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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/PT0ay9u1gg4

The difference between shandy drinking bed-wetting southerners, and flat cap wearing whippet owning mushy pea loving northerners.

Well....I found it funny.

[Lizzie Zoom]

That is so near to being the truth!

When travelling around London everyone keeps their heads down and tries very hard to not communicate with others.

In the northern part of England I have found the complete reverse of that and have had so many good conversations out of the blue with Liverpudlians, Lancashire and Yorkshire folk especially, but strangely even fellow Southerners suddenly overcome come their life long reticence and find their voices beyond even saying "Hello"!!!

[Keith ABS]

 If northerners dont keep talking their brains start to work then there will be problems

[Nick W]

If northerners dont keep talking their brains start to work then there will be problems

Yeah, they'll all move down here

[Rangie]

Best thing we ever did was move out of London in 1987, was back down there earlier this month for a funeral and was glad to get back home, got to go back on Thursday to have valuations on two properties that have been left to SWMBO how quickly they sell remains to be seen, could be a Bentley Turbo in the garage soon if all goes to plan..😁

[STEMO]

Best thing we ever did was move out of London in 1987, was back down there earlier this month for a funeral and was glad to get back home, got to go back on Thursday to have valuations on two properties that have been left to SWMBO how quickly they sell remains to be seen, could be a Bentley Turbo in the garage soon if all goes to plan..😁

Will she let you drive it, too? 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I think the North / South divide is a media creation. If it does exist at all, its wildly exaggerated.
Gives people a reason to have a moan and have a chip on their shoulder.

[Rangie]

Best thing we ever did was move out of London in 1987, was back down there earlier this month for a funeral and was glad to get back home, got to go back on Thursday to have valuations on two properties that have been left to SWMBO how quickly they sell remains to be seen, could be a Bentley Turbo in the garage soon if all goes to plan..😁

Will she let you drive it, too? 

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It's my next Christmas present of course she will 😊😊😊

[STEMO]

I think the North / South divide is a media creation. If it does exist at all, its wildly exaggerated.
Gives people a reason to have a moan and have a chip on their shoulder.

I lived in London for long enough. The reason people don't speak to each other is because they don't speak each others language.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

True. 
Most English speakers moved out years ago. The poor ones to Clacton, the wealthier ones around me. Its easy to spot them, they all drive out in front of me at junctions. 
They live in big houses, drive nice cars and talk like Phil Mitchell. 

[STEMO]

True. 
Most English speakers moved out years ago. The poor ones to Clacton, the wealthier ones around me. Its easy to spot them, they all drive out in front of me at junctions. 
They live in big houses, drive nice cars and talk like Phil Mitchell. 

Even the black cab drivers commute in from Essex. Or at least they did, till Uber took over.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Yep, used to be one lived near here. A long way to go to work, but better than living in London.
Having dais that, my Daughter lives right in the middle and wouldnt live anywhere else.  She is intelligent, but not wise. 

[STEMO]

I used to visit a mate in Braintree when I was at Colchester. It was lovely then, no doubt full of London exiles now.

[Nick W]

True. 
Most English speakers moved out years ago. The poor ones to Clacton, the wealthier ones around me. Its easy to spot them, they all drive out in front of me at junctions. 
They live in big houses, drive nice cars and talk like Phil Mitchell. 

Even the black cab drivers commute in from Essex. Or at least they did, till Uber took over.

A lot live in Thanet. Imagine running up and down the A299 and M2 everyday in a black cab, a car that makes a Defender feel like a masterpiece of ergonomics and comfort.

[STEMO]

True. 
Most English speakers moved out years ago. The poor ones to Clacton, the wealthier ones around me. Its easy to spot them, they all drive out in front of me at junctions. 
They live in big houses, drive nice cars and talk like Phil Mitchell. 

Even the black cab drivers commute in from Essex. Or at least they did, till Uber took over.

A lot live in Thanet. Imagine running up and down the A299 and M2 everyday in a black cab, a car that makes a Defender feel like a masterpiece of ergonomics and comfort.

I was on leave in Liverpool from Catterick, with a few other squaddie mates. We missed the last train on Sunday night and we knew we would be in very deep shit if we weren't there on Monday morning. So.......we got a black cab! 
The driver couldn't believe his luck, it was mid 70's and he charged us £50....up front, of course. 60 mph flat out for about 4 hours, and he had to turn around and drive back. Happy days.

[ronnyd]

I used to visit a mate in Braintree when I was at Colchester. It was lovely then, no doubt full of London exiles now.

It hasn't fared well. A bit wild west now.

[Rangie]

One of the properties left to SWMBO is in Purley Surrey regarded as a good area but not all have garages & the road is fairly full of parked vehicles making it quite difficult for those who have driveways to get out into the road easily , I would imagine the property will be valued at around £700,000 that's about double what ours is worth personally I wouldn't pay £250,000 for it.

[BazaJT]

Youngest daughter lives in Braintree now[they moved there when her husband left the army] I've never been there so can't comment on what it's like.

[STEMO]

One of the properties left to SWMBO is in Purley Surrey regarded as a good area but not all have garages & the road is fairly full of parked vehicles making it quite difficult for those who have driveways to get out into the road easily , I would imagine the property will be valued at around £700,000 that's about double what ours is worth personally I wouldn't pay £250,000 for it.

£700,000!! I've always liked you, Mick, you're a smashin fella 
 


Opti will be very jealous 🤑

[Rangie]

One of the properties left to SWMBO is in Purley Surrey regarded as a good area but not all have garages & the road is fairly full of parked vehicles making it quite difficult for those who have driveways to get out into the road easily , I would imagine the property will be valued at around £700,000 that's about double what ours is worth personally I wouldn't pay £250,000 for it.

£700,000!! I've always liked you, Mick, you're a smashin fella 
 


Opti will be very jealous 🤑

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Yes it's an unexpected windfall Steve very nice but would have been better in normal times , just hope that we stay healthy to enjoy it , makes you realise how important health  is.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I used to visit a mate in Braintree when I was at Colchester. It was lovely then, no doubt full of London exiles now.

Yep. Its about 8 miles from me and is a shithole. Rarely go near the place.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-55677494

[STEMO]

I used to visit a mate in Braintree when I was at Colchester. It was lovely then, no doubt full of London exiles now.

Yep. Its about 8 miles from me and is a shithole. Rarely go near the place.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-55677494

Hmm....I don't recall visiting that part of Braintree.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Its probably more than doubled in size since you were last there. 
It has 3 Big Tescos, a Sainsburys and a big co-op which it wouldnt have been able to sustain then.
Its also 20 minutes along the new A120 to the M11 and Stansted, so a real commuter town.

[STEMO]

Its probably more than doubled in size since you were last there. 
It has 3 Big Tescos, a Sainsburys and a big co-op which it wouldnt have been able to sustain then.
Its also 20 minutes along the new A

'Twas a nice little, countrified place in 1974.

[Rangie]

Used to go to Southend in my youth think that comes under Essex, that was a dump back in the seventies, probably a lot worse now.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

It does indeed come under Essex, although even Essex people wont go there. 
Hope Alnico blue doesnt read this. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Whilst Purley is technically in Surrey (just), it is essentially a suburb of Croydon which is a very different Surrey to the bit outside of the M25

And it doesn't matter what it cost, but a three bed semi is still a three bed semi

[STEMO]

Me and the wife to Southend in the nineties when we lived in London. We parked up, had a walk along the front and settled in a pub for a drink. There was a convoy of escorts, with the bass turned up, driving very slowly (cruising?) back and forth, turning back at the roundabouts each end. Back and forth, back and forth, all fickin evening.    We had to stop our conversation every five minutes or so, till they'd driven past.

[Rangie]

Whilst Purley is technically in Surrey (just), it is essentially a suburb of Croydon which is a very different Surrey to the bit outside of the M25

And it doesn't matter what it cost, but a three bed semi is still a three bed semi

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It's detached I'm pleased to say..😁

[STEMO]

Whilst Purley is technically in Surrey (just), it is essentially a suburb of Croydon which is a very different Surrey to the bit outside of the M25

And it doesn't matter what it cost, but a three bed semi is still a three bed semi

Yes. I seem to remember that the houses in some of those parts were nothing special.....but that commuter belt thingy.....

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Me and the wife to Southend in the nineties when we lived in London. We parked up, had a walk along the front and settled in a pub for a drink. There was a convoy of escorts, with the bass turned up, driving very slowly (cruising?) back and forth, turning back at the roundabouts each end. Back and forth, back and forth, all fickin evening.    We had to stop our conversation every five minutes or so, till they'd driven past.

Still the same, but with more drugs. 

[Nick W]

Me and the wife to Southend in the nineties when we lived in London. We parked up, had a walk along the front and settled in a pub for a drink. There was a convoy of escorts, with the bass turned up, driving very slowly (cruising?) back and forth, turning back at the roundabouts each end. Back and forth, back and forth, all fickin evening.    We had to stop our conversation every five minutes or so, till they'd driven past.

Early nineties?


I might have been there; it made a change from the street racing at Maidstone bridge, although it is frustrating having to go up to Dartford and back down the A127 when I can see South End sea front from the top of my road

[STEMO]

Me and the wife to Southend in the nineties when we lived in London. We parked up, had a walk along the front and settled in a pub for a drink. There was a convoy of escorts, with the bass turned up, driving very slowly (cruising?) back and forth, turning back at the roundabouts each end. Back and forth, back and forth, all fickin evening.    We had to stop our conversation every five minutes or so, till they'd driven past.

Early nineties?


I might have been there; it made a change from the street racing at Maidstone bridge, although it is frustrating having to go up to Dartford and back down the A127 when I can see South End sea front from the top of my road

About 92-93 I reckon.

[New POD]

As a generic Northerner, - Born in Manchester. Raised in Cheshire and Miseryside, studied in Coventry, lived adult life in Brum, Yorkshire and Liverpool, I find that mostly people are the same all over the world.  They worry about similar things. 
I'm about to start negotiations on converting from.Freelance to Permie, at my Current contract, and my boss was until recently paying £2k a month rent in London. My aspirations on pay are probably lower than he will expect because he has no northern calibration.

[Doctor Gollum]

I didn't have you pegged as coming from Mancchester... but now that you mention it

[New POD]

I didn't have you pegged as coming from Mancchester... but now that you mention it

My wife likes to suggest that's why I'm a idiot.
Parents first house was in Moss Side.
Both Lancashire born. 54 years later they live in Anglesey and Dad speaks Welsh better than most Welsh. Funny old world.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It does indeed come under Essex, although even Essex people wont go there. 
Hope Alnico blue doesnt read this. 

I hear Jaywick is a desirable place to retire.

[Rangie]

It does indeed come under Essex, although even Essex people wont go there. 
Hope Alnico blue doesnt read this. 

I hear Jaywick is a desirable place to retire.

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Saw a programme on the box some time ago now about Jaywick what a shithole that is , Lincolnshire is the place for me Opti 😁

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I used to frequent Jaywick at night time when I was in my early 20,s. Im not that brave now. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I used to frequent Jaywick at night time when I was in my early 20,s. Im not that brave now. 

Charming place. Lots of real 'salt of the earth' characters.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Me and the wife to Southend in the nineties when we lived in London. We parked up, had a walk along the front and settled in a pub for a drink. There was a convoy of escorts, with the bass turned up, driving very slowly (cruising?) back and forth, turning back at the roundabouts each end. Back and forth, back and forth, all fickin evening.    We had to stop our conversation every five minutes or so, till they'd driven past.

Early nineties?

It was about that time the youth of the day walked around with a giant wogbox perched on their shoulders. You could hear them for miles around.

[Doctor Gollum]

It does indeed come under Essex, although even Essex people wont go there. 
Hope Alnico blue doesnt read this. 

I hear Jaywick is a desirable place to retire.

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Saw a programme on the box some time ago now about Jaywick what a shithole that is , Lincolnshire is the place for me Opti 😁

Too many familiar faces?