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"Leeds - but not the dirty bit..." Alwoodley, or Roundhay then? ..... ???

Well, Thirkleby Royd is still a densely packed street full of poorly maintained council houses, so that's not quite the ticket.... It's as 'clear' as a lip readers work schedule at the moment. My dear Nan used to say "Reet, I'm off down't throyd tu't shops" (translated into Southern as...

I think 'Royd' is old-Yorkshire for Road. I left there (clinging to to the underside of a lorry bound for the M1 South) thirty years ago though..

My wife always takes the piss out of the streets I grew up on (Throxenby Way and Thirkleby Royd are the ones she titters at, even after 25 years..) - and the surnames of the kids I went to school with.. Stopforth, Longthorpe and Armitage being a few... :glare: It's grim up North... :hilton: