If I was minded to move back to the North East I would not consider anywhere far from Hartlepool. Newcastle, Sunderland and M'Boro hold no interest for me whatsoever.

I would probably look at one of the outlying villages; Dalton Piercy, Elwick or maybe even Greatham. That said I don't really know if they are still as I remember them but if they were then that would be the place for me.

i've just moved out of greatham after 10 happy years

quite a pleasant place

I thought you'd only just moved??

There's a big old Victorian place for sale next to the Staincliffe that looks tasty. Handy for keeping an eye on incoming and outgoing managers too.....

i gots no plans to leave Saltburn. i f ever i did iys where i'd move back to!
a grrrrrrrreat place :sweet:

Just get a new carpet......

I'm moving to a new build soon, the wife wants it, I don't but Ilove her and would do anything for her, so move we are :sweet:

Would you lick sick off a tramps ballbag if she told you to??

When I moved to Elwick in 1982 it was brilliant, with the McOrville Inn at the center as a real village forum. Then when Mr Warren died the pub reverted to a managed house and hardly anybody from the village went any more. The walks in the country were still nice, but there just didn't seem to be any kind of village community spirit after that. I tried to drum up interest for a village club but before I got anywhere I was assigned to a job overseas.
In the end I wasn't really too sad to leave.

Just before moving to Elwick, when I was looking for a new house, we looked just about everywhere in south east and south central Durham. To be honest, just about anywhere in that region would have done me. But definitely in a village. Maybe Bishopton or Sadberge. Perhaps even Hart though I've no idea what it's like today. I suppose Sedgefield wasn't that bad either.

Apparently Port Clarence is picking up a bit Mr Atweasle,a far cheaper option to Hartburn as well.

I wouldn't live anywhere but Hartlepool.

When we moved this year we looked at the village locations- Elwick, Hart, Dalton, Wynyard, Castle Eden etc- but in the end we decided that people who live in places like that would make Tubs and Edward look normal and that Royston Vasey life wasn't for us. Creeps, busybodies and just plain weirdo's live in villages.

Yes I would and I have

For some reason that doesn't shock me.....

You should soooooo move to Hartburn, especially if you know someone there. It's lovely and we could talk face to face in the local pub, it would be greeeat

choice of three
Whitby
Durham
Hartlepool
so i will stop right here the best spot in the parish
i look out of my window and what do i see

When I lived in Elwick most of the people were down to earth. It was good craic. Pints all round, not Vod and Ton please Nigel. Darts, Dominoes, Three Card Brag and Tippit in the bar. Getting pissed and singing, all that.

To be honest the worst group of people were the farmers. The shifty bastads had a real "The Hills Have Eyes" mentality and were tight as a duck's arse to boot!

I couldn't ever imagine moving back to the north east,but if I absolutely had to....no can't bring meself to contemplate it.

What's the flats like down the docks? Somewhere like Mariner's Point. I've lived a long time in West and wonder what it would be like to be right next to the sea.

Speaking of the Linighans, what are they doing now ?

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ok till it starts howling like a hooligan in an easterly gale
but would i move
no chance just use the back door for a bit till it calms down

and David??

for research purposes

Apart from the Pool I think that I would choose York

if I didn't live in the town, I wouldn't much like living anywhere else in the North East really.

Give me West Park anyday :sweet: but if I had to move, then probably Guisborough. Got family there. Their t*ts but you cant escape those damn aunties.

you can't escape your aunty's tits?

Not what I meant......but there pretty big

Offshores rig on fire???

Bit harsh.......

I moved back to the North East after eleven years away and chose Seaton Sluice. Had never actually heard of it at the time but left London and wanted to be near a big city but also near to Northumberland and its coastline. Plus, my lass studied to be a nurse in Newcastle and went on holiday to Northumberland every year as a kid.
I'm perfectly happy here and wouldnt move anywhere else at all. Dodgy name, lovely place. Little harbour with fishing boats, cliffs, beaches, sand dunes, dene with wood - great for kids, walking dog etc. Five pubs, good community. 50 minutes from Hartlepool is a bit far sometimes and I'd like to be nearer Hpool mates but compared to London, Greece and Israel its well near.

Wasn't it Seaton Sluice that Ray Kennedy had his pub?

Went up there on a bus trip from Pools, when he was playing for us. A real gentleman, got his box of medals out from his days with Arsenal and Liverpool. Only passed one around at a time, obviously having dealt with Scousers for years was wary of one of us slipping one into a back pocket.

He was diagnosed as having Parkinsons Disease around that time, and has since had to sell those medals to keep himself, in his retirement in ill health.

Could be - though may well be Seaton Delaval - inland about half a mile. If it was by the sea it was the Sluice. I've only been here six years. Ray is from New Hartley which is inbetween the Sluice and Delaval.

i once caught a big fish on Hartley island
come third in the big open