Fairly typical isn't it.
All of the greatest things originate from the North of England but then get hijacked and our fellow countrymen from the South take all the glory.
Depending upon which side of the north/south divide your reside in this can be attributable to a natural and selfless generosity or just plain taking advantage.
This trend is not just in entrepreneurial activities, great ideas, fabulous food and in our people as prevailing today but has been a fact of the life of Britain for Millenia.
It is as though the North is the power house, bread basket, fruit bowl and larder, staffed by hard working folk, modest, frugal and enterprising and seemingly, to our Southern compatriots at their beck, call, service and disposal.
It is as though we are a larger than life Reality Show along the lines of Downton, Upstairs-Downstairs and The Pallisers.
This also clearly illustrates that our Nation is unbalanced in terms of its regional economies and wealth with a strong bias in favour of the South and South East.
Up North, however, we do not really mind about this and are magnanimous in our perceived harsh environment and lifestyles.
We can cope with our "adversity" reasonably well as long as curious Southerners do not start drifting up country and find out that we all thrive in idyllic, prosperous and enjoyable lives and in the most beautiful scenery.
The urban myth of our apparent miserable plight is well worth maintaining and perpetuating and we will be better off for it.
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