Helen Skelton claimed the village of Diggle in Saddleworth was in Lancashire, which has caused a lot of controversy
Helen Skelton caused a bit of controversy recently when she claimed a Greater Manchester village was in Lancashire.
The Diggle confusion arises from the Local Government Act in 1972 which, from 1974, abolished administrative counties and redrew the borders in several areas. That meant large parts of Yorkshire were reclassified as Lancashire. Billy said he spends a lot of his time discussing the boundaries of the two counties with travellers who stay at his hotel. He also says he spent more time being abused for his Lancastrian roots on the cricket pitch in his younger years.
"So that settled it for me, if that's the way they're calling it, I'll be a proud Lancastrian then. Nowadays we're all part of Greater Manchester here anyway, all the money goes that way. Resident James said: "We still have a Yorkshire day every year here at the start of August and I think it's a good thing we do. I wouldn't consider myself Lancastrian in any way, it is a West Yorkshire village and has been as long as I've been alive.
"For me, I'm a Yorkshire lad and I like to think this is a bit of Yorkshire too. I'd rather it was and we do have the white roses up every year to make that point."
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