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« Reply #60 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 21:06:34 » |
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Swindon's not in Wiltshire hasn't been for years.
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« Reply #61 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 21:08:41 » |
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Depends if you are talking local authority, which it isn't, or almost everything else, which it is.
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« Reply #62 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 21:23:00 » |
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 ? I'm not going to enter a debate on whether or not Swindon is in Wiltshire, just no. If the discussion is in terms of quantum mechanics or philosophy then it could be interesting but in this context, no.
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« Reply #63 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 21:33:44 » |
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« Reply #64 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 21:34:57 » |
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« Reply #65 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 21:59:16 » |
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Has Swindon turned into Switzerland?
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« Reply #66 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 22:19:16 » |
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Wahooo, we are rich with Nazi gold and toblerone. And our navy is only slightly less effective than it was when we were the UK.
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« Reply #67 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 22:22:33 » |
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Just popped in, Ed Hadwin was great, but I think he was a Colchester (or some other team we played beginning with C...) fan. I remember listening to him and he got confused saying "we'd scored" but it was the other team.
I've written more coherent sentences.
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« Reply #68 on: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 22:34:13 » |
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99% sure he was Derby. D is close to C so I can see how you got confused.
And on that note, I'm off to bed. Party animal, oh yeah.. They think its all over, it is now.
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« Reply #69 on: Friday, October 5, 2012, 07:35:04 » |
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Swindon's not in Wiltshire hasn't been for years.
On 1 April 1997 it was made administratively independent of Wiltshire County Council, with its council becoming a new unitary authority.[2] It adopted the name Swindon on 24 April 1997.
I have no interest in Salisbury City or the Screwfix league.
Swindon is not a county, it is a town and administrative borough in the county of Wiltshire. Agree about Salisbury, always feels more like Hampshire to me. On a side note, is Bristol in Somerset or Gloucestershire? If Avon no longer exists, why are there the Avon and Somerset police? |
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« Reply #70 on: Friday, October 5, 2012, 07:54:46 » |
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Bristol is its own own unitary authority and its own ceremonial county. Swindon is its own unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Wiltshire To pre-empt the next question of what is a ceremonial county (from wikipedia): "The ceremonial counties of England is a collective name which can be applied to areas to which are appointed a Lord Lieutenant. Legally they are defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997 as Counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies in Great Britain with reference to the areas used for local government."
And The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post honorarily.
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« Reply #71 on: Friday, October 5, 2012, 07:59:39 » |
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I though Ed was a Bristol City fan.
What commentator was it that started crying when we were getting hammered in the Prem?
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« Reply #72 on: Friday, October 5, 2012, 08:00:25 » |
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99% sure he was Derby. D is close to C so I can see how you got confused.
And on that note, I'm off to bed. Party animal, oh yeah.. They think its all over, it is now.
I am pretty sure it was his home town of Chesterfield. |
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« Reply #73 on: Friday, October 5, 2012, 08:00:27 » |
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I though Ed was a Bristol City fan.
Definitely not. It was a Midlands club, 99% sure it was Derby. I am pretty sure it was his home town of Chesterfield.
Maybe he follows them too if it is home town club. I'm just trying to remember what said. I sat in the commentary box once (bleeding Trust auctions  , didn't get near a mike though), and asked him. Could be my memory playing trick I suppose. |
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« Reply #74 on: Friday, October 5, 2012, 08:07:12 » |
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What commentator was it that started crying when we were getting hammered in the Prem?
Thingamyjig mac wasn't it? (Stuart) |
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