Grimsby boy moves to the States.
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Raheem
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The -by ending indicates that it was at one time a Viking settlement. The "Grim" part is what you would expect.
Possibly. I think I was about 9 last time I was there. It used to be the world's biggest fishing port.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I was born in Cleethorpes which means I'm not really a Grimmy, I'm a Meggy, which is better of course. To be really pedantic though, I was brought up in Humberstone. Which is even better. Some might dispute this but that's because they're jealous.
As for your never having visited you're missing nothing, it's an awful place now.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
Thank you for posting petee
Im really struggling with my head atm and my usual go to soothing programmes weren't cutting the mustard.
I've been watching his videos and finding them weirdly soothing
glad you're liking them!
for soothing, I go to haircut videos. this is a popular channel, no music, no narration, just natural sound.
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
Steel Icarus
we move
I wasn't born there, but lived there for over 20 years and still work there, trying to make it better. As with any ruined Northern industrial town it's a shithole, but the people are good, just facing a lot of problems in a lot of cases.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Grimsby town are doing very well in the fa cup
Steel Icarus
we move
It's not anything like a Grimsby accentHis accent is a bit grating , a bit Alan Patridge
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
It wasn't even filmed in Grimsby
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
Sadly the people are not always good. I’ve been mugged there on three occasions and have suffered the most overt racism I’ve ever been subjected to anywhere. Immingham locally has a poor reputation, but in my experience, although it is a struggling area, it’s better than Grimsby and Cleethorpes.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
That's just torturous. I hate having my hair cut and I think the customer had better hair when he walked in.
klang
klang
Haven't been to a hairdresser's in decades, but isn't that what the experience is all about?
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purves grundy
ambient clown remix
"Where you from?"
"Grimsby."
"Is it - hehe - 'grim'??!"
Had to get my sides sewn up many times over the years after hits from that zinger.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Almost like it's actually narrated by David Mitchell....His accent is a bit grating , a bit Alan Patridge
Not a "proper Grimsby accent", for sure.
I lived in Cleethorpes for my first 18 years, neither of my parents were born there so I got a "generic Northern" accent, which is probably tempered somewhat by living in London for the last 38 years,
surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
Awful film - location was mostly in Essex....
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I have been to Grimsby. A long time ago. I went because a university friend was from there. I was in a house and a pub and a chip shop. And a train station. All of those were fine and worked as you’d expect. I remember we had an enjoyable weekend, as you do when you’re 20.
I haven’t been back.
I haven’t been back.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
I lived about a mile or so away from you, in New Waltham.
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
My first serious girlfriend lived on Peaks Lane.
Steel Icarus
we move
Yeah, the only league team with a ground not in its actual town (unless you count Port Vale which isn't a place at all)
petee
no gods, no malarkey
it's delightful, i love having my hair cut and it's a good job too, though i'm not a fan of pompadours.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Those from Grimsby (or nearby) should organise an outing where so we can all visit and get drunk.
