Off Topic Tyneside

Know plenty who do. It’s embarrassing

 

I’m originally from Houghton le Spring.. when they changed our county to Tyne and Wear… I thought bollocks with that.. anything that required my address even to this day will say Houghton le Spring County Durham

 

Same here,I refuse to use the Heathian inspired TYNE & WHERE bollocks, its SUNDERLAND, CO. DURHAM as far as I am concerned and always will be.

 

I was born in a borough of Gateshead and never say I'm from Newcastle, Co.Durham/South of the Tyne used to be easier but since they built the Angel of Newcastle....sorry North, people have actually heard of Gateshead which makes it a bit simpler. Co Durham born and bred none of these metropolitan boroughs for me.

 

I was born in South Shields and after being pinged like a billiard ball around the country when in the military, I have resettled here. When people ask where am I from, I reply South Shields. They then enquire where that is and I ALWAYS reply County Durham. I was born a Durham lad and I’ll die a Durham lad.

 

For simplicity I used to tell them Newcastle but not now.

 

Theft, they’d be better using Cher’s Gipsies, tramps and thieves imo. In fact Geordies tramps and thieves has a nice ring to it.

 

Newcastle is the central hub of the north east. Whether people like that or not. If you’re travelling from South to Sunderland. Newcastle central station will be your usual change point. Doesn’t need to be that one but it’s the most popular and common. If you are flying and it’s not long haul, you’ll probably be flying from Newcastle airport. When away fans come to the SOL and are staying over, they tend to stay in Newcastle.

It’s looking like Sunderland council have finally got their act together and are giving it a good go now at regenerating the area, which is great, but they’ll also need to make it far more easily accessible than it is now to draw people in.

 

If anyone asks where I’m from I say Sunderland no one has ever asked me for any further explanation. I’ve found most people are very good at geography and have a good grasp of current affairs. If someone doesn’t fall into either of those categories they’re more than likely interested in football and will have heard of Sunderland through that.

 

Do they though? I've told people that I'm from Country Durham, and been told "but your accent doesn't sound Irish".

 

I would just laugh and say no not County Down, County Durham in England

 

I’m from a village 3 miles north of Durham and was born in Durham
When people ask I say I’m from Durham