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From: (dcw)
Subject: Re: counties; was Interesting children
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 03 08:54:29 GMT
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In article <LwycqXAgDwC$>,
Roy Bailey <> wrote:

>You know, I never had so much of a problem with the new 1974 counties as most
>people. It seemed sensible to me to make a local authority area out of a large
>conurbation such as Bristol, because over the years its catchment area had
>spread out into the adjoining counties of Somerset and Glos. The same reasoning
>applied to Tyne and Wear and Cleveland, and, to a lesser extent, Berkshire,
>where we lost the Oxford-looking section north of the Downs.

And, to add insult to injury, got Slough in exchange.

David

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