Bugsy Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 No, of course not, but I do seem to have met an unusually high number of expats from those two counties.....Discuss.................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 [quote user="Bugbear"]No, of course not, but I do seem to have met an unusually high number of expats from those two counties.....Discuss....................................[/quote]Nay laddie, je suis from 'Thorkshire. [:D]Nearly everyone I have met is from Wales. Suppose it depends on what part of France you are at. Still, we are all English to the French.Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timc17 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Anyone else from the wilds of Norfolk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasfields Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Surrey, sorry. (or do I mean Sorry, Surrey). Oh whatever ..... Sass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 It reminds me of the well known traditional literary masterpiece:Be Oi 'Ampshire? Be Oi Bu**ery.Oi comes down from Wareham.Oi knows a gal with calico droo-ers,And Oi knows 'ow to tear 'em.It's a verse to the song that has a rather better-known chorus, along the lines of - Oi wonder where that blackbird beOi know where 'e be'E be up yon worzel treeAn' Oi be after 'e'E sees Oi and Oi sees 'eBless me if Oi don't 'ave 'eWith me gurt big stick Oi'll knock 'im downBlackbird, Oi'll have theeNothing to do with France (and as you can see, I'm from Sussex) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Wiltshire ...but all the people I meet seem to be from ooop north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 There's a lot of Welsh around, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Our lot from Bournemouth.Dorset but managed to escape permanently just over 4 years ago after 13years of back and forth. When we get off the Barfleur in Poole on our rare trips back ,we can't wait to get back on it and return. Bournemouth used to be a premier sea-side resort but each time we return we notice how scruffy everything looks.A very bad road system doesn't help with all the major developements on the same;single lane;through route. Reminds me of a car sticker"Town Planners do it with their eyes shut".I lived there for most of my life and I can't think of any alterations/improvements to the infrastructure in the last 40-50 years. It's taken the council something like 20 years to make a decision about one building'THe Winter Gardens' They like doing 50 jobs at £100.000 that don't make much improvement rather than one decent job that will.Perhaps one more reason is the hike in property prices that gave many of us an opportunity to cash in and escape.Regards.5mins St.Malo. www.ourinns .org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Breed and raised in Surrey.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valleyboy Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Glamorgan (RhonddaCynonTaff) and West Sussex (Worthing, Southwick, Shoreham) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissbarry Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 No; I is come from, and was breed in, the North East, and is trying to understand yourse all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Born in Cheltenham, raised on Surrey/Hampshire border (Yateley) but lived in three other southern locations before coming here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 [quote user="Will "]Nothing to do with France (and as you can see, I'm from Sussex)[/quote] Then you'll know what a Twitten is then Will. And use the farewell "See you some when". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ac50 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 We're Brummies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Born 'n Bred in Surrey but sojourned a while in the North-East, back in the days when a cobblestone was a meal for four. Only ever been to Dorset for holidays and Hampshire for something I forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 [quote user="timc17"]Anyone else from the wilds of Norfolk?[/quote]Hev yor farther got a dicka bor?(born and bred in Norfolk - but like lots had to leave to earn a living)Where we lived that wasn't exactly the back of beyond, but must have been the middle of beyond.There seem to be people from all over GB in France - but my own contacts seem to have more Scots and Somerset types than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 I come from Derbyshire/Staffordshire.My first child was conceived in Dorset though ........Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 [quote user="Hoddy"]I come from Derbyshire/Staffordshire.My first child was conceived in Dorset though ........Hoddy[/quote]That must have been a helluva bus ride... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Head Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Obviously worth the ride though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"][quote user="Hoddy"]I come from Derbyshire/Staffordshire. My first child was conceived in Dorset though ........ Hoddy[/quote]That must have been a helluva bus ride...[/quote]Did the driver ask if you were going all the way?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btuckey Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Funnily enough, I mentioned this very point to my wife the other day! We is both ‘ampshire ‘ogs and have noticed a huge number of Hampshire registered cars in the area this year. One in particular, a large dark coloured Vauxhall, I often see on my way down the hill to Quillan. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Another 'ampshire og' here too! Well born there, moved away at an early age & lived various places before settling in Devon for a good few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 We're a mix of south and north, as in north-west England and south - ern hemisphere. But we live in Berkshire. Almost everyone we meet in France is, oddly enough, French, but the Brits we know are predominantly from the SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 [quote user="chrisb"][quote user="timc17"]Anyone else from the wilds of Norfolk?[/quote]Hev yor farther got a dicka bor?(born and bred in Norfolk - but like lots had to leave to earn a living)Where we lived that wasn't exactly the back of beyond, but must have been the middle of beyond.[/quote]Another Chrisb from Norfolk ...................born near Norwich, left to go to college and to travel, then ended up near Hunstanton when I got married.RegardsChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymr Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 A couple of Dorset dumpling here! - no not yours dear[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.