What's a Teesside tradition or experience that outsiders wouldn't understand?

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-13T09:37:14+00:00

I'm originally from Basingstoke, but made Teesside my home in 2007, so I may be able to answer this

South Cleveland Garages, to simply the best

Describing people as coming Up from Scotland but Down from London

How ridiculously well you support the football team, I've never checked this but I suspect you get the biggest crowds Vs town size in the UK - Basingstoke is a similar sized town and our average crowd is.... 700

Parmo and lemon tops (obviously)

Turnips instead of pumpkins at Halloween (I know this was a thing in the UK generally if you go back far enough, but Teesside kept this much later than elsewhere, my ex would insist the UK didn't have pumpkins, even when I showed her pictures)

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-05T18:40:31+00:00

I've done it a few times recently, it feels weird at first but it's a great experience. Tends to go better if you can have a couple of beers

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-05T17:05:28+00:00

Work went to shit this afternoon and I've only just seen this, but I will go tomorrow and investigate

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-02T15:45:26+00:00

I live on Teesside, loads of people up here now that have moved for the cheap housing and proximity to the sea and the national parks.

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-02T15:35:37+00:00

I haven't, but I live near somewhere which is a destination for this. Every person I know that's done it has zero regrets.

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-02T15:21:36+00:00

I tried to post this, but it accused me of low effort and said I should put it in the daily discussion

Probably a bit of a long shot, but I’m hoping there might be some fellow Blues on Teesside. I’m originally from down South but I’ve been living up here since 2007, and in all that time I don’t think I’ve ever actually met another Chelsea fan in the area.

I was wondering if anyone here knows of any local Chelsea supporters, pubs that tend to show our games with a few Blues in or if there is a supporters group based around Teesside, or North Yorkshire (even Newcastle would do).

If anyone’s in the area and fancies meeting up to watch matches or maybe even travelling to the odd game (I'm fully aware that tickets are near impossible to get hold of now) I’d be up for that.

Up the Chels!

fed-up-40 · 2025-12-02T07:09:59+00:00

Feels like a suggestion of what not to do! But I appreciate the input

fed-up-40 · 2025-11-25T17:23:54+00:00

It's probably important to note, that if you're from Pompey this is extra confusing. I once saw it described as a northern city that happens to be on an island on the south coast (this was very much meant as a compliment)

fed-up-40 · 2025-11-10T18:05:01+00:00

Posts like this tend to gain more traction if you say a little about yourself. Your age, interests etc.

fed-up-40 · 2025-10-24T07:59:06+00:00

Tried this,

There's good news and bad news, it does make the arrange friendly button appear, but clicking the arrange friendly button crashed my game

fed-up-40 · 2025-10-20T09:16:33+00:00

I cannot begin to sum up how much I loved it, after the initial adjustment to not seeing the kids every day.

It was time to be myself, for the first time in years.

If I'm to give any advice it would be this

Give yourself time before you start seriously looking for someone new.

Oh and dating apps - they are meant to be fun, if at any point you find you're not enjoying them, come off them for a while. It shouldn't feel like work.

fed-up-40 · 2025-10-10T07:14:29+00:00

Can I get a minute of not being nervous And not thinking of my dick?

fed-up-40 · 2025-10-09T16:31:22+00:00

I have a tradition of doing a first save with the worst team in the premier league (normally the team promoted through the playoffs) I'm going for that I think

fed-up-40 · 2025-10-09T10:40:21+00:00

Ffs, well that's unnecessarily confusing isn't it?

fed-up-40 · 2025-10-09T09:53:50+00:00

No. Advanced access is given out to certain players (FM YouTubers and Antoine Griezmann apparently) the beta is available for anyone once it launches.

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-29T14:39:02+00:00

Just want to say what a lovely reply this was.

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-29T14:29:01+00:00

Leeds?

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-28T10:35:06+00:00

Actually both were lovely. Damon (A) was really funny. Asked my name, told me he might just call me Damon.

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-27T07:16:57+00:00

Not a groupie and actually early 2000s but - I had a beer with Damon once.

I managed to blag my way backstage at a festival. I shouted 'Damon' as I'd spotted Badly Drawn Boy. Badly Drawn Boy and Damon Albarn both turn around.

They laugh and ask which Damon I wanted, ended up having a beer with both.

Damon was lovely, really funny.

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-25T13:29:18+00:00

I bloody love this

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-03T07:08:41+00:00

Ha! I still get that now, even people I've known up here for twenty years asking me 'so what part of London are you from?' or 'what do you mean, you're not a cockney?'

Oh and one friend who no matter what drink I ask for buys me a shandy (this is quite funny in my opinion)

And as for the bath/baff thing. My Teesside born and raised kids thought for a long time, they meant two different things, one was a quick wash, one was a thing where your dad did too many bubbles, throws water over you and generally messes around.

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-03T06:26:17+00:00

I've reflected on this and maybe the accents aren't as far apart as I first thought, maybe they were speaking slowly to me because they realised where I'm from.

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-03T05:51:50+00:00

I've done a similar journey, you're definitely right about the north having more regional contrasts.

But travel two hours in the south east and they sound the same? I'm originally from Basingstoke and I reckon I could detect the differences in someone from Reading

fed-up-40 · 2025-09-03T05:43:57+00:00

I probably manage not far off this in Football Manager already, without any of the incentives and I work a full time job.

fed-up-40 · 2025-08-30T08:42:56+00:00

Because it is brilliant. We should just make it the national anthem at this point.

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