Where are you all from?

Born and brought up a Lancashire lass (St Anne's), then Cardiff, South-east London, Leicestershire, Tynemouth and now coastal East Lothian. As soon as DH has joined me in retirement we're moving back south(ish) to Northumberland - perhaps Alnwick - or North Yorks. Can't wait!

Born in Devon, still in Devon. Plymouth, then Torquay, now near Dartmoor. Devon's lovely.

I'm new to GN and enjoy reading the postings.

We tend to do things the opposite way round, and not long ago moved from the quiet Devon coast to busy NE London so we could grow old making the most of city life. Can't wait to get my free bus and tube pass. We are lucky enough to have Epping Forest on our doorstep where our two dogs get a good run too.

Eloethan - I think we must be close to your location?

Nice to meet you too! My daughter lives just off Ashbourne Road but is moving to just off Kedleston Road to be in the catchment area for Woodlands School. She works at a school in Spondon as Head of Inclusion.

I was born in '53 in a nursing home there, I think Queen Mary's. We lived in Vicarage Avenue off Burton Road until I was 4 and then moved to The Blue Bell Inn in Kirk Langley till '63 when we moved to SE London. My sister and I went to Friar Gate School now sadly closed. My brother lived in Littleover for many years and now lives just off Kedleston Road, handy for the golf club! Mum and Dad had friends in Etwall but I cannot remember their names. Good to meet you kittylester.

Hi, Alima, I was born in 1949, in The Nightingale MH. At that time my parents lived with my paternal gps in the New Inn (on King St, I think) then we moved to North Wales when I was about 1. We moved back when I was about 4 to live in Repton and then moved to Littleover which we left when I was 20. I went to John Port in Etwall. What about you?

Jusnoneed

I was born just outside of Glastonbury too. Dad was originally from Potterne Wiltshire so I am a Somerset/Wiltshire girl

You don't know this but I made the path running down Tor Hill when I piddled at the top and it ran ALL the way down to the bottom, according to my dad when I was about 5 years old

We moved to Bath but moved on to Leicester when I was 15. I now live on the Leicester/Warks border. Back to Somerset in a flash if I could though all my family are there or Devon.

kittylester did you stay in Derby for very long?

I was born in Derby, lived in North Wales, back to Derbyshire, Leicester, Coventry, Shrewsbury, Melton Mowbray, Melbourne (the Australian one), Leicestershire, Loughborough and now a village just outside. And, I'm not moving ever again!

Born in Aberdeen, brought up in Dundee, taught in Edinburgh where I met DH, had two kids, moved to Bahrain, then Hong Kong, Oman and Dubai. Returned to UK in 1996, taught in Bucks and am now happily retired and living in rural splendour. Love it!

NanKate, your maths is a bit out, by my reckoning, Kupari was 70 this year, either that, or I`m a lot older than I thought I was, born in 1943!

Hi Kupari45. Born in Derby, moved to South East London, joined the Wrens, married a matelot, moved up and down the country from Cornwall to Hampshire. Have lived in North Hampshire for nearly 30 years. One of my DDs (and GS) lives with us the other one lives a few miles from where I grew up in SE London. Small world.

Wales, born in Wales, moved to four counties but all in Wales

Thanks Kupari45 for the explanation. I hope you had a good 79th this year, it's mine next year. Obviously our dads were all returning from the war, hence US.

I am a Geordie born and bred Kupari45. I live on the North East coast. DH and I spend a lot of time in and around Alnwick which is less than an hour away from us. Also love Seahouses, Berwick etc. all the places we visit regularly with our caravan. My DD went to university in York and we spent a lot of time there during those years. My DD, sister and I often pop to York on the train (again only an hour away). Welcome to GN

Born in Ayrshire in 1940. Now in Cheshire by way of: Linlithgow, St Andrews (Uni), Dundee, Kenya, Notts, Leics, Norfolk. That's about it and quite enough as far as I'm concerned. Sons and families in Oxon and Berks.

Message for NanKate.
Many many years ago I was trying to get a user name accepted for another social site, kept getting the message that it wasnt suitable. In exasperation I looked at the holiday brochure I had open next to my computer, noticed the Kupari Resort and typed it in. Plus I was born in 45 so thats it.
I have really enjoyed reading every reply, lots of us have moved around the country over the years.

Hi Kupari! I've been on GN some time but don't post that much. I live in the NE of Scotland. I was born and raised in Kent but have moved a lot over the years with my dh. Bedfordshire, Caithness, Indonesia and Nigeria are some of the places we've lived.

I've a son in America, with a 6yo ds & a 2yo dd, a son in London with a 15mth old boy, a newly-wed daughter in Perthshire and our younger dd is in second year at a Scottish university.

I'm in Lancashire and yes it does feel like it's always raining especially the last few weeks. Serious floods here in the NW, we're not affected but feel for those who are.

I was born in the heart of Birmingham. I have lived in the Thames Valley for about 38 years. We have the river running through the town. There are more coffee shops than you can shake a stick at and I love it.

By the way welcome Kupari45. Can I ask how you chose your Gransnet name ?

I live in Sherborne, Dorset - been here for 36yrs. But I'm a Somerset girl by birth, born in a small village near Glastonbury, later moved to Glastonbury itself, and my one wish is to move back to the area. My OH is from here and is a real stick in the mud so I know he won't be going anywhere else, but I've already told him that if he pops off first I'm selling up and going home lol.

Ha! Thought Stepney Way might have been far too much "gettin' down wit the kids" for Miss M.

My apols too for the highjack everyone

I lived opposite Jewish hospital no Miss Mangold !!

Hi Lellyb was there fron 1958-1963 so our paths wouldn't have crossed when I was there girls and boys were in separate schools not mixed and headmistress Miss Mangold (very strict) lived opposite Jewish hospital in Stepney Green and later off Burdett Rd, my eldest son was born in Mile End hospital in 1971 Sorry everyone to have hi jacked the post

Hi - I was born and lived in Liverpool for the first 25 years of my life and have moved several times since then because of my late husband's job and also since he died. Spent 13 years living on Anglesey North Wales until he died and my daughter and I then moved down to Dover, Kent (she got a job in the Home Office there) and stayed there for 16 years. Recently moved to Telford Shropshire with daughter and my three grandchildren after daughter got a promotion here. My son is in the USA with his wife and two kiddies. Would love to meet up with anyone else in the Telford area!