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over a year ago
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I don't have a county, I've moved about so much I've lost count. Tyneside and Kent are the places I've settled longest but also Ireland, Bristol, Cardiff. I love them all more or less equally but I'm rooted in none of them. |
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over a year ago
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I read that as "Do you love your Country" and immediately went to the Baldrick quote
"Do you love your country?"
"Certainly do Sir"
"Do you love your King?"
"Certainly don't Sir"
"Whyever not?"
"My mother said never trust a man with a mustache"
"Ha ha, native Cockney wit..." Thump.
Grew up in Norn Iron badlands (South Armagh) during 80s and 90s and hated it, left school at 17 to join the circus.
Though years later I listed Armagh as my county representation for Judo so I could enter more competitions as no competitors from there in London. |
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"I read that as "Do you love your Country" and immediately went to the Baldrick quote
"Do you love your country?"
"Certainly do Sir"
"Do you love your King?"
"Certainly don't Sir"
"Whyever not?"
"My mother said never trust a man with a mustache"
"Ha ha, native Cockney wit..." Thump.
Grew up in Norn Iron badlands (South Armagh) during 80s and 90s and hated it, left school at 17 to join the circus.
Though years later I listed Armagh as my county representation for Judo so I could enter more competitions as no competitors from there in London."
interesting life what did you do at the circus  |
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I didn't realise Stockport was in Cheshire 
I don't think I've ever thought about it really. I live in GM and bits are great, bits are shite. I like other counties too. I've been a nomad in my life, so don't feel especially attached to one place or another really. |
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"I didn't realise Stockport was in Cheshire
I don't think I've ever thought about it really. I live in GM and bits are great, bits are shite. I like other counties too. I've been a nomad in my life, so don't feel especially attached to one place or another really."
fair comment it is Greater Manchester but we use to be in Cheshire |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We love our department because it’s basically just countryside and cows and our football team is crap so it’s just like Essex sort of but less chavs!!!!
Tony |
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"I’ve been very lucky in that I was born and bred in Merseyside which is still where my heart lies, but now living in Shropshire which is quite stunning for so many reasons   "
Also proud to be English, we have an amazing country... and Liverpool ha x |
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"I'm a Yorkshire lass living in Lancashire...due to parents moving here when I was 10  Much prefer Yorkshire and it is where my heart is and always will be....God's own county!!!"
Without wishing to be contentious but can you be clarify why because as a Yorkshiremen I don't get this all "god's own county" stereotyping. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Shropshire, love my location because I am a mile from my beloved Wales and rural enough to be classed as the country yet only an hour or so away from Liverpool/Birmingham/Manchester and the coast
There is also a lot of history here and a lot of folklore |
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"I'm a Yorkshire lass living in Lancashire...due to parents moving here when I was 10 Much prefer Yorkshire and it is where my heart is and always will be....God's own county!!!
Without wishing to be contentious but can you be clarify why because as a Yorkshiremen I don't get this all "god's own county" stereotyping. "
Obviously unable to so I guess just another unthought out comment! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yes, very much so, my county is often name checked in songs, it’s been included in number ones, I think it was sang best when Maria warbled ‘Cover me, leave me breathless, show me Devon.’ I often wonder what part of Devon she was in when she wrote that, probably the South Hams area I expect, it’s stunning there. |
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In the market town I live in, in West Yorkshire, it’s right on the river and we have the forest overlooking the town.
30 mins drive to the City, 30 mins drive and you are in the Yorkshire Dales, 30 mins to Harrogate.
It’s a fantastic part of the country to live in.
K
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By (user no longer on site)
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I’m from North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, the North East…. Whatever it’s called… I love where I am we have miles of beautiful beaches… Newcastle a few miles away for nights out… we have decent shopping in Newcastle fenwicks, John Lewis…. and Gatesheads Metro Centre. Half an hours drive and we are in Northumberland, and my neighbour mows my front lawn…. I’m happy here xx |
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By *istalloverCouple
over a year ago
Pays de la Loire -Normandie -Brittany borderFrance |
Loved Shropshire .
But love France more . No traffic ,, no noise ,no crime, no clothes on most of the time.
But prefer Shropshire or Spain Janary to end of March for the social life, |
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It's ok. As with any county it has some glorious places and some absolute holes. We have outstandingly beautiful spots and also areas of astonishing deprivation.
Yes, we have Formby and Crosby and the amazing city centre, but we also have Birkenhead, Liscard (home of the country's most depressing Christmas tree) and New Brighton (the eighth worst seaside town in Britain, according to Which).
I like it, but I'm not blind to its faults and suspect I would like anywhere I lived. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Luimneach Abu Gaelic ?
I'll give you a gay lick!
Rim him
 do any of you know what gaeilge is
Obviously Irish "
you don't really know much about the UK either gaeilge /gaelic is spoken in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
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My county is Warwickshire, some lovely towns, lovely countryside, a few castles and famous battles have been fought here, it’s 10 mins to Coventry, 20mins to Birmingham and right in the middle of the main road networks that can take me anywhere I want to go |
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I like where I live, it's usually warm in the summer and it's reasonably close to good beaches. I do think there are prettier parts of the country though, I'm not that attached to Hampshire. |
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It’s ok. There just isn’t that much to see from an outdoors perspective. Plus every patch of land is being built on.
I am toying with the idea of upping sticks to a village in the Cotswolds or Marlborough area before I retire and then head home. |
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"I'm a Yorkshire lass living in Lancashire...due to parents moving here when I was 10 Much prefer Yorkshire and it is where my heart is and always will be....God's own county!!!
Without wishing to be contentious but can you be clarify why because as a Yorkshiremen I don't get this all "god's own county" stereotyping. "
Cos in Yorkshire, the people are like Gods!!! |
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"I'm a Yorkshire lass living in Lancashire...due to parents moving here when I was 10 Much prefer Yorkshire and it is where my heart is and always will be....God's own county!!!
Without wishing to be contentious but can you be clarify why because as a Yorkshiremen I don't get this all "god's own county" stereotyping.
And when a Yorkshireman says it’ll do, you know there’s nowt better lol
Cos in Yorkshire, the people are like Gods!!! "
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