As a Yorkshireman born in Sheffield now living in Inverness I am just curious how many more people have made the trip to Scotland and stayed

Look forward to your reply, but I must add Yorkshire and Sheffield is still my home but as a Yorkshireman I am accepted in Scotland and now it is my second home.

Blimey Sandie, it looks as if you are on your own old son!

lived in Drumnadrochit by Loch Ness for 9 years.
Would be quite happy to move back to Scotland any time.

Know there is or were 3 families all from Wisewood on the Isle of Mull at Bunesson, (What a dump)

lived in Drumnadrochit by Loch Ness for 9 years.
Would be quite happy to move back to Scotland any time.
Hi Last Orders wher do you live now Drumnadrochit is a beautiful place, as you will be aware the views 2 miles either side are stuninning as is Lock Ness.

I drive the 82 at least 4 times a month to Fort William via Fort Augustas then to Mallaig and Kinlochleven. As a Sheffielder I love it up here, but I do miss certain things, but in reality I will not move from Scotland even though I always think of my home town and I am proud to be a Yorkshireman
Take Care

Hi Sandie
i'm back in North Yorkshire just now so i've swapped one beautifull place for another. My daughter still lives in Inverness though so we get up there now and again to see her.
I know the run to Fort William, some great views. I very much like Ballachulish between Fort William and Glencoe.
If you drive down Loch Ness side that often you will have seen the monster then ? :hihi:

Hi Last Orders,
I have been trying to see the monster( The Wee Beastie) for the last 30 years and not a sniff, but do we want to prove or disprove this old myth I have many times fished the Loch on the other side and still have not caught it.
We used to live in Knasbrough and then between Castleford and Pontefract up till 2 years ago.

:thumbsup:

Sandie, I too had a boat on the Loch, and actually went in a mini submarine under the loch and still saw nothing.
I agree thats its nice to have a mystery in an age when most things can be explained away.
We lived 9 years in an old Manse where a number of people reportedly had seen ghosts but again we saw nothing!
Perhaps I was taking too much water with it :confused:

Hi Sandie,
Thought there was only me up here from Sheffield.
Moved to Inverness in 1983 but only consider myself to be passing through.
Left Sheffield in 75 to live in Norfolk for 8 years then up here.

I lived in the Scottish borders in the 60's. There was a small Sheffield community there. An American tool manufacturer set up a plant there and attracted experienced tool manufacturing people from Sheffield.

Hi Yerman are you still in the borders

Sandie

No - left as long ago as 1968. However, I did benefit from a Scottish education which was light years ahead of anything Sheffield could provide.

Sorry but I have to disagree. I was born in and raised in Sheffield but have lived in Edinburgh since 1982 (I was 23). It's nothing like Surrey. Actually, in many ways, it's very much like Sheffield. Good bits, bad bits but nice people (in the main). Yes it's a beautiful city and historic too. I would not live anywhere else now, the living is too good. Yep, I've gone native.

Oh and I love the tourists. Mostly wonderful people.

I am wonderful:D

Sandie

No - left as long ago as 1968. However, I did benefit from a Scottish education which was light years ahead of anything Sheffield could provide.

Lived in Glasgow in the late 80's when my daughter was just 6.

She went to local primary School for about a year and then my work transferred me to the Midlands - she had only been at her new school a few days when her teacher spoke to me to say she was streets ahead of all the kids - especially in Maths - she (the teacher) went on to say that the level of education was at 'a higher level' in Scotland

ps to my last post

forgot to mention we though Glasgow was a wonderful place despite it's fearsome reputation to those south of the border. We especially noticed how family orientated things were - Sunday shopping, shopping malls with cinema's and ice rinks, long before England started doing this.

We had planned on spending quite some time up there and when my company altered their plans and moved me back to England my wife was not a happy bunny, she loved it that much. She says you can see the scratch marks from her fingernails all the way down the M74 as she was dragged back down south

Hi docmel, just seen your posts I quite like the fingernails all the way down the M74.
We go back to Yorkshire 2 to 3 times a year, but the journey back home to Inverness while long it is great to get home. Dont get me wrong I love my home of Sheffield and am proud to be a Sheffielder first then a Yorkshire man second and English third. To be classed as British well does it mean anything the next we are all going to be classed as Europiens not in my book

Take care and visit Scotland soon you might stay one day.
Best Regards.

Sandie

I have been back many times for business trips - Edinburgh, Glasgie, Perth, Dundee.

Our closest friends down here are from Lossiemouth and we have said we will go with them when they visit in the Summer - they rave about it that much. We also had soem other close friends, originally from Aberdeen who spent 20 years in England and havenow moved back to Inverness, so we will be adding them to our places to visit list.

thing is with air fares being so low at the moment there really is no excuse

docmel,

Good to hear that you will not be dissapointed you have a good time when you visit, also take a look at Chanary Point for the Dolphins.

As I look out of my window Chanary point is across the water, take care

Hi,
Just wanted to say I lived in Sheffield, and then, last year made the decision to move up to Argyll.I'm proud to be a Yorkshirewoman, but the Scots have adopted my husband and me!

My sister lives in Fyvie near Aberdeenshire, Its a beautiful place, Funny how living there for the past 40 odd years she has not picked up a scottish accent, but my nephew who went to Edinborough to study was so difficult to understand when i saw him last.

Hello, Yes, an ex-Sheffielder now living in Kirkcudbright. Sorry to say but I would never move back to Sheffield, but I still support the best team, of course you know who I mean, the Blades.

only had the pleasure of visiting Scotland once so far, stayed at Fort Augutus and did sightseeing from there. Really fell in love with the place - couldn't get over the beautiful scenery - hope to visit again soon - could be my second home if I ever left Sheffield.

Now, Sandie, come on ! How many people would want to leave the beauty of Sheffield to move to the cold, raw North ?

Think of the ' Riviera Effect ' as you stroll along the banks of the Don on a summer 's evening. The tang in the air as the gentle breezes waft their scent over from Wincobank or Brightside ?

Or strolling round Sheffield 's vibrant city centre on a Friday or Saturday evening ? All the pavement bars packed with young, earnest students, sipping coffees or shandies or even the odd glass of wine ......discussing poetry, philosophy or aspects of music.

Think of the wonderful restaurants dotted around-----Macdonalds, KFC, Spudulike, Shuvvelitin ? Dishing up delicious local fare in cultured, restrained surroundings.

Could you really leave an ' island of bliss ' a little ' Garden of Eden ' like our Sheffield for a place filled with salted, cold porridge, the Gorbals, arctic winds, hairy men throwing cabers about and shops closing at 5 p.m. ?? Well, obviously some poor souls have braved the move but I bet they can 't wait to get back to see the bottom of The Moor again or Burngreave Road at twilight........or The Wicker in the rush hours.

Or how many Scot's live in Sheffield i think its about even

Now, Sandie, come on ! How many people would want to leave the beauty of Sheffield to move to the cold, raw North ?

Think of the ' Riviera Effect ' as you stroll along the banks of the Don on a summer 's evening. The tang in the air as the gentle breezes waft their scent over from Wincobank or Brightside ?

Or strolling round Sheffield 's vibrant city centre on a Friday or Saturday evening ? All the pavement bars packed with young, earnest students, sipping coffees or shandies or even the odd glass of wine ......discussing poetry, philosophy or aspects of music.

Think of the wonderful restaurants dotted around-----Macdonalds, KFC, Spudulike, Shuvvelitin ? Dishing up delicious local fare in cultured, restrained surroundings.

In a word yes, I live just outside Inverness on the banks of the Moray Firth, as I look out of my window all I see are fields and water. Do you think I would move back to the Rat Race.

I have and always and will continue to hold my home town as the best, but I enjoy my life up here.
And your description of Scotland is ill informed and missplaced. Have you ever been up here?

I was stationed at Lossiemouth in 1971 There were only an handfull of us army personnel and we were made most welcome in Lossie, Elgin and Inverness. Are the 2 Red Shoes and Tower Bar still in Elgin.
Some Friday nights we went into Inverness and slept on the settees in the entrance to the George Hotel until it was time for the first bus back to camp.
Great place and great people

My husband's family moved to Dundee in the early 50s from London, via Wales. Timex had opened a factory there and his father was an experienced engineer in the watch industry. Quite a few English people moved north for jobs in those days.

My husband's younger sisters were born in Scotland, but his brother also thinks of himself as Scottish, as do all our nieces and nephews - and they have all remained north of the border. My family has been in Scotland for a very long time, my mother was a Macdonald, one of the oldest clans, but I've ended up in Yorkshire, and one of my children was born here.

Although in some ways I'd love to go back, its more important to me that I'm near my children/grandchildren. And, as ever, we'll be visiting this year. :love:

And - I'd agree with Yerman and Docmel about the Scottish education system being ahead of its equivalent in England. I got a great grounding in things like spelling and arithmetic, which have stood me in good stead all my life. Don't know if its still the same though.

My husband's family moved to Dundee in the early 50s from London, via Wales. Timex had opened a factory there and his father was an experienced engineer in the watch industry. Quite a few English people moved north for jobs in those days.

My husband's younger sisters were born in Scotland, but his brother also thinks of himself as Scottish, as do all our nieces and nephews - and they have all remained north of the border. My family has been in Scotland for a very long time, my mother was a Macdonald, one of the oldest clans, but I've ended up in Yorkshire, and one of my children was born here.

Although in some ways I'd love to go back, its more important to me that I'm near my children/grandchildren. And, as ever, we'll be visiting this year. :love:

And - I'd agree with Yerman and Docmel about the Scottish education system being ahead of its equivalent in England. I got a great grounding in things like spelling and arithmetic, which have stood me in good stead all my life. Don't know if its still the same though.
my son moved to scotlands west coast some 6yrs ago to be with his partner and loves it,we visit as often as we can and , like everywhere, there are good parts and not so good but up there the good parts outway.we're sheffield born+bred but my father in laws ancestry has been traced back to edinburgh some 400 yrs back.so we think there may be some sort of in built homing gene!ha ha

When I was in the RAF and serving at Kinloss, I lived for a couple of years in Forres.

Mike

When I was in the RAF and serving at Kinloss, I lived for a couple of years in Forres. Mike

I've been to Forres many times in my childhood in the 50s, I went with my parents for the 'Dundee Fortnight', for about 9 or 10 years. We always met up with the same folks from Dundee who had relatives there. The adults played bowls most mornings and we kids played in Grant Park. We often went to the beach at Findhorn, and had trips to Inverness and Nairn. Simple pleasures. :)

We always stayed in the Victoria Hotel, IIRC there was a public rose garden just across from it. I think the hotel still there but don't know what its like these days. I've just decided to pay Forres a visit later this year when I'm in Scotland. This has made me quite nostalgic.

Scotland must be empty because think all jocks are down here.Every time I turn on tv, radio and other media outlets all I here is their Scotch gobs.

Scotland must be empty because think all jocks are down here.Every time I turn on tv, radio and other media outlets all I here is their Scotch gobs.

The question was how many " Sheffield Expats live in Scotland".

If you dont have a reasonable comment on the subject I would sugest you dont bother. Scotch is a drink not a description of those who have a Scottish heritage

The question was how many " Sheffield Expats live in Scotland".

If you dont have a reasonable comment on the subject I would sugest you dont bother. Scotch is a drink not a description of those who have a Scottish heritage

There are only 3 places in the world that I wouldn't go to in the world again, and that is Majorca, Senegal, and Scotland.

The question was how many " Sheffield Expats live in Scotland".

If you dont have a reasonable comment on the subject I would sugest you dont bother. Scotch is a drink not a description of those who have a Scottish heritage

Here Here. Well said Sandie. I loved living there but I'm afraid that I left in 1976 on a posting to Germany. No doubt our biggoted friend would have some derisory comment to make about the Krauts too!

Mike :rant:

There are only 3 places in the world that I wouldn't go to in the world again, and that is Majorca, Senegal, and Scotland.

After you comment I dont think Scotland would welcome you. Have you ever spent any time in Scotland?

Scotland must be empty because think all jocks are down here.Every time I turn on tv, radio and other media outlets all I here is their Scotch gobs.

You must listen to very few programmes then.:roll:

Scottish people have a reputation for travelling to find work. There are Scots all over the world.

There is Scotch too, but its usually in bottles. ;)

There are only 3 places in the world that I wouldn't go to in the world again, and that is Majorca, Senegal, and Scotland.

So teddie you choose not to reply, have you got the bottle "Scotch".

I look forward to your reply

So teddie you choose not to reply, have you got the bottle "Scotch".

I look forward to your reply

I'll reply as I have only just come on line. I spent 3 months when I was 11 living near Glasgow as my father had to work there, don't think I saw anyone sober that included the school teachers, before that we had a holiday for 3 weeks in Ayr, as an adult had to spend Hogmany in Edinbugh, never been so cold in my life, and that is even compared to 4 weeks in Siberia (1986) The only nice thing I can say about Scotland is that I worked with a lovely girl for 3 years who was fantastic. (She defected down south)

I'll reply as I have only just come on line. I spent 3 months when I was 11 living near Glasgow as my father had to work there, don't think I saw anyone sober that included the school teachers, before that we had a holiday for 3 weeks in Ayr, as an adult had to spend Hogmany in Edinbugh, never been so cold in my life, and that is even compared to 4 weeks in Siberia (1986) The only nice thing I can say about Scotland is that I worked with a lovely girl for 3 years who was fantastic. (She defected down south)

If the web site you posted is your child, then it makes the argument/disscussion irelivent.
Please accept my appologies.

Hi There,
I do not live in Scotland but my sister does.
She moved up there 9 years ago.
Her Boyfriend at the time (now husband) bought a small house in a small fishing village called Portsoy on the coast of the Murray Firth. They then moved along to a small town just outside Inverness called Croy.
They now have 2 little girls and are really settled even though she would call Inverness home she was born and bred in sheffield and when they come down to see us all in Sheffield she tells her friends that they are going down the road too see the family.

I am actually off up there next week to spend some time visiting them, really looking forward to it. i am flying up but i have driven up and rode up on the train in the past and the journey is so picturesque as you head up the A9.

There are only 3 places in the world that I wouldn't go to in the world again, and that is Majorca, Senegal, and Scotland.

What's wrong with Mallorca ?

Santa Ponsa is really nice, although Shagaloof is a bit dire.

Hi There,
I do not live in Scotland but my sister does.
She moved up there 9 years ago.
Her Boyfriend at the time (now husband) bought a small house in a small fishing village called Portsoy on the coast of the Murray Firth. They then moved along to a small town just outside Inverness called Croy.
They now have 2 little girls and are really settled even though she would call Inverness home she was born and bred in sheffield and when they come down to see us all in Sheffield she tells her friends that they are going down the road too see the family.

I am actually off up there next week to spend some time visiting them, really looking forward to it. i am flying up but i have driven up and rode up on the train in the past and the journey is so picturesque as you head up the A9.

Samantha,

Croy is just down the road from us just of the A96, we are due to go down the road (quite a long road) back to Yorkshire to see the familly at the end of March. I to am Sheffield born and bred and like to go back, but we have a better quality of life up here.
Nice to here from you

What's wrong with Mallorca ?

Santa Ponsa is really nice, although Shagaloof is a bit dire.

Nothing wrong, but I didn't like it, I just posted my thoughts about it, I wouldn't ever go again there, but i am sure that many people fom Mallorca who would never wish to visit Sheffield again, it is purely my own opinion. I quite liked Alcudia, but wouldn't go again. Lot's of people do like it, but i didn't. Nothing more sinister than that.