User talk:Lozleader/county boroughs
personally i blame John Henniker Heaton. Morwen - Talk 19:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Politician and postal reformer?, born 1848?, died 1914? What's he got to do with the price of fish? Lozleader 20:09, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- and also member of Parliament for Canterbury in 1888, which I'd not realised was so small. Morwen - Talk 20:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Aha. That would make sense. When you consider that Birmingham had 1.1 million population with the same status it reinforces the "all politics is local " thing Lozleader 20:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- i shall have to consult the 1888 Hansard, and see how precisely the number of county boroughs got changed from 10 to LOTS. Morwen - Talk 20:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Aha. That would make sense. When you consider that Birmingham had 1.1 million population with the same status it reinforces the "all politics is local " thing Lozleader 20:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- and also member of Parliament for Canterbury in 1888, which I'd not realised was so small. Morwen - Talk 20:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)