Would love to see which Championship or even PL clubs would be interested in Bullard if he became a free transfer. TWF you are becoming an apologist for two characters in Hull City football history. Bullard will end up at Fleetwood, if they are willing to sign Barton on loan then why not build a team around unsavoury characters.
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. I'm not sure a link to site that says it no longer exists is going to help your argument much.
Common parlance? Really? Do you have some examples, it's just that when I've looked before there were only a few isolated references in the 1920's until the short lived **** up that was the humberside administrative region (we were told at the time it wasn't a county nor a postal region) that were not taken seriously. The other estuary and riversides you mention are different in that they were not whole heartedly rejected by people in those regions when the changes were foisted upon them. Possibly because they preferred to differentiate themselves from other Cities in the area.
Up until the late 19th Century and possibly beyond, there was a region (possibly a wappentake?) that expanded past Ferriby that was called Hullshire. I think we could go back to that and tweak the boundaries a tad. The area of Swanland and Raywell was also included within the City boundary at some point, something to do with the owner of one of the estates (not the posh house (now flats) at Raywell though.
I love the more recent definition of the region being "Yorkshire and the Humber" I've asked a few officials to talk me through how that works. Do the fish get a vote or is it some dispensation for Reads Island? I know Lincolnshire folk loathe it as it effectively ignores them altogether. It's totally disrespectful and high handed in my opinion.
I've really no idea of its official status, but the people in that region seem happy to use it as a collective term. Mind you, I remember when they were all just geordies and didn't cry at being called it.
It's commonly used to describe the area around the Wear Valley. Similarly, the West Country denotes a certain large area in Western England in unofficial and popular speech. Does anyone deny the West Country exists?
Fascinating I'm sure, but I assumed we were talking about the term "Humberside" which I don't think has ever been in common parlance.
Well it's always been used to refer to an area around the Humber Estuary. Radio Humberside Humberside Police "Gillingham have a difficult task next week when they travel up to Humberside to play Hull City"
Erroneous useage and not examples of being in common parlance for centuries. The Land of Nod's used more and there's even a sign for it but it doesn't make it any more real in those terms but does make it disrespectful to this region as well as Lincolnshire. who like us, already have a culture and identity, we don't need one inventing by outsiders.
From breakfast on through all the day At home among my friends I stay, But every night I go abroad Afar into the land of Nod. All by myself I have to go, With none to tell me what to do -- All alone beside the streams And up the mountain-sides of dreams. The strangest things are there for me, Both things to eat and things to see, And many frightening sights abroad Till morning in the land of Nod. Try as I like to find the way, I never can get back by day, Nor can remember plain and clear The curious music that I hear. Cheers Dutch great childhood memory there for me.
Humberside has been used as term to describe the zone around the Humber estuary for at least 100 years. Whether people in that area approve/don't approve or don't give a ****, varies. It will continue to be used sometimes by people in the rest of Britain whether people like it or not.
