My cultural favourites are largely northern. I can't seem to identify with southern culture whatsoever.
Unless it's entirely notional icons, like English eccentricity, rolling countryside, seaside towns etc.
Most of my love is for the things Cunning has already mentioned.
Back to back terraced housing, back yards, alleyways and more importantly the community spirit between neighbours that they generate.
As a kid, playing football until the sun went down unless it was winter then we'd play under street lights.
Corner shops and corner pubs. Chippy dinners, especially Steak & Kidney Pudding with gravy. Vimpto, Dandelion and Burdock, real ale.
The times when there were only 3 or 4 channels on TV when you knew that the entire country were probably watching the same thing at the same time, then chatting about it the next day in school.
These days you're lucky if you can find anyone who watched the same TV programme as you from the night before.
Foggy winter nights, bonfire night and bonfires, penny for a guy and cob calling.
All of which have been replaced by Holloween...apart from foggy nights. WTF happened to them? Long summer months too?
Ha, this is turning into a rant about things long gone and not about what I like now.
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