East Anglia

[lankeela]

How far west does East Anglia go? Is there any way Berkshire could be included?

[kempie]

Not a chance!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Anglia

[lankeela]

Thanks again kempie, this is fast becoming the lankeela-kempie show!

[kazzianne]

ummm,no - I live in East

[kazzianne]

I live in East Anglia - excuse above answer cut short!

[4getmenot]

So do I and Berkshire is not allowed :-) Did you want it to be included?

[lankeela]

Not really, just that I write 'East Anglian Notes' for a dog paper and there is a charity dog show in Berkshire, and I wondered if I would get away with including it for a bit of free publicity for them!

[Buenchico]

I was brought up in, and have now returned to, Suffolk.

Most local people I know would say that East Anglia includes the following:

All of Norfolk

All of Suffolk

North-East Essex. (i.e. Colchester is included but Chelmsford and Harlow definitely aren't).

Southern Cambridgeshire (i.e. Cambridge and Huntingdon are included but Peterborough and the Fens aren't -although we might just let Ely sneak in).

Some people might count in parts of Bedfordshire (i.e. from Bedford to the Cambridgeshire border).

A few people would also include southern parts of Lincolnshire, e.g. Spalding, Stamford & Boston, (but these are the 'traitors' who also try to include the dreary Fens within East Anglia).

I've heard TV reporters refer to parts of Buckinghamshire (e.g. Milton Keynes) and Northamptonshire (e.g. Wellingborough) as being in East Anglia but I know of no true East Anglian who would agree with this.

I've also heard TV journalists referring to both Oxford and Leicester as being in East Anglia but that's just plain silly!

Lastly, even admitting the apparent lunacy of certain journalists, I've never heard of anyone being daft enough to suggest that Berkshire could form part of East Anglia - well, not until I read your question anyway :-)

Chris

[Buenchico]

Now that I've read the reason for your question, why not just mention how much you wish you could go to the dog show and add 'For anyone who is in the fortunate position to be able to travel, the details are . . ."?

Chris

[lankeela]

I suppose I knew the answer really, just made me wonder how far East Anglia actually went. I know our local TV news often covers a far bigger area than I would have thought.