In article , Clive D. W. Feather
writes
In article , Nick
writes
If only it were just a way of administering local government! These were
the kind of words used when GL was created in the 60s. Now, of course, we
have the media referring to such things as "Biggin Hill in south London",
which is completely crazy.
[...]

Of course Biggin Hill is South London.

Gawd, what a whinger.

If you address something to Bexley or
Bromley you put "Bexley, Kent, DA5..." or "Bromley, Kent, BR1...". When you
look on a map it appears that Bexley and Bromley aren't in Kent.

(1) Postal addresses are designed for the convenience of the GPO,
nothing else.
Well said.

We're going through some hassle about this in the area where I live in
the Midlands at the moment because people say that the postcode puts up
their insurance. Well, in a way it does but people's bile is, I think,
incorrectly addressed [1] to the Post Office, who have set up a system
to deliver mail as efficiently as possible not to allow some people to
get competitive insurance quotes. A Post Office spokesman was almost
flailed alive on a local radio phone in a few weeks ago on this subject
and *no one* seemed to see "his" side of the argument (as put here by
Clive).

(2) If Bromley was in Kent, why did the self-centered prats interfere in the
Fares Fair arrangements?
I also suspect that older Bromley (and Bexley, etc.) residents get a far
better deal with their Freedom Passes than do their counterparts in
Kent, Surrey and so on. If I was living in an outer London area I'd be
*delighted* at *being* under GLA administration for that reason alone!
(With my "dual nationality" I am perhaps alone in wishing sometimes that
Birmingham was part of London. Only kidding!)


[1] No pun intended!
--
Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK
Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for
London & the Heart of England
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