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10 minutes ago, mattyq said:

There's certainly the whiff of the inbred yokel about Southampton and its people.

I had the misfortune of living in Totton for a while and that was definitely Incester village.

Moved to Shirley which was much better 

Right, I know Totton only through working there now and again, know what you mean, I live in the town centre  not to far from Shirley but barely go up there now,as its changed a bit pub wise, when was you here and did you use any pubs? 

The real Southampton have that yokel touch but a lot like to give it a more London accent as they do in Portsmouth, London spreads a wide net, the further you go west the yokelness gets more evident, only as far as Salisbury etc

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21 minutes ago, mattyq said:

Pompey was better but they were badly inbred, too

Paulsgrove and Buckland... fucking hell!

Yes grim. 

[Bjornebye]

24 minutes ago, mattyq said:

Pompey was better but they were badly inbred, too

Paulsgrove and Buckland... fucking hell!

Paulsgrove is out of the city but yeah, there and Leigh Park are awful. 

 

Buckland is a proper toilet, as is Fratton really. North-End isn't too bad in certain parts. Southsea is beautiful. 

 

Portsmouth on the whole, the island etc is a wonderful place. 

[easytoslip]

25 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Scummers. 

Skates, Fackin skates haha, when I hear them go on about it, it doos my ed in it doos though I think I've mentioned that before. Met some good lads from both, I don't get involved with that carry on though. 

 

[Bjornebye]

12 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Skates, Fackin skates haha, when I hear them go on about it, it doos my ed in it doos though I think I've mentioned that before. Met some good lads from both, I don't get involved with that carry on though. 

 

"He's only a poor little scummer...." 

[mattyq]

13 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Right, I know Totton only through working there now and again, know what you mean, I live in the town centre  not to far from Shirley but barely go up there now,as its changed a bit pub wise, when was you here and did you use any pubs? 

The real Southampton have that yokel touch but a lot like to give it a more London accent as they do in Portsmouth, London spreads a wide net, the further you go west the yokelness gets more evident, only as far as Salisbury etc

Was there late 90s and went to the Rising Sun, think it was called on the Shirley Rd. It's The Brass Monkey now, I believe. 

Drank mainly round Bedford Place and the Alexandra although think that was called something else at the time. Good times

[mattyq]

15 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Paulsgrove is out of the city but yeah, there and Leigh Park are awful. 

 

Buckland is a proper toilet, as is Fratton really. North-End isn't too bad in certain parts. Southsea is beautiful. 

 

Portsmouth on the whole, the island etc is a wonderful place. 

I lived in North End for about a year and quite liked it. 

Lived in a proper dump just off Elm Grove in Southsea which was great

[Bjornebye]

Just now, mattyq said:

I lived in North End for about a year and quite liked it. 

Lived in a proper dump just off Elm Grove in Southsea which was great

Where in North End? 

 

Ha Somerstown? Some decent boozers on Elm Grove. 

[easytoslip]

2 minutes ago, mattyq said:

Was there late 90s and went to the Rising Sun, think it was called on the Shirley Rd. It's The Brass Monkey now, I believe. 

Drank mainly round Bedford Place and the Alexandra although think that was called something else at the time. Good times

Yes it is   I go up Bedford Place now and again, I used to a lot at the time you mentioned. that's all changed too now as in not to many proper pubs as such, all got silly names and expensive, used to use the Pensioners, a liverpool fella had the Rover in Shirley about that time too, me and a few Liverpool lads watched 2005 European Cup Final there   great night. 

[easytoslip]

12 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

"He's only a poor little scummer...." 

Who what where? 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, easytoslip said:

Who what where? 

Some shit song Pompey sing about smashing a scummer with a brick. 

 

 

 

Matty I'm sure we had this same conversation pissed in the pub before Southampton away once. Or after. 

[easytoslip]

5 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Where in North End? 

 

Ha Somerstown? Some decent boozers on Elm Grove. 

I used to tune some Fijian bird who worked down that way. Fratton Rd?,, i used to jump off the bus at the Air Balloon and walk through, think it was the North End. 

[easytoslip]

3 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Some shit song Pompey sing about smashing a scummer with a brick. 

 

 

 

Matty I'm sure we had this same conversation pissed in the pub before Southampton away once. Or after. 

Right, where did you go when at Southampton game? It wasn't the Otter in Otterbourne? Wayne Bridges Dad drinks in there, he often comes in our alehouse. just up the road from here. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, easytoslip said:

I used to tune some Fijian bird who worked down that way. Fratton Rd?,, i used to jump off the bus at the Air Balloon and walk through, think it was the North End. 

Yeah Fratton Road runs from Fratton station right up through North-End. Great chippy up there in North End. 

[mattyq]

8 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Where in North End? 

 

Ha Somerstown? Some decent boozers on Elm Grove. 

Ha, yeah that was a fun year

Porthester Rd in North End. Was working in Fratton

 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, mattyq said:

Ha, yeah that was a fun year

Porthester Rd in North End. Was working in Fratton

 

I know it. I lived on Ophir Road for a bit. 

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Right, where did you go when at Southampton game? 

Same pub a few seasons on the bounce we met in. Opposite the The Vestry. Cant remember the name. I think its gone now. 

[easytoslip]

3 minutes ago, mattyq said:

Ha, yeah that was a fun year

Porthester Rd in North End. Was working in Fratton

 

I worked on an old folks home in Somerstown, 30 years ago though   just being built. 

[easytoslip]

6 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Same pub a few seasons on the bounce we met in. Opposite the The Vestry. Cant remember the name. I think its gone now. 

I think that's next to Theatre, it's had a few names, The Encore is still open. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, easytoslip said:

I think that's next to Theatre, it's had a few names, The Encore is still open. 

I think it was The Encore. Near the station. 

[easytoslip]

Yeah that's right, it wasn't to bad year or two ago and quite cheap, but a few lads started using it who I know and inevitably trouble ensued, one quite serious, now its mainly for Theatre goers and expensive. 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, easytoslip said:

I worked on an old folks home in Somerstown, 30 years ago though   just being built. 

And now you are resident in it?

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28 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

And now you are resident in it?

Haha not quite, a few years yet maybe even more as I might of added a good few more due to lack of beer for nearly a month. 

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[Mike D]

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