Counties of the UK

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Inspired by the American States thread, how about a run down fo the counties of England, Wales, Scottland and Northern Ireland? Do we have representatives of them all.

To kick off, I'm from Coventry, which is in Warwickshire. It is the only city but there are several good-sized towns (including Leamington Spa, where I work).

I don't know if warwickshire has more or less farmland than other counties, but it is home to the National Agricultural Centre. Also, rural Warwickshire was where Tolkien spent part of his childhood, and is probably the inspiration for The Shire.

A few years ago the Post Office tried to move Coventry from Warwickshire to the West Midlands. The people of Coventry basically told them to get stuffed. We

Finally, in the spirit of the States thread, a little friendly bashing of the neighbours:

Warwickshire is south of Leicestershire, where men are men & sheep are nervous.

A few years ago the Post Office tried to move Coventry from Warwickshire to the West Midlands. The people of Coventry basically told them to get stuffed. We didn't want to be associated with people who say things like 'Yam Awright, Skip?'.


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[MonsterMash]

I'm a native Londoner, which means that I have deep predjudices about all other UK residents, to start:

Essex - Land of the boy racer, where white stilletoes are the epitome of style and everyone is called Wayne or Tracey.

Of course London is the centre of the universe, after all as Dr Johnson said: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

 

[diaglo]

have family (my mum's side) in Kettering.

Northhamptonshire... Northants http://www.northamptonshire.co.uk/

quaint little place.

great history of making shoes.

in the middle of nowhere with not much else to do... but walk and ride your bike.

 

[Spell]

I live in newcastle, tyne and wear.
apparently it is a land of blonde women, booze drinkers, newcastle united fans, all talking a weird language they call "geordie", which has nothing to do with english.
i'm sure there are more prejudices about it (i'm aware of some of them, too), but i'll let other people shed a light on them...

 

[OakwoodDM]

I'm an 'Ampshire 'Og (Hampshire Hog) by birth and raising. Hampshire, for those who don't know, is the big fat county above the Isle of Wight. As far as cities go, we have Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester as the main ones. The distinguishing features of these appear to be:

Southampton - Home of the Saints (Southampton FC). Considered by residents to be better than Portsmouth.
Portsmouth - Home of Pompey (Portsmouth FC). Considered by residents to be better than Southampton.
Winchester - Home of the round table, and ancient capital of England.

As an example of the 'friendly' animosity between Southampton and Portsmouth, a squaddie in Iraq was asked in the early stages of the conflict what he thought of Geoff Hoon claiming that Um Qasr was 'a city much like Southampton'. His reply was something along the lines of "Let's see. There's no booze, no hookers and I'm being shot at. Sounds more like Portsmouth."

As far as neighbours go, there's Dooooorseeeeet, home of the long vowels and cider drinking farmers, and Wiltshire, where families are closer than anywhere else.

 

[glass]

in the middle of nowhere with not much else to do... but walk and ride your bike.

It's probably less than an hour from Coventry, which is a pretty big city, and not much further to Birmingham which is England's second city (unfortunately). Not quite the middle of nowhere, unless you don't have a car.

I believe Northampton also has quite a lot of distribution centres for foreign shipping companies who don't realise quite how far north of Southampton it is!


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[diaglo]

It's probably less than an hour from Coventry, which is a pretty big city, and not much further to Birmingham which is England's second city (unfortunately). Not quite the middle of nowhere, unless you don't have a car.

I believe Northampton also has quite a lot of distribution centres for foreign shipping companies who don't realise quite how far north of Southampton it is!


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i've driven it. been to Warwickshire. visited Warwick castle.
i have an aunt in Southampton. been to Isle of Wight. the New Forest.

used to shop in Leicester when i wanted my D&D fix.

vacationed in Cornwall and Yarmouth.

i've been to England from tip to tip. side to side. and back again.

lived there for 4 years too stationed at Chicksands
edit: my gram never left the midlands her whole life.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Warwickshire is south of Leicestershire, where men are men & sheep are nervous.

Got alot of Scotsmen in that county?

 

[OakwoodDM]

Got alot of Scotsmen in that county?

And there I was, labouring under the impression that we English only tarred the Welsh with the "Over-friendly with sheep" brush. I guess you learn something new every day. (Or, in this case, 2 somethings new. Leicestershire and Scotland join Wales...)

 

[ReignMan]

Ok leave out the Welsh sheep jokes.

Rack up South Glamorgan (Cardiff born and Raised) and Wiltshire where I now reside with the rest of the carrot crunchers.