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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa 22:44 - Apr 19 with 1656 viewsLord_Lucan

Was walking the hound this morning with RKD and we were discussing this.

RKD resides in Sheffield and we thought Portsmouth to be Sheffields southern brother.

We then thought about Ipswich and decided on Bolton.

What say?

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 22:51 - Apr 19 with 1602 viewsbournemouthblue

Ipswich was once described as a Northern Town in the South due to it's prevalence of factories so perhaps the answer is Ipswich?

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 22:55 - Apr 19 with 1574 viewsPique

I would personally argue that Sheffield is a lot nicer than Portsmouth.

Never been to Bolton so can't comment on that.

Bristol and Liverpool feels like sort of equivalents to me - both port cities that have been through some tricky times but with fine centres now. Both have excellent cultural offerings, food and music scenes.
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:00 - Apr 19 with 1540 viewsLord_Lucan

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 22:55 - Apr 19 by Pique

I would personally argue that Sheffield is a lot nicer than Portsmouth.

Never been to Bolton so can't comment on that.

Bristol and Liverpool feels like sort of equivalents to me - both port cities that have been through some tricky times but with fine centres now. Both have excellent cultural offerings, food and music scenes.


Thinking about it, I said Sheffield / Portsmouth and RKD said Sheffield / Bristol but I argued Bristol didn't count because it's East Wales.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:03 - Apr 19 with 1525 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:00 - Apr 19 by Lord_Lucan

Thinking about it, I said Sheffield / Portsmouth and RKD said Sheffield / Bristol but I argued Bristol didn't count because it's East Wales.


You're over thinking this!

Edit....it's Swindon.
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:06 - Apr 19 with 1505 viewsKeno

Crawley is a bit like Watford

Soulless dump of a new town

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:11 - Apr 19 with 1481 viewsvapour_trail

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:00 - Apr 19 by Lord_Lucan

Thinking about it, I said Sheffield / Portsmouth and RKD said Sheffield / Bristol but I argued Bristol didn't count because it's East Wales.


I have never been to Sheffield but portsmouth is an absolute sh1thole, Sheffield must be better than that.

Bristol is too cool to be east wales. Maybe wales is west Bristol.

I would match Luton and Blackpool. Both skag central.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:14 - Apr 19 with 1465 viewsYou_Bloo_Right

Mmm. NW is tricky IMO as all the towns seem to merge into one vast urban area.

Before 1992 I'd have suggested Ipswich-Sunderland.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:15 - Apr 19 with 1448 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:11 - Apr 19 by vapour_trail

I have never been to Sheffield but portsmouth is an absolute sh1thole, Sheffield must be better than that.

Bristol is too cool to be east wales. Maybe wales is west Bristol.

I would match Luton and Blackpool. Both skag central.


Brighton surely. Coastal just life Blackpool.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:19 - Apr 19 with 1420 viewsMatterhorn

Norwich & sellafield, obvious reasons
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 01:05 - Apr 20 with 1330 viewsBlueBadger

Plymouth is basically Coventry with a navy base.
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 04:03 - Apr 20 with 1268 viewsTheBlueGnu

I've always compared Manchester with Occold.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 04:15 - Apr 20 with 1258 viewsPerublue

Bath and Harrogate have always seemed to peas in a pod to me

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 08:55 - Apr 20 with 1069 viewsgainsboroughblue

Michael Palin confused us with Bolton in Monty Python so you could be right.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:19 - Apr 20 with 957 viewsGuthrum

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:00 - Apr 19 by Lord_Lucan

Thinking about it, I said Sheffield / Portsmouth and RKD said Sheffield / Bristol but I argued Bristol didn't count because it's East Wales.


I'd have said Bristol's counterpart would be Norwich, altho the latter is much less cosmopolitan.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:21 - Apr 20 with 956 viewsbrazil1982

Ipswich = Huddersfield.
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:22 - Apr 20 with 953 viewsSomethingBlue

Think this does both Sheffield and Ipswich a massive disservice!

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:42 - Apr 20 with 922 viewsTractorWood

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:19 - Apr 20 by Guthrum

I'd have said Bristol's counterpart would be Norwich, altho the latter is much less cosmopolitan.


Agree. Have always said this. I obviously dislike the football team but Norwich is a fine city with largely nice folk. Always enjoyed time in Bristol.

Sheffield is fantastic not least because it's 15 minutes from the peaks, where one can run, cycle, hike and climb until blue in the face.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:49 - Apr 20 with 906 viewsTangledupin_Blue

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:03 - Apr 19 by BanksterDebtSlave

You're over thinking this!

Edit....it's Swindon.
[Post edited 19 Apr 23:05]


I'd have paired Swindon with Doncaster or Crewe.

Southampton/Middlesbrough?

Crawley/Skelmersdale?

Reigate/Harrogate?
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:58 - Apr 20 with 861 viewsTrequartista

I've always thought Wolverhampton is pretty similar to Ipswich.

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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 11:13 - Apr 20 with 823 viewsgarygboltonblue

I know has its critics, but Bolton is a total sh1thole
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 11:15 - Apr 20 with 820 viewssolemio

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 10:49 - Apr 20 by Tangledupin_Blue

I'd have paired Swindon with Doncaster or Crewe.

Southampton/Middlesbrough?

Crawley/Skelmersdale?

Reigate/Harrogate?
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I like your Swindon/Doncaster/Crewe. All great railway towns. Many steam locomotives built in all three.
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 12:10 - Apr 20 with 764 viewsChurchman

Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 23:11 - Apr 19 by vapour_trail

I have never been to Sheffield but portsmouth is an absolute sh1thole, Sheffield must be better than that.

Bristol is too cool to be east wales. Maybe wales is west Bristol.

I would match Luton and Blackpool. Both skag central.


Both Sheffield and Portsmouth (and Leeds) have improved no end in recent years. Albeit from a very low bar.

Luton? Dear god. And as for Blackpool, it’s about the worst place I’ve ever been to. It makes Yarmouth look like Monte Carlo by comparison. Worse than Blackburn even and that’s dreadful. It has literally nothing going for it. The locals seem a bit weird, pubs terrible and the nosebag is poor to bar one thing.

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I digress. Where would I compare Ipswich to? Not sure tbh. Brighton probably, though the latter is more stylish.

Places to like: I confess I like Norwich the place (just get rid of Sidecar Bob Sargent and his fellow mugs in bilious yellow), Bristol, the little Kent coast towns, York, Lincoln, quite like Nottingham and Cardiff. But for somewhere large, Birmingham had improved until the rats took it over. You can’t beat London though. Great city.
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Not football - but northern towns southern equivalents - and vice versa on 17:29 - Apr 21 with 498 viewsWeWereZombies

Lancaster / Colchester (Historic cities, castles, garrisons)
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Durham / Bath or Oxford or Exeter (Universities, cathedrals, political or religious significance)
Clitheroe, Middlesborough, Stoke-on-Trent / Norwich (dark satanic mills or something...)
Nottingham / Ipswich - Nottingham isn't as maritime and Ipswich isn't a city but there is something both workaday yet pioneering about both conurbations.

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