GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
I do know that he's deaf in one ear.
Where's ColinJ originally from?
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potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
You are a lot younger than I thought!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
No, that is my friend, Carrie - I am somewhat-deaf in both ears!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Cheeky bugger - Tesco was founded in 1919 (the year my dad was born)!You are a lot younger than I thought!
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Oi, some of us are from that historical City (home of the safety bicycle of course) rather than being "sent to it", ....... having said that I left in 1987 at the age of 23.Though he likes to keep it quiet. Think I would too if I was from there.
Unfortunately, Herr Hitler started the destruction of the medieval city centre on 14th November 1940, a job completed by the post war planners and architects.
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
I left Coventry in 1984. The shool I went to was originally the home of someone* in the bicycle history.
More importantly, I am surprised that @ColinJ has not mentionned that we went to schools within yards of each other.
*Edited to add:
The owner was John Kemp Starley, nephew of James Starley. After working with his uncle he went on to develop the "Safety Bicycle".
More importantly, I am surprised that @ColinJ has not mentionned that we went to schools within yards of each other.
*Edited to add:
The owner was John Kemp Starley, nephew of James Starley. After working with his uncle he went on to develop the "Safety Bicycle".
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes, the answer should have been "Ask @Speicher!"More importantly, I am surprised that @ColinJ has not mentionned that we went to schools within yards of each other.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
And you once told me she was the reason you moved away, or was that meant to be a secret?Yes, the answer should have been "Ask @Speicher!"
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
And you once told me she was the reason you moved away, or was that meant to be a secret?
I did not know that!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Actually, I said that you'd already left, so there wasn't much point in me sticking around in the city any longer!
I did not know that!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
But... Do I sound like a 'Coventry kid' to you (or any other CycleChatters who have met me)?
I tell myself that I haven't really got much of an accent, but perhaps I am fooling myself!
When I speak to my Midlands family these days I can hear their Coventry accent and how it has a touch of Brummie in it. I never noticed it when I lived In Cov.
No, I'd say your speaking voice is neutral. I am pretty good on accents so can discern the differences from Brum, Nottingham, Stowk or Leicester but can't say I'd recognise a Coventry one having spent very little time there ever.But... Do I sound like a 'Coventry kid' to you (or any other CycleChatters who have met me)?
I tell myself that I haven't really got much of an accent, but perhaps I am fooling myself!
When I speak to my Midlands family these days I can hear their Coventry accent and how it has a touch of Brummie in it. I never noticed it when I lived In Cov.
Accents vary . You could take two people born and bred from the same area and their accents could be different. Depends sometimes on your exposure to accents at home/ work etc. As a born and bred Brummie my accent is completely different from a mate of mine although we spent all our formative years living within a couple of miles of each other. You can go 5/6 miles from Brum City centre to the boundary with Sandwell and the accent is completely different. Same with Brum and Cov , used to work at a pub roughly half way between the two cities and it was a real melting pot of accents although in those days I was more interested in the young ladies who frequented the pub and not their accents! But that’s another story!
