Fish and chip butty ... North south divide .

[Herr Tubthumper]

The north starts when you start seeing five pound notes again

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Old Shoreham Rd - the Dog Track side

 

[mona]

Nah. The north starts when chips are cooked in lard rather than oil

Beef dripping surely.

 

[Gwylan]

Beef dripping surely.

Isn't that what lard is? Excuse my ignorance but as a veggie, I don't eat chips in the north - I just know that they're cooked in something unwholesome

 

[beorhthelm]

ive chatted with a chap from Leicester and from Macclesfield about this. they both had an interesting common observation - Whippets. they are common in the north, not in the midlands or south. the chap from Macclesfield had lived in a town further south said it was a "border town" as there was northern accents but no whippets, the town few miles up t'road whippets were often seen in the high street. that was where the north started.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Isn't that what lard is? Excuse my ignorance but as a veggie, I don't eat chips in the north - I just know that they're cooked in something unwholesome

No, lard is pig fat. Chips cooked in beef dripping are lovely and crispy.

 

[Larry Day]

the north starts when you get mushy peas served with your fish & chips

Curry sauce on your chips marks the border for me.

 

[Goldstone1976]

ive chatted with a chap from Leicester and from Macclesfield about this. they both had an interesting common observation - Whippets. they are common in the north, not in the midlands or south. the chap from Macclesfield had lived in a town further south said it was a "border town" as there was northern accents but no whippets, the town few miles up t'road whippets were often seen in the high street. that was where the north started.

interesting suggestion. I have a corollary for your consideration. The South starts when first you see a Weimaraner (or a Red Setter). Anything North of that is the North.

 

[Hillian1]

No, lard is pig fat. Chips cooked in beef dripping are lovely and crispy.

I remember vividly my Grandmother always had dripping in her fridge and used to try and get us to eat it on toast, vile stuff.

However, when it's used to fry chips in The North it becomes a wondrous essential, chips down here just can't compete.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I remember vividly my Grandmother always had dripping in her fridge and used to try and get us to eat it on toast, vile stuff.

However, when it's used to fry chips in The North it becomes a wondrous essential, chips down here just can't compete.

I hated bread and dripping, but my Dad loved it especially with salt.

 

[brightn'ove]

North starts when you can get scraps on your chips IMO.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Old Shoreham Rd - the Dog Track side

I'd have said Tivoli Crescent ...

 

[GOM]

However, when it's used to fry chips in The North it becomes a wondrous essential, chips down here just can't compete.

Lard is also excellent for roast potatos.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Here in Shropshire we are classed as "the heart of England" so the only northerners here must have a visa and speak funny.
TBF there are more Scots, Poles, Aisians and Caribbeans than English Northerners here.

 

[Hillian1]

North starts when you can get scraps on your chips IMO.

Ask for scraps north of Middlesbrough and they won't have a clue what your on about, I believe the term up there is "Batter"

 

[swd40]

North of the South Downs is bandit country.

 

[brightn'ove]

Ask for scraps north of Middlesbrough and they won't have a clue what your on about, I believe the term up there is "Batter"

I've actually never been north of Middlesbrough , it's Scotland up there innit?

 

[Mowgli37]

Living in Sheffield I'd say we're right on the border. South Yorkshire and above would be my starting point.

 

[theroyal]

North of the Watford Gap services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Gap_services

It's even in the wiki article.

In popular culture, the Watford Gap is often considered to be a dividing line that separates the north and the south of England

 

[beorhthelm]

North of the Watford Gap services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_Gap_services

It's even in the wiki article.

the problem with this, or rather the problem it highlights, is the omission of the midlands in this north/south divide. Watford Gap is pretty much in the Midlands itself isn't it? interesting to note in the diagram on that page, the inset shows East/West midland regions.