Being a northern lass :p
 

The only mild form of patriotism type behaviour I conform with is being proud of being from the north rather than the south. Being at uni with alot of southerners who have never heard of oswaldtwistle, I always give a little talk about the place, and I mention the pear drop every time, like I'm really very proud of the mouldy big lump of sugar. Its quite depressing but I enjoy metioning it at the same time.

Well anyway, what do you think about being from the north, and if anyone has a picture of the giant pear drop I'd love to see it so I can show my friends my fabulous towns landmark :)

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I dont think there is anything wrong with a bit of patriotism when it is employed in the right spirit - its when patriotism goes to extremes that you have the problems. Nonetheless, I always try to have a bit of light banter with a few friends of mine who hail from the south. The North has plenty to be proud of.

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I live next door to lads from Yorkshire aswell, they go on about how better they are than lancashire because of the roses and rugby and all that rubbish.

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Hang on a minute....the House of Lancaster emerged victorious over the House of York, meaning Lancaster became the Royal house? (or so I remember from those history lessons long ago!)

So are you never tempted to have a childish moment with your Yorkshire neighbours along the lines of yelling "we won, we won, ner ner ner ner ner!"

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They're living in Lancaster, why? Because Yorkshire is inferior and they know it. Thats enough satisfaction for me :p

I'm going home now to cook my mince and apple!

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i went in ossy mills the other week and it was free to go in the sweet factory, but they wernt making out, it was all closed, but i did managed to see this pear drop and i could have easily took a photo:rolleyes: there was nobody about.

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Will ask tomorrow Willow and take my new digi with me, even though haven't sorted how to get photos on file as yet ! Ok, know I'm a bit thick. Sure there are some photos somewhere in their Marketing Department. Will revert.

Would be nonsense not to allow it to be put on a website like this .. good publicity and all that.

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sounds like a solution to me. I dont even know what this peardrop is....will have to wait for the photos!!

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Found a pic on on the internet of the peardrop

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thank you very much!! Thought I was missing a major monument or something, whilst I always walk round with my eyes open, thought I might have been missing something obvious there!

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The only banter we have is how I say poor and coke. I don't pronounce them properly. Or corpse. I think I have trouble with o's :p

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You don't speak proper anyhow, :D