I reckon in the heart of Salford, Langworthy, the precinct, etc, they'll say Salford. It took me the same amount of time in a car to get to either the middle of Manchester (M602) or the middle of Salford. I spent much more time in Manchester so feel more of an affinity.I have consistently argued with Salford RLFC fans from Salford that many people from Salford consider themselves Manc. They argue that pretty much everyone from Salford regard themselves as Salfordian.
Based on your experience, who is right?
I reckon in the heart of Salford, Langworthy, the precinct, etc, they'll say Salford. It took me the same amount of time in a car to get to either the middle of Manchester (M602) or the middle of Salford. I spent much more time in Manchester so feel more of an affinity.
Harsh, some of his posts make me think he's a bit of a dick sometimes but I don't hate him.
So where does the border end? I was in Failsworth for a short while and the locals said it was Oldham. I guess that's Greater Manchester and not Manchester itself.
The world hates you.
I wasn't being entirely serious, mate.You plural. England football fans disgrace themselves everywhere. Thankfully it's usually Walsall making out they're Brummies, Carlisle making out they're Geordies and Colchester making out they're Cockneys.
Was born at St Mary's (the old one, on Whitworth Street) and spent the first year or so of my life in Miles Platting before my dad's streetwise guile moved me, him and mum out to the leafy suburbs, where I lived for the rest of my childhood and my early adulthood before moving away at 22: first to Sheffield, then to Nottingham, the New Forest, London, back to Nottingham and then to Birmingham over the next 25 years. During that time I've been home hundreds of times, partly to see the folks and a handful of mates - and City, of course.
When I moved to Birmingham in 2012 it was very much in my mind to move back to Manchester around this time, but I'm so happy in Birmingham that I reckon I'll probably stay here for good. I've built a life for myself here and it really feels like home, as daft as that may sound. Home is ultimately about where you are happiest, I guess.
I still consider myself a Mancunian though. Proud I was born there and supporting City is something that defines me as strongly as anything else; wherever I've lived since I left home in 1992 I've always been known as a City fan by the locals - and that remains the case. People sometimes says they can pick up a Mancunian twang in my accent, but I'm not sure that's the case. For my adult life I've had a pretty neutral northern accent; moving round the country must, in part at least, have contributed to that.
I'll always have a strong connection to Manchester, because of my family and of course because of City. I love going back and always enjoy drinking and dining in town. It's become a truly great global city and I can only see that being increasingly so in the years ahead. It will always be such a big part of me, but I'm glad I moved away and experienced and lived in other parts of the UK, but if you're going to spend you're whole life in a UK city then I reckon Manchester would take some beating.
The world just thinks you're a small part of England.
RE: Sheep. We shag them then you eat them.
Why do so many Welsh people hate England but support English teams?RE: Sheep. We shag them then you eat them.
Not directed at you but touches in the postal district point....
Irlam has an M postcode but Heaton Moor has an SK postcode. It cannot be that those in Irlam should be regarded as 'more' Manc. If you wanted to argue on the basis of geography, then Irlam is pretty much equidistant between Manchester city centre and Warrington (plastic scouse ;) ).
Why do so many Welsh people hate England but support English teams?
Lived 20 yards away from new issy baths they knocked it down about 35 year ago built the cardroom they knocked that down and started throwing all these flats up.City side of ancoats or Oldham road side?
Makes me laugh how they have just divided it with new Islington! Who decided on that?
Failsworth has a Manchester postcode M35, and the vast majority of Failsworthians would say they are from Manchester. We do however pay our council tax to Oldham, and our MP represents Ashton.Manchester itself is not very big with regards to its borders and a few borders have been changed, where I'm from used to be Lancashire even tho it's only about 5 miles from the centre but now classed as greater Manchester, there was a thread on here a while back about it, I'd class failsworth as Oldham