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wrench45us · Post by **wrench45us** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:52 pm

in relation to say London vs. Manchester

if London is London and Manchester is northern

just curious given a film the missus rented over the weekend.
in the same weekend i had an easier time understanding the speech of a film shot in Scottish locations, but obviously more effort/concession was made for more universal english speakers, while this midlands film, they were more or less speaking amongst themselves.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:00 pm

in the middle of the two citys you mentioned

namely birmingham and the surrounding areas

ianweb123 · Post by **ianweb123** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:20 pm

Lovely part of the world, esspecially the East Midlands, me ducks

quincy · Post by **quincy** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:29 pm

I like milton keynes and telford myself

Personally my favourite areas of the UK are cornwall/devon/south west because the countryside is stunning, and Brighton becuase it has as much to do as any other city in the UK but in a small and convenient area

Plus living by the sea is just amazing. I rarely go to the beach, but just knowing i can if i want to actually makes me happy

wrench45us · Post by **wrench45us** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:38 pm

my company used to own an affiliate in Skipton. folk who travelled over ther were most impressed by the countryside. sheep right out the office window -- as if that's any reason to be impressed

that film with Helen Miren and the calendar girls actually featured at least the signposts for Skipton. maybe it was actually shot in the vicinity.

given the view from that film seemed even stranger that a handful of software developers would take jobs in a 'remote' village. but what do I know from an ocean away? as our parent company laid them all off they mostly found jobs in Manchester or back in London.

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:39 pm

ianweb123 wrote:Lovely part of the world, esspecially the East Midlands, me ducks

I used to live round there (I went to school in Wellingborough, mum worked in Kettering) - it was ok actually

Glassback · Post by **Glassback** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:05 pm

Nottingham born and bred, me.

Big Karma · Post by **Big Karma** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:19 pm

Nottinghamshire born, Lincolnshire bred and buttered!

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:05 pm

Erm...
Peterborough used to be in the midlands until boundary changes in 1976, when the city changed from being part of Northamptonshire and became part of Cambridgeshire, which is an East Anglian county.

steveholt · Post by **steveholt** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:13 pm

Coventry boy. Middle of the Midlands and as far from the sea as you can get.

Steve

Bunnyboy · Post by **Bunnyboy** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:21 pm

Manchester - North

Pswar

I'm from Newcastle - everywhere is South

except Northumberland and parts of Cumbria

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:11 pm

Staffordshire is nice, but the West Midlands is a f**king dive. I live pretty much smack bang between the two, and i rarely venture further sound than Walsall. Then again, it gets nice again the other side of Birmingham so i cant help feeling we got shafted!

ambe · Post by **ambe** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:11 pm

I live in the midlands...if that helps...no it dosen't really does it

I live about half hour from Birmingham.

EDIT: West Midlnds that is

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:24 pm

Not to worry, Im sure it cant all be bad! Im probably a little bias too, I used to work in Halesown...

ambe · Post by **ambe** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:32 pm

My girlfriend lives in halesowen, its not that bad. Everywhere has their rough areas, depends where you were working.

where are the midlands?