or
the true story of how berwick upon tweed
the disbuted town
actually lost its but in the war
m
my own most serene & fresh gnomedom of barbaria by contrast is still
at peace with all parties
whether flying the white flag of surrender & purity or not
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Anton Florian Zeilinger"
<anton_zeilinger@h...> wrote:
> 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@o...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> >To: <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> >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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