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Hear hear! Let's hear it for Scotland's regions, kingdoms and counties. not even England has a kingdom - unless you count its principality! Alan On 18 Mar 2002 at 10:22, Jay Heywood wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roger Fern > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 10:11 PM > Subject: Re: ex-Humberside > > > Little things like this make me think that officialdom's > eventual aim is to get rid of English counties, as has happened in > Scotland & Wales. > As someone who used to work for Midlothian until only a year ago, (and it's still there!), I > don't think they would take too kindly to that! Nor, come to that would Fife. And in > passing, I should mention that very fewof uswho were born in the ancient County of > Durham, have reconciled themselves to Tyne and Wear, Teesside, Cleveland etc. > > Jay Heywood > > Project Cataloguer > Charting the Nation, Department of Geography > University of Edinburgh > > Tel: 0131 650 9508 or +44 131 650 9508 > > [log in to unmask] > www.geo.ed.ac.uk/charting/ > > [log in to unmask] > www.geocities.com/jayheywood > > ************************************************************************************************ > Charting the Nation is a component of the Research Support Libraries Programme > ************************************************************************************************ > > Alan Magnus-Bennett Cartographer and Map Curator Geography Department School of Environmental Sciences and Land Management University College Worcester Worcestershire WR2 6AJ phone: 01905 855183 email: [log in to unmask]