Off Topic County border changes

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DAPARKERSAFC

DAPARKERSAFC

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One for the "older" chaps on the board.

Somehing that has always bugged me is how some places are classed as South Tynside when they are much closer to Sunderland ie Whitburn, Cleadon, Boldon.

Are there any lads on here from those parts that were about when they were forcibly labelled Tynesiders by the government boundary changes.

what was the general feeling when it happened?

Would you welcome a change back or an adoption of new County borders?
 
I never understood the whitburn and cleadon thing. I used to go to monkwearmouth comp and both were right next door.
 
DAPARKERSAFC said:
Bugs me whenever I'm through the beach or venture over to South Shields. Don't know why the south tyneside border is so far south
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Whitburn S. Tyneside. S Bents Wearside.

Not sure where many of the other borders change.

Bents park was often a battle ground for monkeyhouse v whitburn. Carnage at times.
 
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arthur said:
Could it have been that that the Tory voters of Whitburn and Cleadon were wasted in Durham, but may have made a difference in another constituency, or am I being overly suspicious?
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Yes, it's called gerrymandering.
They did it for years in Northern Ireland to keep the Catholic people out of power.
 
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You can get a ferry from South Shields, across the Tyne, to North Shields. Seems to make perfect sense to me why South Shields is classed as South Tyneside. It is on the side of the Tyne.
 
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Safc83 said:
You can get a ferry from South Shields, across the Tyne, to North Shields. Seems to make perfect sense to me why South Shields is classed as South Tyneside. It is on the side of the Tyne.
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As far down as Whitburn though?

It has an SR postcode.
 
commachio1 said:
As far down as Whitburn though?

It has an SR postcode.
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No arguments with that one. I don't know how it's not classed under Sunderland, as it has a Sunderland postcode.

I would say that Boldon is definitely South Tyneide. They talk like Geordies, not Mackems. If you were to class Boldon as Sunderland, then Jarrow would be on the edge of Sunderland, and that doesn't seem right to me.
 
Safc83 said:
No arguments with that one. I don't know how it's not classed under Sunderland, as it has a Sunderland postcode.

I would say that Boldon is definitely South Tyneide. They talk like Geordies, not Mackems. If you were to class Boldon as Sunderland, then Jarrow would be on the edge of Sunderland, and that doesn't seem right to me.
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Can go with that Boldon is a bit of a no mans land. But Cleadon i still class as Sunderland.
 
When I was a kid I lived in a place called Burnopfield.
The address was Burnopfield, Newcastle on Tyne, NE16.
It's 12 ****ing miles south of Newcastle.
 
strange that when you drive up to the top of that road between Downhill and Townsend farm you go into south Tyneside/Boldon yet Seaburn is further out but still in Sunderland. Before 1974 the boundries were different. Right Commachio thanks, here is a suprising fact, did anyone of you know Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder) was born in Sunderland hehe.
 
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monty987 said:
strange that when you drive up to the top of that road between Downhill and Townsend farm you go into south Tyneside/Boldon yet Seaburn is further out but still in Sunderland. Before 1974 the boundries were different.
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But the city centre is closer to seaburn and all the old industries.
 
Billy the Bastard said:
When I was a kid I lived in a place called Burnopfield.
The address was Burnopfield, Newcastle on Tyne, NE16.
It's 12 ****ing miles south of Newcastle.
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I went to school in Rowlands Gill!

Some friends from Burnopfield - last time I was there it was for my uncles cremation, some years back now though!

ps. When the alternative is Gateshead then you cling to being from Newcastle I guess. I'm actually originally from Whitley Bay so I cling to that more
 
haslam said:
I went to school in Rowlands Gill!

Some friends from Burnopfield - last time I was there it was for my uncles cremation, some years back now though!

ps. When the alternative is Gateshead then you cling to being from Newcastle I guess. I'm actually originally from Whitley Bay so I cling to that more
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Hookergate school?
 
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