Hello from East Yorkshire, England

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Welcome to TomatoJunction!

I have relatives in northeastern England.

Thank you, Shule. There are more UK-connected folks on this forum than I'd expected.

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Hi, Kate! I am on the other side of the coast to you, a bit north of Liverpool. What are your favourite tomato varieties?

Hello there!
I'm a fan of Bloody Butcher as an early. I also love Haley's Purple Comet and Haley's Sweet Mystery, but they're annoyinging late to ripen. Santorini does well for me as does the splendid Dwarf Mary's Cherry and Dwarf Wild Fred. I tried Ambrosia Giant last year. It was a bit soft for me but the flavour was delightful. For little cherries (I grow them on the front of the house which is straight on to the public footpath so the neighbours can "graze" and give me their opinions on the varieties), my "greatest hits" have included Sweetie, Bolivian Orange Cherry, Gardeners Ecstasy, Rosella Cherry,Pink Princess (which splits like a wrong 'un but is so sweet and tasty) , Santiam Sunrise, Black Russian Cherry, Cherokee Purple Cherry, Reinhard Kraft's Purple Sugar and Gobstopper. Phew!

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Hi Kate and welcome from an East Yorkshire girl in Canada but still very British,, born in Hull but moved to Thearne village /Woodmansey just outside Beverley. Just about 12 miles from Hornsea. Currently in West Coast Canada very close to the US border. I spent ,many many hours in Hornsea and Bridlington .

Nice to meet you

XX Jeannine

Hello! Lovely to meet another Easter Yorkshire Lass. I'm Withernsea born, raised in Keyingham and now live about five miles from Hornsea.

Oh, Withersea,that brings back so many memories, many summer days there, especially as a kid when the train still ran. I have a great memory of Withernsea. I was once foolish enough to volunteer a sponsored walk from With, It started at what we called the castle by the beach and finished at a pub in Hulls old town .I think it was 21 miles. I thought I would never walk again, and have a very good memory of the length of Hedon Road, it had no curves and went on forever. Going to Withernsea by car was special,, a few miles from the town there was a large wooded area that stretched quite a way, it had a clearing about half way and a house at each end .My Dad used to tell me Red Riding Hood lived there, so there was her house at one end, Grandmas house at the other end and the wood cutters house in the middle. I always looked for the wolf.I can't remember how old I was when he finally admitted it was just a story

Lots of memories there . I married a RAF officer from Patrington and had good friends in Keyingham so know the area quite well.

Thank you so much for the memories.

XX Jeannine

Remember Teddy's, that pokey little nightclub on the sea front? What a dive!