Cultural differences Scotland and England

[CauleyMacGlochlin]

So surprised to see on a recent thread that in England secondary school pupils are often not allowed out of school for lunch until 6th form, which Google tells me means 16-18. I'm gobsmacked. I've never heard of anything like this in Scotland and I've lived all over the country (grew up in Glasgow and moved around in adulthood)

I also recently discovered that English school pupils can't leave education at 16. They have to stay in education til 18 unless they have an apprenticeship.

Got me thinking about cultural differences between the countries that I've maybe been oblivious all this time. Any others?

Nugget NE Scotland, I don't recall any other 70s kids asking for a bar o noogaa. 😁

Do what you like. But I am Scottish too; and no one I know calls it that.
I think that proves that there are variations everywhere.

*I've been listening to a podcast recently where they were walking about fish suppers / fish and chips, and apparently in England the fish will usually have the skin on?! I would be horrified if I bought a fish supper and the (battered) fish had skin on - would defeat the purpose of it for me! 😂
Nah that’s complete bollocks.

It’s true in some areas but it seems to depend on which fish you order. I’ve ordered it in Devon a number of times and each time they left the skin on haddock but cod didn’t have any. Personally I don’t understand the appeal of leaving the skin on unless it’s something like sea bass with crispy skin.

It tends to be from 9 some DC walk home. At DD's Primary you had to give written permission for them to walk home alone and if you were picking them up they still got handed over to you right up to Y6. It's probably just what I'm used to but I don't like the idea of P2 (6 yos?) just let out with no one checking they are with a parent. Just seems very alien! But I guess our way seems overprotective to you?

We have squooshy cream instead of squirty cream.

I live in the north of England and I use the phrase 'doing some messages' to mean general errands.

We still have them here. Really affects things. You have these amazing grammar schools (and church schools) and then the comprehensives are rubbish.

Very over protective. I’m always a little “eh” when I read stuff on here about kids walking home and how protective you all are, and how you wouldn’t let your 10 year olds sit in a cafe alone or go down the shop with their friends alone etc. We let ours out all the time from a young age!

And our clothes get bumfled

Yes, I understand. No, alcohol can still affect you even just one glass. I don't know anyone who would drink and drive. Years ago, yeah my dad might have a half and drive but not now.

I'm English but went to university in Scotland. There were loads of little differences I noticed. I liked it.
Macaroni pies bean pies, a 'play piece' to eat mid-morning at school, a press, a fish supper, widespread ceildh dancing amongst the young, 16 year old at University, lorne sausage...
Loads more. I'm enjoying the trip down memory lane

To be fair London is a global city. The place is swamped with landmarks/famous locations/events, probably more than anywhere else in the world (edging out Rome and Paris given the Anglo centric nature of the globe). Those commemorative blue plaques are everywhere. I was walking down a random street in London recently and within half a mile came across two major sites in popular culture (a film studio, and an art college which three very famous musicians attended...plaques on both buildings)...and this was 7 miles outside the centre of the city as in closer there are even more of these. Here's just one example of the history of the place.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_plaque,_Tabard_Inn.jpg

I also discovered plain bread and tablet

My DCs (Scottish) primary school wouldn’t have been happy with kids below aged 8 walking home alone or being left in the playground. I know this for sure because we’d get reminders from the school about it.

I just googled a morning roll - it looks like a crusty roll - type you might use for a bacon roll?

On a more serious note, I had no idea how partisan parts of Scotland are in terms of Catholic and protestant. It's something I associated with northern Ireland, but not elsewhere

No one does carb-on-carb like the Scots. There is no meal too carby for the question “Chips with that?” to be deemed inappropriate.

Not at my DD's Primary - handed over to an adult unless the DC had written permission to walk home.

What about the SEN kids?

@Garlicdoughball

God yeh, roll and fritter, macaroni cheese with chips and garlic bread, pizza crunch and chips, roll and tattie scone.

Tablet is absolutely fucking rank imo. Like some fudge making tight arse decided to skimp on the butter.

”Tab-let” or “tab-lay” ? 🤔

How dare you! Tableaux is divine. Fudge is claggy. Tableaux is all lovely and gritty and sandy.

Mmmm....

At my secondary (grammar) you didn't get free periods. In Y11 we were allowed to hang out in our form room. We'd get our lunch from the canteen and just hang out. I have really fond memories of sitting on the grass sunbathing in the summer drinking a can of fizzy drink!

I'm, sorry I don't understand what you mean.

My DD has driving lessons in her free periods.