1) Leominster’s secondary school will always be ‘Minster’ to you and anyone that said a bad word about it to you had hell to pay
2) Feeling loyal to your roots when you buy a Bulmers or a packet of Tyrrells when outside of your home town
3) Claiming to hate Euphoria but now it's gone feeling deeply nostalgic about the place
4) Spending your summers partying near rivers – Blue Lagoon – despite your head teacher making a point of explaining the dangers at the end of every school term
5) You have at least one memory of tucking into a bap at Roy's Cafe
6) Having to tell someone you’re from Hereford because no one has heard of Leominster. Cue ‘oh that’s where the SAS is based isn’t it...’
7) Flocking to The White Lion anytime the temperature reaches double figures
8) Asking ‘Ow be ya? to find out how someone is
9) Everyone thinking you’re Welsh...apart from the actual Welsh, who think you're very much English
10) You probably worked at Morrisons or MandM Direct at some point
11) Making at least five new life-long friends whilst waiting for your dirty kebab outside deanos at 3am...and then never speaking them again
12) Being referred to as bab/arch/cuz/mon
13) You went to at least one Leominster Town FC game
13) You know all the jokes and the bitter comments from those in Hereford and south of the county and don't care – because you know your little town is far superior...like
- Thanks to all those who contributed to this list. Please feel free to add your own ideas below.
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