Adawn47 Posted September 18, 2020 #5451 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, brian1 said: Would you ask for a glass of Madeira in a Northern working mans club. I wouldn't ask for anything except earplugs and a face mask😷 Sis Edited September 18, 2020 by Adawn47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted September 18, 2020 #5452 Share Posted September 18, 2020 26 minutes ago, brian1 said: But,is that Morecombe Bay Takes me back to my student days, living in a basement flat in Morecambe with an outside loo! God, it was cold in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted September 18, 2020 #5453 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, wowzz said: Kalos - you missed out Stilton cheese - can only be produced in a small geographic area, with Melton being roughly in the centre of it. (I ran a small office out of Melton for a few years) In years gone by the whey was sold to the local pig farmers, hence the development of the pork pie business And amusingly, most of the Melton Mowbray pork pies now come out of a factory just outside Leicester, because the designated area was very carefully drawn. Good pies though. Excellent cheese too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann141 Posted September 18, 2020 #5454 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, wowzz said: Takes me back to my student days, living in a basement flat in Morecambe with an outside loo! God, it was cold in the winter. Lancaster University? My sister lived in a similar flat in Morecambe in her first term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted September 18, 2020 #5455 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, SarahHben said: Good idea! I usually make mash with half white potatoes and half sweet potatoes Sent from my iPhone using Forums In the HMRC canteen, they use half white,half sweet and half butter.,🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted September 18, 2020 #5456 Share Posted September 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, wowzz said: Kalos - you missed out Stilton cheese - can only be produced in a small geographic area, with Melton being roughly in the centre of it. (I ran a small office out of Melton for a few years) In years gone by the whey was sold to the local pig farmers, hence the development of the pork pie business Not a fan of Stilton Wowzz ,but thanks for the info on the pig farmers and the pie business . Fascinating stuff ,I would never have guessed . Last night I was watching a program on a Cornish/Devon dairy and I never knew they used butter in the making of some of their ice creams .Always thought it was just cream . The farming industry is so intertwined into so many other things . Cheese and pork pies I would never have linked them other than on a plate of course . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted September 18, 2020 #5457 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, pete14 said: South Yorkshire is pretty close to the Midlands so could perhaps apply to join us once we get independence I'm not sure about that Pete. I mean it sounds like a good idea, but I hear these trade talks can get a bit heated. Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted September 18, 2020 #5458 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Adawn47 said: Watford Gap Nice that your grandson is home, we tend to recover a lot better in our own surroundings. I hope he'll soon be back to school and enjoying time with his friends again. Socially distanced of course😊 Didn't the Ordnance Survey calculate the centre of England somewhere in Leicestershire a few years ago? Avril You could well be correct , I grew up and went to school near Chesterfield and I seem to remember being told it was the most central town in England. It is In East Midlands though, I think I do qualify has living in the north now, North Yorkshire Edited September 18, 2020 by Bloodaxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted September 18, 2020 #5459 Share Posted September 18, 2020 22 minutes ago, wowzz said: No, North East Midlands in my book. You have to get beyond the M62 before you get to the North. Never been there,but the 2 blokes I worked with said it's North.Looking at the map it's a fraction North of Sheffield which I think is in the North. 23 minutes ago, wowzz said: No, North East Midlands in my book. You have to get beyond the M62 before you get to the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted September 18, 2020 #5460 Share Posted September 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, ann141 said: Lancaster University? My sister lived in a similar flat in Morecambe in her first term Yes, almost 50 years ago. Had a Mini Traveller to drive into university every day for a hot shower. God, I'm old! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted September 18, 2020 #5461 Share Posted September 18, 2020 25 minutes ago, wowzz said: Takes me back to my student days, living in a basement flat in Morecambe with an outside loo! God, it was cold in the winter. But when the tide went out you had loads of cockles on the floor to cook up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted September 18, 2020 #5462 Share Posted September 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, wowzz said: No, North East Midlands in my book. You have to get beyond the M62 before you get to the North. Does being on the south side of the M62, which runs less than half a mile from where we live, qualify us as Southerners then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted September 18, 2020 #5463 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, wowzz said: I certainly would. We live betwixt and between Gainsborough and Lincoln, and when asked where we live, will answer, near Lincoln. Far be it for me to be rude (!), but Gainsborough is pretty uninspiring, to say the least. My son says near Lincoln too. He's 16 miles away in the West Lindsey district. Avril Edited September 18, 2020 by Adawn47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Peterson Posted September 18, 2020 #5464 Share Posted September 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, wowzz said: Yes, almost 50 years ago. Had a Mini Traveller to drive into university every day for a hot shower. God, I'm old! You had a car!!! Very few of us had cars as students at that time, and we were very envious. I did have a bike, but admittedly not as far to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted September 18, 2020 #5465 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Hi sis quick update on Tommy,then the next English civil war can recommence. VID-20200918-WA0002.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kalos Posted September 18, 2020 #5467 Share Posted September 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, brian1 said: Hi sis quick update on Tommy,then the next English civil war can recommence. VID-20200918-WA0002.mp4 3.91 MB · 0 downloads Can you not just buy a satellite dish like the rest of us Brian ? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted September 18, 2020 #5468 Share Posted September 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, kalos said: Can you not just buy a satellite dish like the rest of us Brian ? That one's for his terrierestrial channels kalos. 😁 Avril 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted September 18, 2020 #5469 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Adawn47 said: That one's for his terrierestrial channels kalos. 😁 Avril I dread to think where he plugs it in Avril . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted September 18, 2020 #5470 Share Posted September 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, brian1 said: Oh, the little love. He looks so confused. It wasn't such a big op if that's what the blue bandage is. He's a much better life in store for him now. Love his new hair style by the way, he looks cool😊 Sis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted September 18, 2020 #5471 Share Posted September 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, kalos said: I dread to think where he plugs it in Avril . Only you could come out with that one kalos🤣 Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted September 18, 2020 #5472 Share Posted September 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said: You had a car!!! Very few of us had cars as students at that time, and we were very envious. I did have a bike, but admittedly not as far to travel. Paid for by working as a hospital porter every holiday. It was a long drive from Colchester to Lancaster in an old Mini, especially as the M62 had not been fully completed at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann141 Posted September 18, 2020 #5473 Share Posted September 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said: You had a car!!! Very few of us had cars as students at that time, and we were very envious. I did have a bike, but admittedly not as far to travel. I think my sister had to catch a bus every day into Lancaster.As you state Harry, we were envious of those students who had cars. Nowadays quite a lot of 6th formers drive to school.Mind you my husband got knocked off his bike cycling to school and also whilst at university so perhaps driving is a safer option!(I don't know what happened to walking to school!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted September 18, 2020 #5474 Share Posted September 18, 2020 30 minutes ago, kalos said: Can you not just buy a satellite dish like the rest of us Brian ? I thought it was a rustic Italian dish. Dogs head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted September 18, 2020 #5475 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, zap99 said: I thought it was a rustic Italian dish. Dogs head. With or without garlic bread ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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