Northerners urged to move South - Page 3

Battybarb · 18 Aug 2008, 09:12

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Originally Posted by Pudding

One thing I've noticed is that a lot of Northerners know that there's a lot of shitholes up North, whereas a lot of Southerners deny that any exist in the South.

Pud

There are definately plenty ,believe me..

*AndyK* · 18 Aug 2008, 12:57

You're all wrong!! Best Fish and Chips are from White Cross, Guiseley.

As a Northerner who's lived all over the country in the last 20 years, there's only one place south of the Humber (the true North/South dividing line) that I'd move back to and that's Dorset. Other than that if it's not North Yorkshire then anywhere else is really second best (even Cheshire where I am at the moment).

I'm a firm beleiver in the Tebbit philosophy though. Every time I've moved around the country it's been for work, if there's not been anything suitable where I've lived, then it's pack the bags get on my bike and move to where the work is. I've never been out of work and if it's been threatened I've bene ready with e next job before the previous one has ended, despite the fact I'm writing this from the office .. grafting is the only way!

LucyK! · 18 Aug 2008, 13:06

Shifting away from the point slightly, the thing that really grates me with these stories on the national news (broadcast from London) is the Southern definition of 'North'...Andy and I, who are both from the north, saw the headline on TV and watched for the story expecting to see Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough...and the story was based on Liverpool, which to me isn't the north at all, it's almost 3 hours south of my Mum's house in the north east.

Seems to me that anywhere north of Birmingham is deemed 'North'

**The Flying Mouse** · 18 Aug 2008, 13:10

You're all very very wrong.

Bizzie Lizzies in Skipton is the best fish & chip emporium in the land.

I used to make a point of calling into Skipton to go to Bizzie Lizzies on the way home from a stint at sea.

Second best fish & chips are to be had on a little road facing the river in Newcastle.

The catch is brought in on one side of the road, and the cafe is on the other.
You don't get fresher than that

**The Flying Mouse** · 18 Aug 2008, 13:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucy!

Shifting away from the point slightly, the thing that really grates me with these stories on the national news (broadcast from London) is the Southern definition of 'North'...Andy and I, who are both from the north, saw the headline on TV and watched for the story expecting to see Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough...and the story was based on Liverpool, which to me isn't the north at all, it's almost 3 hours south of my Mum's house in the north east.

Seems to me that anywhere north of Birmingham is deemed 'North'

Agreed.
We seem to have a very low slung midlands

mszee · 18 Aug 2008, 14:12

Alright...

1. Can somebody point to a good fish n chips in London ?(by the way, London to me is like a snail...pace NY for years...then you will know what fast and unfriendly is...as pointed above...it's not unfriendly...it's busy and minding their own business).

2. Whoever decides to move South, take my Yorkie with you...he is an obnoxious bastid...

sexyeyes_jo · 18 Aug 2008, 19:36

well i moved from the south to the north early this year and to be honest its the best thing i have ever done. the people up there are more friendly than they are in the south, but i suppose where ever you go you are bound to run in to some a**eholes and some sh**holes at some point. i do perfer it up north than i do down south though.

Heli · 19 Aug 2008, 01:34

North to me is anywhere below scotland and above sheffield really.....Nottinghamshire up to Cambridge area is midlands and the everything below is the south or the west country.

It's interesting how people have their idea's of the devides. I know many people who consider nottingham and derby as sort of north. Is there any official right or wrong divide?

SamCat · 19 Aug 2008, 01:39

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Originally Posted by Heli

North to me is anywhere below scotland and above sheffield really.....Nottinghamshire up to Cambridge area is midlands and the everything below is the south or the west country.

It's interesting how people have their idea's of the devides. I know many people who consider nottingham and derby as sort of north. Is there any official right or wrong divide?

Anything north of Watford isn't it lol!!!!

Pudding · 19 Aug 2008, 01:55

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Originally Posted by AndyK

As a Northerner who's lived all over the country in the last 20 years!

Are you a pikey? LOL (yeah I know that word isn't PC anymore but I don't really give a f*ck

)

Pud

Pudding · 19 Aug 2008, 02:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heli

It's interesting how people have their idea's of the devides.

It's simple, if it ain't Yorkshire (Gods own county) then it aint right

Pud

*AndyK* · 19 Aug 2008, 15:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pudding

Are you a pikey? LOL

That's rich coming from a convict

Pudding · 20 Aug 2008, 02:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyK

That's rich coming from a convict

That'd be Australia, I'm in New Zealand, perhaps I'm a Hobbit, a tall Hobbit

Pud

AndrewG · 20 Aug 2008, 02:17

Who pays for these think tanks? If I have even contributed just a penny through my taxes to this shit I would like my money back. This propaganda is useless and very insulting towards parts of the UK. I can't understand how they can get away with spewing out this garbage.
Same I saw a little bit of this "Secret Millionaire" program on Channel 4 (used to be a good channel which has now turned into propaganda rubbish). They basically made out Glasgow being a hell hole and that this secret millionaire would save the city. Utter bollocks and there have been people from Glasgow who have made way more money than that "secret millionaire".
Think Tank? They should call it Shit Tank.

There's rubbish places all over the UK, they are not just confined to this mysterious northern area imo. Teenage stabbings have been headlines in London. Surely that can't be a very attractive reason to move south no matter how bleak the picture up north would be according to a shit tank. I know these killings are just a drop in the ocean, however it does clearly prove the inconsistency of all this media scare mungering which is just ridiculous. On one hand the media tells us everything "up north" (where-ever that may be) is shit and you should move south and on the other it tells us every teenager in London carries a knife. Cheers for that Rupert Murdoch, now please feck off.

*AndyK* · 20 Aug 2008, 02:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pudding

That'd be Australia, I'm in New Zealand, perhaps I'm a Hobbit, a tall Hobbit

Pud

OK, so I was as close as you were

Anyway, thought you had hairy palms not hairy feet

Pudding · 20 Aug 2008, 03:33

Nothing wrong with hairy palms

The best Fish & Chips I've had was actually in SCOTLAND...WTF?

A plaice

called The Ashvale in Aberdeen. Not only is the fish delicious but if you eat in the restaurant they come round halfway through you eating to see if you want more chips and peas at no extra cost.

Pud

mszee · 20 Aug 2008, 04:51

Ahem...still invisible am I? Best fish and chips in London...and it would be also good to know for Northerners who are moving South...so I am absolutely on topic here!!!

Pudding · 20 Aug 2008, 05:43

The fact that nobody has replied to you as to where the best fish & chips are in London is because there aren't any decent fish & chips in London. You'd be better off eating a decomposed rat from the London underground then deep frying it.

Pud

Siobhan · 20 Aug 2008, 12:21

there is decent fish and chips in London! Well I don't know about central London but we went to two different chipies in the suburbs when we lived there. Both were run by Italians... Yet in Rome there were no fish and chips to be seen...

mszee · 20 Aug 2008, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pudding

The fact that nobody has replied to you as to where the best fish & chips are in London is because there aren't any decent fish & chips in London. You'd be better off eating a decomposed rat from the London underground then deep frying it.

Pud

I was already offered a rat...well, virtually so far...what's with London and rats??? Oh yeah...we have those in NY too...think I'll pass on this...

SamCat · 20 Aug 2008, 22:39

I'm working on the fish and chip shop dilemma I have friends that live in Finchley and they know all the good places to eat!! They are funnily enough in New York at the moment but as soon as they get back i'll ask them i promise lol!!!

mszee · 20 Aug 2008, 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamCat

I'm working on the fish and chip shop dilemma I have friends that live in Finchley and they know all the good places to eat!! They are funnily enough in New York at the moment but as soon as they get back i'll ask them i promise lol!!!

Then most likely they are eating hot dogs and pretzels right now...LOL...

Don't worry about it...I was just stirring a pot...LOL...

20 Aug 2008, 02:17	#64
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,077	Who pays for these think tanks? If I have even contributed just a penny through my taxes to this shit I would like my money back. This propaganda is useless and very insulting towards parts of the UK. I can't understand how they can get away with spewing out this garbage. Same I saw a little bit of this "Secret Millionaire" program on Channel 4 (used to be a good channel which has now turned into propaganda rubbish). They basically made out Glasgow being a hell hole and that this secret millionaire would save the city. Utter bollocks and there have been people from Glasgow who have made way more money than that "secret millionaire". Think Tank? They should call it Shit Tank. There's rubbish places all over the UK, they are not just confined to this mysterious northern area imo. Teenage stabbings have been headlines in London. Surely that can't be a very attractive reason to move south no matter how bleak the picture up north would be according to a shit tank. I know these killings are just a drop in the ocean, however it does clearly prove the inconsistency of all this media scare mungering which is just ridiculous. On one hand the media tells us everything "up north" (where-ever that may be) is shit and you should move south and on the other it tells us every teenager in London carries a knife. Cheers for that Rupert Murdoch, now please feck off. Last edited by AndrewG; 20 Aug 2008 at 02:31.

18 Aug 2008, 12:57	#52
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	You're all wrong!! Best Fish and Chips are from White Cross, Guiseley. As a Northerner who's lived all over the country in the last 20 years, there's only one place south of the Humber (the true North/South dividing line) that I'd move back to and that's Dorset. Other than that if it's not North Yorkshire then anywhere else is really second best (even Cheshire where I am at the moment). I'm a firm beleiver in the Tebbit philosophy though. Every time I've moved around the country it's been for work, if there's not been anything suitable where I've lived, then it's pack the bags get on my bike and move to where the work is. I've never been out of work and if it's been threatened I've bene ready with e next job before the previous one has ended, despite the fact I'm writing this from the office .. grafting is the only way!

18 Aug 2008, 13:06	#53
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Shifting away from the point slightly, the thing that really grates me with these stories on the national news (broadcast from London) is the Southern definition of 'North'...Andy and I, who are both from the north, saw the headline on TV and watched for the story expecting to see Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough...and the story was based on Liverpool, which to me isn't the north at all, it's almost 3 hours south of my Mum's house in the north east. Seems to me that anywhere north of Birmingham is deemed 'North'

18 Aug 2008, 13:10	#54
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	You're all very very wrong. Bizzie Lizzies in Skipton is the best fish & chip emporium in the land. I used to make a point of calling into Skipton to go to Bizzie Lizzies on the way home from a stint at sea. Second best fish & chips are to be had on a little road facing the river in Newcastle. The catch is brought in on one side of the road, and the cafe is on the other. You don't get fresher than that

18 Aug 2008, 14:12	#56
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Alright... 1. Can somebody point to a good fish n chips in London ?(by the way, London to me is like a snail...pace NY for years...then you will know what fast and unfriendly is...as pointed above...it's not unfriendly...it's busy and minding their own business). 2. Whoever decides to move South, take my Yorkie with you...he is an obnoxious bastid...

18 Aug 2008, 19:36	#57
sexyeyes_jo Mrs Mouse Join Date: 17.05.2005 Location: Liverpool Posts: 4,633	well i moved from the south to the north early this year and to be honest its the best thing i have ever done. the people up there are more friendly than they are in the south, but i suppose where ever you go you are bound to run in to some aeholes and some shholes at some point. i do perfer it up north than i do down south though.

19 Aug 2008, 01:34	#58
Heli Daddy's little internet junkie Join Date: 29.01.2004 Location: Grimsby Posts: 4,596	North to me is anywhere below scotland and above sheffield really.....Nottinghamshire up to Cambridge area is midlands and the everything below is the south or the west country. It's interesting how people have their idea's of the devides. I know many people who consider nottingham and derby as sort of north. Is there any official right or wrong divide?

20 Aug 2008, 03:33	#66
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Nothing wrong with hairy palms The best Fish & Chips I've had was actually in SCOTLAND...WTF? A plaice called The Ashvale in Aberdeen. Not only is the fish delicious but if you eat in the restaurant they come round halfway through you eating to see if you want more chips and peas at no extra cost. Pud

20 Aug 2008, 04:51	#67
mszee Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.03.2006 Location: And you think you're down under??? Posts: 26,252	Ahem...still invisible am I? Best fish and chips in London...and it would be also good to know for Northerners who are moving South...so I am absolutely on topic here!!!

20 Aug 2008, 05:43	#68
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	The fact that nobody has replied to you as to where the best fish & chips are in London is because there aren't any decent fish & chips in London. You'd be better off eating a decomposed rat from the London underground then deep frying it. Pud

20 Aug 2008, 12:21	#69
Siobhan Mega Loafer Join Date: 25.11.2007 Location: Southampton/London Posts: 1,171	there is decent fish and chips in London! Well I don't know about central London but we went to two different chipies in the suburbs when we lived there. Both were run by Italians... Yet in Rome there were no fish and chips to be seen...

20 Aug 2008, 22:39	#71
SamCat Hello Harry!!!! Join Date: 11.09.2006 Location: London Posts: 3,086	I'm working on the fish and chip shop dilemma I have friends that live in Finchley and they know all the good places to eat!! They are funnily enough in New York at the moment but as soon as they get back i'll ask them i promise lol!!!