I think it’s only £1, so deffo worth a try. I’ve made chilli and sloppy joes with it.
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Sorry I'm late too because I've been BUSY but yes, bingo, it is indeed Whitley Bay!
Spanish City was restored and reopened a couple of years ago, it's got a posh fish and chip restaurant, a tearoom beloved of glam nanas, a champagne bar and a nice micropub. Still has the proper arcades and Di Meo's ice cream (the best ever) right behind it so it seems to be striking the right balance between traditional seaside and modern, family-friendly places to get a good coffee. Bloody love it up here like.
ETA: North East frau meet-up once this ducking 'rona is over/the Tories get their arses in gear (I know which one seems more likely). I can't be the only one in this neck of the woods!
Baked spud update: disappointing. We had the reduced sugar/salt baked beans for the sake of the toddler but they aren't a patch on Heinz. Anyone got good ideas for vegan jacket potato fillings to try in future?
aw, glad Spanish city's been restored
honestly, every time I go back to the Proper North, *something's* changed or got posher! it kinda feels like time's stood still down here (🔺️Sheffield) I really miss the toon (and surrounding areas)
My Nana’s fuming about ‘what they’ve done to Morpeth’ (gentrified it!)aw, glad Spanish city's been restored
they don't like change, do they?! and, seriously, morpeth's been gentrified?
I'm truly shocked! God, I wish Sheffield city council would spend more cash on public spaces than chopping down trees 
might improve things
Hahaha Morpeth is soooo FANCY, we pop up there occasionally to wander around the JoJo Maman Bebe and explain to our child what his life could have been like if he'd been born to a better class of parent. Have to fight the posh nans for the nice knickers in the M&S there (they always win).
Thank you both for this. I have this book and whilst it doesn’t reflect any Christmas I’ve ever had (my childhood Christmases were an explosion of tinsel in garish 80s colours, Noddy Holder played on loop and dinner courtesy of Aunt Bessie) I still love it because it’s complete escapism in winter evenings. I’ve joined the group also and look forward to dusting the book off to read again.Not sure if you’re around @Nottonightbabe , but way back months ago you mentioned an online Nigel Slater Christmas Chronicles book club/read along. Thank you, I’ve joined and ordered the book and it all looks amazing. Going to carve out 15 mins every evening to just sit on my own and read that day’s entry!
I know I've only passed through morpeth a few times many years ago but omg, I can't imagine this!
Seriously, the house prices are reaching (whisper it) Hexham levels.
Yeah they’ve changed the entire layout kept a tiny part of Sanderson arcade and got rid of ‘normal people shops’ (even tho there’s a massive Morrison’s) it’s very very middle class
well, I am shocked I tell you!
also 🔺️ my dad and stepmum live just outside hexham! (fourstones)
. they are v posh, I am not!God I'm living for this North East chat. Soz soft southerners 
I won’t tell you where I’m from 
(don’t live in the NE now anyway) but on right move it’s down as ‘outer Morpeth’ and they put that on the window of the new co-op til everyone went apeshit
(don’t live in the NE now anyway) but on right move it’s down as ‘outer Morpeth’ and they put that on the window of the new co-op til everyone went apeshit
SameGod I'm living for this North East chat. Soz soft southerners
. I am fiercely protective of my little NE town even though I wasn’t born here. I did make a brief foray down to the ‘boro a few years ago, however Mrs Tunnel being a true Geordie just couldn’t get on with it and we had to move back pretty sharpish
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You do not want to be seeing my old flesh, you may think it’s corned beef waiting to be grated!
God I'm living for this North East chat. Soz soft southerners
oh, I'm so out of touch. I read a novel set mostly in Newcastle recently (boy parts by Eliza Clark - excellent, but grisly) and i got obsessed with a reference to a Tesco on clayton street and I'm like I literally lived on clayton street (20 years ago, somehow
) where is this Tesco?! anyhoo, I've triangulated it now and looking on streetview, man the whole area's completely different from what I remember! good to see the black garter's still there, likeVery weird how the places in your head aren’t the same any more. There’s duck loads of bypasses, roads that were there aren’t there any more and there’s roundabouts that never were... then teeny little ancient things still are there and the memories come whacking backoh, I'm so out of touch. I read a novel set mostly in Newcastle recently (boy parts by Eliza Clark - excellent, but grisly) and i got obsessed with a reference to a Tesco on clayton street and I'm like I literally lived on clayton street (20 years ago, somehow
yes absolutely! I don't drive, but I feel like I've noticed this when my boyfriend drives us up to my dad's, like, oh that's a whole new slip road to the metrocentre, whatever
and yes to the teeny things too
oh, and although it's not at all teeny, going past penshaw monument always gets me. especially when it's dark and it's lit up. 
As a softy southerner withGod I'm living for this North East chat. Soz soft southerners
roots in the northI’m loving it too. Amble surprised me so much on my last trip up. It’s transformed!I never drove when I lived there but I walked the roads and got the bus and it’s just weird there’s a particular road that doesn’t exist now and you don’t have to drive through the village any more so it’s somehow even more out of the way. But the old colliery buildings are still up, madyes absolutely! I don't drive, but I feel like I've noticed this when my boyfriend drives us up to my dad's, like, oh that's a whole new slip road to the metrocentre, whatever
and yes to the teeny things too
I think Northumberland’s been so popular for tourism the last 5-10 years it’s had a bit more money in it for development in the coastal areas at leastAs a softy southerner with
I’d love to visit Northumberland @Alansbigplate !
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