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[Lizzie Zoom]

Never been to Liverpool but just spending a few days in Yorkshire & we have been saying similar things ,have done a lot of walking & everyone has acknowledged one another & stopped to chat so different to South London & even Lincolnshire where we now live.

Yes, that is also what we found during our Yorkshire holiday last year.

It's all good up North!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I couldn't be doing with that. Ive lived in the South for too long now. I ignore people and expect them to do the same to me.
It upsets me when they don't adhere to this. Its uncivilised I tell ya. 

[Bigron]

Lizzie, I quite believe your assessment of present day London; I try to keep away from there as much as possible now.
However, I was born in the East End back in the days whene the streets were in black and white and there were very few non-cockneys about; it's the immigrants who have made it the way you describe: not all of them, of course not, but.....

Ron.

The only thing is Ron that Liverpool is a VERY diverse City, but still ALL people I met, regardless of ethnic origin, were all the same. Very helpful, polite and friendly.  They reflected the very heart of Liverpool.

Why can't London foster that kind of mix I wonder?

If you find the answer to that question, please let me know!
All I can offer is......well, I don't know, really.

Ron.

[omegod]

Ah....I think you're talking across London Road from the Legs of Man.

Next to Lime st from the crown pub to the grapes , aka the big house, all squished and replaced by glass n steel shite

[neil74]

As people were talking about buildings being flattened I thought I'd look on google maps.. was I shocked when I went to the 2008 view of edge lane and what used to be there compared with now.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I'm glad to hear that Liverpool has become the safest low crime city in the whole of the country.

How times (and places) change.

About 30 years ago an old girlfriend was going to travel to Liverpool to buy a car. Almost everybody including her Mum, Dad, friends, etc.....etc....begged her not to go because they assumed she would be robbed or the car would be stolen.....or both.

I suspect that 30 years ago STMO was still living there.

[New POD]

One thing I can say as a Manc who has lived in Miseryside between 1977 (aged 10) and 1989, and then again since 1998, is that I personally despise the Beatles. 

Ironic that someone thought fit to name the Airport after one of them, given that it was the 1st place that they went once they hit the big time.  Although to be fair, I like flying from Ringo Star's Flying Bus Station (as I like to call it). 


That said, my kids tell me that it's safe going clubing in the city.  And the nice people are nice.

I also note that it is impossible for me to find work at a decent* hourly rate, within 80 miles of the city and since going self employed in 2009, every contract has required me to live away from home during the week. 

*I recently applied for a contract in warrington with a rate described as "competitive" - it wasn't. it was £18 an hour less than my current work.

We often go to the Everyman Theatre, and to Zorbas (The greek) because I like them)

[redelitev6]

One thing I can say as a Manc who has lived in Miseryside between 1977 (aged 10) and 1989, and then again since 1998, is that I personally despise the Beatles. 

Ironic that someone thought fit to name the Airport after one of them, given that it was the 1st place that they went once they hit the big time.  Although to be fair, I like flying from Ringo Star's Flying Bus Station (as I like to call it). 


That said, my kids tell me that it's safe going clubing in the city.  And the nice people are nice.

I also note that it is impossible for me to find work at a decent* hourly rate, within 80 miles of the city and since going self employed in 2009, every contract has required me to live away from home during the week. 

*I recently applied for a contract in warrington with a rate described as "competitive" - it wasn't. it was £18 an hour less than my current work.

We often go to the Everyman Theatre, and to Zorbas (The greek) because I like them)

Not surprised they got out ASAP , Liverpool in the early sixties was a very different place to what it is now , the same as a lot of Northern cities

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I couldn't be doing with that. Ive lived in the South for too long now. I ignore people and expect them to do the same to me.
It upsets me when they don't adhere to this. Its uncivilised I tell ya. 

The whole theory of how this social interaction thing can get very complicated, is explained in hilarious detail below. Stick with it to the end. Its well worth it. 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pyuxh

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Lizzie, I quite believe your assessment of present day London; I try to keep away from there as much as possible now.
However, I was born in the East End back in the days whene the streets were in black and white and there were very few non-cockneys about; it's the immigrants who have made it the way you describe: not all of them, of course not, but.....

Ron.

Its now being gentrified by the middle classes Ron.   
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35hm0q

[New POD]

Never been to Liverpool but just spending a few days in Yorkshire & we have been saying similar things ,have done a lot of walking & everyone has acknowledged one another & stopped to chat so different to South London & even Lincolnshire where we now live.

Me and my wife and kids spent 1995 to 1998 living in the Yorkshire Dales. That is not friendliness , it's F**King noseyness.  They want to know all your business.  So they can make judgements and talk about you with their real friends.  Me and the wife used to play a game where one of us would tell someone something in confidence, and see how long it took to get back to the other.  Like "We can't afford a new car, so I suggested to my wife that she gets a job" would come back to her three days later with "Have you found a job yet?" and she'd say "Am I looking for a job ? That's news to me" and three days later it would get back to me as "So you won't be getting a new car then?" And I'd say "We'll just have to stop eating meat and save up" and then the lady in the shop would say "Oh are you treating yourselves this week?" when we bought some sausages... rather rude I call it.

[Bigron]

Albs, that's because thet can't afford to buy in Holland Park areas where the refugees from that tower block fire are being housed by the council.
Also, as there is no longer industrial pollution blowing into the east End, the whole area is more salubrious - if you don't count the sea of muslems flooding along the Mile End road to the mosque every Sunday.....

Ron.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Watch the  video Ron. 

[Bigron]

That video wouldn't open for me, so I can't!

Ron.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Pity. Its very funny.