Escape from Omnishambleshire: the case for the old county boundaries

I don’t care how local councils are arranged. I just want people in England to know where they live

From magazine issue: 25 October 2014

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel from London to the Home Counties. The poster shows a map of the area north of London, with routes from the London stations of King?s Cross, Marylebone, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street. Artwork by Montague B Black, who was educated at Stockwell College and concentrated on military and naval artwork. He designed posters for LNER, Southern Railway (SR) and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

issue 25 October 2014

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[/audioplayer]Just over 35 years ago, in August 1979, Christopher Booker wrote a cri de coeur in The Spectator calling for the return of England’s ancient counties and the repeal of the 1972 Local Government Act, under which most of them had been either merged, mauled, mangled or murdered.