On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:55:55 +0000 (UTC), Peter Campbell Smith
wrote:

Martin Edwards wrote in news:kgz8m.17902$m%4.11960
:

Another favourite is Kingston, Surrey. Oh no it isn't.

As a relative newcomer to London (a mere 30 years ago) I'm still bemused by
the fact that people in Kingston, Sutton, Croydon et al do not regard
themselves as being in London and often do not even know that they are.

That is because they're not in London, they're in Greater London.

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