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A Geordie Poem, So Just Remember When You Call Me ‘ Pet’, It’s Because You ‘Like Me’ O)))
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We’re going to visit Durham,
we’ll probably go by train.
We’re going to visit relatives
I hope it doesn’t rain.
We’ll get a train to Newcastle,
that’s the one upon the Tyne,
the one thatLindisfarne sang about..
“The fog on the Tyne’s all mine”.
There are many lovely places,
from the cities to the dales,
You can have yourself a Stottie cake,
and sample their brown ales.
The folk from there are Geordies,
they say things like “Howay man”.
They’ll sometimes call you “hinny”,
and they don’t “go”, they “gan”.
When they talk about a “canny lass”,
they don’t mean a girl that’s sly.
They mean that she’s a looker,
and she’s easy on the eye.
It means they like you if they call you “pet”,
and it’s “kidda” for a youth.
If you live anywhere belowDarlington,
then you come from “way doon Sooth”.
The countryside is beautiful,
with burns that run through gills,
and the rolling lawns overlooking hills,
can create some visual thrills.
The North’s produced its share of stars,
like Jimmy Nail and Sting.
There was Gazza and there’s Ant and Dec,
and we’ve all heard Cheryl sing.
But some of Newcastle’s great heroes
wear striped shirts in white and black.
There’s Beardsley, Robson, and AlanShearer,
there’s Pearce and Super Mac.
There are many old Geordie folk songs,
that tell of people and the places,
They sing of “When the boat comes in”,
and the famous “Blaydon Races”.
There are some are loud and some are vocal,
and some seem a little bawdy,
But I’m looking forward to my trip up there
when I’ll meet a real live Geordie.
we’ll probably go by train.
We’re going to visit relatives
I hope it doesn’t rain.
We’ll get a train to Newcastle,
that’s the one upon the Tyne,
the one thatLindisfarne sang about..
“The fog on the Tyne’s all mine”.
There are many lovely places,
from the cities to the dales,
You can have yourself a Stottie cake,
and sample their brown ales.
The folk from there are Geordies,
they say things like “Howay man”.
They’ll sometimes call you “hinny”,
and they don’t “go”, they “gan”.
When they talk about a “canny lass”,
they don’t mean a girl that’s sly.
They mean that she’s a looker,
and she’s easy on the eye.
It means they like you if they call you “pet”,
and it’s “kidda” for a youth.
If you live anywhere belowDarlington,
then you come from “way doon Sooth”.
The countryside is beautiful,
with burns that run through gills,
and the rolling lawns overlooking hills,
can create some visual thrills.
The North’s produced its share of stars,
like Jimmy Nail and Sting.
There was Gazza and there’s Ant and Dec,
and we’ve all heard Cheryl sing.
But some of Newcastle’s great heroes
wear striped shirts in white and black.
There’s Beardsley, Robson, and AlanShearer,
there’s Pearce and Super Mac.
There are many old Geordie folk songs,
that tell of people and the places,
They sing of “When the boat comes in”,
and the famous “Blaydon Races”.
There are some are loud and some are vocal,
and some seem a little bawdy,
But I’m looking forward to my trip up there
when I’ll meet a real live Geordie.
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Love the north east. Been to Durham twice and South Shields twice, done the Catherine Cookson tour and been to see Marsden Rock. Will definitely go again at some point. I well remember the cosy B & B we stayed in and the delicious home cooked breakfast we had in South Shields and listening to all the Geordie accents in the pub at night!
Ta bonnie lass.
I remember on 18/04/93 on one of many visits to Newcastle we visited the Rupali Indian restaurant in the centre. At the time a Sun journalist called Gary Bushell ( I think) featured this restaurant in his regular curry club article.
If you took the challenge you were served the hottest curry in the UK with accompaniments. If you finished it you didn’t pay but the cost went to the Yellow Brick Road charity. Of course if you failed you paid for the meal yourself.
As my mates knew I enjoyed spicy food they egged me on to take the challenge. The staff took polaroid photos of the meal before and after. I still have those photos and the certificate they awarded the successful diner with. Thats how I recall the date so well. Lol.
Flavour wise it was the worst curry I had tasted and the sauce had the consistency of wallpaper glue. Soon as I got back to the hotel I sent it down the talking trumpet but all in a good cause. Happy days. :-)
I remember on 18/04/93 on one of many visits to Newcastle we visited the Rupali Indian restaurant in the centre. At the time a Sun journalist called Gary Bushell ( I think) featured this restaurant in his regular curry club article.
If you took the challenge you were served the hottest curry in the UK with accompaniments. If you finished it you didn’t pay but the cost went to the Yellow Brick Road charity. Of course if you failed you paid for the meal yourself.
As my mates knew I enjoyed spicy food they egged me on to take the challenge. The staff took polaroid photos of the meal before and after. I still have those photos and the certificate they awarded the successful diner with. Thats how I recall the date so well. Lol.
Flavour wise it was the worst curry I had tasted and the sauce had the consistency of wallpaper glue. Soon as I got back to the hotel I sent it down the talking trumpet but all in a good cause. Happy days. :-)
I don’t recall the exact location. We were based in hotels within walking distance of an establishment near to the Old Custom House. In fact we stayed in a hotel in the middle of a one way system oppo the custom house.
It was a fair walk from whichever hotel we stayed at..I have Mr Abdul Latif’s business card but doesn’t show the address of his restaurant..
Incidentally. I enjoyed your poem. Maybe not ‘The Angel of the North’ but the Pam Ayres of the North. :-)
It was a fair walk from whichever hotel we stayed at..I have Mr Abdul Latif’s business card but doesn’t show the address of his restaurant..
Incidentally. I enjoyed your poem. Maybe not ‘The Angel of the North’ but the Pam Ayres of the North. :-)
Deffo Newcastle City Centre Bobbi. He was quite a celebrity.Plenty of info on his charity work and restaurant (now changed name from Rupali)
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