Is it really grim up norf?

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   And would certainly Prefer to live by the Sea as to living in most Cities ..

northumberland- englands best kept secret.

Ur spot on MM   And hopefully it will stay that way

Some Cracking pubs selling Decent Grub ,North Yorks Coast lovely as well whitby  robin hood etc ...

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.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ratboy-anthony-kennedy-jailed-three-2239255

RATBOY

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Imagine coming home and finding that curling one out on your persian

There's a case to be made for hobbling ratboy, shirley.

is London the whole south of England now ?  lol

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 .

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

Could happily live in York.

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

Anyone that pronounces words like Past, Last, Mask, Chance, Dance without the -r that is not there, is a northerner imo.

Or a wurzel

Leeds has it all, the only downside is Bradford is only about12 mile away

The Bradford book reading types  certainly Never made it as Far as Durham, 0.5% of the Community

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

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

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.

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.

....  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 

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

great idea letting all these peasants in were,nt it

Great workers mostly great people..

great... enjoy living in a doorway

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.

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

superb drum..amazing the dichotomy in price in different parts of this benighted once sceptred isle!

exactly my thoughts Johnny.

1 bed basement flat next door to me, no garden, £800K.

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

I'm cashing in my chips next year and moving to Sussex.

How you doing Slippy? Poxy result for us,same old story, missed loads of chances tonight, had 2 disaster days Goodwood but superb since

woodford green,more money here than in dulwich village

Aunty Post is alive and well in Wooford Green

and forest beat millwall

wtf is aunty post

My mate lives in Woodford Green, seems okish

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

Edinburgh was full of hate tonight
never seen nothing like it.

i used to drink in deptford tis shyte

Lovely little place, nice village feel to it

is that irish boozer still there at the top of deptford high road turn right

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

Harp Of Erin?

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 full

Your too drunk but you know
a certain group dont drink
so they walk in and laugh.

Absolute crazy they are loving it
the festival is on but
no drunk Scots allowed.

Why would non-drinkers want to go into a pub anyway ?

There ended up being a fight with
scots v scots.This is never happened
even back in the drugs days.

incorrect.-one jock could start commotion in an empty room

Jocks fighting jocks on a Friday night? Unbelievable!

They wouldn't let me in to
watch Forrest lol i got told
Forrest was down.just check 1-0
i put bet on in Bridges i'm
checking my pockets now

one jock and a bottle of whiskey in an empty room and you got a riot

goonthen no jocks mate
town is flooded.White man drinks
so too drunk but others dont drink so
easy pass.

white man gets rejected for booze
other guy is clean with booze
work it our ffs.

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

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%

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SW2Agh0FDI

up to no good though wtf is going on

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

we all realise Tommy got bought
grassed his mate and has a free
run yeah? Book published x 3 now
i have met people
who met him.Kev is hard TR
is no more than rob them.

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 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.

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

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.

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 !!

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.

Looks like a nice boozer Slippy. I'm currently in Horsham for a couple of nights.

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

Cheers mate.

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

reet, i'll be in walton on thames/weybridge area tomorrow. if you see me say hello

Wow thats well south for a mackem..not south enough to see me..im dungeness atm

Born and grew up in the SE, but absolutely loved my time at university in the NW.

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

London is the jewel in England's crown, let's all be honest

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.

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.

Looks like a nice boozer Slippy. I'm currently in Horsham for a couple of nights.


I consider Horsham to be "Up North"

And on that basis I was in Bedford last weekend............what a sh1thole !

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 tops. m25 is a nightmare though.

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.

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 ...

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

Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie

Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie

Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie

Casemoney, apart from my younger brother my best mate in the world is a Geordie

Serious laptop malfunction there.

Get it fixed slippy

Get it fixed slippy

Get it fixed slippy

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnW-hCS1RM

The Real Football Factories - Sunderland

Drove through Esher yesterday after a pleasant visit along the Thames at Walton. £50 for a pub lunch and a couple of drinks

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.

Slippy   Lovely People tbh Slip ,Only prob with them is you could Stop to ask someone Directions and come away with their life story

If I never saw London again I don't think I'd loose to much sleep over it

Lose even

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.

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 )