Now here's a spanner to throw into the works, it's regarding Eckington's list, we live in Lincolnshire which is neither in East Anglia or the Midlands, so where would that leave us??? some say we are in the East Midlands but i don't speak with a Midlander accent. The local army regiment is the Royal Anglian Regiment and we have a Peterborough Postcode. Just up the road they have a Doncaster postcode, where are North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire??? they are part of the old and ancient Lindsey and Kesteven areas of Lincolnshire but are still policed by Humberside police and the Humberside Fire and Rescue provide the fire dept.
Confused?? not as much as we are, as AdrianJohn rightly says don't ever bring back the county of Humberside. The East Riding is a much nicer place.
Just thought i'd throw my pennies worth in
Big Fish