Talk:Redcliffe-Maud Report
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Interesting to note that the plans for North West Province are not entirely dissimilar to the current unitary plans.
- Cumberland & North Westmorland = North Cumbria
- Furness & North Lancashire = Morecambe Bay
- the Fylde = Blackpool and the Fylde
- Preston-Leyland-Chorley = Central Lancashire
Then with Blackburn/Burnley, the only difference in the 2004 proposals is that Ribble Valley should be to Burnley (as part of East Lancashire), rather than associated with Blackburn. Of course, a Blackburn with Ribble was propsed in the 2003 draft.
Also Southport-Crosby is basically the same as the proposed Sefton and West Lancashire (apart from the Bootle thing)
Morwen - Talk 22:35, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Can I just say...
That I'm glad the Redcliffe-Maud proposals were never fully implemented! Talk about vandalism of the counties!! David 19:22, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well I'm of the opinion that because the proposals were so radical, that if they were implemented they wouldn't have affected the perception of counties that much — witness what happened in Scotland. Because the watered-down LGA 1972 areas were so similar in names and areas to counties in most places, the actual affect on the perception of counties has actually been worse. Look at the confusion that has happened south of the border since 1974, whereas Scotland's local government of regions and districts was always understood to be completely separate from the counties. Obviously in a best-case scenario both the LGA 1972 and LG(S)A 1973 would never have happened! Owain 20:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
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- Well, in Scotland I regularly see people quoting their address as being in Tayside or Strathclyde, even though that was always wrong. Morwen - Talk 09:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well exactly, you can never legislate anything out of existence as long as people remember it! Owain 09:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- Well, in Scotland I regularly see people quoting their address as being in Tayside or Strathclyde, even though that was always wrong. Morwen - Talk 09:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
