not know our Great capital ... Some of the Most Poverty Stricken areas in the Country ...
Report casemoney • August 6, 2017 9:40 PM BST
I was in Amble the Other Day Dig Lovely Place , I went into a Pub and found it Full of Toon Supporters PMSL ,All Players Shirts  Stuck to the Ceiling ,was a Little off the Beaten Track ,Friendly Enough Crowd Happy
Report SlippyBlue • August 6, 2017 9:58 PM BST
Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie
Report SlippyBlue • August 6, 2017 9:58 PM BST
Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie
Report SlippyBlue • August 6, 2017 9:59 PM BST
Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie
Report SlippyBlue • August 6, 2017 9:59 PM BST
Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie
Report SlippyBlue • August 6, 2017 10:02 PM BST
Serious laptop malfunction there.
Report ufcdan • August 7, 2017 6:14 AM BST
Get it fixed slippy
Report ufcdan • August 7, 2017 6:14 AM BST
Get it fixed slippy
Report ufcdan • August 7, 2017 6:14 AM BST
Get it fixed slippy
Report morpteh mackem • August 7, 2017 8:40 AM BST
amble is bit of happening place, often seen as warkworth( just up coast) poorers brother but impressed with improvements, was there couple of weeks ago, ate at jaspers- very nice, highly recommended.

off to esher today for a look round.want to go into london but work at waterloo station looks horrendous.
Report OwnBrain • August 7, 2017 9:31 AM BST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnW-hCS1RM

The Real Football Factories - Sunderland
Report ufcdan • August 7, 2017 9:53 AM BST
Drove through Esher yesterday after a pleasant visit along the Thames at Walton. £50 for a pub lunch and a couple of drinks Sad
Report bix • August 7, 2017 2:24 PM BST
Visited Tower Bridge on Sunday which I suppose is what a lot of people think is London but had the misfortune to stay about a mile away in Aldgate East which is horrible but I'm told not the worst area of London. Glad it was just a weekend visit. The thought of having to live there for any longer fills me with utter dread.
Report casemoney • August 7, 2017 6:21 PM BST
Slippy Grin  Lovely People tbh Slip ,Only prob with them is you could Stop to ask someone Directions and come away with their life story Laugh
Report ufcdan • August 7, 2017 7:39 PM BST
If I never saw London again I don't think I'd loose to much sleep over it Mischief
Report ufcdan • August 7, 2017 7:39 PM BST
Lose even Crazy
Report SlippyBlue • August 7, 2017 9:34 PM BST
Indeed nanny, such lovely people the Geordies are, my second home. I wouldn't want to live there though but it's grand for a visit. All of them on Uncle Charlie though, I'm far too old for that carry on. Been there, done it, not interested but great caring mates I have got in the North East.Happy
Report morpteh mackem • August 8, 2017 7:25 PM BST
surprised esher only has a corals in high st seeing as racecourse is top end. lots of places to eat though. could only see one pub though ( bear hotel )
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