[LU] NON LU: You know you're from Leeds when ...

[John Lee]

Brought back some memories there Steve:
   
  Try these:
   
  Kaghan Valley and their plate-sized onion bhajis:the Crystal Palace, (a very hard Teds pub, not of the Heaton variety), 2 shami kebabs and onions in a brown bag from the Islamabad (guaranteed dogsh*t breath the next morning); opening of Sheesh Mahal (still best curry house in Leeds); going into Nags Head pre-match to listen to all the old winos/tramps tell you their life story (every week); meeting at the Fatman; Lewis's; Terry's All Time Cafe; we are the champions/champions of europe done in the Kop, split down the middle; taking on the NF at Elland Rd; dreams of brickman; that Scottish wino who used to call Ingerlish bast**ds (anyone else remember him?); The Whip; in fact, pubs; when you could cross City Square without 18 pedestrian crossings; when Park Row was one way; Warehouse opening; Cinderella's Rockafellas; the church behind the Merrion Centre they demolished (with the balcony); Queens Hall; Futurama; milk train to Harrogate at 4:10am. 
   
  God I could eat those shamis now!!!

Steve Gillen <Steve.Gillen at e-mis.com> wrote:
  Just got sent this - I think this might stir some memories (as opposed
to mammaries in yesterday's thread) for some of the older listers and
the expat folks

Cheers

Steve G

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You know you're from Leeds when:- 

1. The closest thing you have to a zoo is Tropical World at Roundhay
Park! 

2. Your feminine side is your lass 

3. You know Leeds is so brilliant they named a Castle 240 Miles away
after it! 

4. Dear means expensive! 

5. You have bought an award winning pork pie from Wilsons 

6. You heard the late Danny Freeman singing outside marks and sparks 

7. Your mum is your mam Your Gran is your Nan 

8. They both call Marks and Spencers, marks and sparks!!! 

9. You proudly announce that Nell McAndrew is from Belle Isle 

10. You have seen Zack Dingle in the Atrium 

11. You think Harry Ramsdens is expensive and a rip off and that
Seafarer, Skyliner, Brians, Mermaid, Wetherby Whaler or Coes are much
better 

12. You know the Leodis pub and the historical significance of the name 

13. You know what a loiner is and you're proud to be one 

14. You refer to going to the UK's 2nd financial centre and 3rd largest
city by population as "town" 

15. You remember when Marks & Spencers only had one shop and it was in
town 

16. You call the Headrow Centre, Schofields! 

17. You know you?re from Leeds when you used to pay on the bus with a
Ker-ching!!! 

18. Your Postcode starts with LS 

19. You know all the words to "marching on together" 

20. You never use the word "the" except when writing 

21. You used to see cast members of Emmerdale in't Majestyk and thought
it was cool 

22. You know that a Rhino isn't just a big grey animal that lives in
Africa 

23. You went to either Boston Spa, Mount St Mary?s, Cardinal Heenan,
John Smeaton, Foxwood, Wetherby High, Garforth Comp, Allerton Grange ,
Lawnswood High or Abbey Grange 

24. You have been drunk in the Pig and Whistle 

25. You have seen Oasis at the Irish centre or Duchess of York! 

26. You know where the Duchess of York was 

27. You have been for a beer on a boat which is nowhere near any water 

28. You think slightly overcast and cold is good weather 

29. You love the Yorkshire Dales but hardly ever go there! 

30. You don't use Black and Whites taxis cos they are too dear 

31. You consider the Skyrack, Original Oak and The Taps to be a night
out 

32. You think Chapel Allerton is cosmopolitan 

33. You would never go to Gipton, Chapeltown or Halton Moor at night or
alone. 

34. You still call Gregg's, Thurston's 

35. You used to go ABC, Cannon and Odeon and you called it "t Pictures" 

36. You know that t' ring road isn?t actually a ring it?s a C 

37. You dislike the fact you share an airport with Bradford. 

38. You have seen some of the world's biggest artists in Roundhay Park 

39. You know what the Deer Park and the Streets of Leeds are 

40. Your fish and chips are cooked in lard! 

41. You remember traffic on Briggate 

42. You remember when the Post Office in City Square sold stamps 

43. You remember green buses 

44. You called Vicar Lane Bus Station the Red Bus Station 

45. You called the Central Bus Station the Green Bus Station 

46. You remember when we didn't have Starbucks 

47. You remember the Victoria Quarter before they put a roof on it and
it was called Queen Victoria Street 

48. You remember when Woolworths was in Briggate 

49. You went to the Bank and bought alcohol 

50. You call everyone love 

51. You remember the Evening Post newspaper seller telling everyone he
was having a terrible day , and he sold the "Green Final" on Saturdays 

52. You call going to the swimming pool going to the baths 

53. You put milk in the cup first when making a pot of tea 

54. You remember when Jacomellis was the height of sophistication 

55. You can remember a bar called Amnesia!!! 

56. You bought your records from Scene & Heard or Kennedys 

57. You remember the Bar-celona in Kirkstall - before they changed it to
become shops - you may even still call it "The Star & Garter"

58. Both Bradford and Pudsey have a "D" in them but you pronounce them
as if they are a "T"

59. You pronounce Harrogate as "arrygot" (It's residents call it
Harrow-Gate)

60. As a child you once sat on the Town Hall lions, and really believed
the story you were told, that they came alive at night when no one was
watching


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