Are the Welsh

[brionon]

Very different from the other Celts ? I've had both Irish and Scots refuse to shake hands with me when I met them in Italy and Belgium but the Welsh seem not to share in that hatred of the English.

[Bobbisox]

some do brionon
my Dad lived in N.Wales

[ummmm]

I know someone who lives in Wales. From the sound of it the Welsh are worse.

[brionon]

Such a pity that we can forgive and forget the Nazis but they blame me and my Farm Labourer ancestors for what Royals and Religious nutters have done centuries ago.

[boxtops]

I have Welsh relatives - the southern Welsh are absolutely fine, but IMP those in North Wales are far less friendly. I found this when I was living in the Midlands.

[boxtops]

.. and PS, I have irish blood and married to a Scot, and when I lived in Scotland, the anti-English feeling the office where I worked was really strong. I've never had anyone refuse to acknowledge me, though. Shaking hands is not something which everyone does these days, anyway.

[ladybirder]

I lived in Abergavenny for a while many moons ago and they were fine, lively people. However North Wales is a different kettle of fish. Not sure about the middle bit. I've heard even the southern Welsh are not liked by the North.

[ladybirder]

Err, they're lovely as well as lively:-)

[jackthehat]

There is a belief (rightly or not) that during WW2, the North Welsh deliberately left their lights on at night to guide the German Bombers in to Liverpool...

[ladybirder]

Helen be nice.

[ruthie]

Ladybirder - when was it you lived in Aber (as we knew it) as I was there for about 20 years until 1971 when I got married. Small world. I was looking at other comments and Abergavenny stood out so thought I would contact you. Hope you don't mind! Ruthie

[RATTER15]

I spent a week in North Wales and I found them to be very helpful and friendly especially when my Landrover broke down, the mechanic just stripped the required parts of a vehicle already in his garage. I also wandered down a long track looking for somewhere quiet to put up a large family size tent, at the bottom of the lane we found a huge reservoir with a little cottage beside it, the guy in the cottage came out to see me, I told what I was looking for, he immediately suggested I put our tent up right beside the reservoir as he was the ground keeper. He also said "if there is anything you need, just ask!

We dont often see that hospitality in England.

[Bobbisox]

it's like people everywhere...good and bad

[islasmum]

My eldest sister reckons that the Scots really dislaike the English, but I have no problem with them, I've found most of them very friendly - I'm half Scots, half English, and I've met a few Welsh people, and not got on very well with them, they don't seem very friendly, very cliquey (is that how you spell it?) and as for the Irish - they are great!

[mike11111]

I am in two minds here. When I was in the RAF no one really got on with the Welsh. The Scots and Irish (especially southern Irish) were fine, but the Welsh seemed to have great chips on their shoulders; they were great at taking the mickey but couldn't take it back. However a few years ago I set myself the task of learning to read and write the Welsh language and fell in love with it, even though to this day I have never set foot in Wales. It is true about the distrust between the North (mainly Welsh-speaking) and the South, southern Welsh people being considered little better than Saeson (English). It all comes down to whether you are a 'gog' (northerner) or a 'hwntw' (southerner.)

[DTCwordfan]

should go to Chester and Wrexham then and see the cross-border feelings.

[craft1948]

My aunt says the Welsh are the most miserable buggers she's ever come across, and many of them are very anti-English.............she's Welsh.

[ladybirder]

Ruthie It was about 1948. I don't remember a lot but I do remember a cattle market and going to the pictures on a Saturday morning. Ooh and climbing a "mountain" on a Sunday that you could see from Abergavenny. Many times I've tried to remember the name of the road I lived in but can't. I know the house was either detached or semi detached and was set back from the road, and it was a nice area. When we walked back home from town I remember a railway bridge and I believe we turned left and our road was further on, on the left, and the house was on the R/H side of the road. I've looked on Google Street View but haven't managed to find it. Good memories from my time there.