- Disbuted town on Scottish/English border offer money to rejoin Scotland
A border dispute that has not cost any lives. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1930000/193082 1.stm -Andrew
Apr 15, 2002 @ 17:15 - shocktm ("shocktm" <andrew@...>)
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Interesting. Looking at the map (multimap.com), it appears the England-Scotland border follows the river Tweed and veers north just before reaching Berwick.
Apr 15, 2002 @ 19:11 - mls515.rm ("mls515.rm" <mls515@...>)
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What strikes me is the following: The town stands on the northern bank of the river Tweed - which is officially a Scottish river - and its football and rugby
Apr 15, 2002 @ 19:53 - ps1966nl ("ps1966nl" <smaardijk@...>)
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... 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
Apr 15, 2002 @ 20:37 - Gerard J Keating ("Gerard J Keating" <gerard@...>)
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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:
Apr 17, 2002 @ 19:03 - Anton Florian Zeilinger ("Anton Florian Zeilinger" <anton_zeilinger@...>)
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Yes, and in war with Russia as well... Berwick s status was such that even the Crimean War had to be declared in the name of Great Britain, Ireland and
Apr 17, 2002 @ 12:52 - ps1966nl ("ps1966nl" <smaardijk@...>)
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My understanding of the Crimean war episode is less exciting. From what I can remember at the time war was declared it was customary to refer to Berwick upon
Apr 17, 2002 @ 18:46 - Bramwell Hayes (=?iso-8859-1?q?Bramwell=20Hayes?= <bramwellhayes@...>)
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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
Apr 17, 2002 @ 17:58 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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well bramwell your direct observation & recollection is undoubtedly our most sensible & reliable report to date on this subject & indeed i am delighted we can
Apr 19, 2002 @ 15:38 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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What is that with the British and war??? This was news on April 17, 1986 The Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands signed a peace treaty that ended a war that
Apr 19, 2002 @ 19:41 - Harry ten Veen ("Harry ten Veen" <pa8km@...>)
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thanx harry i was hoping someone would put in a good word for our eponymously favorite isles of scilly despite their lack of any noticeable boundary point but
Apr 20, 2002 @ 15:13 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)