Morpeth is nice. Nothing more nothing less. It's what any visitor to the area says: "So this is Morpeth? It's nice." You'll never get tired of hearing that. It's a mystical place that in terms of the North East is a mecca of pointlessness. A solitary weekly market, with a couple of the farmers' variety chucked in every now and then is all that happens. Or that's what they'll have you believe. Morpeth, in reality, is a cultural metropolis consisting of many, many shops; many, many pubs and a lot of greenery that appeals to one demographic and one demographic only. The aged. Looking at what the town has to offer in 2015, you'd be forced into classing it as the sort quaint settlement that you go to wind down in the autumn of your years. As you'll see during this article, this used to be far from the case, as little as a few short years ago. There are a lot of misconceptions about 'The Mighty Peth' that need to have their respective records set straight. Misconceptions that have been created by the openly jealous type situated closer to the Tyne. Conversely, some things thrown at Morpeth are desperately true, despite what the locals will tell you. Here's 25 problems only people from Morpeth will understand.
