Geordieland is situated in the north east of England and generally encompasses the areas of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead, North & South Tyneside, West Durham & Northumberland which includes Tynedale & Hexham … read more about Geordieland here
What We Say: 99% of the people from Sunderland, Middlesborough, Durham and even people from as far as Darlington used to be content to be called or classed as Geordies, however in recent times “some” seemed to get mixed up with either being a Geordie or being a supporter of a particular Football team.
The late great Sir Bobby Robson who was born in Durham & the great comedian Bobby Thompson who was born in Penshaw near the City of Sunderland were both happy to be classed as Geordies. North Easterners who have migrated to countries all over the world are still happy to be called “Geordies” no matter which part of North East England they originally came from.
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Mark Heslop
November 17, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
To distinguish who or what is a geordie you must look at what is closest to a geodies heart, i.e. football, food, drink and work, the theory of a geordie being only from north of the tyne is tosh, as a person from gateshead or jarrow for example, lives a lot closer to SJP (football), shipyards and city center boozers than someone from say bedlington or hexam, and indeed is a tynesider rather than from rural northumberland. to me a geordie is someone from the metropolis based on and around the tidal river Tyne, it is also worth bearing in mind the geordie anthem is a gateshead based song (blaydon being south of the river)
cj
October 28, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
There is no direct proof that geordie came for the pits nor that the jacobrite rebellion of 1745 when people of newcastle were accused of being the supporters of hanoverian king george ll . But I don’t think people south of the tyne are geordies I know people over the water south shields that don’t class themselves as geordies as with people from wasington many south tynesiders class themselves as mackems and in my eyes I feel they are right to. I cant stand the twang of south tynesiders and am glad there is a good stretch of water between us it would be even better without the bridges.
Peter
August 16, 2011 at 1:21 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Geordie seems to have been an endearing term used for the Pitmen of Durham and Northumberland in the 19th Century.
Derek Smith
April 25, 2011 at 10:24 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I was born in a place called the Teams in Gateshead less than a mile of the river Tyne i was brought up to believe that true Geordies were born within 3 miles of the river.