The Matt Monro 100 Club

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:48 am

Even those Robert and those born and bred in London too.

Our heating went on this evening.

Can't even put it down to age this time Robert, Mike's heatings' gone on too

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:06 am

You were all waiting for October to arrive, before putting it on, weren't you?? mind you, the weather has begun to turn now for the worse

I hate cold weather

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:13 am

Really Robert, I am surprised you get time to comment here, what with having to lick road clean, spend day down pit digging yer own coal, tending sheep in field, etc etc.

Lena & Harry Smith · Post by **Lena & Harry Smith** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:05 pm

And getting down to bookie, 10 pence each way on favourite.
and a blow out on t'way back at chippie's 1 cod 2 bag's of cracklings

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:34 pm

And don't forget the Black Pudding !!!

Marian

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:22 pm

I think you will ALL have to practice your Yorkshire accents a little more, so I can understand what your talking about

Edgar · Post by **Edgar** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:57 pm

Lena & Harry Smith wrote:Ahoy!! Hallo Sailor, the speech will go down in history.
Hope it's warmer where you are Edgar, it's wet and brass monkey's here right now and still a hose ban
Yes, the Bluebirds of Happiness are flying. Isn't It.

isn't it inded. look you, now butt! It's not warm here in St John, in fact, it is chucking it down, will have to retire to the bar! or just drool at the league tables

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:33 pm

Robert

If I may stand shoulder to shoulder with you, what these people seem to be suffering from is an inferiority complex.

Easy to understand I suppose, who doesn't want to be a Yorkshireman?
The Steel of Sheffield, the Majesty of York and the Pearl in the Crown: Elland Road, Leeds.
Not one jellied eel in sight (unless you wander down Whitby fish docks when the tides out).

As Ken Dodd once said
"Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred,
Strong in the arm and thick in the ..." - erm, strange, I always forget the end bit.

Anyway, must dash, got t'whippetts to feed and ale t'sup.
Anyone seen me flat cap?

Gray

mariana44 · Post by **mariana44** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:34 pm

What a shame Edgar--it's a hard life--always on holiday enjoying yourself

Marian

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:28 pm

Ahh - the North/South divide..

I think Victoria Wood had the right idea in her Xmas Special a few years back, in which Tony Blair decided he'd had enough of the North/South divide and so made everywhere The South.

I got disillusioned with Yorkshire in 1974, when the part where I came from was 'floated' off on its own as the best forgotten County of Cleveland. We suffered a double insult in the 1990s in a) being turned over in favour of b****y Hull to 'rejoin Yorkshire b) added onto the local town of Redcar to make the new county of 'Redcar & East Cleveland'!!

Sheffield is a fantastic city - I had my car stolen twice by Longley TWOCers (Taken Without Owners Consent) from outside my brothers house inthe aptly named Crookesmoor part of town, and he was burgled 4 times in about 2 years. But it was worth it to go to the fabulous 'Hotpants' 70s disco nights in the City Hall Ballroom. York is lovely, as are Helmsley & Northallerton, all in the wonderful North Riding.

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:59 am

HI Mike

Thanks for your reply, and your kind comments regarding York!

I must admit I am heavily biased in favour of York, the City where I come from, it is a lovely place to live.
Alas, it's heart is being ripped out at the moment with massive redundancies across the city, very worrying for me as I work here too.

I also have suffered a horrendous incident of car theft - twas Cup Final Day and my birthday to boot.

Still had my birthday cake on the back seat.
It was taken from city centre car park, the thives were joy riders and trashed the car, plus they ate my cake

TTFN

Gray

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:19 am

I'd go further and say that I love York! Visit at least once a year, and have great memories being taken to the National Railway Museum, and the other museum with the street in it, and loads of everyday objects. Sorry to hear about redundancies - guess they are at Rowntree Nestle and Norwich Union. Real shame, especially given Rowntrees fascinating history. Biggest problem York I think faces are its planning laws - John Lewis wanted to open up there but were never allowed a big enough site, so now they have settled for Leeds instead. Real shame because I would have loved to been relocated to York! I seem to remember Debenhams having similar problems and having to trade from 4 or 5 different shops, many of them in totally different streets because they weren't allowed planning for one combined store. Still, that has allowed York to retain a lot its character, and allowed local shops like Browns (also with branches in Helmsley!) to flourish. Some fantastic architecure from across all ages, York Minster is still the most beautiful church, and even the railway station feels like a heritage site! Add to that all the Roman ruins and ghost stories, the atmosphere is fantastic! Also love to pass Bettys, and have a laugh at their prices! Â£7.50 for a Welsh Rarebit. The Park and Ride scheme in York is also the best anywhere I have been to, and a lot cheaper than Sheffields SuperTram! Is that enough of a plug for your lovely home town Gray/Amanda!

Sorry to hear about your theft Gray -it is so annoying when they trash the car as well! And eating your cake too

Mine had 'Longley TWOCkers' written in tippex across the windscreen, which the police regarded as an important clue

It taught me a lesson - don't leave any office supplies in your car. Lord alone knows how much worse it would have been if I'd left a stapler or hole punch in the glove box!

The police had the car for a day for forensic testing before returning it to me in an undrivable state, saying they think that the joy-riders MAY have come from the LONGLEY part of the city. No kiddin' Sherlock!! (how polite is that!)

ROBERT M. · Post by **ROBERT M.** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:12 pm

Gray..............................very funny about the cake

very very funny about Elland Road

Mike..............................very funny what conclusion the police came up with

but what does b****y mean

michduncg · Post by **michduncg** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:18 pm

Its Hull for goodness sake - use any expletive you want!

paul jh · Post by **paul jh** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:46 pm

York [along with Bath, Lincoln, Durham, Tunbridge Wells, Chester, Cambridge, Gloucester, Malvern, Bournemouth, Oxford, Harrogate, Boston, Bristol, Weymouth, Leeds, Cheltenham, Grasmere, and Margaret Thatcher's hometown (can't remember the name now)] is on my of list of top UK towns I'd like to visit. The railway museum sounds wonderful. But should I remove York from the list because of its redundancies? And what are redundancies?