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Bad-Wolf · 04-11-2005, 13:00

I was at a Church in Barrow on Sunday. At the Church was a priest who had just been appointed to the parish. However, the priest whilst new to this particular Church was and is very much a local boy from Barrow. In his introductory sermon said he was glad to be back in this wonderful part of the Great County of Lancashire, for this he recieved a round of applause. Of course as most will know Barrow has not been a part of Lancashire (officailly speaking) for almost 30 years, along with Liverpool Manchester and others to name but a few. Yet it was quite clear to me and anyone else there that the inahbitants still consider themselves to be Lancastrian! The point being that the government (which incidentally still wish to scrap the entire county of Lancashire in the proposals for a northern Assembley. Oh and for the record, these plans as yet have merely been put back not scrapped!) still insist on walking over peoples identity. Firstly, we are not allowed to call ourselves English but nor do they intend to even allow us to keep our local identity. I for one not only think that the local identity is important and worth preserving, I also strongly believe that the County of Lancahire should be returned to its original pre government interference state, aboloshing both Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Long live the County of Lancashire.

04-11-2005, 13:00	#1
Bad-Wolf Full Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 296 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 41	The Great Lancastrian Cause I was at a Church in Barrow on Sunday. At the Church was a priest who had just been appointed to the parish. However, the priest whilst new to this particular Church was and is very much a local boy from Barrow. In his introductory sermon said he was glad to be back in this wonderful part of the Great County of Lancashire, for this he recieved a round of applause. Of course as most will know Barrow has not been a part of Lancashire (officailly speaking) for almost 30 years, along with Liverpool Manchester and others to name but a few. Yet it was quite clear to me and anyone else there that the inahbitants still consider themselves to be Lancastrian! The point being that the government (which incidentally still wish to scrap the entire county of Lancashire in the proposals for a northern Assembley. Oh and for the record, these plans as yet have merely been put back not scrapped!) still insist on walking over peoples identity. Firstly, we are not allowed to call ourselves English but nor do they intend to even allow us to keep our local identity. I for one not only think that the local identity is important and worth preserving, I also strongly believe that the County of Lancahire should be returned to its original pre government interference state, aboloshing both Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Long live the County of Lancashire.