Wasn't Humberside formed by those associated with both south & north ports of the Humber to push the idea of getting a bridge? It was built so then no need for the name. Plus it was hated by all so it was abolished. It no longer exists as a place like it did previously. The Police/Fire & radio station should have changed name when the region name was abolished.
Scousers prefer Merseyside to being linked with Manchester as Lancashire. The other estuary names tend to be supported for similar reasons. Grimsby and Scunthorpe have less affinity to us than we have for them. People in Southport tend to still use Lancashire. The Fire Brigade, Police etc could called anything at all, it gives no credence a region existing. The businessmen have the same lack of understanding of this region as the Allam supporters do. The reality is, this is your fear of being linked to Leeds/Sheffield. It's small minded of you. please log in to view this image
The short lived administrative county known as 'Humberside' existed briefly. The geographical 'region' known as Humberside has existed far longer.
So since when have scousers wanted to be associated with Birkenhead and the Wirral? There has been a tradition for many decades to view the area around a river or estuary as a region based on the name of that river or estuary (Clydeside, Deesside, Wearside etc) regardless of the official and existing county boundaries. This is often because they have clusters of industries and professions that rely on the river, and as such are bound together by them. Renewables in GY and Hull for example. I can't see this way of viewing river/estuary regions dieing out any time soon in the eyes of journalists and economists. Looks like we're condemned to have this discussion for some time to come.
The term Humberside pre-dates the 1974 creation of the county of Humberside. There was bitterness about the county, so some people seem to think it is a dirty word. Nowadays when people say Humberside they are back to the original usage.
Not by that name it hasn't. There's very little reference of the name until the 60's/70's. Maybe we should be South Northumberland?
By 'Humberside' I take it you mean along the sides of the Humber? So where do Driffield, Pocklington and Bridlington fit into that area of side of the Humber?
But NOT around the Humber. We only have the conversation because you're **** scared of being lumped with the rest of the ridings.
I have previously posted various links on here going back at least a century in response to you yourself about this particular point. Your memory is going.
Not at all. They tended to be a few HDM adds from some urchin in Barton. They more proved my point than yours.
Again not true. It was even used in chants at City in the late 60s and early 70s. Pride of Humberside silk scarves and all that. You seem to want to confuse dislike of something with denying it has ever existed.
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.... riding of yorkshire, england&sortorder=score Some 6,116 references to Humberside in the local press between 1886 (the first one) and 1950 (the latest archived ones). That urchin must have been some advertiser.
If that's the same link you posted before, most are references to the same few adds from the Barton tatter and the others mainly link to a regular article, so it amounts to about three uses. Give it up.
That's due to the location of sorting offices. The Post Office don't recognise County Boundaries, be they real or imagined ones.
I don't usually get involved in stuff like this. However, prior to the change of name to Humberside I can honestly say that not once did I ever hear the region referred to as Humberside in the media or by residents. It was only since the name change that it has been used. As to the name change re the Police and Fire Brigade, this was purely down to the cost , badges etc. Hope that this helps
