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…
Posted: 24th, February 2008 | In: Broadsheets Comments (8) | TrackBack | Permalink
