IS THIS THE MOST CONFUSED TOWN IN ENGLAND

[@travellingbairns]

OH DEAR, have we opened a can of worms LOL

[@cameronpeters9971]

Why do you think the takeaway staff hung up on you?

[@MariaMartíneztriiviño]

Street names end with gate, which is Norse for street!

[@chrisjones-vu7he]

Ja helt sant Norse meaning Norsk / Norwegian

[@MariaMartíneztriiviño]

@@chrisjones-vu7he Ja ja samme i gamle dager som er idag

[@Trebor74]

I like the fact that Berwick upon Tweed was still officially fighting the Crimean war 100 years later as was left of the peace treaty.

[@JohnResalb]

Berwick is a good base for exploring Borders County and I've spoken to locals there who gave me the same impression as this gentleman. However, I'm very curious to know what is the strength of support for independence in the Borders.

[@travellingbairns]

That question was not asked on our visit ❓

[@williamlong7188]

They have in old Berwickshire county Conservative MP’s used to be LibDems . The thing is people who live and work cross the border everyday that stay down that way that they don’t see a border as such especially when it’s the United Kingdom. So it’s invisible to them.

[@davidlittle7182]

@@williamlong7188 they're basically Tories, yes

[@williamlong7188]

@@davidlittle7182 quite an affluent area the borders all big farms and estates small villages in the Scottish Borders but Berwick is more working class.

[@davidlittle7182]

@@williamlong7188 yep, there are big disparities in wealth between towns and country and occupations. The average GRP per capita of all southern Scotland is Scotland’s lowest. Which is ironic to me

[@neilflood6508]

The local flag is the county flag of the English county Northumberland. The two international footballers that came from Berwick upon Tweed, Trevor Steven amd Lucy Bronze both played/play for England. Whether the border should be relocated should be for the residents of Berwick alone.

[@davidlittle7182]

Absolutely correct, but it was entirely stolen when they had no choice at all

[@adambattersby8934]

Well considering Berwick was initially part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, including much of south eastern Scotland, I'd say it was the Scots who initially stole it.

[@adambattersby8934]

Well considering Berwick was initially part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, including much of south eastern Scotland, I'd say it was the Scots who initially stole it.

[@davidlittle7182]

@@adambattersby8934 it wasn’t ‘initially’ though was it? The Angles invaded NE England and spread northwards. There were still Celtic peoples there before, during and after

[@williamlong7188]

@@adambattersby8934but it wasn’t English then it was never part of England it was part of Northumbria but not England. It came part of Scotland before it came English.

[@georgespeirs1210]

We were at Berwick upon tweed about six weeks ago in campervan and love it scottish or english does it matter a lovelly place and will definitely be returning back very soon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Islandicus]

Do people speak with a Scots accent in Berwick upon Tweed?

[@travellingbairns]

A mix of both 😄

[@JohnResalb]

Yes, that's what I found as well. I spoke also to locals who commute by local bus after work back home to local towns in Scotland, and Borders Buses have day or weekly tickets which enable you to go here, there, and everywhere, on BOTH sides of the border, in fact right up to Edinburgh. Within Edinburgh itself, is a separate outfit, and they also have their own ticket packages.

[@williamlong7188]

There’s a programme with Michael Portillo on the railway series forget what it was called but he interviewed some locals & he interviewed a guy who had a broad Scottish accent like myself yet called himself English. Yeah talk about confused ? Definitely.

[@gregmcintosh1243]

Known for being scots

[@user-ed9mf5yi2o]

the only thing not confusing is it has the uk weather cold and damp

[@terryross1754]

Hell no ! Scotland lost