"Robin May" wrote in message
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"Robin May" wrote in message
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I don't think there's anyone in Romford who would really consider
it a part of London, it's much more a part of Essex than anything
else (although I don't know about how it works administratively).

Romford's in the London Borough of Havering and the GLA. I grew up
there and thought of it as both outer London and Essex; a lot of
people I knew in the area agreed.

Ah, I see. I must have come across an unrepresentative sample of the
population then.

In all fairness, I should note that there are a lot of people in Romford who
do consider it to be purely Essex and (like the guy who started this thread
talking about Bexley) would like to drop association with London all
together; I just wanted to point out they're by no means all the population,
or even a majority as far as I can tell. They do include the local MP
(Andrew Rosindell) though.

I think from the outside Romford's generally thought of as Essex because
there is such a strong perception of an Essex identity. Though for some
reason the parts of the GLA in Essex and Kent never seem to be as associated
with the city as those in Middlesex and Surrey are.

Sorry, personal bugbear speaking...

Best wishes,
Jonn Elledge