Fish and chip butty ... North south divide .

[Ramalanadingdong]

Where exactly does the NORTH begin ?

This north/south divide is creeping in again in politics and culture ...


What is the 'south' ?


Surely London is an island on it's own ... if so , what is the south ?

As for the 'north' ... where does it begin ? .. Birmingham ? Leicester ? Nottingham ?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Birmingham Leicester & Nottingham are all Midlands.
The north starts at South Yorkshire/Lancashire.


Cue hilarious posts saying the north starts at Crawley, Hassocks etc.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

We live about 40 miles south of the Humber Bridge which to me when crossing over to South Yorkshire is where the north begins. We are still classed as East Midlands. If you draw a line across the country we are level with Sheffield, so anywhere north of that. That's my view on it anyway, all very subjective.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

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

 

[Ludensian Gull]

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

Lovely

 

[Mo Gosfield]

The South is an area south of the Home Counties.
The Home Counties is the suburban sprawl that surrounds London i.e North Kent, Surrey, North Hants, Berkshire East, South Bucks, South Herts and a small part of Essex. Therefore, the true area of the South is Kent ( East of the Medway ) most of Sussex, East and Central Hampshire. West of that is the South-West. The South is from Bournemouth along to Dover and Folkestone and about 25 miles inland. It is in fact a pretty small area. The true North, by comparison, is a much larger area.

 

[studio150]

Wherever the most northerly team is which is the southern group of the Auto Windshields or whatever it is called these days.

 

[Gwylan]

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

Nah. I have mushy peas down here. The north starts when chips are cooked in lard rather than oil

 

[Ryde]

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

The north starts in Sidmouth!

 

[SwedishSonna]

Ask a Geordie and anyone south of the Tyne is a Cockney.

 

[Bladders]

Watford

 

[Ramalanadingdong]

We live about 40 miles south of the Humber Bridge which to me when crossing over to South Yorkshire is where the north begins. We are still classed as East Midlands. If you draw a line across the country we are level with Sheffield, so anywhere north of that. That's my view on it anyway, all very subjective.

I'd say you were in Yorkshire there

 

[Ramalanadingdong]

Watford

Is soon to be consumed and spat out by North laaaahndahn ....


As someone said above I see the south as Sussex , Kent, Hampshire ...

 

[Ludensian Gull]

I'd say you were in Yorkshire there

No swearing please

 

[Buzzer]

Anything north of Horsham is The North as far as I'm concerned.

 

[VAL1850]

Mushy Peas love them - Can't believe something so bland tastes so good - Plus so cheap, only 18p a can of Smedley's in Lidl

 

[Diego Napier]

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

Regency restaurant - Grilled fish medley & mushy peas, yum yum.

 

[skipper734]

The North starts at a line marked by the Kennet and Avon Canal. Coupled with the River Thames it is a defensive line which goes all the way across the Country. This was the fall back line created during WW 2 to defend the North in case members of the EU managed to get a foothold on the south's beaches.

 

[Fungus]

Newquay. Padstow at least.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

The north is MASSIVE!