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Post by boozysuzi on May 24, 2012 21:14:36 GMT
I canna believe that our new mayor ( an interlowper ) wanted to do away with the mayors walk round the May Fair cos its an outdated tradition !!!  maybe it would be a good idea for him to keep walking right on up Cstlegate and oot of Berwick on Friday !!!!  |
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Post by jj on May 25, 2012 5:01:41 GMT
Is he an interlouper? .........doesnt look like a mayor does he? i mean Exley did, big fat jovial sort of town crier looking kind of gadge but Robertsons like a rake, the robes just hing on him like the picture hoose curtains.
Freemen of Berwick, whats that aboot? do you have to be born within the walls to be one? well castle hills is no within the walls so where were all these freeman born? and whats the perks of being one? lowie? job contracts or what? .....anybody knaw?
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Post by boozysuzi on May 25, 2012 9:36:43 GMT
havent got a clue about freemen jj but an awful lot of them seem to be strangers and they probably never set foot in the toon again after they get their certificate . I do think if your a freeman your allowed to pee in crawfords alley on a sat night without getting fined !!!
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Post by boozysuzi on May 25, 2012 9:38:48 GMT
Is it the Freeman who have a funny handshake ? |
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Post by jj on May 25, 2012 9:49:58 GMT
Naw, thats Abu Hamza  im not even sure if im right aboot how you qualify, surely somebody knows? |
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Post by grumpy on May 25, 2012 21:12:55 GMT
no your thinking about the freemasons   shan turnout for mayfair fri. there was a bout half a dozen stalls ans they were packing up at 2.45  |
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Post by boozysuzi on May 26, 2012 15:54:11 GMT
Terrible --looks like its gonna be the next thing to become extinct !!!
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Post by grumpy on May 27, 2012 12:37:07 GMT
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Post by tweedsider on May 27, 2012 19:39:11 GMT
Freeman is a hereditary position, passed from Father to Son, or in old times by being apprenticed to a Freeman.
Hence folk that never look near Berwick can be Freeman, while those of us who have lived our lives here, cannot.
Now also passed from Father to daughter.
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Post by boozysuzi on May 28, 2012 17:36:13 GMT
thanks Tweedsider !!
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Post by jj on May 28, 2012 18:24:35 GMT
Cheers Tweedsider, so its nowt to do with being born within the walls at all then......i must have made that bit up. How much do they get? and do other towns do it?? and when they built the town hall why didnt they leave enough room for cars to go down both sides???
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Post by boozysuzi on May 29, 2012 17:40:08 GMT
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Post by samsplint on May 30, 2012 17:44:25 GMT
I hate the term "interlouper" look around and see where people who do things in the town come from and suprise suprise they dont come from Berwick but love it and want it to be good again.
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Post by tweedsider on May 30, 2012 20:05:32 GMT
Don't like to disagree with you Sam, and I appreciate that many newcomers to the town do make a positive contribution, while locals standby waiting for something to go wrong and fail.
The councils regeneration team, set up by an interlouper, served no purpose other than keeping themselves in jobs.
The much criticised lack of parking on Marygate, was encouraged by "Consultants" while the council was run by strangers, do I need to go on?
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Post by boozysuzi on May 31, 2012 5:44:32 GMT
they might want it to be good again but theres no much improvement going on !!!!
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