The Jocks and the Geordies
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The Jocks and the Geordies were fictional characters who had their own comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It ran from 1975 until the early 1990s. The strip was about two groups of five schoolboys living in a village crossing the border of Scotland and England. As a result, they were in constant battles with one another, with each in turn getting their comeuppance for pranks which were often quite violent. Often both sets of boys would be in trouble from their teachers at the end, both of whom despaired of the rivalry and would frequently administer the cane.
The Jocks (Scottish boys), who wore various tartan jumpers and wide tam o'shanter caps, were: Big Jock (the leader), Wee Eck, Hector, Angus and Sandy; while the Geordies (North East England boys) were all identically dressed in dark school uniforms and consisted of leader Percy, plus Specky, Sidney, Lanky and Alfie.