tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post8172472668797906368..comments2024-02-14T20:17:15.115+00:00Comments on Chertsey: Counting countiesSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-37322155120315651952010-09-02T21:51:49.239+01:002010-09-02T21:51:49.239+01:00Wasn't it All Fools' Day, 1974?Wasn't it All Fools' Day, 1974?Halfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167481543065324357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-78339022740267112222010-08-31T13:16:48.007+01:002010-08-31T13:16:48.007+01:00Hi Sarah,
Glad to see you found my links interesti...Hi Sarah,<br />Glad to see you found my links interesting! My interest in counties was fostered by an old wall map of the UK I was given as a child that distinguished between counties by different coloured backgrounds. I still think of Leicestershire as "yellow", Lanacashire as "pink" etc!<br />I may be going to the Black Country Festival, although probabaly without Starcross. If so, I'll look out for you.<br />JimJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502754753792780008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-57214527229530378342010-08-29T18:34:14.965+01:002010-08-29T18:34:14.965+01:00Oh yes, talking of Croydon... as a child I lived i...Oh yes, talking of Croydon... as a child I lived in Thornton Heath, most definitely Surrey, accorrding to my parents. Likewise, I was born in Beckenham, Kent. But if anyone asks now, I say I was brought up in Sarf London - much more cred. Even at a pinch born there - my birth certificate definitely says London Borough of Bromley.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-12666119075111248892010-08-29T18:31:44.347+01:002010-08-29T18:31:44.347+01:00I like the idea that the old counties burble quiet...I like the idea that the old counties burble quietly on beneath the surface, untouched by the doings of the Boundary Commission and the Post Office... A little secret world waiting to be discovered.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-42400496260737946472010-08-29T16:30:41.541+01:002010-08-29T16:30:41.541+01:00Aaah, you've touched on a hobby horse of mine ...Aaah, you've touched on a hobby horse of mine too. Problem is, where do you draw the line (not geographically but chronologically). People still go looking for Middlesex County Council offices!<br /><br />Worse still, it's often about snobbery. People in Croydon like to think they're in Surrey even though they're not. Berkshire was dismayed in 1973 when they lost Abingdon and Wantage and got Slough in return. Not good for the image of the "Royal County". Berks by the way is still a county but has no county administration, being 4 unitary authorities now following a misguided kamikaze action in the 1990s.<br /><br />Then you get the ridiculous postal addresses like Yateley, Camberley Surrey. Yately is in Hampshire, but they have to put up with a Surrey postal address because Camberley, the nearest proper town is in Surrey. Half the people in the home counties don't know which county they're in.<br /><br />I could go on. The whole thing is a mess. Bring back Wessex and Mercia etc.<br /><br />NeilNeil Corbetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198251427537653059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-83870590923397591612010-08-28T16:14:53.987+01:002010-08-28T16:14:53.987+01:00And we would not like to associated with "Ski...And we would not like to associated with "Skid row on Sea would we - oh no. Sorry about my mistake btw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-26039915993004447712010-08-28T14:46:55.800+01:002010-08-28T14:46:55.800+01:00Not wrong! The right hand pointy bit is Beachy Hea...Not wrong! The right hand pointy bit is Beachy Head, and we live just up the left hand side of that lump. But further east than the x, I'd say... That's more like Brighton :-)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-17717749963832147442010-08-28T12:30:54.045+01:002010-08-28T12:30:54.045+01:00Wrong, how did I know that:) we live on the coast ...Wrong, how did I know that:) we live on the coast almost directly below the x of Sussex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com