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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2013 7:24:36 GMT
Just a thought, Litchfield is 466 miles from me how can that be the Midlands ?
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Post by General Gman on Oct 9, 2013 9:11:31 GMT
It's not the midlands, it's north As I've pointed out before, anywhere you encounter comedy accents and gravy on chips is north I suppose you're in the midlands of that there Scotlandshire...
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Post by neilmud Lord Protector on Oct 9, 2013 9:26:20 GMT
It's not the midlands, it's north As I've pointed out before, anywhere you encounter comedy accents and gravy on chips is north I suppose you're in the midlands of that there Scotlandshire... You forgot to mention beer with large frothy heads by the use of sparklers so you don't get a full pint. A flat lifeless beer is not made good by using a sparkler our beer down here is good so can be served without one. Neil
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Post by wolves on Oct 9, 2013 16:56:18 GMT
Yes and it costs more and I think gravy on chips is a Lancashire thing
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Post by rowlf on Oct 9, 2013 19:34:21 GMT
Yes and it costs more and I think gravy on chips is a Lancashire thing My local chippy does gravy on chips, baked beans on chips, curry sauce on chips or chips on chips. Southend-on-Sea caters for all tastes. P.S. You can have fish too but you have bring your own
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Post by wolves on Oct 10, 2013 6:00:43 GMT
Well according to general gman you must live up north then coming from saaarfend on sea and eating chips with gravy
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Post by rowlf on Oct 10, 2013 8:19:12 GMT
Well according to general gman you must live up north then coming from saaarfend on sea and eating chips with gravy I like to think of myself as cosmopolitan, enjoying fine cuisine from foreign and exotic places; China, Vietnam, Thailand, India, the North of England
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Post by General Gman on Oct 10, 2013 8:57:05 GMT
Yes and it costs more and I think gravy on chips is a Lancashire thing My local chippy does gravy on chips, baked beans on chips, curry sauce on chips or chips on chips. Southend-on-Sea caters for all tastes. P.S. You can have fish too but you have bring your own Southend does indeed cater for all tastes, as long as they are a little down-market It is indeed north from where I was born - about 50 miles as the crow flies....
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Post by neilmud Lord Protector on Oct 10, 2013 9:03:01 GMT
Southend does indeed cater for all tastes, as long as they are a little down-market It is indeed north from where I was born - about 50 miles as the crow flies.... Them was the crow flying back saarf because they had been blown of course Neil
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Post by Welsh Ade on Oct 10, 2013 15:21:30 GMT
Yes and it costs more and I think gravy on chips is a Lancashire thing My local chippy does gravy on chips, baked beans on chips, curry sauce on chips or chips on chips. Southend-on-Sea caters for all tastes. P.S. You can have fish too but you have bring your own You will be saying that jellied eels are nice next.
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Post by Welsh Ade on Oct 10, 2013 15:23:38 GMT
My local chippy does gravy on chips, baked beans on chips, curry sauce on chips or chips on chips. Southend-on-Sea caters for all tastes. P.S. You can have fish too but you have bring your own Southend does indeed cater for all tastes, as long as they are a little down-market It is indeed north from where I was born - about 50 miles as the crow flies.... Ye syour right that Southend is north of where you originate from but surely you can't say St. Leonards is posh......
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Post by Welsh Ade on Oct 10, 2013 15:26:13 GMT
and before anyone else starts we now have electricery in our caves in Wales.
I also consider myself a missionary fulling in England what they have missed out on and providing them with balance.
Now how about a pint of Deuchar's
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Post by showaddydadito on Oct 10, 2013 16:15:45 GMT
Just a thought, Litchfield is 466 miles from me how can that be the Midlands ? Nice move Bev - I think it's time for the denouement, the master stroke, the punchline. They all read it as Lichfield - in Staffordshire and waffled on a load of carp about it being north, midlands and all that sort of thing. But of course Litchfield is in Hampshire - which is about as far saaaarf as you can get. I bet you're laughing your socks off, having put that one over them higgerant baaarstids.
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Post by rowlf on Oct 10, 2013 16:31:40 GMT
You will be saying that jellied eels are nice next. Never I'd rather be force fed boiled leeks
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Post by rowlf on Oct 10, 2013 16:39:38 GMT
and before anyone else starts we now have electricery in our caves in Wales. Running water too, I know, I've been there. This was my hotel room in Bala
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2013 7:32:24 GMT
and before anyone else starts we now have electricery in our caves in Wales. Running water too, I know, I've been there. This was my hotel room in Bala You asked for a sea view.
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Post by General Gman on Oct 11, 2013 9:06:04 GMT
Southend does indeed cater for all tastes, as long as they are a little down-market It is indeed north from where I was born - about 50 miles as the crow flies.... Ye syour right that Southend is north of where you originate from but surely you can't say St. Leonards is posh...... It's gone downhill since I lived there back in '73...
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Post by showaddydadito on Oct 11, 2013 10:12:32 GMT
How the heck could Southend go downhill? It started at the bottom.
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Post by showaddydadito on Oct 11, 2013 10:12:53 GMT
or do you mean St Lens?
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Post by rowlf on Oct 11, 2013 11:08:50 GMT
How the heck could Southend go downhill? It started at the bottom. Southend-on-Sea started as a very posh seaside resort for the extremely wealthy who could only arrive by boat from London down the Thames. Hence the pier. One of the very first seaside "resorts" in the UK. Then they made a road and the "gravy on chips" Neanderthal types started to visit. Gone downhill ever since Mind you, house prices did rise sharply at the end of '73. For some reason
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Post by rowlf on Oct 11, 2013 11:14:20 GMT
You asked for a sea view. Yes, but when the brochure said "Excellent character hotel with comfortable beds, only a few steps to the beach", I though they meant the hotel, not the bed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2013 11:31:37 GMT
How the heck could Southend go downhill? It started at the bottom. Southend-on-Sea started as a very posh seaside resort for the extremely wealthy who could only arrive by boat from London down the Thames. Hence the pier. One of the very first seaside "resorts" in the UK. Then they made a road and the "gravy on chips" Neanderthal types started to visit. Gone downhill ever since Mind you, house prices did rise sharply at the end of '73. For some reason When did you move there exactly ?
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Post by showaddydadito on Oct 11, 2013 12:49:56 GMT
I was in Southend in 1967 - my mum and I walked to the end of the pier. It was dull and a bit foggy, as I recall. Everything was grey.
I notice that '73 was the year the Kursaal amusements closed down . . . .
Just a thought, Rowlf, you weren't by any chance the Bearded Lady were you?
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Post by rowlf on Oct 11, 2013 13:00:13 GMT
I was in Southend in 1967 - my mum and I walked to the end of the pier. It was dull and a bit foggy, as I recall. Everything was grey. I notice that '73 was the year the Kursaal amusements closed down . . . . Just a thought, Rowlf, you weren't by any chance the Bearded Lady were you? It was a living. It is dull, grey and wet now. Some things never change BTW The Kursaal is still there, or a bit of it. It's a bowling alley with function rooms and a Tesco Express. Some things do change.
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Post by rowlf on Oct 11, 2013 13:02:55 GMT
When did you move there exactly ? 2007, the year prices hit rock bottom. Could it be related
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