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Moving from Scotland to England-Differences.

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IcedBunsForMe · 19/07/2021 19:22

I'm planning a move from Scotland to England in the next year. Still finalising area now that I have it narrowed down. I know that it isn't like moving abroad but there are still some differences including water charges and prescription charges.

I know that every place is different but if you've made the move from Scotland to England.Or vice versa. What differences did you notice. Practical or cultural? And what did you miss? Morning rolls for me.

TIA

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Maireas · 21/07/2021 09:20

Never heard of a fish scone, @sashh - what on earth are they? (I live in N Yorks)

Mrstreehouse · 21/07/2021 09:32

A fish scone is fish sandwiched between slices of potato, a fish cake but not a traditional one. West Yorkshire mainly.

Maireas · 21/07/2021 10:19

So a bit similar to the fishcake upthread.
I thought it involved a scone! We won't go into how "scone" should be pronounced.....

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MumofSpud · 21/07/2021 10:37

OMG - I have just googled pizza crunch, It sounds fab!

RampantIvy · 21/07/2021 10:38

@Maireas

It must be, *@RampantIvy*! We are so aware of globalism, we forget that there are so many local variables. In Sheffield, if you ask about opening times or visiting times, they say "8 while 4" or "9 while 5", which is an interesting linguistic variant that I'd not come across before.
They say it in Leeds as well.
OhToBeASeahorse · 21/07/2021 10:44

Some dodgy memories here - remembering temleetaures of 40 degrees in England, that actually never happened?!

RampantIvy · 21/07/2021 10:48

No it didn't. The highest temperature ever recorded in England was two years ago in Cambridge. It was 38.7 degrees.

I think some people don't realise that temperature recordings are taken in the shade, not the sun.

Papergirl1968 · 21/07/2021 11:18

We have great fish and chips in the Black Country! No skin on the fish, and huge portions.
A bread roll is a bap or a cob.
Traditional local delicacies like faggots and grey paes are dying out.

567fedup · 21/07/2021 11:32

The weather in Scotland is great. People are starting to realise that colder weather is a positive, not a negative. Scotland is currently green and relatively cool in the summer. As temperatures around the world soar. Temperatures are going up here, but summer temperatures are far more bearable than in the south of England and there is less of a problem with dry periods.

Badgertadger · 21/07/2021 12:20

The one I haven't seen mentioned up thread is the culture of pubs. In England pubs are a place to meet, have a drink, to chat to strangers/other locals, often eat and are often family friendly (comparatively). In Scotland pubs are, by and large, places to get drunk. You mostly can't take kids in, unless there's a separate lounge and they're serving food.

I know it's not all pubs but when we moved up to Edinburgh it was really noticeable that we couldn't do our old London habit of taking the kids with us to the pub - they're just set up differently and there's a cultural element around what pubs are for that mean that they aren't really suitable for children

RampantIvy · 21/07/2021 12:34

The weather in Scotland is great. People are starting to realise that colder weather is a positive, not a negative. Scotland is currently green and relatively cool in the summer.

For heat haters, yes. I find the climate in Scotland too cold for me. I don't take my socks off in temperatures under 21 degrees.

Mrstreehouse · 21/07/2021 13:49

Colder weather is not a positive in my book.

CatherineAragon · 21/07/2021 15:21

@Mrstreehouse

Colder weather is not a positive in my book.
Not mine
CatherineAragon · 21/07/2021 15:22

Nor

CatherineAragon · 21/07/2021 15:22

@Badgertadger

The one I haven't seen mentioned up thread is the culture of pubs. In England pubs are a place to meet, have a drink, to chat to strangers/other locals, often eat and are often family friendly (comparatively). In Scotland pubs are, by and large, places to get drunk. You mostly can't take kids in, unless there's a separate lounge and they're serving food.

I know it's not all pubs but when we moved up to Edinburgh it was really noticeable that we couldn't do our old London habit of taking the kids with us to the pub - they're just set up differently and there's a cultural element around what pubs are for that mean that they aren't really suitable for children

I agree. This is something I really miss. A meal in a country pub. In nice weather.
BarbaraofSeville · 21/07/2021 15:35

@Mrstreehouse

A fish scone is fish sandwiched between slices of potato, a fish cake but not a traditional one. West Yorkshire mainly.
I've never heard it called a fish scone, a fish pattie yes (in Wetwang* I believe) but never a fish scone.

Thinking about it, I can't remember a battered fishcake far outside Leeds.

  • Most Yorkshire folk like Wetwang, because of the name. I remember trying to buy a fish cake there.

I could see it in the warming cupboard but they insisted they didn't have any, resulting in confusion all round because I knew they did and they insisted they didn't and I kept pointing to it and eventually they twigged and said 'oh you mean a fish pattie'.

I had a similar experience trying to buy a sandwich in Birmingham. Within 5 minutes I learned that they don't know what a breadcake is and once you get over that particular hurdle, they don't generally use them for making ham salad sandwiches and wanted me to have one in sliced bread, which you don't really get round here in small independent sandwich shops, only the premade supermarket type.

Duckington · 21/07/2021 15:42

The pickled onions from the chip shop are much better in Scotland.. gave me a real shock the first time I asked for one in England Envy < not envy

thisisnotmyllama · 21/07/2021 15:52

@CatherineAragon

May I recommend the Flotterstone Inn, in the foothills of the Pentlands? I’m going back a few years but it was a lovely place for a country pub meal.

I would also have recommended the Tickled Trout at Slateford as being extremely family friendly with great 2-for-1 meals, but sadly a quick Google has informed me that it’s now closed due to Covid and been demolished. Shedding a wee tear here now, as I went on several memorable dates with my DH at both of these Edinburgh landmarks. Sad

CatherineAragon · 21/07/2021 16:34

[quote thisisnotmyllama]@CatherineAragon

May I recommend the Flotterstone Inn, in the foothills of the Pentlands? I’m going back a few years but it was a lovely place for a country pub meal.

I would also have recommended the Tickled Trout at Slateford as being extremely family friendly with great 2-for-1 meals, but sadly a quick Google has informed me that it’s now closed due to Covid and been demolished. Shedding a wee tear here now, as I went on several memorable dates with my DH at both of these Edinburgh landmarks. Sad[/quote]
Thanks for the nudge. Haven’t been to the Flotterstone for a LONG time!

sashh · 22/07/2021 04:12

We have great fish and chips in the Black Country! No skin on the fish, and huge portions.

And if you go to the Black Country Museum you even get them cooked in beef dripping.

I'm a Yorkshire exile who somehow got stuck in Wolverhampton.

Papergirl1968 · 22/07/2021 11:17

(Waves to sashh from Dudley).

sashh · 23/07/2021 05:01

@Papergirl1968

IceLace100 · 25/07/2021 09:49

No ceilidh at English weddings!

LemonMeringueThreePointOneFour · 25/07/2021 10:35

English people don’t pronounce all the letters in their words, and there is less variety in the sounds they make, which is fine, but it can cause confusion.

There are dozens of different English accents!

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