Southerners Think It’s Grim Up North
DID you know: “Almost 5m southerners have never travelled north of the Watford Gap - and the cultural barrier has become an equal deterrent in the opposite direction”?
The Times (head office in London) has this facts. And it knows why:
“The findings suggest that rather than unify the country, the boom in cheap air travel has reinforced a historic rift as British holidaymakers head overseas rather than explore their own country.”
Has it?
For southerners, the north is a desolate landscape of derelict mining villages and fish and chip shops, and is dismissed by three-fifths as “bleak” and “unsophisticated”.
No the North of Spain, nor the north of Italy. But the north of England, that pre-budget airline holiday haven…
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March 4th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I was born and bred in Manchester then moved to London at 18 for 15 years. I’ve just got a job back in Manchester and can say IT IS GRIM UP NORTH! It’s cold, wet, permanently grey, quite violent, drunken and totally unsophisticated. It feels like I’ve travelled backwards thru time and I can’t wait to leave. AVOID!
February 24th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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delboy
Where is the Royal Ballet based these days? Brum
February 24th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
WHAT???? been to london many times not much there,we have the beautiful moors,and the dales and lots of cities to choose from,and the historic york,its an absalute dream,oh and by the way how many southerners are flocking to by property up here? ahh….no its not grim up north at all,…sorry to burst yer bubble………most major towns are only 30-40 minutes away,and you can have some great nights out, theatres,restuarants,and beautiful scenery to boot…..
February 24th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
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firestar
Is it a white van, perhaps?
February 24th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
i won’t even get out of the van south of northampton.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
The Lakes, Peak District, Derbyshire, Cheshire plains, Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland. The vibrancy of Manchester, historic Chester, beautiful Edinburgh, wonderful York.
Sure beats the crap out of the South. And that’s from someone who’s a born in London and thus a Southerner but prefers to be counted as a Northerner.
Hills of the North Rejoice!
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M and A
SHHH!!!
I spend most of my holiday time in N Yorks and beyond
February 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
It is a desolate, desperate place. A wasteland. There is nothing to see or visit.
Violent, crime, rape and pestilence are rife. Armed gangs roam the streets of Leeds, Manchester and all the vile sink holes they dare to call towns North of Watford Gap.
It gets worse the further north you go. Do not under any circumstance go there. There is nothing for you. Do NOT go. There are no decent restaurants or theatres. It is not a fit place to bring your children For God’s Sake! Stay Away.
Published on behalf of the Scottish Nationalist Party/ North of England Independence Movement.
No really, keep off, that’s not grass it’s nuclear waste and the recycled remains of coal miners and redundant steel workers.
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agw, our vet calls it Toxic Green
February 24th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
we avoid Watford Gap and head north via the A1.
But didn’t it used to be the North began after Watford in Hertfordshire…