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  1. Nads

    Nads Well-Known Member

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    The Blackie Boy in Newcastle is called The Blackie Boy. It ain’t a nickname the signs and everything say it.
     
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  2. MrRAWhite

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    I took it from the Durham Facebook page so just assumed it was in Durham area.
     
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  3. dred

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    From a personal point of view which i suppose is a bit selfish at times and being a native of the North East on passing through mining village I would know exactly what the name meant and accept it.
     
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  4. E.T. Fairfax

    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

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    Aye, I based my comment on the following photo where you can make out the old lettering above the ground floor windows. (I like the fact they saved the old original lettering at least.)

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    Not realising that in its latest incarnation it was in fact.....

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  5. E.T. Fairfax

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    Aye, but unfortunately there will be some folk, up and down the country, not even know what a blacksmith actually is! <laugh>
     
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  6. Smug in Boots

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    It just creates hostility imo.

    What will these people have to say about the Nuer White Army.

    A bunch of lads from the Sudan who used to smear themselves with ash and look 'white' ...

    ... think of the Black & White Minstrels in reverse <party>
     
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    It was supposed to be
     
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  8. Zig81

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    No racist slant in the name of a pub, yet once again bowing down to the woke left and those offended on behalf of black people.

    I wonder how many black people are actually offended by it?
     
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  9. Smug in Boots

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    I've been in pubs called the White Swan and the Black Swan, presumably that's acceptable because people like swans.

    I know there are black boys and we're told they want equal representation ...

    .... isn't this a retrograde step.
     
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  10. dred

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  11. dred

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    <doh>:emoticon-0102-bigsmhaving a nightmare here
     
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  12. Nathan Brazil

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    Our dog was called Blackie when I was a kid in marley pots.
    Madman campbell shouted at me cos Blackie chased his chickens, Jimmy Stewart had a go cos Blackie killed his kitten, the weirdo complained that Blackie bit his whippet.
    Fearless, harmless & soft with people, slightly insane Blackie, perfect dog for a kid.

    Soz but last few posts reminded me.
     
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  13. Dancingstripes

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    What I don’t understand is.

    Why are black people ashamed of the word black?

    If there was a pub called yellow boy, there’s no way Chinese people would calling for a name change, neither would I with whitey boy.

    The UK has become a country that I no longer love.

    There’s fear of exposure with every word that comes out of your mouth, you know someone is gagging to be offended.

    Our country was great, but is becoming more toxic by the day, caused by the people ‘trying to make it better’
     
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  16. Smug in Boots

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    Shakespeare is often the first contact children have with the theatre.

    If they're learning about historical drama surely the history should be as accurate as the drama.

    Black kids have enough to cope with as they're growing up, why add more confusion
    ...

    ... whatever next,
    "Chinese to the Southwest, thousands of 'em!"

     
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  17. MrRAWhite

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    They are not ashamed of the word black. I believe it is the term ‘blackie’, which has undoubtedly been used negatively to describe black people, that is deemed a problem in this case.
     
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    Are they changing the name to the Atlanta Timids?

    I'm being facetious ,sorry.
     
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  19. The Redbaron

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    America is the real catalyst for all of this crap.. "The land of the free and the home of the Brave"

    Well, that will have to go once they country comes back under the Monarchy...More like, the land of careful what you say and the home of the "LGBTQRSVPAA RAC".
     
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  20. Dancingstripes

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    But the term ‘blackie’ isn’t referring to black people in this case.

    So why are people getting offended by it?

    The word ‘cow’ can be used for an offensive word for a woman. Does that mean every pub with the word ‘cow’ in it, also needs to have a name change?
     
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