----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Rushton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] 4th County of the 4 counties?
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keir Gale" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:57 PM > Subject: RE: [canals-list] 4th County of the 4 counties? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of colin wareing > Sent: 16 February 2010 20:48 > To: canal newsgroup > Subject: [canals-list] 4th County of the 4 counties? > > > > > I don't think any part of the "Four counties Ring" has ever been in Worcs. > My guess would be that the 4th county is indeed the West Midlands, which > would have been administratively a county at the time that these rings > were > being given names (sometime in the late 70s early 80s I'd guess). > > Keir > ............................................................................................................................... > > The 4th county would have been Lancashire which became part of Manchester > in > 1974. > > Phil oops !!! I didn't have my brain in gear - I had done a detour onto the Cheshire Ring !! Was it Phil
