[rollei_list] Re: Vastly OT: Kippered Herring and Scottish breakfasts

  • From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:22:53 -0700

Frank,

This "Gerrymandering" of the UK really confused me when I went back
there
to work in 1992.  I always thought that Manchester was in Lancashire.

Don't drink too many "caprainhas" when you get to Brazil!

Jerry

Frank Dernie wrote:

> I lived in Westmorland for a while. I believe modern "Cumbria"
> encompasses what used to be Cumberland, Westmorland and North
> Lancashire. There may be detail changes too. I rather regretted all
> these changes myself. The only good thing to come out of it was the
> ability to tease a mate of mine from Hull, who was the most keen
> Yorkshire Nationalist I know, that he wasn't from Yorkshire but
> Humberside:-)Frank  On 15 Oct, 2006, at 16:55, Peter J Nebergall
> wrote:
>
>> I am not talking of Westmoreland, but old Cumberland
>
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