The North
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luka
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whats been interesting me a bit recently is the fake counties, regions which probably dont
exist at all. they have names and occassionally you might meet someone who claims to come
from one of them but they have no stereotypes associated with them, you couldnt point to
them on a map (becasue they dont exist) they have no famous landmarks or cities etc.
here is a list of the counties of england
exist at all. they have names and occassionally you might meet someone who claims to come
from one of them but they have no stereotypes associated with them, you couldnt point to
them on a map (becasue they dont exist) they have no famous landmarks or cities etc.
here is a list of the counties of england
IdleRich
IdleRich
But what stands out to me is that, although the language is tarted up, in summary it provides the incisive observationy "People from up north are friendly and warm and open, and people from London are closed, cold and unfriendly ".Laura Barton once wrote a piece about the north that seems to made up entirely of lines for private eye's Pseuds Corner. Trigger warning: it's almost unreadable
Laura Barton: My north-south divide
Ten years after defecting from her native Wigan, Laura Barton's not going back!www.theguardian.com
Mr. Tea
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Another poor brainwashed sheeple, suckered in by Big Haggis.
Simon silverdollarcircle
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Newcastle is Viking country innit. They're like Scandinavians but unruly
Isn't Benjamin zephaniah from Birmingham?
Liverpool is not really the North to me, or its borderline. Liverpool is almost it's own country like London. They consider themselves special do the scousers.
One nice thing about it tho is that the weather is relatively pleasant, especially in comparison to Manchester there are often nice fluffy clouds and a blue sky, on the same day as its raining in Manchester.
It always really surprised me about Liverpool how the off licences all have bulletproof glass up, so you go in and ask for what you want.
The two cathedrals in Liverpool are very impressive, specially the wigwam, as is the Picton reading room in the library.
Although it's maybe a bit too grand, whereas the Manchester one is more functional.
I can't think of a single band or music act from Liverpool that I have much time for. Interesting that acid house, rave, techno, jungle seemed to miss it out? You go straight from the post punk bands, which were all much inferior to Manchester, to things like the Las or cast or lightning seeds and there's no dance music anywhere.
Is he? Oh OK. I remember him doing "Inna Liverpool" so thought he was from there.
I was going to wait until I got some maps sorted out which explain things better, but I haven't been able to do that...
So anyway, my new theory of the North is that it is the M62 belt, but crucially only from just west of Manchester to just east of Leeds.
So I'm modifying Will Alsop's theory of the entire M62 as a city, cos that doesn't make sense to me.
That road is only busy between the points mentioned, so I'm considering the Liverpool-Manchester and Leeds-Hull sections as "offboarding" and "onboarding" respectively. They are in a sense outro and intro.
The main song is Manchester-Leeds.
So in this way of looking at things, somewhere like York is not the North, because it is too far North, and a different sort of place to that belt I'm talking about.
There is actually historical precedent for this way of looking at things: one thousand years ago, if you wanted to get to York from London, you would go by ship rather than over land.
Im also discounting Sheffield because of its poor showing in the recent poll. Its also too far from the M62.
So anyway, my new theory of the North is that it is the M62 belt, but crucially only from just west of Manchester to just east of Leeds.
So I'm modifying Will Alsop's theory of the entire M62 as a city, cos that doesn't make sense to me.
That road is only busy between the points mentioned, so I'm considering the Liverpool-Manchester and Leeds-Hull sections as "offboarding" and "onboarding" respectively. They are in a sense outro and intro.
The main song is Manchester-Leeds.
So in this way of looking at things, somewhere like York is not the North, because it is too far North, and a different sort of place to that belt I'm talking about.
There is actually historical precedent for this way of looking at things: one thousand years ago, if you wanted to get to York from London, you would go by ship rather than over land.
Im also discounting Sheffield because of its poor showing in the recent poll. Its also too far from the M62.
IdleRich
IdleRich
He's in Peaky Blinders, so case closed.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Why would anyone want to do that?