Lots of stuff gone in the bin, came across this but only noticed a little earlier
Is it Heath, or The Heath as this poster suggests ?
Don't think I have ever used "The Heath"
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Lots of stuff gone in the bin, came across this but only noticed a little earlier
Is it Heath, or The Heath as this poster suggests ?
Don't think I have ever used "The Heath"
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The Heath
I was born in St Ina Road and our address was St Ina Road Heath not the Heath.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Gillis
Chippy fackin' Lane? :angry:
Which is what it's calledQuote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Robin fackin’ Friday :frown:
I live in one of the St's near St Ina, 28 years this year, cannot recall ever saying the Heath.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
The postal address is Heath but people always said The heath referring to the whole area. I recall as a 16 yr old when we had ab away game there on a saturday it was always referred to as "up the heath"
Only by people who have never known anything but what they read on the internet. Anyone who knows it also knows it is Caroline Street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Lots of people say I live in the Heath...
Always thought "The Heath" was the hospital.
Only for those studenty types and visitors to the fair City.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Proper Kairdiffians refer to it as it’s proper name, Caroline Street.
It was definitely the pub when I worked in Companies House :hehe:, but now if someone mentioned "The Heath" I'd automatically think of the hospital. The two stations are not called "The Heath high/low" and Wikipedia has it as Heath.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Rev Arthur Belling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath,_Cardiff
My parents always referred to the area as the Heath as did their friends. I lived in Heath for 20 years. Over time the "the" disappeared and became obsolete just as names such as "the Philog" which many now refer to as Whitchurch. I have a history of Heath somewhere and will dig it out sometime.
ThisQuote:
Originally Posted by The Rev Arthur Belling
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Originally Posted by The Bob Banker Spanker
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I was born in Crystal Avenue in “the” Heath a long time before the hospital was built. I remember my parents and friends using the phrase “the Heath” to describe where they lived. The use of “the” has dropped off which, as has been pointed out already, is probably down to the hospital being more in the forefront of people’s minds rather than the area it is situated in.
Thankfully, the popular music combo The The didn't drop either of the 'The's ' from their name, especially the first The.
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Rev Arthur Belling
Try finding it on a map.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Happy to helpQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
http://www.cardiffians.co.uk/suburbs/heath.shtml
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Originally Posted by The Bloop
There is always one smart ass in a thread, nice one :thumbup: :hehe:
It's a pub.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Rev Arthur Belling
That would be Heath Park :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
But if they had dropped one how would you know if it was the first one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelsonca61
Well yippee shit, give that man a cigar. It's a park..Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
It's not "The Heath". That's like saying I am going to "The Toilet".Quote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
I’m guessing that the area was a heath (a large area of uncultivated land) before it was built on, so was probably known locally as “The Heath”, but that’s now fallen into history.
What do you say when you are going ot the toilet?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Just gonna drop the kids off at the pool? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
I think you know he meant find chippie lane on a map. But with regards to things on maps locals do use slightly different names to OSQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
Going for the shit!
Going to the toilet means you intend to visit the WC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Going to toilet means you are in the process of curling one out.
Fact.
The park was part of a heathQuote:
Originally Posted by xsnaggle
The area was referred to as the Heath as opposed to the indefinite article a Heath
The housing area is Heath
The hospital and the pub are referred to the Heath although I’d be but careful of what I as ordering pints of were I in the wrong establishment
To remove all confusion, they should rename it Da Heath.
Trendy Cardiffians and Chippy Lane aficiendos everywhere will be able to adopt their own groupspeak, such as "Gonna kick back wid my boyz at Da Heath".
Awe, I remember my lad in this 26 years ago.
but in the clothes charity bin its gone, along with most of my shirts, scarfs and other memorabilia, kept three (the ones that still fit!!) The south wales echo deckchair top and a ken Thorne yellow & blue top.
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Didn't your lad want it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelsonca61
Don't fit him no more :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales