@ Factor

[Tilly2]

Where and when did you live in Stoke? We might know each other.

[stewey]

No, but I remember my mother taking me to Cheadle's and Sons butcher shop.

[factor-fiction]

Sneyd Green?

[Tilly2]

Got to go and eat. I was enjoying that too!

[factor-fiction]

I wonder if I can still get onto Friends Reunited?

[factor-fiction]

Still eating, Tilly2?

Sorry, I've been stringing you along a little bit. I was a student there but it was at Keele University for three years in the late 70s so I knew the area pretty well. I still have friends in the area and usually go to Longton or Newcastle Under Lyme once a year - in fact I'm going next Saturday/Sunday.

[Tilly2]

Aww, factor!
I thought you might have been that sweet NQT in the maths department. What a disappointment.

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure I was ever 'sweet', but I was always called 'duck'

[stokemaveric]

wouldnt bother going to longton factor...its a right dead end place now..used to be thriving but its gone to the dogs...

[Tilly2]

Factor, I don't live in the Potteries anymore but will be going back as soon as possible. Not to Longton though. It's dire.

[factor-fiction]

Hi Tilly and stokemaveric.
Yes, Longton has changed a lot and the locals are more likely to say "Herro, how iz yous, innit" than "Hey up duck! 'Ow at, youth?", but I'm going because the people I'm visiting live there- and at least there is a decent pub nearby with some interesting characters.

[Tilly2]

You need a copy of 'Arfur Tawkraight, factor. I do envy you going to my home town. I actually went to Longton High School, which, sadly, has just closed down.
Phoenix rising. Ad Lucem.

[factor-fiction]

This one, Tilly?

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Arfur_Tow_Crate_in_Staffy_Cher.html?id=cmqjAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2494983643&searchurl=bsi%3D0%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D3%26tn%3Darfur%2Btow%2Bcrate%2Bin%2Bstaffy%2Bcher

[Tilly2]

That's the one, duck. Oh, It's Tow Crate! Mine was another phonetic version!
I do have a copy upstairs. Couldn't be bothered to go and get it.

[factor-fiction]

I assume it means How for to talk right.
I'm looking forward to going and being called 'youth'

[Tilly2]

Or even 'How to talk properly.'

Yes, it'll be 'youth' or 'sweetart'.............no aitch.