Geordieland – The Land Of The Geordies & The Heart Of North East England
Geordieland stands for “the land of the Geordie people” and the individual Geordie communities are situated in the north east of England and encompass the areas of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead, North & South Tyneside, West Durham & Northumberland which includes Tynedale & Hexham.
In this section and via our various places we will highlight the diversity of the communities, architechture, history, the people & the diverse art and culture, which all go to show what makes Geordieland just that little bit different from other areas of England & The United Kingdom.
The capital city of Geordieland is Newcastle Upon Tyne and the second major city is the City of Durham
The borders of Geordieland used to stretch from the northern town of Berwick Upon Tweed in Northumberland on the borders with Scotland, west to Kelso on the border with Cumbria and due east to the town of Middlesbrough on the border with Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.
Due to local identity pressures (check out our Geordie faq’s section for more info on this) this border has been scaled back to the north eastern seaside town of South shields which borders with the city of Sunderland.
Blaydon Races performed in Sir Bobby Robsons honour by Auf Wiedersehen Pet stars Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy and Kevin Whately.
Proceeds from ‘A Knight to Remember’ and ‘Blaydon Races’ will be donated to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, charity. (details of how you can donate or make a purchase are shown at the beginning of the video)
The Geordie community was brought into the National headlines for all the wrong reasons when a certain Raoul Moat went on the rampage in an area spanning from Birtley in Gateshead right through to the picturesque village of Rothbury.
There are many stories of his violence towards other members of the public and even his own family being posted around the internet and people can check out these Raoul Moat stories for themselves, but as the truth of any of these stories is yet to be proven we will not comment on them.
Raoul Moat is also being described by some misguided members of the Geordie community as a “legend” so it might be worthwhile reminding those people who describe him as such with a few widely accepted truths.
Obviously there is an inquest and an inquiry into exactly what Raoul Moat actually did but the following truths are not disputed.
Raoul Moat shot his ex girlfriend Samantha Stobbart (the mother of one of his children) through a window before mercilessly killing Chris Brown her boyfreind (who had gone outside to try to protect her) in the early ours of Saturday morning July 3rd before fleeing the scene.
In a further cold blooded attack Moat went on to maim unarmed policeman David Rathband on the Sunday following by shooting him through the side window of the PC’s police car.
Letting it be known he intended to shoot & even kill other police officers, (who he blamed for all his problems) Moat goes on the run and starts one of the biggest manhunts in UK history.
What’s more, this was all done within days of being released from prison for assault on another person.
Raoul Moat may have had his own misguided reasons for causing so much hurt to all the people and families effected by his actions (including his own) however, he did not seem to be to worried about this while continuing to do so much damage.
So let’s be clear, this does not make Raoul Moat a legend it makes him a killer and a criminal.
While we can have some sympathy for the fact he has lost his life, our true sympathies should go to all the people (including his own family) who will never forget the day that a “Madman” with a gun changed their lives forever.
To understand the Geordie people you need to understand their dialect and while many Geordie’s speak in a way most people can understand the Geordie accent is peppered with colloquialisms or “slang”.
The excellent video which celebrates Scott Jobsons book “Larn Yersel’ Geordie” gives great insight into this and can act as a crash course in finding out how to speak Geordie.
