People   (Re-unions, trace old friends and relatives.)

LO all,I've said on here in the past, that when I moved down to London in 1972 I had to learn how to speak English because nobody could understand a word that I said.I've lost MOST of the slang now but NOT the accent because I'm proud of my roots and my birth place and I will keep the accent until the day I die.I live in Kent now, but no matter where I go people say "your not from these parts are you"and then I tell the that I am from Wigan.In the past some of the older people would TRY to take the micky out or me,but only TRY, but never could, because I'm from Wigan you know.Now I think,because of tv soaps and more travelling about, people tend to LIKE accents.Working at one place, drinking in the same pub and club,and never moving away from your home town are long gone and a way of life have gone with it.In the future they may all talk POSH!