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   From: allan@EASYNET.CO.UK   
      
   "scally"  wrote in message   
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   > allan connochie wrote:   
   > > "ALAN HARRISON"  wrote in message   
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   > > > "allan connochie"  wrote in message   
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   > > Allin fact true but then again let's face it - if John Motson was to   
   start   
   > > commentating on a Manchester United game by saying "It's a fine night   
   here   
   > > in Manchester" then only the most pedantic would pull him up by saying   
   "well   
   > > you aren't actually in the City of Manchester. You're in the   
   Metropolitan   
   > > Borough of Trafford"  :-)   
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   > > Allan   
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   > The problem with the Manchester district is its convoluted boundaries   
   > which, I presume, were drawn up by civil servants in London with a pen   
   > and an A to Z in the early seventies. Manchester city centre is on the   
   > outskirts of the City of Manchester and now is even spilling into   
   > Salford. The inner city areas lie in either Manchester, Salford or   
   > Trafford. The Manchester ship canal does not go to Manchester.   
   > Manchester City FC do not train in Manchester and the former Manchester   
   > docks were not in Manchester. The Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, New   
   > Order and Morrisey are not from Manchester either. The postal districts   
   > are more representative of Manchester than administrative boundaries.   
      
   A complicated lot or what! Thanks for the info   
      
      
   Allan   
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