The borough fighting to re-join Lancashire as thousands back petition - should it be let back in?
A borough is fighting to re-join Lancashire with thousands of people backing a petition for it to leave Greater Manchester after nearly 50 years.
He told the Local Democracy Service: “In just a few short days we gathered more than 3,000 signatures. There are many reasons why we feel that Bolton would be best served by leaving Greater Manchester. Council leader, Nick Peel, said: “I’m a proud Lancastrian and always will be, but in terms of recognising our strong systems of partnership with GM neighbours, that works best. There is no such thing as a Greater Manchester county council.“The suggested name back then was not Greater Manchester but South Lancashire and if we’d have stuck with that some of these issues of identity might never have come up.
Coun Richard Silvester said he, like many other councillors, classed himself as a Lancastrian and, at the unveiling of a red rose symbol in Victoria Square, had said ‘always in our hearts we will be a Lancashire town’. He said: “We have Lancashire red roses in our council chamber and on our coat of arms.”
“I’ve always been slightly concerned about the ‘Manchesterisation’ of who we are. I’m a big fan of the Bee Network and what we are trying to do for regional transport but the symbol of the buses is the bee, which is a Manchester symbol, yet it’s across 10 towns. He said on balance he was not minded for Bolton to move out of Greater Manchester. A motion proposed by Coun Peel in response to the petition was supported by a majority of councillors.
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