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We're all dotted about the place, thought it might be insightful to give a bit about where we all live:

You Know You Live In Pocklington When…

….whenever you pass the bus station you always see 3 people you know waiting for the bus to York.

…you hate it that the little cinema gets films 2 months late but then love it when you get a second chance to go see the films you missed when they were released.

…it is not uncommon to see several people with nothing better to do with their time on undersized bikes cocking about outside Sainsbury’s.

…you remember when Sainsbury’s was Somerfield.

…you remember when Sainsbury’s was Safeways.

…you have played junior football (soccer) for Pock Town.

…you remember when there were no houses on The Balk.

…you’ve had a Birthday party at Francis Scaife.

…you go to Woldgate and hate Grammar, or you go to Grammar and hate Woldgate.

…the longest queue in town is at Topshop after school because of all the people who can’t be bothered to walk into town centre to buy sweets.

…you’ve played in a Kwik Cricket tournament at Francis Scaife.

…you know the price of pretty much everything in Cooplands.

…you tell the time from the church clock.

…you know why there are so many people about on Good Friday.

…you’ve nearly died riding a bike down Chapel Hill.

…you know where Burnby Hall Gardens are but have never been in.

…you’ve tried to get a haircut in one of the hairdressers and they’ve all been shut.

…you’ve sprinted down the alleyway from the Youth Centre and nearly knocked an old lady over as you came out the other end.

…you remember getting excited by the Santa and reindeer Christmas lights on the council offices.

…you declare late night shopping is rubbish, but you come out every year and love it.

…you knew you could buy just about anything in A to Z (and that the service would be crap).

…Fresh Foods is your religion.

…looking up and seeing a glider is just as common as looking up and seeing a bird.

…you don’t get lost in a maze of cul-de-sacs.

…you walk through the churchyard more or less every day.

…you are reluctant to go into the woods after dark.

…you used to think Danby’s was the best place in the world.

…one of the best chip butties you’ve ever had was in the footy club after a hard fought win.

…you’ve injured yourself in Francis Scaife sports hall.

…when you were a kid you crawled around the sports centre trying to find money for the vending machines.

…you have your own opinion of which of the two chip shops is the best (it is so obviously Stuart’s though).

…you never go to Market Weighton.

…you used to go into Eric Lee to watch the TVs while your mum finished the shopping.

…you’ve sat on every window sill in Cooplands.

…you remember PJ’s videos as being the best pick ‘n’ mix place around.

…you still don’t know where the hell Costcutter went.

…you can remember when parking was easy.

…you’re proud of the rugby club even if you have nothing to do with it.

…you’ve been in the Pocklington Post.

…you read the Pocklington Post.

…you think it’s weird that there’s a guy selling Big Issues in Pock.

…you never know whether or not Frank’s Kebabs is actually open.

…you remember when you could cross the road without looking.

…you’ve fallen in the beck at least twice.

…you shop in either Sainsbury’s or Somerfield but hardly ever go in the other one.

…you still laugh immaturely at the edited ‘Canal Head’ sign even though you’ve seen it thousands of times.

…you’ve nearly run over small children riding a BMX in the dark up the road from The Balk to The Yorkway Motel for no apparent reason.

…you’ve been to Millington Woods.

…you say there’s nothing to do in Pock but you still kinda like it.

Great post Sammy. Will try to do a version from my place this week.

1,You try to pronounce words with the letter ‘T’ in them and find you can’t (letter, mitigating).
2,Your Dad, Granddad, Uncle have been made redundant by a car manufacturing company.
3,Your school involved a small farm in the grounds, a castle ruin or mosque.
4,You had fights with your neighbouring schools, involving bricks, concrete slabs/anything stolen from a building site.
5,The cinema you went to as a child became a university.
6,The Colly is not a round building of ancient wonder in Rome (although you swear it has been there forever.)
7,You passed your driving test mainly because you didn’t go on the ringroad.
8,You support Coventry City Football Club because "they’re the team you can see from your bedroom window"’.
9,A big night out on the town means a choice between just 3 nightclubs.
10,You consider Shakespeare, Clive Owen, Philip Larkin to be near relatives.
11,You know you're responsible for the best watch making this country has ever seen despite there being no museum to prove this.
12,You grew up thinking an apprenticeship into a car company would have you made for life!
13,You’ve visited Coventry cathedral and sketched the windows on about 5 school trips.
14,You
used to go the Round Café in the centre of town with your Nan, quite
possibly whilst wearing a shell suit and looking forward to a trip to
the Transport Museum.
15,You know that fashion statements are divided between the Chaved (found hanging around bus shelters in the evening),
the Gothic (found hanging around statues of naked ladies),
the
Camp (found mostly in the only gay bar in the city) and the Colly Indie
look ( found loitering nervously with satchels inside the Coliseum).
16,You think words like "’barn cake" and "cob" make people sound mentally ill.
18,You get into fights- end of.
19,You’ve had to replace the horn in your car at least once.
20,You
know not to travel on the number 13 bus to Willenhall at night without
company, weaponry or a desire not to passively inhale cannabis.
21,If you were travelling abroad and explaining where you lived to a stranger you’d say “near London”.
22,Fishy Moore’s make the best fish and chips you’re ever tasted.
23,Chinese
people like your universities (plural, cus you have two), Kosovans like
your fountains and mostly Polish people like working in your hospitals.
24,You
don’t like one of anything- you need three spires, two universities and
5 parks without safe lighting, however one blitz is quite enough.
25,Brummies consider you “unfriendly” just because you cringe at their accent.
26,You know a good night out by the level of smoke left to inhale off your head next morning.
27,Your
Dad would not accept your lover/fiancée if they were a) a villa fan. b)
were t-total, c) could not talk football/ top gear/ father ted in the
garden at family parties.
28,Your frontdoor, car window, house window has been in need of a temporary card board replacement at one time.
29,The
police have phoned you at 3am telling you your car is smashed up and
abandoned in Stoke Aldermoor and not outside your house where you left
it.
30,Your parents believe any major storyline will be covered best in the Coventry Evening Telegraph.
31,You’ve had at least one attempted mugging by a person younger than you, and laughed in their face.
32,You’ve
invited cousins, partners, uni friends down for a weekend and used the
phrases, “its crap”, and “there’s not much to see”.
33, You've heard there's a Coventry Castle but have no idea where it is, how it went and why Mary Queen of Scotts was there.
34, You can see the 60's did more damage to the city centre than the Germans.
35, You think the bridge outside Millenium Point looks like a giant slinky.
36, You were born at Walsgrave hospital, quite possibly in the corridor.

SamiPremier08 wrote:We're all dotted about the place, thought it might be insightful to give a bit about where we all live:

You Know You Live In Pocklington When…

….whenever you pass the bus station you always see 3 people you know waiting for the bus to York.

…you hate it that the little cinema gets films 2 months late but then love it when you get a second chance to go see the films you missed when they were released.

…it is not uncommon to see several people with nothing better to do with their time on undersized bikes cocking about outside Sainsbury’s.

…you remember when Sainsbury’s was Somerfield.

…you remember when Sainsbury’s was Safeways.

…you have played junior football (soccer) for Pock Town.

…you remember when there were no houses on The Balk.

…you’ve had a Birthday party at Francis Scaife.

…you go to Woldgate and hate Grammar, or you go to Grammar and hate Woldgate.

…the longest queue in town is at Topshop after school because of all the people who can’t be bothered to walk into town centre to buy sweets.

…you’ve played in a Kwik Cricket tournament at Francis Scaife.

…you know the price of pretty much everything in Cooplands.

…you tell the time from the church clock.

…you know why there are so many people about on Good Friday.

…you’ve nearly died riding a bike down Chapel Hill.

…you know where Burnby Hall Gardens are but have never been in.

…you’ve tried to get a haircut in one of the hairdressers and they’ve all been shut.

…you’ve sprinted down the alleyway from the Youth Centre and nearly knocked an old lady over as you came out the other end.

…you remember getting excited by the Santa and reindeer Christmas lights on the council offices.

…you declare late night shopping is rubbish, but you come out every year and love it.

…you knew you could buy just about anything in A to Z (and that the service would be crap).

…Fresh Foods is your religion.

…looking up and seeing a glider is just as common as looking up and seeing a bird.

…you don’t get lost in a maze of cul-de-sacs.

…you walk through the churchyard more or less every day.

…you are reluctant to go into the woods after dark.

…you used to think Danby’s was the best place in the world.

…one of the best chip butties you’ve ever had was in the footy club after a hard fought win.

…you’ve injured yourself in Francis Scaife sports hall.

…when you were a kid you crawled around the sports centre trying to find money for the vending machines.

…you have your own opinion of which of the two chip shops is the best (it is so obviously Stuart’s though).

…you never go to Market Weighton.

…you used to go into Eric Lee to watch the TVs while your mum finished the shopping.

…you’ve sat on every window sill in Cooplands.

…you remember PJ’s videos as being the best pick ‘n’ mix place around.

…you still don’t know where the hell Costcutter went.

…you can remember when parking was easy.

…you’re proud of the rugby club even if you have nothing to do with it.

…you’ve been in the Pocklington Post.

…you read the Pocklington Post.

…you think it’s weird that there’s a guy selling Big Issues in Pock.

…you never know whether or not Frank’s Kebabs is actually open.

…you remember when you could cross the road without looking.

…you’ve fallen in the beck at least twice.

…you shop in either Sainsbury’s or Somerfield but hardly ever go in the other one.

…you still laugh immaturely at the edited ‘Canal Head’ sign even though you’ve seen it thousands of times.

…you’ve nearly run over small children riding a BMX in the dark up the road from The Balk to The Yorkway Motel for no apparent reason.

…you’ve been to Millington Woods.

…you say there’s nothing to do in Pock but you still kinda like it.

Without meaning to patronise today's revelations make this an even more amazing post! Fair play lad!