o/t Barnsley, said this before and I will say it again

[great_fire]

No, I don't IBS. Up here Ulverston and Keswick are warm and friendly towns while you might well get assaulted on a day out in Lancaster or Morecambe. Rotherham was never friendly; if you got home after a night out without some yob wanting a scrap you were doing well when I lived there.

That's no different from Barnsley though.

Spent a lot of time on Wellington Street when I was younger and there were a fair number of scraps.

[great_fire]

That's not true IBS they do not use "e" in the spoken form they only have 4 vowels "uh" "ah" "yuh" and "dah" a good friend of mine teachers Barnsley at Poly and can confirm such

They do say "tier" instead of "tea" and "boo-it" instead of "boot"!

[great_fire]

But they did say "please and thank you"

Actually they did say please!

[the_idiotb_stardson]

**** off to Barnsley then and post on thier site.

No need for that at all

[the_idiotb_stardson]

Great Fire do you not think Barnsley is friendlier though?

To me there is a massive difference between the two towns.

[ThryberghMILLER23]

No need for that at all

Got what you wanted

[mikemiller]

It pains me to say it but the people of Barnsley are much friendlier and more welcoming than those in my beloved Rotherham.

W-up the Millers!

[nakedtruth]

Great Fire do you not think Barnsley is friendlier though?

To me there is a massive difference between the two towns.

There is a big difference demographically.

96% plus white British in Barnsley, much lower in Rotherham.

So maybe this lack of friendliness is a culture factor?

[ragingpup]

There is a big difference demographically.

96% plus white British in Barnsley, much lower in Rotherham.

So maybe this lack of friendliness is a culture factor?

in 2011 census, Barnsley had 94.7% white Brits, Rotherham had 91.7%

So do you think that the 2.8% demographic difference is responsible for giving us all in Rotherham a feeling a comparable unfriendliness??

[rolymiller]

There is a big difference demographically.

96% plus white British in Barnsley, much lower in Rotherham.

So maybe this lack of friendliness is a culture factor?

Hmm wonder if that was the bite you were after IBS? Of course, you wouldn't say it yourself.