In the sixties, when first married, we lived in a block of flats at the top of Lewisham Hill, literally bordering the heath. I think they were council-owned as the rents were damned reasonable. My wife was a middle-class Tory and claimed we lived in Blackheath. I was working-class and a Labour activist. I claimed to live in Lewisham.
Our neighbour downstairs, a retired solicitor and local historian, told us that the parish boundary ran through our flat and there could be a fault-line running through our double bed.
I would add that I did not become a Charlton supporter because we moved there. On the contrary, we moved there because I was already an Addick, despite my wife wanting to live nearer Croydon. I am proud to say I rescued her from her Palarse family and she became a keen addick, even to travelling to away reserve games with me. She had the hots for Harry Gregory and Graham Moore.
I am from the other side of the heath, Quentin Road/Lee Terrace along from the top of Belmont Hill .. Quentin Rd is SE13, Lee Terrace and the next and opposite roads are SE3 .. Mamma (lol) like your wife, always claimed we lived in posh Blackheath despite contrary geographic/borough boundary evidence. Her family were from Deptford and Bermondsey and were Millwall, albeit not fanatically .. my great grandad was a docker who'd retired to a nice Charlton council flat about a 10 minute walk from the Valley, no matter he was Millwall and took me to my first games at the old Den, I must have been about five. Swedish Gaza (a k a @ElfsborgAddick) is from just down the road from me. Be interesting to see what part of the world the AI App decides he is from ((:>)
Got Reading as the main answer, but two other hot spots around Sussex and Hampshire on the map. Was born in Fareham, grew up in Crawley and have lived in London for near 20yrs. Have been to Reading a few times to see the mighty CAFC and to the festival twice, so obviously picked up a bit of the local slang!
Portsmounth and Bath are the two areas named on the map. I'm from Horley originally and grew up between Horley, Crawley and Horsham... So yeah, very inaccurate.
I grew up in the West Midlands, living with parents and grand parents from South London, but with a bunch of friends from the North East. It didn't have a clue where I was from.
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Bournemouth.
I'm not.
Swedish Gaza (a k a @ElfsborgAddick) is from just down the road from me. Be interesting to see what part of the world the AI App decides he is from ((:>)
bit in kent, some weirdly in Norfolk