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Forum: USA
Mar 2nd 2015, 12:01 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,418
Posted By chayowl

Re: Finding squash or cordial

The online British Food Shop seems to be trying to get it's act together and has started selling goods at a nearly reasonable price, $3.80 for Robinsons barley water is not too bad at all, Hobnob's...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Dec 27th 2013, 4:31 am
Replies: 35
Views: 3,751
Posted By chayowl

Re: I miss my tele shows!

Don't worry what a VPN is, not important at all. If you want UK TV programs then all of the above mentioned will help, I use Tunnelbear which tells your computer you are in the UK, it needs to get a...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 25th 2013, 2:29 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 4,840
Posted By chayowl

Re: North Carolina-Whose down in this neck of the woods!

A couple of places I would look at are Little River and Calabash, especially if you like sea food, also you are pretty close to Myrtle Beach, so plenty to keep a 2 year old occupied!!!!!
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 8th 2013, 5:03 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

My American wife loves shepherds pie and Yorkshires, in fact I am making them for dinner tonight. She did really like English food when she came over to the UK, the one thing she took too was sausage...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 5th 2013, 6:19 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Yes they are sweet and have that molasses taste to them, I know that if I had a proper taste of Heinz again I would be back to 8 months ago and not like them very much. I am sure my taste buds are ...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 4th 2013, 11:39 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

It's funny that the humble baked bean is one of the most missed items and one that you would never really think would be such a big miss. pork n beans just don't do it, Bush are okay but no real...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 4th 2013, 5:07 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I managed to pick up a few cans of Heinz on my first visit to my local World Market, since then they have not had any at all, so making do with the local versions is not an option, it's either Bush...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 4th 2013, 3:15 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I don't want to go "home', I don't want to remember what I am missing......
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 4th 2013, 2:49 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I must say I do like Bush Baked beans and a few other US versions of English foods, it is just the stuff like Pork Pies that are unheard of here that I do miss. All in all US food is actually pretty...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 8:03 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Pork Pies, Sausage Rolls, Proper Bread, Cornish Pasties, Heinz Baked Beans to name a few. Just managed to get 4 bottles of HP from the World Market which was a real treat :)
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 7:35 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Joys indeed..I am sure you will quickly settle down and enjoy the life over here, there are a few food items that I miss but not too many. the weather down here is great for the most part if not a...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 7:12 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Through marriage, I met my now wife on Facebook just over 4 years ago, we chatted for a while and really hit it off so after a couple of years Steph came to Sheffield and on her second visit we got...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 5:27 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Oh believe me it is a shock indeed, I have been here 10 months now and am still getting used to a lot of things. I do love it over here, we live right by the ocean in a nice part of the country, I do...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 4:50 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I remember going up and down Blake Street when we used to visit my gran, that is one heck of a hill and yes a very scary sledge ride I would think!!! I am the same as you will be soon, it is very...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 3:38 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I know Mona Road it is on the other side of the school from where I lived, I am 51 so a good deal of age gap there.... I have been in the Cobden a good few times but used to like the little pub crawl...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 2:46 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

You must have gone to school a bit later than me, Westways was Weston Road when I went there....Our house was right at the bottom of Warwick Street.
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 2:25 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Grew up on Leamington Street and went to Weston Road school until I was 7, last lived top of Wood Lane Stannington before moving over here
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 3rd 2013, 1:27 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

What part of Sheffield are you if you don't mind me asking, oh and whats the weather like today :)
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 2nd 2013, 3:53 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Ah, sorry i thought it was S6 lol I really should wear my glasses more often. I have lived in a few areas of Sheffield, starting off at Walkley then the Manor, Hillsborough and finally before moving...
Forum: Meet-ups
Sep 1st 2013, 4:43 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I must admit having read the reviews for the film the only reason I watched it was for the Sheffield settings. Another Sheffield based film and another with Pete Postlethwaite is Among Giants, if you...
Forum: Meet-ups
Aug 30th 2013, 4:58 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Sheffield does of course feature in what is surely one of the worst films ever made. That is of course When Saturday Comes, it has no redeeming features at all, everything about it is bad including...
Forum: Meet-ups
Aug 5th 2013, 12:50 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I am on a site called Sheffield history and at one point was doing a lot of research into Sheffield pubs past and present and came across the quote in a Magazine from the 1900's called The...
Forum: Meet-ups
Aug 4th 2013, 3:31 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I use tunnelbear to watch BBCI player, Only Connect is still one that I love to watch, nothing like that over here, same as Pointless, HIGNFY, QI, all really good shows. Little Voice I have seen many...
Forum: Meet-ups
Aug 3rd 2013, 3:59 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Oh I am very much the same, I have only been an expat for 9 months but love to see anything from around the Yorkshire area. as you say it's the music that really brings back the times, I love to hear...
Forum: Meet-ups
Aug 2nd 2013, 4:20 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,149
Posted By chayowl

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I didn't mind The Full Monty as such, it was an okay film but it didn't really capture life as it really was at the time it was set, a few too many stereotypes really , whereas Brassed Off set the...
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