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?

They just used "outwith" when they were talking after the Scottish cup game between Airdrie and Hearts tonight. I think it's when they were talking to Shankland.

Highlands council too, option to place an order online for mooncups, pads and disposables

I live in Manchester, my daughter lives in The Highlands. Differences I've noticed are -
In the chinese take out they put gravy in my chow mein!
When my grandaughter was born older people put coins in her pram.
She couldn't put a choice of schools, she was allocated one (don't know if this is everywhere)
They seem to say they stay places when I say we live somewhere.
The staff on the trains and busses are so much nicer in Scotland, and the trains/busses are much nicer.

Also Scottish tablet is god level food and Iron Bru tastes better in Scotland.
I'm English and say big light and nuggert, I have a living room and dressing gown.
Also, all the crap about Scottish not being friendly to English people - we've never experienced it, my daughter has lived up there for 10 years and never encountered it.

yes we have the same here it's not a west of the country thing ime.

@StopTheBusINeedAWeeWeeAWeeWeeBagOChips @Notsuretoputit

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! 😂

The coins in the pram is a hansel and is also put in a purse or wallet if you give one as a gift to someone.

You can put in a placing request for a school outwith your catchment but the vast majority don't.

No obvious option to order period products online here!

Yes!

My daughter's primary school doesn't let children P1-4 out without the child having a parent/carer/adult collecting them (or an older sibling from the adjacent high school). P5+ can leave on their own. I've always wondered if that was standard because I can vividly remember walking to and from school myself in P2!

Being in England this weekend has reminded me that Chinese takeaway food is COMPLETELY different to Glasgow. The closest I've found was Oxford but from Newcastle to Devon the same dishes are in general similar to each other but very different to Glasgow.

The drinking regulations used to trip me up, having to rush to the shop before they stop serving.

Always ‘the big light’ in Glasgow

Generally speaking, men in England don't wear skirts.

Cheers

'Skin on' fish is a southern English thing, in my experience.

What do you say if the ceiling light isn’t a big one? Or it being Mumsnet, do you all live in massoooov houses with humungus chandeliers (bought with your six figure salaries) so it’s a moot point?

My adds school didn’t like the kids walking home alone before aged 8. Didn’t like them to be dropped off earlier in the playground before that age anyway.

Can’t in my small home town anymore. I don’t know any secondaries that allow students out at lunch anymore and to be honest I’d rather mine stayed there (nowhere near my daughters school anyway even for sixth form)

I went to primary school in the 90s and remember being the first to be dropped off in the playground. My parents had to get to work so I would float about by myself for a good half hour before anyone else turned up. After school club existed but no such thing as breakfast clubs.

It's not about the size of it. It's because it throws out more light than the lamps.

CauleyMacGlochlin · Today 19:16

When my grandaughter was born older people put coins in her pram.

That's Silver for the Bairn, in Newcastle. Here's a song about it:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NqF3NOIDQZY

The teachers at my DDs (Scottish) school would be having a word with your parents now but more schools have breakfast clubs now so I think the expectation is you’d be signed up to that.

Totally agree, I’ve lived across the north/ east / west and south of England at various points & there’s tons of regional differences, particularly with regards to rural areas, I don’t think there’s such a thing as “English” culture . I’ve had to learn a new lingo many a time! I imagine there’s differences across Scotland particularly comparing areas where people stay for the whole of their lives and marry within that area to areas that have a lot more movement of people.

Ah, ok. I seem to have missed this one.

It’s oatmeal pudding; basically oats, onions , suet , seasoning. It’s lovely.

@Garlicdoughball

I don't know. I've worked in various schools and although there are breakfast clubs there are also plenty of p4 upwards kids who float about the playground as early as half an hour before the bell.

And these are new build schools that have public access i.e., the playgrounds are not secure and people in the local community are free to open the gates and cut across the playground. Whereas my school was an old Victorian building with a wall and high fences round it.