Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, We don't like to brag about it. :-) Glad to hear that you were originally from Lancashire, all the best people are. :-) All the Best Eric On 13/4/04 11:57 am, "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > No need, Lancashire won, the monarch is the Duke of > Lancaster. > Joking apart I was raised in Lancashire and did my > apprenticeship in Yorkshire. Whilst there was much > goodish natured banter anout the relative merits of > Yorkshire and Lancashire it went without saying that > ALL other counties were beneath contempt and came > nowhere in the competition:-) > Frank > > --- Eric C <eric.calderwood@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Are you trying to re-ignite the War of the Roses? >> ;-) >> >> Eric >> (Liverpool UK) >> >> >> >> On 12/4/04 11:49 pm, "Douglas M. Sharp" >> <DouglasMSharp@netscape.net> wrote: >> >>> Should anyone, by quirk of fate, find themselves >> in the North of >>> England, try Betty's in Harrogate, Yorkshire >>> for a really refined Tea - Taylors Yorkshire Tea & >> Tea Brack (a kind of >>> fruit cake, served best with a piece of >>> Wensleydale cheese) or try their Sloe Gin Cake, >> MMMMH!! beats the Savoy >>> and the Ritz into a cocked hat.. >>> The real Tea Experience is, however, the >> "Yorkshire Farmhouse Tea" >>> look out for signs outside farms and pubs. Home >> smoked or boiled ham, >>> haslet, fresh baked crusty bread, salted butter, >>> local cheeses, salad,cheese scones followed by >> masses of fruit cake, >>> scones, rock buns, moggie (a kind of gingerbread) >> and gallons >>> of tea. Pick a place close to the local pub, at >> least within crawling >>> distance, you will get seriously overfed. >>> For those who don't know the North of England, it >> consists of Yorkshire >>> (and a couple of other insignificant counties >>> tacked on to its borders) ;-) I shall now seek >> cover from irate >>> Geordies, Lancastrians and the like. >>> 'eers to me, thee an all on us >>> Douglas ( an exiled Tyke in Germany) >>> >>> BTW The US harboured one of our exiles - Eric >> Knight who wrote the "Sam >>> Small" short stories for >>> Harper's in the early 40s, came to later fame by >> writing " Lassie Come >>> Home" but tragically died in a plane >>> crash before the film took the box-offices by >> storm. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Jimmy Patrick schrieb: >>> >>>> And I thought a buttie was on buttered bread, and >> a bap was on a roll. >>>> >>>> The best butties are the late night chip butties >> (fries on buttered bread) >>>> with brown sauce. >>>> >>> Well known from the Beatles song "Penny Lane " - >> now you know what >>> "finger pies" are. >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information