But I always thought that whether you were a Man of Kent or a Kentish Man depended on which side of the Medway you were born but I can't for the life of me remember which way side makes you what! I just remember a good friend trying to explain it to me years ago when we were both students - in Kent as it happens. Even though we were both living in Kent I was neither of them because I hadn't been born there. And of course I'm female but so is she and it didn't seem to make that much difference to her - she was most proud of being whichever one she was

SM

Oh , in that case I'm neither , wasn't born in Kent , not that I'm really that bothered ! Kent is a nice place to live , but I consider my hometown where I grew up as a child , and thats not actually where I was born which was Surrey .
Sorry it's off topic , I hope Wizard can remember!!

Have split this from the : Beware Greek euros, travel company warns thread.

I was born in Kent but not a Man

Glynis HT Admin wrote:

Have split this from the : Beware Greek euros, travel company warns thread. :tup

Thanks Glynis , very sorry for going off topic !!!! Let's hope Wizard actually knows eh?

Miss Pink wrote:

I was born in Kent but not a Man ;)

I was born a Man but not in Kent

andy66 wrote:

Thanks Glynis , very sorry for going off topic !!!! Let's hope Wizard actually knows eh?

No problems Andy I know myself how easy it is

Andy66

have a look at this

http://www.kentresources.co.uk/manofkent.htm

Hope that's all clear now

oh Pinky thats the official version..now here's mine to wind out bumpkins cousins up

if you were borne west of the Medway when-came the time to fight for your country you would join the Royal West Kent Rifles and were given an Enfield 303 to fight with

if you were borne east of the Medway you joined the East Kent yeomanry .....

and had to take your own pitchfork

Wizz that made me laugh - I like your version better

Thanks Wizard and Miss Pink !!! I've always lived in West Kent , but I'm really an immigrant And probably not the only one in Kent ! , from Miss PInks link I've heard of te Kentish Rifleman pub , but I also know of a pub in Sevenoaks that was called the Man of Kent , think its closed down now and Sevenoaks is in west Kent ???
Hope your holiday is going well Wizard , and good to know the difference now , for an awful moment I thought you might b from Planet Thanet

this is a very old map of kent not very clear but look at the area north of the Thames between Averly and the Ise of Dogs, this area was part of kent for century's

the weekend was a nice break weather held out for our camping although it was quite windy where we went, fishing was hard but managed to pull out a few nice roach and some chubb, river was cold and running too fast to stick fish and had difficulty with the leger holding bottom [my biggest bomb was 7/8 oz]

wiz