Northerners: The bestselling history of the North of England

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Northerners don’t seem to be able to tell the difference between a southern accent and a posh accent. A writer for children and young adults, he has penned several novels, each to critical acclaim. His best known work is his debut novel, Skellig, set in Newcastle, which won the Whitbread Children’s Novel of the Year Award and also the Carnegie Medal. It has also been adapted into a play, an opera and a film. He is one of just three UK authors to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, ‘the world’s most prestigious prize in children’s literature’. Jimmy Forsyth Northerners also shows convincingly how the past echoes down the centuries. The devastation of factory and pit closures in the 1980s, for example, recalled the trauma of William the Conqueror’s Harrying of the North. The book charts how the north-south divide has ebbed and flowed and explores the very real divisions between northerners, such as the rivalry between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Meaning: The Police (reference to a character from Top Cat). Usage: Hide down’t ginnel, the dibble are on the way. Pte Adam Wakenshaw was killed in action at Mersa Metruh in Egypt on June 27, 1942. He was awarded a posthumous VC (Image: Handout, Publicity Picture)

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Alison Kay, founder of the People's Kitchen with 2 regulars celebrating its 4th anniversary in 1988 (Image: Dave Charlton) One thing that proper annoys me is when some people think Birmingham, and other places near that, are northern." – Richard, ManchesterNortheners are very down to earth people, they try hard and alway give a good days work. Coming from one of the poorest parts of England does not stop them from being lovely and considerate.

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We have places to be, and we have to fight slow-moving tourists and over-burdened transport networks to get there.

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This is something that even northerners can find confusing, so for a southerner this can be a nightmare. Here are 10 things northerners do that drive southerners mad. Have a go at our southern pronunciations

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Born into a working class family - his dad looked after pit ponies - he studied fine art at the University of Newcastle and later became a pottery teacher in London, all the while aiming for a career in music. Ferry formed Roxy Music in 1970 with a group of friends and acquaintances, including Newcastle drummer Paul Thompson. Roxy Music’s first single, Virginia Plain, was a top 10 hit, the beginning of a rich seam of chart topping successes and multi-million selling albums as well as a successful solo career. Alan Plater

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An award-winning actor who has had a string of TV hits including Drop the Dead Donkey, Ballykissangel, Grafters, Wild at Heart and DCI Banks. He also starred in the movie Brassed Off, based on the year-long miner’s strike. James Alfred Wight One of the ‘Pitmen Painters’, he was a member of the same sketching group in Spennymoor as another miner-artist, Norman Cornish. Tom started to paint seriously in 1948, and in 1949, the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead bought his drawing Miner and Child. While his reputation as an artist grew, he was made redundant in 1983. Andrea Wonfor To be fair the UK as a whole isn’t exactly known for it’s glorious weather, but up in the north the weather can actually be much harsher. A former Chief Medical Officer for England, the 15th occupant of the post since it was established in 1855, which meant he was principal advisor to the United Kingdom Government on health matters and one of the most senior officials in the National Health Service (NHS). Currently Chancellor of Newcastle University, in the 2002 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood in recognition of his achievements in health and health care. Jill Halfpenny