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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by squarepeg on Saturday March 26, 2011 @01:35PM (#2372642)
Incidentally, how many HN users are from the North West? I'm from Bolton
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by JonM on Saturday March 26, 2011 @01:40PM (#2372656)
Leeds (if that counts!)
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by rahoulb on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:16PM (#2372735)
Leeds as well
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by thehodge on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:21PM (#2372920)
Leeds here, Ive been thinking about a Leeds HN meet up if that would intrest anyone?
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by JonM on Sunday March 27, 2011 @06:15AM (#2374656)
Count me in... How should we go about organising it? Email or setup some kind of group?
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by arctangent on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:51PM (#2373145)
I'm also working in Leeds.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by PHPAdam on Saturday March 26, 2011 @07:39PM (#2373552)
Im on border of Leeds / Bradford.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by nigggle on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:50PM (#2372830)
Preston here, come see our wonderful bus station http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/allovertheplace/place/preston_bus_... !
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by tarkin2 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:23PM (#2373059)
East midlands. But the southerners think I'm northern. So let's take their lead.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by daleharvey on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:31PM (#2372776)
Edinburgh, like really north
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by camtarn on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:39PM (#2373112)
Edinburgh here too :) (grew up in Glasgow, but now I work in Edinburgh)
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by forkqueue on Sunday March 27, 2011 @02:00AM (#2374309)
Manchester/Warrington borders here (Birchwood). Cheap office space + quick train journey to the centre of Manchester.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by RiderOfGiraffes on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:45PM (#2373130)
Port Sunlight, just south of Birkenhead, across the river from Liverpool.

Anyone up for a Liverpool meetup?

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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by geden on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:38PM (#2372969)
Newark, Notts. So technically (East) Midlands, but North of London, which is what matters.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by cstross on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:05PM (#2372874)
Originally Leeds, now Edinburgh.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by sim0n on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:17PM (#2373227)
Born in Chester and lived there until I was 16. Now living in Birmingham.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by jasonkester on Saturday March 26, 2011 @05:50PM (#2373302)
Kendal. There's tech here, but it's laying low between the sheep.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by thegeezer3 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:20PM (#2372916)
im born n bred manchester but currently living in Japan. Are there any North West HN meetups? Be good to know about for those times i return.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by squarepeg on Saturday March 26, 2011 @06:28PM (#2373402)
not sure about HN meetups. I think the closest thing might be geekup: http://www.geekup.org
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by jwdunne on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:43PM (#2373118)
Irlam, right on the edge of Greater Manchester.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by nagrom on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:13PM (#2372722)
I'm from Liverpool, but now live in Glasgow.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by pdrummond on Sunday March 27, 2011 @01:38PM (#2375477)
I'm in the North East, near Durham
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by jpallen on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:07PM (#2372713)
I'm in the North East, in Durham.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by Jim_Neath on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:50PM (#2372988)
No way. I'm from Bolton also!
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by squarepeg on Saturday March 26, 2011 @06:29PM (#2373405)
and a fellow ruby dev, awesome. Do you ever go the geekup/nwrug meetings?
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by Jim_Neath on Sunday March 27, 2011 @02:55AM (#2374406)
I go to nwrug occasionally and hang out in #nwrug :)
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by arethuza on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:47PM (#2372982)
Another from Edinburgh here.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by kingofspain on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:21PM (#2372746)
Manchester, formerly Bolton.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by lgeek on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:35PM (#2373099)
I'm in Manchester as well. Studying for a CS degree.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by comice on Saturday March 26, 2011 @01:44PM (#2372667)
Bradford!
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by olivercameron on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:09PM (#2372886)
Sheffield, represent!
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by slord54 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @03:31PM (#2372947)
Lancaster area here.
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by mike-cardwell on Saturday March 26, 2011 @04:35PM (#2373098)
Nottingham here
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by ropiku on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:56PM (#2372850)
Manchester
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by robert00700 on Saturday March 26, 2011 @01:55PM (#2372692)
Liverpool!
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Re:It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing by seanedevine on Saturday March 26, 2011 @02:54PM (#2372842)
Liverpool
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