Brits Leaving UK In Droves.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by samkydd There was a Grumpy Old Men programme on last night tackling the subject of class in the UK. Do you say "napkin" or "serviette"? Do you have lino that looks like tiles or lino? What do you call the lavatory? Do you have; a) lounge b)sitting room c)drawing room d)living room (you can't have b) unless you've got one of the others as well). Do you have fish knives and forks? What did your father do for a living? Do you stay in town at the weekend too?

As the lady said when someone queried the etiquette of her place settings. "It's all a case of mind over matter. Those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter"

Steve

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by Fareham_Bee i got all excited thinking it was AL BUNDY!!! Signed the house sale contract last night, so move across the channel is getting closer. A lot more involved than I can say but have to admit it is getting very scary now and am looking for any excuses to not go despite feeling I have to to make sure of that fresh start.

All the best of British luck

Steve

[samkydd]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook Well there is now that you've started it Steve

Max Bygraves left Bournemouth after many years to settle in Australia. He's probably topping the Aussie charts as I speak with a new album, Bilabong-A-Max!

Perhaps if JA goes she might consider a remake of Walkabout?

Another shooting last night in South London just off Old Kent Road, two rival gang tossers were firing at each other and a 26 year old Polish girl walking home from work got caught in the crossfire and was killed! Give it another few months and Basra will be less dangerous than South London!

[kelp]

I just returned from a really relaxing break in North Norfolk. Some pages back, someone mentioned Happisburgh! I use the exclamation mark (I'm English, so I still use them, not that new American word people use for them) to emphasise that I did, as I said I would, and toured the whole quiet coastline and ended up at Happisburgh, which is (as you rightly said) pronounced Heppsboro.
Upon entering the village one is truck by the desolation, the wildness of it. It didn't help that it was quite misty and a light drizzle had set in. We followed the sign that said "BEACH". The car park was unmade, and there was a huge sign that looked like it had been there years, it read "KEEP OUT". An old tin shed that was once used as a Public Convenience was falling down, some of its corrugated sheet flapping in the wind, a very spooky place indeed. I thought...."What a great location this would make". After climbing through a hedgerow, I was amazed to see that the beach area was a huge Scrap Yard! Not somewhere I wish to ever see again. anyone else have a story of strange places that would make great locations? Perhaps, if this takes off, Moderators may wish to give it a place of it's own.

[batman]

As a native of Norfolk I have to say it is actually pronounced Hayzbruh.

Batty.

[kelp]

Originally Posted by batman As a native of Norfolk I have to say it is actually pronounced Hayzbruh. Batty.

I humbly bow to your greater knowledge Sir.

[samkydd]

Originally Posted by batman As a native of Norfolk I have to say it is actually pronounced Hayzbruh. Batty.

As someone who was brought up in North Norfolk and left many years ago, is Happisburgh still there? I thought it would have been washed out to sea by now!

[batman]

Originally Posted by kelp I humbly bow to your greater knowledge Sir.

No great knowledge involved my friend ... I simply talk funny.

Batty.

[batman]

Originally Posted by samkydd As someone who was brought up in North Norfolk and left many years ago, is Happisburgh still there? I thought it would have been washed out to sea by now!

It is, but it's disappearing very quickly. Kelp's description is very accurate .... issa rum ol' playce thees dayz.

Bahtty.

[kelp]

Bats, I must say that I had a really relaxing time in north Norfolk, that is what I went there for after all. I stayed in Holme-Next-The-Sea, and visited really unspoilt little places, and had some lovely meals in quiet little pubs. So, if you have a busy lifestyle, and need a REAL break, you could do worse. but don't tell, everyone, they'll all be there.

[samkydd]

Originally Posted by kelp Bats, I must say that I had a really relaxing time in north Norfolk, that is what I went there for after all. I stayed in Holme-Next-The-Sea, and visited really unspoilt little places, and had some lovely meals in quiet little pubs. So, if you have a busy lifestyle, and need a REAL break, you could do worse. but don't tell, everyone, they'll all be there.

They were already there yonks ago which is why I left; the members of the parish council now hail mostly from trendy London boroughs and one from Holland, the village shop stopped selling pies but you can now buy twenty seven varieties of organic coffee bean, the pub scrapped the darts team and they now have bridge evenings, there are more second hand book and antique shops than you can shake a stick at (really useful if all you want to do is buy a hot pie), the population has trebled in 30 years and having discovered this rural idyll they're now all moaning because there's no big Tescos, IKEA, B&Q, motorways, street lamps, footpaths or a sodding airport close by!

The only comfort is that the real locals are still as menacing, anti-social and sinister as they ever were, and if you can't trace your ancestors directly back to Boudicca and The Iceni then you'll get short shrift from them bor, and whether you come from Suffolk, Southend or Surbiton you'll just be a "foreigner" who "hent roight!" until you abandon ship and head back home, feeling totally dejected with your head down and your iPod headphones dangling between your legs!

[batman]

Originally Posted by kelp Bats, I must say that I had a really relaxing time in north Norfolk, that is what I went there for after all. I stayed in Holme-Next-The-Sea, and visited really unspoilt little places, and had some lovely meals in quiet little pubs. So, if you have a busy lifestyle, and need a REAL break, you could do worse. but don't tell, everyone, they'll all be there.

That's why I like living here, it is like stepping back in time once you get off the beaten track. We regularly drive out to quiet villages for a stroll, even the Boy Wonder is starting to appreciate it, especially all the lovely churches. Next time you are in Norfolk, check out a village called Heydon, near to Holt. Magical.

About Heydon Norfolk

Bats.

[David Brent]

Originally Posted by batman That's why I like living here, it is like stepping back in time once you get off the beaten track. We regularly drive out to quiet villages for a stroll, even the Boy Wonder is starting to appreciate it, especially all the lovely churches. Next time you are in Norfolk, check out a village called Heydon, near to Holt. Magical. About Heydon Norfolk Bats.

What's the beer like in your neck of the woods?

Dave.

[batman]

I haven't drunk beer for a few years but the local beers I used to drink were all excellent ...

Woodforde's Champion Real Ale & Beers

Chalk Hill Brewery

Greene King Corporate: Introducing brands & brewing, Greene King the premier UK brewer of ales.

St Peter’s Brewery | 01986 782322

Adnams.co.uk

... these are all brewed in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Bats.

[samkydd]

Originally Posted by batman I haven't drunk beer for a few years but the local beers I used to drink were all excellent ... ... these are all brewed in Norfolk and Suffolk. Bats.

What about good old Narch Bitter (Norwich Bitter) it made Watney's Red Barrel taste almost like beer!