Bearman 4,095 Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Well, those two Lancashire teams certainly gave us all a great Lancashire Day present on 27 November. ⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘ 2 Quote Ron Banks Bears and Barrow Link to post Share on other sites
barnyia 1,689 Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 If you mean the final, I thought it was a greater Manchester v merseyside derby? 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bearman 4,095 Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, barnyia said: If you mean the final, I thought it was a greater Manchester v merseyside derby? Just goes show you were wrong then. http://www.forl.co.uk Quote Ron Banks Bears and Barrow Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Stottle 4,123 Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, barnyia said: If you mean the final, I thought it was a greater Manchester v merseyside derby? Nope it will be like saying after the 31st December that Britain is in Europe, it won't be, but it is and always will be, just like both Wigan and St Helens will always be in Lancashire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bearman 4,095 Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, Harry Stottle said: Nope it will be like saying after the 31st December that Britain is in Europe, it won't be, but it is and always will be, just like both Wigan and St Helens will always be in Lancashire. Correct. Quote Ron Banks Bears and Barrow Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Stottle 4,123 Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Bearman said: Just goes show you were wrong then. http://www.forl.co.uk Exactly, only the other day on another thread, I said how I still use my adresss as Leigh, Lancashire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barnyia 1,689 Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Really i thought wigan was in greater Manchester, that lancashire accent in st helens makes it obvious i was wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 3,497 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 28/11/2020 at 12:37, Harry Stottle said: Nope it will be like saying after the 31st December that Britain is in Europe, it won't be, but it is and always will be, just like both Wigan and St Helens will always be in Lancashire. I think naming the metropolitan counties Merseyside and GM was a mistake, as a generation later anyone under the age of 50 barely knows they were ever in Lancs. If (like Yorkshire) they’d been named West Lancashire and South Lancashire (for example) it would have kept the historic identity going. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griff 439 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Give us Saddleworth back. That's what I say. 1 Quote "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to post Share on other sites
thunder pete 5 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Don't get me started about Barrer being in Cumbria... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Padge 6,405 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Wakefield et al are NOT in Yorkshire. 1 Quote Visit my photography site www.padge.smugmug.com Radio 5 Live: Saturday 14 April 2007 Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king" This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits. Link to post Share on other sites
redjonn 1,247 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 28/11/2020 at 12:37, Bearman said: Just goes show you were wrong then. http://www.forl.co.uk that was nice bit of information to read - is it true. I'm a proud Lancashire person, born in Liverpool when merseyside didn't exist as a county/admin district. Will never desist from saying I'm a Lancashire lad... mind you I might still argue whether Preston or Liverpool are the "capitals"... chuckle. Plus I lived in Huyton in younger years when Prescot spoke with a different tongue to us bussed out of the Slums Liverpudlians - and it was less than a mile away. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bearman 4,095 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, redjonn said: that was nice bit of information to read - is it true. I'm a proud Lancashire person, born in Liverpool when merseyside didn't exist as a county/admin district. Will never desist from saying I'm a Lancashire lad... mind you I might still argue whether Preston or Liverpool are the "capitals"... chuckle. Plus I lived in Huyton in younger years when Prescot spoke with a different tongue to us bussed out of the Slums Liverpudlians - and it was less than a mile away. Its true Quote Ron Banks Bears and Barrow Link to post Share on other sites
Ramon Rojo 182 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Greater Manchester has always been ridiculous as a generic catchment title. The majority of Lancastrian towns forced into this ridiculous bureaucratic administration block have never had much in common with Manchester. Saying that I now live in Cornwall and most the locals here reckon they've never been part of England 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Griff 439 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Celt said: How incredibly parochial of you. Parochial ? That would be a parish, not a county. Quote "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to post Share on other sites
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