"John B" wrote in message
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On Dec 31, 1:09 am, "David A Stocks" wrote:


I think most of Tunbridge Wells has been in Kent for all living memory -
I'm
not sure if the boundaries shifted much in 1974. However, you'll find
people
in East Grinstead and the surrounding area who are still disgruntled that
they were shifted from East Sussex to West Sussex in 1974.

TW has been in Kent for all living memory - the shift came in 1888.
But Roland was claiming that that counted as 'recent'.

I'm surprised people in East Grinstead care, though: I'd've expected
allegiances to be to Sussex (in the same way that Yorkshiremen's
allegiances are to Yorkshire, not to N/S/E/W Yorkshire).


The issue was having the administration moving from Lewes to Chichester. In
1974 EG was on the major route from London to Lewes (the A22 out of EG to
the south is called Lewes Road) so there were/are quite close links between
the two towns. Meanwhile, Chichester is a about as far away from EG as you
can get and still be in Sussex. Getting from one to the other is a major
trek so there's no feeling that they belong together in any way.

D A Stocks