The Chester/Chesterfield debate could rumble on forever ,so I hope nobody minds that I've gone with Chester.The closing date of the poll is set for 9th July so that folk on holiday get a chance to vote.
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In NUL Soup Dragon came up with the ultimate number 42 The Answer To Life, The Universe And Everything. It went something like this :-
"It depends upon the perspective from which you look at it, and it doesn't matter anyway".
This was in response to a discussion as to who is the best Dr Who when he later wrongly said William Hartnell.
Spookily the Today programme debated the North/South question this morning, is John Humphries one of us?
Here's something they put on Facebook, best comment: "who said this identity stuff is rational"
https://www.facebook.com/thetodaypro...6437561448895/
I dispute the Harnell, Squire! I said Harnell with Ian, Barbara and Susan had the best dynamic between Doc and companions; Pat Troughton was the best Doc; Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) the best single companion; Jon Pertwee under Barry Letts and Terry Dicks had the most socially relevant stories; The Hinchcliffe years of Tom Baker's Doc were the best 'horror/Gothic' stories; Eccleston was the best of new Who, Martha the best companion and the programme was effectively destroyed under Moffat.
I think that proves I don't over analyse, I don't look at things from differing perspectives and it really doesnt matter to me :) :D
As to how the Chester/Chesterfield debate goes - I return to the treaty of Wedmore made between Alfred and Guthrum in 878. It placed all to the north of Watling Street as Guthrum's Danelaw and I go with that as I live half a mile from the road - even Cannock is in heathen confines to me. :D
John Humphreys? Isn't he Welsh?? What can he possibly know about the English Midlands??
With regard to Derbyshire, I regard Chesterfield as being the North but that's from a Southern perspective and I agree it's borderline. Anywhere in Derbyshire with a Stockport post code is ine the North, eg Buxton, Glossop and High Peak.