Nicknames for places in Yorkshire: ‘Pontecarlo,’ ‘Scarbados’ and ‘Little Blackpool’

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Yorkshire has an abundance of interesting towns, cities and villages.  While visitors near and far flock to our friendly region, there is nobody more proud of Yorkshire than us Tykes.  Our fondness leads to many nicknames for places across the region.

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00:00Ponte Carlo. Oh, Cass Vegas and Ponte Carlo and I love those sort of names, I really do.

00:07Yeah, yeah. Any favourite nicknames for places or people in Yorkshire? Like Shakey Wakey, Ponte Carlo.

00:15Oh no, never thought about it. Call them tykes, Yorkshire folk.

00:21That's another thing. I'm from Yorkshire, well I am, I'm from Scarborough. So, it's Scarborough.

00:33Do you call it Scarbados?

00:34Oh, I call myself Scarborian.

00:37Scarborian, I like it.

00:41They'll be born and bred in Scarborough like, you know.

00:45Any favourite nicknames for people or places in Yorkshire?

00:48Cass Vegas, Ponte Carlo, The Chef.

00:55Just use the normal names.

00:57The full names?

00:58The full names, yeah.

00:59And what about Hull, is it Kingston upon Hull?

01:02Yeah, it's always Kingston upon Hull because it is Kingston upon Hull.

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