InigoMontoya Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Should Chesterfield, Barnsley, Rotherham etc become 'Greater Sheffield'? If there are gaps and "green bits" between all of those places then no. You've answered your own question. But even in "Greater Manchester" - which is a manufactured and invented concept - by the time you get out as far as Stockport, Wigan, Altrincham, Oldham, and especially Saddleworth - part of Yorkshire not Lancashire there's enough local pride and belief to make people think they're not Mancunians, but will go there to shop, got out, take trains, and fly on their holibobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Greater Manchester, doesn't exist any more. The Government at the time got rid of it. So the point is irrelevant. other than GMPolice, GMCFire&rescue , GMPTE you mean ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 other than GMPolice, GMCFire&rescue , GMPTE you mean ... The council doesn't exist. Various quangos do. The situation is the same here, where you have a South Yorkshire PTE, a South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, and so on ... but no South Yorkshire Council. And therefore, technically, no South Yorkshire county - since counties only officially exist insofar as they have a council. Historically, and in the minds of most people, the counties still are what they were for centuries, regardless of political boundaries. Beighton still feels like a Derbyshire village, and Sheffield is still part of Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web1 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 ...........no.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planner1 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 GMPTE you mean ... Recently changed their name to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Chesterfield's in Derbyshire. The people there wouldn't be happy about being lumped in with Sheffield. Rotherham and Barnsley people might be more agreeable I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riche Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 NO NO NO. Sheffield isn't great but marrying it with its neighbours will kill it for good. We should go to war with them and take all their Subaru's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddinburner Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 How did the folk of Highgreen feel about becoming Sheffield? Not that happy from what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttley_the_ Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 a lot of north east derbyshire towns have a sheffield postcode s40, s18 etc but they are in derbyshire and proud to be so, like others have posted they do not wish to be connected to yorkshire in any way shape or form, with the state of the city at present who would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttley_the_ Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 How did the folk of Highgreen feel about becoming Sheffield? Not that happy from what I've heard. hmm wrong, people don't seem to care one dot and can speak on it as know several folk who live in high green, same goes for chapletown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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