Residents in Mayals are tired of people mishearing them and thinking they live in Mayhill so are demanding change, we can reveal.
Concerns were raised at a resident’s meeting in The Woodman, a pub which might be in Mayals or may be in Blackpill but is definitely not The Fairfield, which may be more Townhill than Mayhill anyway.
Resident Pete Bowen said: “Its been a problem for years and it’s arguably a bigger issue than occasionally being accused of living in West Cross.
“I imagine Mayhill has corner shops you can buy illegal fireworks in and pubs that sell beer in cans. Mayals doesn’t you see, West Cross might, but not Mayals, so you can see my conundrum.”
Pete’s neighbour Theresa Connell added: “I feel quite strongly about this, if people outside the SA3 post code had the nuance to pronounce their ‘h’s’ correctly we wouldn’t have an issue.
“I was in a meeting the other day and mentioned I lived in Mayals, the attendees all agreed they’d heard of it and began asking me if sea view was any good.
“I explained I could only really see the green from my house, referring to Clyne golf course. I only learned afterwards they were talking about a primary school in Mayhill and they probably thought I was talking about that skunk weed stuff. I was thoroughly ashamed and haven’t slept since.”
Neighbour Rob Gray said: “I understand the concerns but why should we change our name?
“I’d have thought a far more sensible approach would be to call Mayhill ‘East Cross’.
“To be honest, the council misheard me when I moved here and think I’m a Mayhill resident, so I’ve actually been paying a lower council tax band which is worth it in the grand scheme of things.”
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Bless them
I can totaly understand and the council should do all they can to make this happen.
Who cares about the state off the city center lack off work and opportunities for the young in the city.
This should be top off the agenda and the pain these poor pepole have to put up with come to a end.
Funny thing is i have worked in all areas off this city and find the pepole off mayhill much more down to earth and friendly then the middle class who seam to think they are better then less well off pepole mayhil’s
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All that is going on at the moment in this world children dying in terrorist attacks etc. And all you can worry about is this !!! Just because you live in mayals does not make you any better than someone who lives in mayhill every area has its good and had people living in it some are just not as fortunate to be able to afford the homes you live in. Most work just as hard if not harder, so maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to judge?? Maybe you should crawl out of your own arse and open your eyes there is a lot bigger problems to be worrying about.
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lol I think it’s meant to be a joke to cheers us up because of all the awful things that are going on at present
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They didn’t mind me being up to my knees in mud when I delivered their newspapers when their houses were still being built. Toffee nosed bunch of PLONKERS !!!!!!!
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As someone from the Mayals, this is a real problem. I don’t know how many times I have said ‘it’s MAYALS not Mayhill’, but then they often don’t understand what I am saying unless I drop the ‘h’. Another thing, it does annoy me when people come to live in the area and don’t actually say Mayals properly.. It is not pronounced as ‘Males’.. it is ‘May-als’. I have considered moving because of this but the council tax is very cheap here. By the way, I don’t like the sound of East West Cross, that would make it sound like we are Eastenders. Maybe we should call the area ‘THE Mayals’ – I think it is quite important to get it right because Catherine Zeta Jones lived here and she is Hollywood Royalty – Maybe we could call it The Royal Mayals? That would look lovely on the post.
Thank you so much for highlighting this issue, we have suffered for years and been embarrassed so many times maybe we could mount a petition about the Royal Mayals.
Thank you
Marj
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Oh please Marj – just get over yourself for goodness sake!!!!!
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Getting a bit fed up with the same joke over and over. We’ve all joked about shoppi g in Lidls but taking M&S carriers to fool the neighbours. This is just more of the same as was Langland ladies caught not wearing Fat Face or Joules clothing. Getting a bit old. Sorry.
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Hi Sally, I’ve reposted this from a few months ago. Unfortunately I can’t physically post new content every day because I don’t get paid for it and have a day job and family. It’s really rare that I’ll do anything new on a weekend, because it’s my weekend too! So I repost what are the most popular stories from months gone by.
This one for example, was written with more than a thousand less likes on the Facebook page, which means a lot of people didn’t see it the first time round.
Personally I don’t think it’s the same old joke, but you’re welcome to feedback. I’m just one person and I’m sure not everyone will find things I do very funny.
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I think it’s fabulous… love reading your posts – please keep them 😉
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Thank you, means a lot 🙂
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Brilliant 😂 can’t believe there are people who are so thick that they think this is real!!!! Pmlol at marj!
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Just like some residents in Thistleboon insisted they lived in Langland. Council gave in and new addresses given. Then they complained because Council Tax went up.
So people of Mayals be careful of what you wish for.
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Absolute snobs I can tell you from growing up in West X and then moving to mayhill the people are 1000x nicer. Who cares if Mayals sounds like mayhill get over it, get a hobbir n stop giving nice caring people who will do anything for anyone a bad name we suffer enough prejudice as it is and Townhill and mayhill are not like people think it’s a good place to live.
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I was born and brought up in mayhill by parents who taught me respect and politeness basically but people like those posting about how they are better need to look in the mirror as people like them are the cause of the problem never judge a book by its cover my grandad always told me we who live in townhill mayhill are not thick we can read write and speak the English language and don’t need to have an interpreter and go into further and higher education and have jobs we pay our bill s and get on with life I’m proud of where I live those that live in mayals well if u don’t like how it’s spoken change it you all sound total snobs and need to get a life there are more important things that need improvement in our city not this
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