For true grimness, visit the
ex-mining villages of East Ayrshire, places like Cumnock or New Cumnock
(they're imaginitive with the names round here!) Situated about 50
miles south of Glasgow, there hasn't been any coal mining there since the
sixties, and some villages have entirely dissappeared apart from ruins on the
hillside. Every second shop in the main towns are boarded up,
too. Very depressing. Very grim.
Since moving to Ayrshire (a nicer bit that where
I've just described) I've visited the North of England a few times. I
think most of the places I've been to have been a bit "posh" (Lancaster,
Carlisle) - but we did stop at Tebay on the way back up the M6 about a month
ago. There was an investigation into a rail crash there in the news a few
weeks back. It felt very unfriendly - the place is covered in "NO
WINDFARMS HERE" placards, and people did not seem very pleased to see
visitors (particularly
one miserable sod of a bus driver) ...
Talking of cars and visiting places, that reminds
me ... hopefully soon I'll be visiting Newton Stewart, childhood home of
Kingboy, where his Dad used to preach, and where "The Man" album was recorded in
the Macmillan Hall in 1986 (I also seem to remember the bagpipes in "America No
More" were recorded there too).
I was thinking of taking some photos, especially in
I can find the Hall. Would people be interested?
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:24
AM
Subject: Re: [KLF] Where does the
expression "It's Grim Up North" come from?
On 20 Mar 2006, at 23:47, Mark Weston wrote:
Hi John
I
expect the phrase was first used many years ago when we realised just how
bad the North of England was......I mean who else puts gravey on fish and
chips and if you notice when the northerners speak they always miss words
out............flat caps.ferrets .........come on the list is endless
Best
Wishes
Mark
It
really is terrible up north. Cheap beer, cheap food, cheap houses, fresh air,
open spaces and the best looking girls in the land.
Makes me want to move
to Kent at the drop of a flat cap.
Anyone want to buy a 4 bedroom detached
house for 120,000 so i can get my self a des res wardrobe in Bexley Heath.
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