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"Whilst driving on the M1 the services are unofficially, and sometimes comically, known by residents of London and southeastern England as the point where the north/south divide occurs. The implication is that there is neither culture nor sophistication "North of the Watford Gap". Northerners and Midlanders also consider the Watford Gap to be the border between the south and "The best bits of England".

Margaret Thatcher stated that Corby?the first large town north of the Watford gap?was the "gateway to the North".[2]

However, it has since become more popular to use the phrase "north of Watford", referring to the larger and unconnected town of Watford, Hertfordshire nearer to London. The reason for this change is potentially due to the signs at Staples Corner, where the M1 begins, reading simply "M1, Watford, The North" thus potentially implying that Watford is the last place in the South; or possibly due to many people being ignorant of the existence of Watford Gap and are familiar only with the larger town of Watford."

You come under the latter category then.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on October 19th 2009 at 11:48:35

Message Thread

Is Stoke "up north"? (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 19, 11:33:07
- read pies and prejudice by stuart maconie (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 19, 11:41:59
  - yebbut you is from cambridge which is in the midlands (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:45:27
  - and the midlands starts at watford (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:43:38
    - You see, I'd say Derbyshire was north (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 19, 11:45:51
      - the igh peak bit, which is almost yorkshire and lancashire (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 19, 11:48:07
        
        cockneys are northerners? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:50:23
        
        no they call you lav (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 19, 12:11:16
      - i suppose i really think of it as northampon to chesterfield (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:47:32
      - ^^ just what I was thinking (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Oct 19, 11:47:29
    - Watford *Gap*, not Watford. They're a long way apart. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 19, 11:45:18
      - which people? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:46:11
      - no idea what the watford gap is (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:45:59
        
        ........ (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 19, 11:48:35
        
        so what actually is the watford gap? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:51:00
        
        Um. Not sure I can do much better than the link in the post above (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 19, 11:55:00
        
        oh i see (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:56:19
        
        Scotch Corner is in Yorkshire. It's a confusing world. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 19, 12:02:28
        
        Service station intut (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 19, 11:48:18
        
        It's the bit between the ears of people from Watford (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 19, 11:46:53
- no (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:34:00
  - So Stoke isn't in the north then (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 19, 11:35:06
    - exactly (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:37:45
      - which isn't far from crewe obviously (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 11:40:05
    - of course it's up fucking North (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:37:40
      - ... (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:42:50
        
        nice map showing that you live in the north (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 19, 11:46:44
        
        it shows norwich and stook (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:47:30
        
        you live north of norwich though (General Chat) - camcan, Oct 19, 11:48:46
        
        i do not live north of norwich! (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 19, 11:51:18

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