Northerners: The bestselling history of the North of England

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MORE : 25 reasons the North of the UK is way better than the South 7. They don’t understand the chips and gravy hype 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.

People always love to tell me how grim the north is. Sorry, have you seen the lakes?" – Rachel, Preston Brian Groom's writing is fine, but he does this thing where he'll mention something really interesting then spend maybe two sentences on it, when I know from prior knowledge and further research that he could have spent some time with it and it would have been an interesting read. Sometimes he was literally just listing events and people. Yeah, I now have a list of things to read more about, but I kind of would have liked to read about them here. I just think this book is too small to try to cover so much history of such a large portion of the country.Could you pass me a bread roll?' Not sure what that is but you can have a barm cake." – Jess, Manchester In Northern churches you will hear the hymn, "Come All Ye Faithful". You will also hear expressions such as, "Bugger me, Lord", "God knows", "Jesus wept!" and "God help the poor cow ". Northerners accuse southerners, especially Londoners, of being “southern fairies.” This means they think people from the South don’t know what an honest day’s work means and spend too much money in wine bars. If you hear a Northern kid exclaim, "Ayup, come and look at this!" stay out of his way. These are likely the last words he will say before the explosion.

Hornwood, the seat of House Hornwood, is in the Hornwood forest north of White Harbor and south of the Dreadfort, the seat of House Bolton. The Dreadfort lies near the Weeping Water, which flows east to the Shivering Sea. Northeast of the Dreadfort are the forested lands of House Karstark. East of their castle, Karhold, are the Grey Cliffs. [11] In the Bay of Seals are several islands, including Skagos and uninhabited Skane. The largest, Skagos, is said to be inhabited by cannibals and unicorns and is only nominally controlled by the Starks of Winterfell. [16] Being referred to as a Geordie, there's nothing worse when you're actually from the Sunderland area, or just anywhere that isn't Newcastle." – John, SunderlandNorthmen are often considered savage, wild, and fierce by southrons. [42] [29] [43] [44] [45] [46] Northmen are sometimes referred to as " wolves" by ironborn [47] and southerners. [48] Since most northmen pray before heart trees instead of following the Seven in septs, some southrons consider them to be godless [29] or tree worshipers. [17] Economy

Do you know Peter Kay?' Just because I live near Bolton doesn't mean I personally know the guy." – Jess, Manchester During harsh winters, many farmers and younger northmen seek refuge in the winter town or at the castles of lords. [40] [41] To preserve resources for the younger generations, many older northmen leave their home to hunt during winter, with most not surviving until spring. [41] Men who are old, childless, homeless, or younger sons also traditionally joined winter armies which marched for adventure and plunder with no expectation of survival. [29] Isn’t dinner what you have in the evening, not at lunch? So boring." – Abbie, Newcastle My cousin is from Manchester, do you know her? The first night was allowed in the north until Queen Alysanne Targaryen convinced King Jaehaerys I Targaryen to abolish it. [34] Some northern lords still discretely practice it, however. [39]It would appear that the notion of a cheap night out isn’t an option in the south, not that we’d spend our weekend down there anyway. Blizzards and Northerners going through a divorce have a lot in common. In either case, you know someone is going to lose a caravan. The Denver Post: “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin on sex, violence and T.V., updated April 30, 2016 There is nothing sillier than a Southerner imitating a northern accent, unless it is a northerner imitating a Brummie accent. Northerners poke fun at the way southerners pronounce R’s in front of the A’s in words like bath and laugh. These words come to sound like “barth” and “larff.” And in reverse southerners take the piss out of northerners for changing words completely and having weird colloquialisms.

As I said, this is not an analytical account, and some of the thornier issues of northern identity are side stepped. There is also a little bit too much polishing over historical events which would make for a more interesting book. Rather than interrogating northern identity, Groom's aim here seems to be to present the identity in the first place. Instead of over analysing historical turns or unknotting historiographies, Groom is telling the story of the north of England. How it began, what happened and why it is what it is today. It's a simple, effective history book which could be read by anyone with an interest. As it should be. The people of the north must be vigilant against wildlings who manage to bypass the Wall. One King-beyond-the-Wall, Raymun Redbeard, was defeated by the Starks and Umbers at Long Lake. [68] Southerners can be identified by the spit on the inside of their car's windscreen that comes from yelling at other drivers. That being said, I wish Groom had gone into a little more detail in places. This study could never go into too much depth, but I felt the absence of some chapters. In particular, since my research involves crime, Groom says nothing about the Moors Murders or the Yorkshire Ripper, significant parts of the North's history, whether it likes it or not. This criticism is personal, however. The only other criticism I have is that there was some repeated information towards the end of the book. It would have been better if Groom only wrote new information instead of repeating points made in previous chapters.It’s not hot, it's only 26°C.' Sorry that I'm not used to living on the surface of the sun." – Abbie, Newcastle