Question Are Crewe Northerners?

[Reg Martin]

A quick browse on the Crewe forum suggests they regard themselves as northerners.
Most of the assorted Smoggies, Mackems and Geordies I endure on a daily basis would regard the idea of Cheshire being in the north as incomprehensible. They just about accept Yorkshire and Lancashire as being northern and regard Cheshire as dangerously close to being Welsh.
People from Birmingham have no problem with calling themselves Midlanders, but people who live north of Brum but south of Lancashire and Yorkshire do seem to have a bit of an identity crisis - many of them want to be northerners but aren't accepted as such by the genuine article.
So I put it to the good people of shrimperzone to decide on the status of our much loved chums from Crewe

 

[Jam_Man]

Liverpool must be welsh in that case, they are closer to Wales.

Not really massively North though as they arent much further north than Nottingham, then again not much further South than Liverpool or Manchester.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I class it as the boundary to the north - know a few people from work from Crewe and their accent is more Manc than Brum.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Anything north of Watford makes you a northerner

 

[southendmad]

they do sound like mancs to be fair..

it's in the north west..so obviously northern.

 

[Reg Martin]

Early voting is awarding them the dubious 'honour' of northerners.
Just another thought on this - I knew someone from Mansfield who was always very insistent she was a Midlander and definitely not Northern and checking on a map, Mansfield is slightly north of Crewe
Perhaps the whole country is just confused.

 

[McNasty]

The Only Way Is Essex.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

The Only Way Is Essex.

Gor ur vejazzle then Ken

 

[McNasty]

Gor ur vejazzle then Ken

Ah Shhhuttttttt Uuuuppppppp !

 

[OldBlueLady]

Anything north of Watford makes you a northerner

North of Watford GAP is what I always understood.

 

[Pubey]

North of the midlands is north IMO (Nottingham is the top of the midlands). People from the north think London is as far south as you can go - the delusion works both ways!

 

[shallowshrimper]

Anything north of Watford makes you a northerner

You beat me to it!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

North of the midlands is north IMO

Yes, but so's Watford.

The Watford GAP is in NORTHamptonshire. There's a clue in there somewhere.

Sorry for making you home sick, but you've got to face facts.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Yes, but so's Watford.

The Watford GAP is in NORTHamptonshire. There's a clue in there somewhere.

Sorry for making you home sick, but you've got to face facts.

Blimey Yorkie, does that mean you're agreeing with me?! :omg:

 

[BrettieAngell]

Definitely Northerners!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Blimey Yorkie, does that mean you're agreeing with me?! :omg:

No, of course not.

You suggest that north of the Watford Gap is north. I'm pointing out that Watford is the North as well.

 

[Swiss Tony]

My gage on northeners,is how many whippets owned per acre,it never fails,they are Welsh.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Having for my sins lived and worked in the North, I can tell you Crewe is in the North.

 

[Napster]

Essex is the North for me. :winking:

 

[Uncle Leo]

In the excellent Stuart Maconie book "Pies and Prejudice", he undertakes a journey around the north of England, looking to rediscover his roots after years of living in that London. After lots of wondering where to start his journey and where the line for 'the north' might start, he settles on Crewe.

That's good enough for me.

Living as I do about seven miles north of Watford I'm not liking this 'Watford is the north' nonsense either :sad: