Yorkshire, third best region in the world!

[Favelado]

Preston isn't a city. But now we're getting into intra-Lancashire rivalries. Actually though, we've done a great job of ruining this thread so let's hijack it completely.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Preston isn't a city. But now we're getting into intra-Lancashire rivalries. Actually though, we've done a great job of ruining this thread so let's hijack it completely.

I didn't know Preston was classed a city. Is it one of those new-fangled pretend ones?

 

[belboid]

the 'north-east' isnt a region, its a vague area with frequently changing boundaries. It is a daft government creation not recognised by locals.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

the 'north-east' isnt a region, its a vague area with frequently changing boundaries. It is a daft government creation not recognised by locals.

Sorry, you're wrong. I, and many others born and bred there, would refer to it as the NE. It's logical, as it is the NE of England.

 

[belboid]

that just means you can read a compass! Its different to recognising it as a coherent entity all of its own. Would you say you came from the north-east rather than Northumberland, or Newcastle, or whatever? You would say you came from Yorkshire, or a real region, like 'the Lake District' - but 'I'm from the north-east'?? naah

 

[Frances Lengel]

Salford may be a city technically, but it just doesn't feel like one in my view after living there for years. Because it doesn't have a proper city centre it just feels odd.

Salford is a city that's had it's heart ripped out by town planners. Which is why it feels more like a massive urban sprawl without a proper centre. It still is a city though.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

that just means you can read a compass! Its different to recognising it as a coherent entity all of its own. Would you say you came from the north-east rather than Northumberland, or Newcastle, or whatever? You would say you came from Yorkshire, or a real region, like 'the Lake District' - but 'I'm from the north-east'?? naah

I'm sorry but you are talking bollocks. I do say I'm from the NE.

 

[Frances Lengel]

I didn't know Preston was classed a city. Is it one of those new-fangled pretend ones?

Yeah. And its even got one of those daft polyversities as well.

 

[Frances Lengel]

I'm sorry but you are talking bollocks. I do say I'm from the NE.

It's what he does. In a similar manner to how fish gotta swim & birds gotta fly.

 

[belboid]

I'm sorry but you are talking bollocks. I do say I'm from the NE.

must be from Hexham or somewhere then... weirdo

 

[neonwilderness]

that just means you can read a compass!

That depends on where you are though, if you go with that farmerbarleymow lives in the South East compared to me

Admittedly I would say I'm from Newcastle, but I also use North East to refer to the area as well. This is pretty much what I'd consider to be the North-East:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_East_England

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That depends on where you are though, if you go with that farmerbarleymow lives in the South East compared to me

Admittedly I would say I'm from Newcastle, but I also use North East to refer to the area as well. This is pretty much what I'd consider to be the North-East:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_East_England

How dare you cast such a heinous slur!

The SE indeed - I feel dirty being likened to a southerner.

 

[neonwilderness]

How dare you cast such a heinous slur!

The SE indeed - I feel dirty being likened to a southerner.

It's bollocks anyway, the NE is a region

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's bollocks anyway, the NE is a region

Of course it is, just like the SE, SW, etc. belboid is just being silly.

 

[belboid]

me! how very dare you


I might say Colne is in 'the north-west' if I was talking to a yank, but anyone from Britain I'd say Lancashire (and a Cumbrian would say Cumbria/the Lakes), but otherwise it is a mere external region, imposed upon us from above.

 

[emanymton]

Look, it doesn't really matter, however we divide the North up, Yorkshire will always come bottom of the pile.

 

[emanymton]

Salford isn't a city. It's a sprawling town without any meaningful centre to it.

It is not even that it is just a suburb of Manchester, it doesn't even have its own postcode. Oh and of course Salford central train station is practically in the city centre of Manchester.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It is not even that it is just a suburb of Manchester, it doesn't even have its own postcode. Oh and of course Salford central train station is practically in the city centre of Manchester.

Hehe - that'll start a good row! But true - I've always thought it slightly odd that it has an M postcode, when the satellite towns mostly have their own postcode prefixes, although they are all hybrids except Stockport which is just SK. Poor Tameside has three different prefixes though - that's quite sad for a town. And yes, the central station is a mere few yards from Manchester.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Look, it doesn't really matter, however we divide the North up, Yorkshire will always come bottom of the pile.

Like the haemorrhoids of the North.

 

[Frances Lengel]

It is not even that it is just a suburb of Manchester, it doesn't even have its own postcode. Oh and of course Salford central train station is practically in the city centre of Manchester.

Postcodes mean nothing - Rochdale's got an OL postcode but that doesn't mean it's part of Oldham.

And Salford Central is in Salford.

 

[emanymton]

Postcodes mean nothing - Rochdale's got an OL postcode but that doesn't mean it's part of Oldham.

And Salford Central is in Salford.

Salford claims to be a city, name me anther city without it's won postcode?

As for the station, yes it is in Salford, that bit of Salfod just happens to be in the center of Manchester, rather proves my point.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Salford claims to be a city, name me anther city without it's won postcode?

As for the station, yes it is in Salford, that bit of Salfod just happens to be in the center of Manchester, rather proves my point.

Good point - I wonder if there are other cities without their own postcode. Over to you, Frances...

 

[Frances Lengel]

That bit of Salford's in the bit of Salford that borders the centre of Manchester. Salford has been fucked over by planners and such but it's still a city in it's own right even though it has fallen on hard times - The Salford people remain proud of their own identity.

E2a - As I said earlier, the postcode thing means nothing.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Postcodes mean nothing - Rochdale's got an OL postcode but that doesn't mean it's part of Oldham.

And Salford Central is in Salford.

But the name suggests it should be in the city centre of Salford. Oh wait, Salford doesn't have a city centre! And it is so close to the Manchester border it is as near as damn it in Manchester.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

That bit of Salford's in the bit of Salford that borders the centre of Manchester. Salford has been fucked over by planners and such but it's still a city in it's own right even though it has fallen on hard times - The Salford people remain proud of their own identity.

E2a - As I said earlier, the postcode thing means nothing.

Oh, you're taking this too seriously!

 

[Frances Lengel]

It's serious business

 

[emanymton]

E2a - As I said earlier, the postcode thing means nothing.

Your just saying that because you don't have an answer.

Where exactly is the boundary between Salford and Manchester anyway, if get of the train and Salford central and walk into Manchester, at what point do a cross into a different city?

 

[belboid]

Salford, doesnt even have a league football team!

 

[neonwilderness]

Good point - I wonder if there are other cities without their own postcode. Over to you, Frances...

Ripon has a Harrogate postcode and Wells has a Bath one

It's a slow afternoon

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ripon has a Harrogate postcode and Wells has a Bath one

It's a slow afternoon

Get some bloody work/housework done!