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Granieee Sat 14-May-11 18:01:18

Hello everyone
Come on you lot where are you?
Please just your area or town
I am in Marske By the Seas on the North East coast.
Love and hugs

syberia Sun 11-Dec-11 10:35:16

starrygal Lymm is really pretty. I have visited there with my daughter. she lives in Hebden Bridge.

Carol Sun 11-Dec-11 11:17:26

Oooh! we have a Cheshire/South Manchester branch - I'm just outside Altrincham, near the airport. Poynton is looking very nice now the new Waitrose has been completed and there is a real village atmosphere with the pavement cafes and little shops all clustered together. Lymm is such a pretty place which I often visit for lunch and a wander.

Annobel Sun 11-Dec-11 11:22:22

Poynton will look even better when the road works finally finish. There is a national 'award' for the most annoying road programme and guess which town won the 'golden cocne' this time! Yes, of course we did. A dubious distinction.

riclorian Sun 11-Dec-11 13:50:27

I occasionally flick through this thread and notice that there are very few Hampshire girls around ( I do recall seeing one sometime ago ) so where are you all ? Let us southerners stand up and be counted !!

Carol Sun 11-Dec-11 14:10:00

Yes Annobel I have spent many a happy (not) half hour sat in the queue for the traffic lights at that crossroads in Poynton. I can't understand why they've been there so long.

nanachrissy Sun 11-Dec-11 15:13:32

Carol Annobel Starrygal I am in Wilmslow! So glad there are a few of us. I was beginning to feel quite lonely. grin

nanachrissy Sun 11-Dec-11 15:17:10

It's funny really, when I'm out and about, I often look at ladies of a "certain age" and wonder if they are gransnetters.
We definitely should have a badge or secret sign!! wink

Carol Sun 11-Dec-11 15:33:59

Me too! We must all be driving past each other on a regular basis and not realise x

trishs Sun 11-Dec-11 15:45:24

I'm in West Yorkshire, Leeds area. We have a 13 month old grandson and are expecting his sister to come along in the next few weeks smile

I keep wondering what our age range is. I'm guessing many are younger than me perhaps? I'm 64.

Annobel Sun 11-Dec-11 16:22:03

carol, goodness knows why it has taken so long to construct our nice new 'shared space'scheme. I only hope it works once it is finished. A welcome relief will come when/if the Government is true to its commitment to finishing the Airport Eastern Ling Road, though that might take another decade... By the way, if you or nanachrissy see the scruffiest dark blue Yaris on the road, it's probably mine. I don't go to Wilmslow very much since a good friend had the bad taste to move to the South Coast! My DS1, in his youth, about 20 years ago, was head chef at Hoopers in Wilmslow.

nanachrissy Sun 11-Dec-11 16:41:49

Annobel I have a bright red Yaris!! Hoopers is my downfall quite often! grin

Carol Sun 11-Dec-11 16:54:32

I'll keep a look out. Mine is a black 3 door Merc, usually has a moping basset hound sat in the passenger seat, slobbering down the window. I meet ex-colleagues for lunch and a chat occasionally in Hoopers. Small world!

Wheniwasyourage Sun 11-Dec-11 21:12:22

trishs, I've just acquired a bus pass, which I have yet to use, and a Senior Railcard, which I have used. Reaching 60 is not (quite) as bad as I had feared, although I see no signs of great wisdom and I wish my knees didn't hurt!

Carol Sun 11-Dec-11 21:27:19

I'm 63 and have a travel pass which is great for going into Manchester on the Metrolink - I park outside a local station and step on the tram - what a bonus! In my head I am often 25!

Wheniwasyourage Sun 11-Dec-11 21:38:15

That's the trouble really, isn't it? Inside you feel young (but with more experience, of course) but people treat you as if you're knocking on a bit. As one who invigilates for the SQA exams and prelims I get some satisfaction during exam times when I meet some of the exam candidates in the early morning when they are delivering papers and I am running. You can see them thinking "How does she do that when she's so old?" which is often what I'm thinking myself (with "Why" instead of "How") but they don't know I'm thinking that, and I try very hard not to breath too heavily until they are out of earshot...

Wheniwasyourage Sun 11-Dec-11 21:39:53

Sorry, meant breathe, not breath. Must try harder with proof-reading.

mamanC Sun 11-Dec-11 22:12:30

glassortwo and harrigran I'm from the north east too.. and I was wondering if I was alone up here .....sad

mamanC Sun 11-Dec-11 22:18:23

Graniee just found your message to me!! I'm not alone now smile. Would you believe my grandparents were from Tamworth. Spooky. Nice to meet you.
love and hugs back

numberplease Sun 11-Dec-11 23:24:38

Talking of being alone, I think that I well and truly am alone, I don`t think there`s anyone else from around here on Gransnet, here, by the way, being Boston, in Lincolnshire.

glammanana Sun 11-Dec-11 23:48:36

number at least you are not in Boston Mass.USA you would be very alone then LOL.

syberia Mon 12-Dec-11 11:48:48

Northamptonshire anyone?

grrrranny Mon 12-Dec-11 12:54:47

Yup syberia - been here about 15 years and still not sure where I am. Is it the back of beyond or not. Trains go to London, Leicester, Nottingham and bus to Peterborough but anywhere else seems just too hard unless by car. I think I like it but not totally convinced. smile

syberia Mon 12-Dec-11 20:47:02

been here all my life and not totally convinced grrrranny!! grin

glassortwo Mon 12-Dec-11 22:24:02

Hi mamanc nice to meet you smile not a lot of us up here. Where about are you, I am on the outskirts of Newcastle at the moment. smile

Notsogrand Mon 12-Dec-11 22:52:47

I'm in Hampshire riclorian, on the coast at Hythe. I often look around the supermarket queues and wonder if there are any other Gransnetters there! smile