Are you local? Do you still live where you grew up?

I was born in Preston. Lived in Eccleston lance till I was 18 then moved to Chester. After marriage I moved into North Wales and have lived there for 54 years- in 3 different homes all within a 10 Mile radius!

I was born in North London and lived there until I was 12 when we moved to Surrey. I have lived in the same town in Surrey ever since but in 9 different houses.

I was born and bred in SE London. Went to Australia as a ten pound pom. DH's job took us to Paris, Switzerland
an Holland. Arrived back in the UK after 20 years and lived in West Sussex more for child needs than my own. When they flew the nest we retired, downsized and are now back in London. Does that make me a local!

I have lived about 150 miles away from where I was born , and now for past 15 years approx 300 miles.

I grew up in Perth until joining the WRAF at 17, travelling on postings to Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, London, Gibraltar, then married and lived in Middlesex, then home to my native Perth for a few years. Divorced and remarried, and my 2nd husband was in the Army so off we went again - to Wiltshire. He had postings in London and Blyth in Northumberland, but our house and my job were in Wiltshire so I remained there until our house sold. After his 22 years of service ended, our careers took us to the Darlington area until retirement. I worked in Bishop Auckland, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Washington, Leeds, Newcastle and Darlington.

We returned to Perthshire in 2013 and live in a village with a really good community.

40 years in the UK, 2 in SW London, 3.5 in Newcastle-u-Lyme and the rest in Leicestershire. We lived in our last house there for 33 years- loved that place. It is now a Children's nursery, where they grow fruit and veg. A very happy family home, and now a very happy place for those children.

Live in the town about 6 miles from the village I grew up in. Lived here for the last 43 years, would like to move eventually when I retire, but that will depend on dh’s mother (she is 93) and our dd’s and grandchildren and where they are living. Eldest dd currently lives next door and we help with their 4 children, youngest dd lives at home but would love to live out but can’t afford to around here.

No i dont thank goodness!- it seems to have all gone downhill there, with loads of closed businesses,shops etc. I do have family still there though.I moved to the next county.its more rural here.

Born in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) moved to Essex then on to NZ and then back to Greater Manchester then to Cheshire and back to Greater Manchester. My Dad has lived in the same area all his life and each time he has moved it has only ever been a few streets from where he started. I have 2 other sisters and we are all back within 2 minutes walk of our parents.

I was fostered when I was young and lived in many different places including South Wales, Reading, Oxford, Southport so was glad to return home to my birth family in the midlands after the war. Since then I have never lived more than 10 minutes walk from where I was born until downsizing 20 years ago I talked my husband into buying a bungalow half a mile up the road where I still live today. My children said I would need a passport and oxygen to survive the move but I proved them wrong 😂

Southeast England, near Paris and Beijing.
My eldest DD France, UK and Australia and 3rd DD France, Beijing and UK.
Eldest DGD, France and UK.

i've moved around quite a bit, born in oxford, lived in berkshire moved to devon and lived in several places there, now live in sussex.
an 87 year old friend lived in the house she was born in all her life until she moved in with her son and partner last year

My parents parted and got back together so many times from my early childhood until my teens. Each time was a different house, or flat, or school (I counted 10 different primary schools.) So Bristol, Bournemouth, Folkestone and now retired to Devon.

My Parents and grandparents spent their whole lives in Lancashire apart from my father's time abroad during WWII.
My brother and I left to go to uni, but while he worked away briefly before returning to our hometown and still lives in the next town, I never returned to live. I lived in 3 towns in Hertfordshire, 2 in Oxfordshire,1 in Surrey and now ! in Berkshire, though I may downsize back 'Up North' when I decide where to go. I can't afford to stay here so need to move to be mortgage free and able to afford the odd holiday.

Talking of staying put, who else remembers when Cheddar Gorge Man’s DNA was taken? He apparently dates back around 9000 years, IIRC, and once the scientists had his DNA, they asked people living within a certain radius to come forward - if their grandparents had also always lived there.

Because apparently, if your grandparents were born, bred and settled in an area, there’s a likelihood that their ancestors were too, even way back.

They did find one person whose DNA matched Cheddar Gorge man, a local teacher, who said, ‘My wife always did say I was a bit of a cave man.’ 😂

I've moved to different areas and countries at least 15 times, I kept losing count, numbers were never my strong point.

Brighton
Kent
Leeds
Australia
Surrey
Bradford

Not the same village, but five areas of the same City in my 62 years

I was born, grew up, married and raised my children in South London. Moved out to Hayes in Kent, then to Bournemouth in Dorset. Moved again to SW London, then finally down to SE Kent. I think I'm settled now!

I was born in the North East and moved with my parents to Berkshire then Northamptonshire and then Hertforshire. I then moved to Bedfordshire and am now in Cambridgeshire. Looking back I wish my parents had stayed in the North East, I would have loved a childhood surrounded by relatives and friends I had known for years. I am pleased that I now live near most of my grandchildren. I think we all benefit from that.

I have lived in 11 different areas, (in England and Scotland) more than one address in each area. Consequently I am now in house 27. Think there must have been a little big of gypsy in my soul!

Born in Canada, but have lived most of my adult life in Surrey, now on my seventh and hopefully last house.

Moved 10 miles from SW to SE London, then 120 miles to the West Country. Now I live 500+ miles away in Scotland.

Witzend I remember that.
How extraordinary!
Thanks for the reminder.

I too was born & lived in the same town all my life, albeit moving around during the course of my life, marriage, etc. & am in my 90th year, having no desire to be anywhere else, and feel fortunate to have spent my life in such a lovely environment, surrounded my lovely countryside and not far from the Jurassic Coast.