Yorkshire vs Lancashire |
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| 09/Nov/2006 |
Not quite the War of the Roses but a not-too-serious comparison between Yorkshire and Lancashire . In the interest of fairness I am taking the pre-1970's county boundaries, so I'll include Liverpool and Manchester as 'Old' Lancashire . As little research as possible has been conducted, only simple fact-checking to make sure I haven't mis-remembered anything important.
| Yorkshire | Lancashire | Result | |
| Countryside | James Herriot Country | Dark Satanic Mills | Yorkshire |
| Food | Yorkshire Pudding Pontefract Cake Wensleydale Cheese |
Black Pudding Eccles Cake Lancashire Cheese |
Draw |
| Beer | Theakstons Tetley Stones Sam Smiths |
Thwaites Cains Boddingtons J W Lees Joseph Holt |
Draw |
| Ye Olde stuff | York (except Jorvik which is a rip-off) | Err... some old buildings scattered around | Yorkshire |
| Fun | Scarborough | Blackpool | Lancashire |
| Big Cities | Leeds Bradford Sheffield |
Manchester Liverpool |
Lancashire |
| Films | American Werewolf in London The Full Monty Kes |
28 days later The Parole Officer |
Yorkshire (but it was close) |
| TV Comedy | Open All Hours Last of the Summer Wine |
Royal Family Phoenix Nights |
Lancashire |
It's a dead heat so far so I'll get Google to decide the winner.
| Google search for | Yorkshire | Lancashire | Result |
| "... is Great" | 358 | 7 | Yorkshire |
| "... is Crap" | 2 | 0 | Lancashire |
| "... is better than ..." | 13 | 3 | Yorkshire |
It was close but it looks like Yorkshire wins on penalties.
