Away fans deal for an overnight in Whitehaven..just seen this on twitter

[yanto]

[yanto]

Its just round the corner from the Rec...maybe a better deal when the Jambos get relegated and folk have to travel from Hemel,South Wales.Coventry,Oxford and Gloucester 

Na serious not a bad option for people wanting an overnight stop in West Cumbria.

[deluded pom?]

Didn't you play for the 'jambos'.

[Guest]

The chase is 5 minutes if that walk from the rec and town centre and 2 mins from the marchon club where a lot of fans have a pre match shandy.

[dkw]

Christ thats a heartless advert to place for away fans. Making them go to Whitehaven in the first place is bad enough, then trying to convince them to stay a night is just terrible....the horror......

 

Joking aside its actually a really nice little hotel.

[sweaty craiq]

Good to see we are excluded

[Derwent]

Good to see we are excluded

They don't let riff raff in.

[GaryO]

They don't let riff raff in.

In my experience I am allowed at least once in any establishment I care to visit!

[Cumbrian Fanatic]

The chase is 5 minutes if that walk from the rec and town centre and 2 mins from the marchon club where a lot of fans have a pre match shandy.

Reminds me of when I was talking to Gareth Hewer in there where he'd taken the match officials after a Whitehaven game, they thought he'd said the Martian club and wondered what they'd let themselves in for.

 

Good move, I've often wondered why Whitehaven and Workington haven't teamed up with local hotels and possibly restaurants more to offer some sort of deal, and if the have why it hasn't been better advetised 

[dkw]

Reminds me of when I was talking to Gareth Hewer in there where he'd taken the match officials after a Whitehaven game, they thought he'd said the Martian club and wondered what they'd let themselves in for.

 

Good move, I've often wondered why Whitehaven and Workington haven't teamed up with local hotels and possibly restaurants more to offer some sort of deal, and if the have why it hasn't been better advetised

I know the Waverley in Workington has links with town, players staying, officials etc.

[deluded pom?]

The Jambos get a name check by Lionel Richie in Dancing on the Ceiling

[Cumbrian Fanatic]

I know the Waverley in Workington has links with town, players staying, officials etc.

Wasn't aware of that, I wonder if they have something open to visiting supporters. I seem to remember a while back Town making a thing about how close places like Keswick are to Workington and suggesting supporters could make it a weekend in the area but I don't know if anything ever came of it

[sweaty craiq]

They don't let riff raff in.

 

Generally use a quality place near Ireby but don't want too many common folk knowing about it:-)

[yanto]

Didn't you play for the 'jambos'.

OUCH !!!!

Ha ha yes but only 9 games before I hung me boots up ;-)

[marcoj]

Its just round the corner from the Rec...maybe a better deal when the Jambos get relegated and folk have to travel from Hemel,South Wales.Coventry,Oxford and Gloucester 

Na serious not a bad option for people wanting an overnight stop in West Cumbria.

think your getting whitehaven mixed up with workington yanto thats where jambos come from.  as for relegation i dont think so. 

[deluded pom?]

think your getting whitehaven mixed up with workington yanto thats where jambos come from.  as for relegation i dont think so. 

Jambos are from Worky aren't they?

[marcoj]

Jambos are from Worky aren't they?

correct.as it says in my post. 

[deluded pom?]

correct.as it says in my post. 

And that's what Yanto said in post #2.

[Guest]

And that's what Yanto said in post #2.

If I'm reading it right yanto refers to the "jambos" as being from Whitehaven in post #2 when he days it will be a better deal for travelling fans from the south when the "jambos"(Whitehaven) get relegated.

[deluded pom?]

If I'm reading it right yanto refers to the "jambos" as being from Whitehaven in post #2 when he days it will be a better deal for travelling fans from the south when the "jambos"(Whitehaven) get relegated.

Apologies to marc then. I was basing my post on the fact that Yanto is a Cumbrian and I would like to think he knows the geography of the area. Obviously he doesn't   

[Guest]

Truth be told "jam eaters" are from west Cumbria both whitehaven&workington. Something about coal miners being too poor to put meat in their sandwiches so instead they put jam inside their sandwiches.

[marcoj]

Truth be told "jam eaters" are from west Cumbria both whitehaven&workington. Something about coal miners being too poor to put meat in their sandwiches so instead they put jam inside their sandwiches.

WRONG

Some years ago I had an appointment to meet a client at High Rd Kell's, travelling from Workington I arrived far too early, so I decided to have drink in the nearby pub "The Stump" in order to put in time.

 

In the corner of the room sat 3 old codgers around a table having a drink talking and laughing, they continued with their craic until I overheard, aye Don was a character all reet a grand lad and a good wucker in watter, he wuz frae highside aye a Jam Eater.

 

On hearing this, my ears pricked up and I went over and enquired why Don was a "Jam Eater"?

 

I was told that on the decline of the Coal Mines in the Workington area miners from Risehow and Solway PIts were transferred through to the Whitehaven mines Haig, William and Lowca mines.

 

All those transferred to the Whitehaven mines were made welcome as colleagues and a lot of  long and lasting friendships were forged between  the workers.

 

On settling into their workplace the new arrivals were soon inducted into the practices and traditions that existed in the Whitehaven mines.

One of the traditions that was "Blind Swap" this took place every Wednesday, most of the miners that were working in groups exchanged         snap tins (lunch boxes).

 

On opening the lunch boxes belonging to the Workington miners a number of the boxes contained "JAM SANDWICHES" with the Whitehaven miners retorting bloody jam, and calling their Workington colleagues "JAM EATERS" there was no nastiness they all thought it very funny and laughed and joked about it and the  name sticks to this day.

[Guest]

WRONG

Some years ago I had an appointment to meet a client at High Rd Kell's, travelling from Workington I arrived far too early, so I decided to have drink in the nearby pub "The Stump" in order to put in time.

 

In the corner of the room sat 3 old codgers around a table having a drink talking and laughing, they continued with their craic until I overheard, aye Don was a character all reet a grand lad and a good wucker in watter, he wuz frae highside aye a Jam Eater.

 

On hearing this, my ears pricked up and I went over and enquired why Don was a "Jam Eater"?

 

I was told that on the decline of the Coal Mines in the Workington area miners from Risehow and Solway PIts were transferred through to the Whitehaven mines Haig, William and Lowca mines.

 

All those transferred to the Whitehaven mines were made welcome as colleagues and a lot of  long and lasting friendships were forged between  the workers.

 

On settling into their workplace the new arrivals were soon inducted into the practices and traditions that existed in the Whitehaven mines.

One of the traditions that was "Blind Swap" this took place every Wednesday, most of the miners that were working in groups exchanged         snap tins (lunch boxes).

 

On opening the lunch boxes belonging to the Workington miners a number of the boxes contained "JAM SANDWICHES" with the Whitehaven miners retorting bloody jam, and calling their Workington colleagues "JAM EATERS" there was no nastiness they all thought it very funny and laughed and joked about it and the  name sticks to this day.

Fair play to you as I've never heard that description before and I'm a Whitehaven lad born ironically just up the road from the "stump" pub.

[wackojacko]

I thought both called each other jam eaters? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0rpj

[marcoj]

I thought both called each other jam eaters? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0rpj

they do but if your from Whitehaven we know who really is a jam eater Workington lot as the story goes.