User talk:John Ugant

Relating to Greater Manchester
The websites you have so far provided (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/DG_10011632 and http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/DG_10011636) shows that the postal county of each place is Lancashire. The following is a sourced explanation of why postal counties are not a good measures of what county a place is actually in: "The Local Government Act 1972 redrew the county map of England and Wales outside Greater London. The Post Office was considering its policy in January 1973, and in November 1973 noted that "Greater Manchester" would be unlikely to be adopted because of confusion of the Manchester post town, but that Avon was likely to be introduced. When the local government changes came into force, the Post Office announced that the new counties would form part of postal addresses from 1 July 1974, and should be used as "soon as possible". Old counties could, however, still be used until 1 July 1975. It was stated that the rule applied to: "...addresses throughout England and Wales outside Greater London with the exception of Greater Manchester and Hereford and Worcester where addresses remain unchanged. In Humberside it is necessary to show whether an address is in North Humberside or South Humberside. Addresses in certain post-towns have not, in the past, included a county name; these addresses are unchanged, but the postcode should be shown. Addresses in Greater London are also unchanged as are addresses in any place where the new county bears the same name as the former one.""

There are references all over Wikipedia that Bolton etc are in Greater Manchester, eg: http://www.bolton.gov.uk/website/news/Pages/GreaterManchesteragreesto.aspx (note the terminology, "all ten Greater Manchester local authorities have reached an agreement..."). If you disagree with the way the issue is handled or want more information, please take it up on the talk pages rather than continually reverting articles. There's only so much information that can be fitted in edit summaries. In any case, sorry editing Wikipedia has been a bumpy ride for you, but the Lancashire/Cheshire/Greater Manchester argument is something Wikipedia has had to deal with for years and it's easy to become jaded. But please do get involved in discussions. Nev1 (talk) 13:18, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

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