I worked in a wine bar in Cowling near Keighley, in the mid to late 1980's. The locals were friendly(ish). Some took a shine to me because i was an outsider with a different accent. One insisted that Accrington was part of Manchester. I wasn't going to argue with him because he reminded me of this chap. Imagine this being said to you,but in a Yorkshire accent!
So confusing!
It is isn't it?Accrington was part of Manchester
Maybe it will be one day.
Wouldn't that be Greater Manchester.
The cycling club i was a member of and one day hope to rejoin is called North Lancashire Road Club. People ask why 'North Lancs' when it's based in east Lancashire and serves the Blackburn, Hyndburn, Pendle and Ribble Valley areas.
Liverpool was a County Borough from 1889. And from the 1st April 1974, became a metropolitan borough within the newly created metropolitan county of Merseyside.
I think you will find that over the years there has been quite a bit of furtive cross-breeding.
April Fools Day 1974 is to blame for that, they moved the border on us.
whinging yorkshire - just look at what happened to Lancashire - used to be the centre of the world (I am not exaggerating) with the powerhouses of Liverpool and Manchester - the latter the world's first industrial city. And had bits of what is now Cumbria. Now it is pretty much all rural with small towns. Something of a backwater, if very nice with it.
Precisely look what you did, you lost the lot & let bloody mob darn sarf take over
*The one time murder capital of the world. Higher than Chicago at one time.
As in 'Phil'...?
