To disown DD or move to Hampshire immediately?

[Lovecat]

She came home from first day in Y1 at (Greater London) school yesterday and said "Teacher arksed me"...

My inner pedant is appalled.

DH's reaction is to want us to move "back" to his neck of the woods so she grows up speaking proper, like. Is he over-reacting?

Anyone from Colden Common here?

Mrs MD I was there '87-89, so a bit before you would have been sneaking in! Had a friend from Catisfield who went to the High School.

I certainly do not say Loike, I doos and w'minit

Know people that do tho

I'm from near Catisfield

Well, I lived in Gosport for 17 years and Portsmouth now for 6.

I much prefer Portsmouth. At least in Portsmouth you actually have to offend someone to get beaten up...

And any antipathy between Portsmouth and Gosport is dwarfed by that between Scum and Portsmouth.

As for Fareham, we always called it 'Gosport-without-the-beach'

So we probably didn't know each other then... didn't think I remembered anybody called Gunther, to be fair

We were in Catisfield, and there was an older girl who lived very near us. Her mum made her look after me on the train for a little bit when I first started, which I imagine was complete social death for her poor thing. Maybe that was your friend - Catisfield is a very weeny place.

Well seriously SlackSally, who would ever prefer Gosport??

Hillheads a great beach - altho technically Stubington/ Lee

Fareham not that bad dpending on where you are, Lived in Milton part of Portsmouth tho and loved it.left in 1991.

Gunther - I can't remember what her name was now, but she lived in a laney type road, just along from the post office...

Mm, she had two sisters and lived opposite Meoncross school (Catisfield Lane). My Grandma lived on Highlands Road and did all her shopping at the supermarket opposite The Limes. Vividly remember crossing that highly dangerous part of Fisher's Hill to get to the Post Office so she could get her pension.

Sounds like it could be her-Liz was my friend, she'd be 38/39 now.

Post office not there now but post box is!! Don't actually think its for post still tho just a memorial thing.

Meoncross school is in stubbington (unless it has moved there from Catisfield)

I'm near Highlands Road, all Co-operative now for shopping and take outs for tea!!!

And Stow Cresent which was once called Stow Estate but changed its name after being named as one of the worst places in England to live!! Not that bad now I don't think.

Love the Fishermens Rest at the bottom of Fishers Hill.

Yes, that would have been her then!!!!!!!!! Our gardens were kind of backing onto each other. Didn't know her very well at all - think our parents just got to know each other somehow before I started.

How funny!!!! times about a million! [I think she hated me though for ruining her street cred on the train!]

We used to go to that Supermarket too! And the little hall thing next to it that's built out of tin! Fisher's Hill is indeed probably the most dangerous road on the planet - but very pretty!

Yes Mumbar, Meoncross moved to Stubbington, but the old school was down Catisfield Lane.
Fishermen's Rest lovely-sometimes go there with DB when I go home.
Remember my Mum dissing Stow Estate-one of her best friends lives near there on Glenesha Gardens.

Did I hear my fans calling? MUMBAR DUSTY DOLPHIN you know your hearts belong to me if you disappear I will be . There is nothing wrong with a pompey accent and I think the op is just full of

We are always looking for more people on the pompey thread all accents ignored. If you live in gosport you already belong as do people from fareham. We may even allow some southamptoners to join

Really? But surely then we'd have been getting the train together as I always travelled with her in the morning and evening too. Or did you only travel with her when you first started the High School? Were you in a class with Ann Wood-Roe or Annabel Tremlett?

Yes! Liz!!!!!!!!! I remember now.

Oh wow... my parents are still around that area. Won't say where though, in case there are hairy truckers reading.

Stow Estate indeed was pretty awful, back in the day. Most of my classmates at aforementioned dreadful school lived there. Think they're mostly in prison etc now...

But yes, all nice and lovely now.

I used to have a Saturday job at the Barn Farm Shop by the Abbey... If you bought potatoes or strawberries from there back in the 1990s, I probably served you!

OP wasn't dissing the accent she was shocked at her dd's!!!

Blame scaryteacher for the horrid portsmouth accent comment

Glad tho as more and more locallies coming out to play.

I go down Fishers Hill alot as quickest way from Highlands to A27 Segenswoth to join M27 without all A27 traffic getting the way.

Gunther - I was good friends with Ann! (and in the same class) Have lost touch now though, which is a bit sad.

I remember Annabel too, although we weren't friends really.

Only moved to this area 3 years ago. Portsmouth, Portchester and abroad before that.

I know where they all are living now mumbar. me you dolphin and dusty shall bring them out of the woodwork.

It's ok lesbian mummy, I am a fake Sotonian as I grew up in a village near Guildford. I have a cut-glass Surrey accent and cannot abide usage of the word 'mush'

Wierd!! Completely lost touch with her. Shame, she was great. Wouldn't have been there in the 1990s, I left Fareham in 1989 never to return and without a backward glance I'm afraid!

mush don't really here that round here tbh - well not that I notice.

chutestoonarrow you can be an honorary pompey mummy