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[AiredalePete]

Ee Dave, I dooan't know as I'm qualified to call mesen Yorkshire. I were born just over t'ill i' Nelson.

It wouldn't a qualified me for t' cricket team tha knows.

I've lived i' Yorkshire sin I were eleven though, so them as I dooan't tell, dooan't realise.

[Silas]

Hello Pete.  Couldn't believe it when I saw the name 'Airedale'.  I lived there until aged 8 yrs old.  My maternal grandmother lived there all her life in Redhill Avenue, at the bottom of Broom Hill.  I believe it was once called Airedale Road and was then altered to Redhill Avenue.  Loved the area and just about all my ancestors come from round there.  Welcome to the site by the way.  I now live in Suffolk.

[AiredalePete]

Hi Silas

Thank you for your greeting. There may be some misunderstanding about my location, it seems.

I have moved house ten times during my life and on the last seven occasions I have ended up living not far away from the River Aire: Saltaire, Keighley, Bingley, Shipley, Pudsey, Stanningley and now Bramley.

I'm more of an Airedale Terrier than a Yorkshire one, so to speak.

If the Redhill Avenue you refer to is the one in Wakefield, I am familiar with Wakefield, though I have never lived there. I do however have a great affection for the people of Wakefield, to whom I used to sell eggs on a market stall in the late 1960s.

I am thankful that none of the shoppers felt inclined to throw one back at me!

[Silas]

Hi Pete.  Yes, a bit of confusion on my part (nothing new).  I assumed it was the Airedale, Castleford.  Never mind.  I have a great affection for that area, which is why I was gobsmacked when I saw 'Airedale'.  I adore Yorkshire and would love to be back there, but circumstances meant having to move away - that's life!Most of my ancesors were into coal-mining in the area, including my late grandfather.

[down-under]

Hello

Merry Xmas from a Brummie in Western Australia

[AiredalePete]

Merry Christmas Down-Under!

I imagine you'll be missing the chilly Birmingham weather at this time of the year.

Sunstroke is not so much of a problem in England at Christmas.

[down-under]

Hello

It will be quite warm here on Xmas day.
This month has been cooler than normal.  We still have the hot Turkey and vegs plus prawns and salads. All our family will be at my daughters mostly in the pool.

It will be 40 years on Christmas  Day since I landed at Fremantle I was age 21.

Regards Pam

[Sylviaann]

Hello Peter

I live in Horsforth and my daughter lives in Bramley.

I'm a Southerner, only been here 40 years so don't have the accent yet.

Welcome

Sylviaann

[AiredalePete]

Hi Sylviaann, it's a small world isn't it?

Only 40 years? I hope you're settling in nicely.