Birth location of boxers

slapbangwhallop · Post by **slapbangwhallop** » 25 Oct 2007, 08:48

Why are boxers residence and place of birth listed as "Manchester, Lancashire" or "Droylsden, Lancashire" etc when these are not in Lancashire??

stac · Post by **stac** » 25 Oct 2007, 11:34

Another issue........Greater Manchester only came intyo being in 1974

stac · Post by **stac** » 25 Oct 2007, 11:36

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster.[1] Its county council is based in Preston, the county's administrative capital. Lancaster however is still considered to be the county town. Commonly, Lancashire is referred to by the abbreviation Lancs, originally used by the Royal Mail. People from the county are known as Lancastrians. The county was subject to a significant boundary change in 1974,[2] which removed Liverpool and Manchester with most of their surrounding conurbations to form part of the metropolitan counties of Merseyside and Greater Manchester.[3] The Duchy of Lancaster exercises the right of the Crown in the area known as the County Palatine of Lancaster

stac · Post by **stac** » 25 Oct 2007, 11:39

Droylsden is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated 4.1 miles (6.6 km) to the east of Manchester City Centre, and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) west-southwest of Ashton-under-Lyne, it has a population of 23,172 inhabitants.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Droylsden grew as as a mill town around the cotton mills established in the mid-19th century, and the Ashton Canal and Peak Forest Canals. Beginning in the early 1930's, Droylsden's population expanded rapidly, as it became a housing overflow area for neighbouring Manchester.

The Fairfield area of Droylsden has notably been home to a Moravian community since 1785, and which still exists to this day.[1]

stac · Post by **stac** » 25 Oct 2007, 11:40

anyone born pre 1974 was born in lancashire me thinks....

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 25 Oct 2007, 12:26

I think it should be whatever it is right now, not what it was prior to a certain time.

emile · Post by **emile** » 25 Oct 2007, 12:29

I don't see any reason to put counties in places of birth at all, unless it's a town name that needs the distinction because there is more than one.

Why not just have Droylsden, England?

slapbangwhallop · Post by **slapbangwhallop** » 25 Oct 2007, 12:47

emile wrote:I don't see any reason to put counties in places of birth at all, unless it's a town name that needs the distinction because there is more than one.

Why not just have Droylsden, England?

I would have thought Droylsden, Greater Manchester, England

Anyway not many outside of Tameside know where Droylsden is!

slapbangwhallop · Post by **slapbangwhallop** » 31 Oct 2007, 16:59

sligobhoy67 wrote:
emile wrote:I don't see any reason to put counties in places of birth at all, unless it's a town name that needs the distinction because there is more than one.

Why not just have Droylsden, England?
I would have thought Droylsden, Greater Manchester, England

Anyway not many outside of Tameside know where Droylsden is!

so what are we going to do about this - is there any standardisation that should be used?