Hi,

I found two links on this story on the net, both with different and not
really plausible (albeit funny) reasons about Berwick being at war w/
Germany:

http://thecapitalscot.com/standrew/berwick.html

http://www.bikwil.zip.com.au/Vintage14/Berwick-upon-Tweed.html

Nice story nevertheless, thanks for bringing it up, Gerard!

Anton Z

>From: "Gerard J Keating" <gerard@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Disbuted town on Scottish/English border
>offer money to rejoin Scotland
>Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:37:49 +0100
>
> > It would seem logical for the border to follow the river out to the
> > North Sea, but is the municipality of Berwick contained to the north
> > side of the river? Where was the historical border?
>
>There is an old story (not sure if it is true) that states that at the
>start
>of the First World War, the exact position of the english/scotish border
>was
>in dispute, as in the past Berwick was part of scotland. So when the war
>started, England and Scotland seperatly declared war on Germany and since
>Berwick was unsure which side of the border it was, it also declared war on
>Germany.
>
>But Berwick never signed the peace treaty at the end of the war, so
>technically it is still at war with the German Empire...
>
>
>
>

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