We are brothers in arms, sisters in arms, siblings from the House of Lancaster, two red roses from the very same rootstock. This is a retouched picture, digitally altered from its original version.
Public domain picture from Wikimedia Commons. Unfortunately, the media refer to these administrative areas all too frequently and ignore the fact that places such as Barrow-in-Furness, Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, etc.
If administrative areas had not been called counties much of this confusion would have been avoided. The Royal Mail has at last dropped the use of administrative county names in postal addresses, and names such as Cumbria and Merseyside do not appear in the current Royal Mail Postal Address Book.
As someone with Lancashire roots, it is red roses all the way, any day and I was happy when Liverpool got the victory they deserved. Smith used to sing. How could I support Liverpool, a scouse football team? When Alex Ferguson arrived as a new manager of United in he said:. And you can print that. Which sums it up. Support anyone you like , absolutely anyone, apart from Liverpool.
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You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Blog at WordPress. July 5, Are Liverpool and Manchester still in Lancashire? Like this: Like Loading Comments 2. Stockport County! Still none the wiser?????? In parts of Lancashire today, town criers in their colourful regalia will bellow out the following proclamation Even Yorkshireman Eric Pickles, in his role as Secretary of State for Communities, has sprung to the defence of Lancashire, stating: "English counties continue to form an important part of our cultural and local identity in this country and many people remain deeply attached to their home county This sense of pride and shared identity is one of the things that binds communities together and it's right that the Government department responsible for communities and local government should be actively recognising the important role they play.
Liverpool Pier Head is the southernmost border of the Lancashire boundary, but there will be no celebrations in Liverpool, or Manchester. Hopscotch up to Southport today for 1pm to catch the Lancashire proclamation being read outside the Scarisbrick Hotel in Lord Street.
Warrington's proclamation is being read at 11am in the town centre and Thwaites Brewery will be celebrating Lancashire Day by brewing a beer called Flying Shuttle, a name linked to cotton industry in Lancashire.
It'll be available in Wetherspoon pubs in the Palatine of Lancashire. In Hale Village, which was allowed to have a Lord Mayor years before Liverpool, the Freemen of Hale will be having a members' Lancashire Night at the Wellington Hotel with a competition for the best Lancashire story to win the silver model of Stephenson's Rocket. The Friends of Real Lancashire want signs erected at the traditional boundaries to tell people they are entering the old Red Rose county.
The old boundaries 'Unfortunately, the media refer to these administrative areas all too frequently and ignore the fact that places such as Barrow-in-Furness, Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington, etc.
Royal Mail have confirmed that people living in any part of the county can now include Lancashire in their address, without this affecting the way that mail is handled, providing the post code is used. Adblocker Thanks for coming to Confidentials.
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