'For me it has never been a doubt and I'll tell you why...'
Identity can be a funny thing, as Dan Walker and Helen Skelton discovered last week. The TV pair embarked on their new journey across the Pennines and it wasn't long before they landed themselves in hot water, YorkshireLive reports.
But the government at the time promised the change was purely administrative and that historic Yorkshire would still be considered as Yorkshire even if run by a council like Greater Manchester. And so a new form of the War of the Roses was born in the tap rooms and living rooms of Diggle, are we Yorkshire? Or are we Lancashire? And do we care?
Billy told Yorkshire Live: "It has been part of Lancashire and part of Yorkshire before, the Wars of the Roses, all the border changes, it all happens right on the hills here. We have a lot of people come to stay and always ask us which it is. "At the end of the day, I'm glad it is that way it is because you imagine if you had a heart attack, would you rather have the ambulance coming over the hills from Huddersfield or just up the hill here?"
"I know it causes a bit of debate locally because the council is Oldham now but it was just an arbitrary thing at the time. They just look at lines on a map and said 'this is your part to look after', it wasn't to do with culture or identity." Rachel didn't agree, she said: "I'm Lancashire I'm afraid, I know it might not be that popular but I was brought up in Lancs and that is where we are. All of our money goes to Oldham council, all the services are Oldham and Greater Manchester.
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