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(Paul Cummins) wrote: In article , (Mizter T) wrote: Berkshire continues to exist as an administrative entity (specifically as a non-metropolitan county), albeit one without a county council. fx: Panto Oh no it doesn't :-) It does. It has a Lord Lieutenant, in particular. Bedfordshire is now similar to Berkshire but also has a police force (it's part of Thames Valley Police). -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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![]() On Feb 7, 9:02*pm, wrote: In article , (Graeme) wrote: You are all mouth David, for a start the letters don't come from the BBC. The TV Licensing Office is run these days by the BBC. Older readers may remember when it was run by the Post Office. Well, collecting the license fee is the responsibility of the BBC as opposed to the PO these days - the BBC then largely contracts that work out, Capita doing the bulk of the work. So whilst the BBC certainly has an in-house TV licensing department/ office that oversees everything, the public's regular dealings with 'TV Licensing' will actually be with one of the BBC's appointed contractors. |
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![]() On Feb 7, 6:32*pm, (Paul Cummins) wrote: (Mizter T) wrote: Berkshire continues to exist as an administrative entity (specifically as a non-metropolitan county), albeit one without a county council. fx: Panto Oh no it doesn't :-) I was perhaps a bit unclear - Berkshire still exists in an administrative sense in that it remains a non-metropolitan county, it just doesn't have a county council any more. (My reference to it as an 'administrative entity' is perhaps potentially confusing, not least because the the "administrative county" died in legalese in 1974.) The same situation now exists with regards to Bedforshire and Cheshire. It's similar to the situation metropolitan counties are in - they continue to exist (e.g. Greater Manchester, Tyne & Wear etc), but they don't have a county council any more. |
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![]() On Feb 7, 10:53*pm, Mizter T wrote: On Feb 7, 6:32*pm, (Paul Cummins) wrote: (Mizter T) wrote: Berkshire continues to exist as an administrative entity (specifically as a non-metropolitan county), albeit one without a county council. fx: Panto Oh no it doesn't :-) I was perhaps a bit unclear - Berkshire still exists in an administrative sense in that it remains a non-metropolitan county, it just doesn't have a county council any more. (My reference to it as an 'administrative entity' is perhaps potentially confusing, not least because the the "administrative county" died in legalese in 1974.) ^^^ ...not least because the *term* "administrative county" died in legalese in 1974... The same situation now exists with regards to Bedforshire and Cheshire. It's similar to the situation metropolitan counties are in - they continue to exist (e.g. Greater Manchester, Tyne & Wear etc), but they don't have a county council any more. |
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On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, Mizter T wrote:
There was one company I had recent online dealings with that didn't have any sort of London option at all - I'm quite sure a good many Londoners wouldn't be too sure of their 'historic' county, for example how many know exactly where ye olde dividing line between Kent and Surrey lay? I've got a broad idea, but that's only coz I've looked it up on maps of yore. Given that the post office doesn't pay any attention to the county, couldn't you fill in whatever you liked? tom -- Dreams are not covered by any laws. They can be about anything. -- Cmdr Zorg |
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