Well they do say it's the Scottish, but not my experience. My parents are the most generous people I know.

I was told by a barman in Dublin though that they particularly though the English were tight. They said Scottish and Welsh were great tippers.

Spent many happy years in Sheffield, also worked in Swansea loved it there too.!!! Born and family in Norfolk and now live in midlands. Equally Indian though!!

Only joking - I just retired to the seaside early but forgot that I couldn't afford to actually retire, doh! & saddled myself with 600 miles a week just to get to work & back.

H.

I also worked in Sheffield & really liked the people - infact I still pay into a lottery syndicate with a colleague from Sheffield & that we started just over 15 years ago, scary!

H.

The definition of a Yorkshireman is:

A Scotsman devoid of his generosity.

H.

There yer go. We're all told the sweaties are tight. But since I started getting around a bit and came here, I can tell you they're not. Here are my findings: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Wales, Holland, and Isle of Wight Tight.

Heidi, Noni was speaking of teaching her grandchildren about Indian culture, East is East and West is West are about Pakistani culture it tells nothing about Indian culture, and also where 85% of the people are not Muslim. That is what I was trying to convey, (and failed miserably).

I enjoyed East is East too. Particularly the scene where the neighbour comes in and views the 'ugly' brides to be.

As I said above just 2 ways of spelling, due to translation from Arabic.

Yes great people; have actually just returned from a Sheffield friend's big 'O' birthday party, and as she has now moved to St Ives there were a lot of complaints about the distance to travel!!. The weather was wonderful though, people in the sea swimming (during the day).

Somerset 76-2 chasing 85 to win. 10.5 overs

Sorry Bipat - I know what you're saying.

I loved it, but it was also very sad, the bit with the son who was 'ousted' for being gay. Sadly this happens in way too many cultures.

Bipat, for Brits of my generation 'India' still means the subContinent, as Winston Churchill said "India is ... a geographical feature: like the equator"
Me too, the father was exactly like my paternal grandfather (Welsh!) - apart from a very slight difference in skin tone - he was a stoker so it would have been difficult to tell!

AndyD 8-)#

With your paternal grandfather being Welsh you should be pleased with the result of the Rugby to-day! Now hopefully to beat the Frogs next week.

I see what you are saying but would you not expect an expat in a particuilar country to know the difference in culture between that country and a neighbouring country?

We in UK are Europeans but are aware of differences beyween UK, Greece, and Finland.

In the Sunday Times, either last week or the week before there was a great article about Churchill & it featured photographs of Churchill hosting dinners with Joseph Stalin & I think Theodore Roosevelt (not Trueman) - it also talked about Winston being able to hold his drink, to the extent that he told the butler where he was staying that he wanted Sherry (I think) with his breakfast.

With the 'trade' of stoker, I bet went a great capacity for beer - purely for hydration purposes or course. I think about the foundry workers of Brightside in Sheffield & when their night shifts ended they'd head for the nearest boozer that opened at 6am to replenish the liquid they'd lost through sweat before heading home to bed.

H.

Brought back memories, worked in the infirmary A&E, the usual issue 'kidney' dishes were a joke, used to run for a bucket for the 10+? pints that came up!!!!