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Differing opinions on what constitutes London. Some go on postcodes others on boroughs.Yes it is. Its greater London,and Oakwood and Winchmore hill are in Enfield proper(as opposed to the Borough) and have London postcodes(N14 and N21) Part of Gordon Hill does as well, i think.
We may be proud Middlesaxons,but we are Londoners as well,as most Middlesaxons are...
Never really understood how you can have a place in a county, and also in London.
Sutton is in the London Borough of Sutton, the boundary changes took place in 1964/65 I believe. It's much easier to just accept the London boroughs otherwise it's a big can of worms getting opened.
Yep, but London is so large it is part of 4 counties. Middlesex, Essex, Surrey and Kent. I don’t make the rules Pete.
Indeed.If you say just the postcode,that hasn't really been the case since 1965.Then you have the old County of London.Up until 1965,both Tottenham and West ham would have had Middlesex and Essex respectively in their postal addresses(though i dont think either used it) .Personally i think there are two London boundaries,the square mile and modern Greater London.
The whole of london is historically in counties.The first County town of Middlesex was London.When the City became autonomous,duties were deferred to Clerkenwell, Westminster and Brentford 2 of which are both very much in London now
Well when I was on the knowledge this was a major topic to discuss. London has always been growing, the postcodes were originally parishes often divided by rivers and streams. Many of these are hidden underground.
Have you noticed how the East end has grown(according commentators etc) with London, but the West end has stayed pretty much to its original boundaries. Chelsea ,Fulham etc don't get called West end clubs.
If you add Barnet,even a bit of Herts as well Joe.
Always wondered why there was no NE postcodes in London, when you have NW, SE and SW.
The memorial ground was in the parish of West ham ,i believe.They played there before UP. Its off west ham lane in Stratford.I don't think West Ham have ever played a game in West Ham. Chelsea the same as its in Fulham . Woolwich never played a game in Woolwich
The list goes on, we are Tottenham for a reason, from Tottenham and play in Tottenham got to be proud of that!
Good point Sean. I’ll fuck off now.
Which page?
I was at Whitechapel station years ago, on the old East London Line. I looked up and saw an old road sign with NE on it. Couldn't see the number though.
I was born in Essex....which is now East London (Wanstead)
They didn't have numbers when the NE was in use. Hence why it was so hard to administer.
The old metropolitan borough of shoreditch,hoxton and haggerston had n.e postcodes .. if it wasnt so hard to post photos here i'd post some of the said boroughs finest yids circa mid 70s
