On Jun 9, 11:43*am, "Anne Burgess"
wrote:
It is indeed all relative, but the term 'The North' tends to
refer to northern England, rather than the UK as a whole.
Scotland isn't in 'The North' at all, Scotland is just
Scotland
That only applies if you are in England ! This is, as already
mentioned **UK**.sci.weather :-)
It is indeed UK sci.weather but we are talking about the
term 'The North' which is generally accepted as being
in realtion to northern England, the road signs etc.
Col

It's so delightful to talk to people who not only know that 'UK'
and 'England' are not synonymous, but who actually understand
the difference VBG

Anne

In Yorkshire's glory days-"there's more acres in't Yorkshire than
words in't Bible!"- the entire county was most definitely up North.
Since its truncation into three pointless little bits this may no
longer be true. Any one remember that sham district "Humberside"?. It
was designed to unify the Humber estuary with the building of the
Humber Bridge. You might just as well have tried to unify the Lake
District with Dumfriesshire.
Although you could see S****horpe's blast furnaces from Hull, it was a
sixty mile trip via Goole to get to it, and it showed- different
accent, different SOH, and a rather self-satisfied approach to life.
The "S****horpe Question" was not just relevant to computers!
I'm delighted to say the Humber Bridge hasn't made the slightest
difference, probably because no-one can afford to use it, and the
Humber still marks the boundary between the North and the Midlands
The other boundary is Swarkestone Bridge, crossing the Trent six miles
S. of Derby. Look N. into the Peak District, look S. into the
Midlands. It's no coincidence that Prince Charlie's Highlanders got to
this point, looked across the fat flat arable Midlands, turned round
and went home.
As for Cheshire being in the North, it most definitely ain't! It's a
Midland country and always has been, although now it is full of
overpaid actors and footballers who regard themselves as gentry, one
could say it is spiritually in the South.