Oh yeah. One tiny shred of Irish in their background and that's enough. I knew someone who had a great great grandfather who was Irish and that was enough to have them scrambling for an Irish passport.
One of my grand parents was from Mayo but you don't see me doing an Irish jig or talking like one, so I don't. Oh shit!!!!
Oi!!!!!!..........Oi!!!!!......down in de street dere is violence and a lot of work to be done, nowhere to hang out de washing..der der der dum dum dum de de dum, good God I'm gonna rock on to Electric avenue........
I thank you
Yes Jacko, I'm looking forward to receiving it. I've been racking my brains what to give our local Rabbi for his birthday next week but it's sorted now. Many thanks
I remember Roland Rivron and his 'Mystic Malcolm' persona. He started his show with "Is there anyone in the audience whos lost a relative in the last 150 years"?
I think it's an excuse to throw money at some shit hole to get the place done up. Doesn't help that when a famous resident is mentioned it's John Prescot. The only other famous people from Hull is The Housemartins. And not all of them were from there either
I used to read viz when it was still available only in the North East. We had a gas man (anaesthetist) who was from Newcastle who had them sent to him. He always gave them to me after he'd read them.