Last weekend The Northern Daily Leader asked our Facebook followers how you could tell if someone was “from Tamworth”.
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It doesn’t matter what your definition of “from” is you’ll know all or at least some of the responses by readers.
From Fleco’s to Grace Bros cafe. From pronunciation of places to the best places to eat. There are variety of answers. Check out the full list below.
We have tried to fit in as many as possible, but surely we’ve missed some! Add them in the comments below.
- You do your shopping at Quirindi during TMCF because people actually use deodorant and shower at least once a week. (Anna Naish)
- When you can say Goonoo Goonoo road, Qurindi and Barraba properly. (Paul Adams)
- You’ve lived here for 20 odd years and the locals tell you that thats long enough to qualify to be a local. (Kitzy Mac)
- When you know the differ between The Dale and the Vale. (Melanie Sullivan)
- When you refer to Tamworth as Tamvagas.… (Phill Moore)
- When you know what a Peelie is! (Renai Ross)
- When the radio station plays the 6 songs every single night for the past 10 years. (Brendon Farr)
- When 2 cars on a roundabout is considered traffic. (Kirk Boniecki)
- You know your from Tamworth when your post code is 2340 (Bodeen Green)
- When Bruce was the bouncer at the workies (Bluey Chis Hannam)
- When you know not to wear thongs on any bitumen surface in summer. (Warren Rodwell)
- When you can remember when they straightened the road between Werris Creek and Tamworth. (andrew Bailey.)
- Never really knowing when Calala Cottage is open to the public (Waren Rodwell) and wondering why it isn’t in Calala (Brianna Louise).
- Knowing the first few words/lines of the Tamworth High School Song. (Warren Rodwell)
- When you call places by what used to be there 20 years ago and not what is there now. (Aiden McGregor)
- When you know the Impy is on “that corner” (Diann Cruickshank)
- When you know where Duri Harbour is (Robert Turner)
- When you take the turn before Scott’s Road/Vera Street roundabout to avoid the traffic during festival (Anna Crosby)
- You remember when Kmart had a restaurant up the back (Bec Griffiths)
- You know who Coxy was (Andrew Grills)
- You had lunch at the Grace Bros Cafeteria (Ken Carn)
- You used to go to Yorkies for a meat pie after a night out (Tracy McFarlane)
- You had a feed at the Central Chinese after the Workies. (Craig Bower)
- When you remember where the drive in theatre was. (Katie Keir)
- When Friday afternoons meant schooners on the footpath out the front of Tudor because the bar was so packed you couldn’t get in. (Paul Newman)
- You know “needs gorn” on a buy/swap/sell site actually means “needs gone”. (Beck Kingdom)
- You’ve walked from Brumby’s to Dominoes. (Vanessa Griffin)
- You still refer to a building as Ladies Treloars (Michelle Morrie)
- You’d dump your schoolbag at the doors of Grace Bros (Vanessa Griffin)
- You think it’s normal to fill the town pool up with muddy water and fish so the town can go fishing. (Whitnee Hungerford).
- You went to Skatehaven. (Maree Walmsley).
- You know there’s more to the look out than the view
- You remember swimming down Peel Street when it was flooding (Carol A Clarke)
- If you know who Straydogs and Champagne Charlies are. (Steve Charles)
- You know the Headless Horseman Story and which road it is on. (Shanny Lee Baxter)
- You say Crawbob instead of yabbie (Troy Keyte and Kate Chillingworth)
- You know the powerhosue is not a power plant but a hotel. (Dianne Case).
- When you are commenting on the NDL Facebook page (Tommy Watson)
- When Dominoes wasn’t the Pizza Place. (Shane Griese)
- When buskers arrive three weeks before festival (Troy Windle)
- You remember the great times we all had at the Aero Club on Friday nights (Yvonne Burnes Robinson)
- When you reckon you can explain where the word Tamworth is written in the street lights (Chris DeVoy)
- The Catheads go through your thongs (Jenny Webster Taggart)
- When you’ve had a Yorkies pie (Todd Pascoe)
What would you like to know about Tamworth? Submit your burning question to grace.ryan@fairfaxmedia.com.au and we will do our very best to answer it for you!