Following many years of campaigning by the residents of the old East Riding of Yorkshire and those of North Lincolnshire, the Post Office and local government finally accepted that "Humberside" was a name for out area that was totally unacceptable for the majority of the population of the area and, in 1996, the much disliked ersatz county was abolished by the government.
We, the residents of "Humberside" were not consulted about the name change from the historic East Yorkshire. It was imposed upon us by heavy handed politicians of an era where they could, and mostly did, get away with such insulting behaviour.
Unfortunately the fight to remove the remainders of the hated name has had to continue because the Post Office has failed to update its data base of addresses, the "Humberside Fire and Rescue Service", "Humberside Police" and ignorant prats like TWF continue to use the name. At least the latter two services say that it is to save the cost or repainting their vehicles etc.
As with mussiesredhat, I am (well) over 50 years old and I have pride in being a born and bred Yorkshireman. I also work all over the world and when people ask me where I am from in England I can answer Yorkshire and they know the name. Should I say "Humberside" all I would get is blank stares.
So TWF accept that people from Yorkshire have that pride and have worked hard to retain their heritage, and if you cannot believe that then I suggest that you head outward to Merseyside, Tyneside or Wearside and join their ranks, because you obviously have no feel for that pride and heritage.
I suppose TWF that you also support another monster that we were not allowed to vote for called the European Community!
Rant over for today
