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Those or you who live in/are from the North East

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mosschops30 · 17/08/2006 12:26

Do you feel some sort of bond with where you are from? Could you ever move? and if you have do you miss home?

Just wondering because I was bought up in Newcastle, left 14 years ago but am now increasingly feeling the pull to go home, dh cant understand it. I tend to go back more regularly now to torture myself with home.

I miss it so much and want to move back but dh doesnt. Just wanted to know if anyone else felt or feels like this

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MagicGenie · 17/08/2006 12:36

I'm from the North East but don't really have the urge to go back (live south now, have done for years.)

On the positive side, my town is very family orientated and my friends who are still at home get loads of support from their families in bringing up their own kids. When I'm at home and walk down the street with my DS, people are always interested in him, how's he's doing, how he's developing, what he's like etc....

...but the downside of that is that it feels claustrophobic. A part of their interest is their willingness to judge too quickly.

It's also a bit small-minded. Few people at home breast-feed so when I did, I was treated like I was totally cuckoo.

Saying that, where I'm from isn't Newcastle. Newcastle's great!!!

scampadoodle · 17/08/2006 12:38

I am originally from newcastle, left in 1984 (eek!) to go to college, been in London ever since. I'm very proud of where I'm from (don't have much of an accent, but a little - short vowels etc) & once corrected a friend who introduced me as being 'from' London. I said I lived in london but wasn't from there . I feel no allegiance to this city whatsoever, can't stand it. My work has always been here however, and although I recently became a SAHM, Dh of course has to work down here.
I would happily live back in the NorthEast, except that it IS a lot colder. That wouldn't bother me so much in winter, funnily enough, but in summer. It's that bloody cold wind all the time...
London does have its advantages, but i find it very oppressive, dirty & interminable.

zippitippitoes · 17/08/2006 12:43

did you see the story about newcastle City Council banning workers from calling people pet or hinny here

Northerner · 17/08/2006 12:49

I'm from the North East (Teesside) and do feel a strobg allegience to it, agree with everything magic genie says about how it is when I return (live in Yorkshire now so not too far!)

I feel no desire to go back because my home town is a s**thole (only I'm allowed to say that and I like to visit but could never live there.

Agree though that Newcastle is FAB and I'd love to live there.

You can't help your roots though. Home is where the heart is

TheLadyVanishes · 17/08/2006 13:58

well i'm still here however i moved away in my teens but came back in my twenties. I lived in Ambleside for a few years and tried to convince myself that I would never move back to the city but i did and i'm glad i did. We were thinking of relocating to Shetland Islands but i think that has fallen through but would have been a great place to bring dd up

popsycal · 17/08/2006 14:00

i am still here....
cant imagine moving away tbh

mcmum · 17/08/2006 14:49

Hello, I am from Whickham newcastle I like living in northeast but fancy moving to shotley bridge or a little further out

PatsyJ · 17/08/2006 15:08

Hi

I live in Lincoln (DH's work) been here 6 years and would give anything to return to Newcastle (originally from North Shields) - its where DH and I are both from and I miss it terribly. Always get a little upset when I go there and then have to return here.

I LOVE the place and the people (despite what some people may say about northerners!!) - they are so friendly (mostly - haha) and have a great love of life The shops, restaurants in fact most things are just fab!!! (Can you tell how much I love it yet?).

We both want to go back but DH's work means we won't be able to until he retires at 55 or leaves prematurely (armed forces). I often think about moving back up on my own (with DD) but then DH would see so much less of DD it would be heartbreaking and the commute for him at w/ends would be awful.

Miss my parents sooo much and find it v hard living here without any family support esp since DD came along.

Sorry this is a 'downer' post!

On the upside we are going up for a long bank holiday weekend - hurrah!!!

tortoiseshell · 17/08/2006 15:25

I definitely do - grew up in Durham, and whenever we go up to visit parents I hate coming away again. Every so often I suggest we move up there, but there just aren't the right jobs for me or dh, so we couldn't. I was always very proud of living in the north east!

ginmummy · 17/08/2006 15:33

DS's dad is from Durham and I moved up there in 2002 to live him and DS was born in Durham too. Even though we separated last year and I moved back down to good old Robin Hood county with DS I still miss Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle. (I also still miss DS's dad terribly too)

There's just something about driving up the A1 for two hours and seeing Penshaw Monument from about 20 miles away that always makes me smile, and DS can spot the Angel in pictures and photos when it's the size of a pinprick!

MagicGenie · 17/08/2006 17:33

Having read the other posts, I feel a bit rotten about my first one...I am very proud of where I'm from.

I think part of me looking at it through grey-tinted spectacles is that when I was growing up there during the 80's, it really suffered thanks to Mrs Thatcher.

When I go back now, I really see the change. My Mam moans about the level of council tax she has to pay but the town always looks stunning and well kept.

I also notice how much better off people are becoming. I am usually the worst dressed/groomed/presented out of all my friends!

I haven't lost my accent either. Impossible!

tortoiseshell · 17/08/2006 17:38

MagicGenie - know what you mean about the 80s - I was at primary school in the 80s, and even though was in affluentish non-mining area, the miners strike was really felt. And I remember how exciting it was when Durham got its first Burger King, in about 1993! Before then the only 'fast food' place was an out of town McDonalds, about 3 miles drive from Durham.

sorkycake · 17/08/2006 17:40

I was brought up in a town inbetween Newcastle and Sunderland, sure you all know where and moved away to go to Uni, but the pull back was huge!
We both come from here and would never consider leaving to live elsewhere in the UK, except maybe Cornwall, that always looks nice.
I love my accent and am immensely proud of being a geordie. Haway the lads!!

popsycal · 17/08/2006 21:15

sorkycake...which town...

aelita · 17/08/2006 22:03

I left years ago (89) but I still think of the North east as 'home'. I'd go back, but DH is an out and out southerner and will not hear of it...

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mosschops30 · 17/08/2006 23:04

me to, dh will not be swayed to the point where he says he will compromise and move anywhere but Newcastle its not that he doesnt like it, i think he thinks I would be unmanageable up there

I hate Wales more every day I am here and find myself obsessing about being back 'home' looking at houses on rightmove, have picture of bridge as my screensaver etc!

Do you think its just a geordie thing, all the ones I meet are hugely patriotic to newcastle. I love the people, the city, the shops, the whole atmosphere.

Sorry to say I have lost my accent and now sound more welsh than dh I do practice though (hoy the hammer ower here)!!!!

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sorkycake · 18/08/2006 12:09

Auld Washington!
Mosschops poor you .
I know what you mean about seeing Penshaw Monument on the A1, when I was at Uni in Coventry and got the train back up I almost cried at the sight of the Bridge as you come round the corner before Central Station. I never thought I'd be so affected by it but when you spend time away and then come back I think you realise how special a place it truly is. Perhaps it's akin to how the Welsh feel about the Valley?

mygirllolipop · 18/08/2006 12:17

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Ulysees · 18/08/2006 12:20

I live in co. durham and love my town. I was born and bred here and have so many good friends.

I could still have a stint abroad though but bet I'd come back. Wouldn't live elswhere in England though may consider Scotland as dad was from there so have a bond with it.

tortoiseshell · 18/08/2006 12:22

you know, for me it's coming into DUrham station over the viaduct and seeing the Cathedral, or if driving, coming in off the A1 at the Belmont junction and seeing the cathedral all lit up.

kiskidee · 18/08/2006 12:27

i've lived in the NE now for 8 yrs but not from here. we travel a lot around the UK and seeing the signs for Wetherby on the A19 makes me feel like I am back. Everywhere else south of that seems too crowded. Just wish it was warm like the Caribbean....

kiskidee · 18/08/2006 12:28

my litte marker is so much humbler than y'all's.

sorkycake · 18/08/2006 12:28

Tortoiseshell I've gone all tingly there reading your post,

Ulysees where do you live?

Ulysees · 18/08/2006 12:35

I live in Darlington. It's a bit of a mess at the moment though as the town centre's being rehashed.

Ulysees · 18/08/2006 12:36

I'm always getting called a geordie when talking to other british people. Just been on a cruise and got asked it a lot.

Apparently we're called plastic geordies

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