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so scotland are trying to move away from the uk and become its own country. will riders have to apply for a work permit(visa) to work in scotland and will the scottish riders have to apply for a work permit to ride in the uk. and have passports to present to the border agencies ..will the fans on both sides of the wall have to have passports, as if they were travelling abroad.

sorry if its been posted befoe, but c.b.a. to look it up...

You dont need a work permit to work in the UK and you almost certainly wouldn't need a passport but it depends how messy any split gets.

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so scotland are trying to move away from the uk and become its own country. will riders have to apply for a work permit(visa) to work in scotland and will the scottish riders have to apply for a work permit to ride in the uk. and have passports to present to the border agencies ..will the fans on both sides of the wall have to have passports, as if they were travelling abroad.

sorry if its been posted befoe, but c.b.a. to look it up...

 

 

You dont need a work permit to work in the UK and you almost certainly wouldn't need a passport but it depends how messy any split gets.

You may need to change your money to Euros if you go from England to Scotland.

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I was a bit worried there as I was very careful not to mention tactical crossing of the border :)

 

DAMN!!!

 

I can't 'Like' this Post (I've run out of them for the day) - BRILLIANT Nick. :t::approve: :approve:

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Why? We've accepted their dodgy notes for years :)

We may have accepted their notes, but many establishments away from the border will not, and who is to say they will accept Sterling. A friend of mine thought the same when he went from Northern Ireland to Eire, and had to return across the border to change his Sterling for some Euros, as the garage he had stopped at would only accept Euros.

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We may have accepted their notes, but many establishments away from the border will not, and who is to say they will accept Sterling. A friend of mine thought the same when he went from Northern Ireland to Eire, and had to return across the border to change his Sterling for some Euros, as the garage he had stopped at would only accept Euros.

Large denomination Scottish notes are taboo in some parts of the North East, as we have regularly had fakes mixed in with our currency. When I get them over the border, I do my utmost to get rid of them at the earliest possibly opportunity before i leave or on my return home.

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Large denomination Scottish notes are taboo in some parts of the North East, as we have regularly had fakes mixed in with our currency. When I get them over the border, I do my utmost to get rid of them at the earliest possibly opportunity before i leave or on my return home.

 

I've never had one refused here in Sunderland Dave - I have had them queried though.

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I've never had one refused here in Sunderland Dave - I have had them queried though.

Likewise. Several bars at the coast a few years ago, wouldn't touch them as someone was dumping them in Whitley.

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Father in law used to work in Scotland and got paid on a fri after the banks had closed. The only place in Swindon that would change them was M&S and only because one of the supervisors there was Scottish. Most people had never seen Sottish money and would not accept or change it.

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Father in law used to work in Scotland and got paid on a fri after the banks had closed. The only place in Swindon that would change them was M&S and only because one of the supervisors there was Scottish. Most people had never seen Sottish money and would not accept or change it.

Some people even think it has an exchange rate.

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Some people even think it has an exchange rate.

Someone told me that they weren't actually legal notes, but were honoured by their banks.

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Large denomination Scottish notes are taboo in some parts of the North East, as we have regularly had fakes mixed in with our currency. When I get them over the border, I do my utmost to get rid of them at the earliest possibly opportunity before i leave or on my return home.

Just leave them behind the bar at Ashfield. We'll get rid of them for for you. :cheers::t:

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Large denomination Scottish notes are taboo in some parts of the North East, as we have regularly had fakes mixed in with our currency. When I get them over the border, I do my utmost to get rid of them at the earliest possibly opportunity before i leave or on my return home.

Most big-chain supermarkets' self-service check-out machines accept genuine Scottish notes regardless of whether you're shopping in Scotland or much further south !!

 

It's because these check-out machines in their Scottish branches have to be able to accept both Scottish and Bank of England notes ... and, although they don't advertise the fact, the supermarkets (or their technology-providers) have clearly worked out its more cost-effective to use the same technology in all their machines nationwide rather than develop a second set of note-receivers for England & Wales that would reject the Scottish notes.

 

Tsunami should have no problem bunging Scottish fivers & tenners from his trips to Glasgow & Edinburgh into any check-out machines near Newcastle.

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Most big-chain supermarkets' self-service check-out machines accept genuine Scottish notes regardless of whether you're shopping in Scotland or much further south !!

 

It's because these check-out machines in their Scottish branches have to be able to accept both Scottish and Bank of England notes ... and, although they don't advertise the fact, the supermarkets (or their technology-providers) have clearly worked out its more cost-effective to use the same technology in all their machines nationwide rather than develop a second set of note-receivers for England & Wales that would reject the Scottish notes.

 

Tsunami should have no problem bunging Scottish fivers & tenners from his trips to Glasgow & Edinburgh into any check-out machines near Newcastle.

 

Here's a factual description regarding bank notes in Scotland:

http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/legal_position.php

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