Pies and prejudice

in search of the north

395 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2007 by BBC Large Print.

ISBN:
978-1-4056-4867-7
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OCLC Number:
137221980

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A northerner in exile, stateless and confused, hearing rumours of Harvey Nichols in Leeds and Maseratis in Wilmslow, Stuart goes in search of The North. Delving into his own past, it is a riotously funny journey in search of where the clichés end and the truth begins. He travels from Wigan Pier to Blackpool Tower, the Bigg Market in Newcastle to the daffodil-laden Lake District in search of his own Northern Soul, encountering along the way an exotic cast of Scousers, Scallies, pie-eating Woolly-backs, topless Geordies, mad-for-it Mancs, Yorkshire nationalists and brothers in southern exile.

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Subjects

  • Large type books
  • Travel
  • Social life and customs
  • Manners and customs
  • Description and travel

Places

  • Northern England