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Happy Lancashire Day everyone - including people from Yorkshire - I’m spreading the love - even to lovers of sheep

'Happy' and 'Lancashire' in the same sentence? There's a first.

I think you need this:

youtube.com/watch?v=qfXjDELeW5M&

In the spirit of Mick’s post, I’ve included a Yorkshireman.

Mick, can you name all 10 Lancastrians with a (football) World Cup Winner’s medal?

Only with the help of google. 
Impressive fact is though!

I'd have celebrated with a mug of Yorkshire tea but I've run out and forgot to take my wallet to work.

http://www.forl.co.uk/lancashire-miscellany/7-wonders-of-lancashire

My Grandad was most annoyed at attempts to change the county boundaries and refused to acknowledge them.  

Black pudding butties for us tea then.

That’s well good!  Many folk don’t know what Lancashire used to include. That’s a good summary. 

Still does include Mick, still does!

Even as a Lancastrian I think it's a bit rich to include the Lakes as a wonder of Lancashire as we had to share it with Cumberland and Westmorland? A little known fact is that Lancashire had the bulk of the shoreline of Windermere (about three quarters?) but the bed of the lake was all in Westmorland. So as soon as you went for a dip you'd potentially move between counties. That would have thrown up a potential covid quandary.

Like they did to get Sheffield to fit into S. Yorks? 

Don't get me wrong, I loved living there but it's not really Yorkshire.....;p

I have one parent from each so Windermere  is mine

Historically as far back as I have seen Sheffield is just inside the Yorkshire West Riding Boundary.  

Where else would it have been?  It's not in Derbyshire.  Although it looks like Dore was.  

Yorkshire did lose parts of its Ridings after Maud  but in terms of acreage i think Lancashire probably lost a lot more.( As one born and brought up in Saddleworth, the snobbish side of me would rather have gone over to Lancashire proper instead of  Greater Manchester)

And to Peppermil, how on earth is Sheffield not Yorkshire? You'll be saying Barnsley's one of the Home Counties next.

Greater Manchester isn't a thing in my Grandad's view so call it Lancashire if you like

Lancashire is a made up county - invented in the 1200's as a symbol of Norman imperialism over the Cumbrians. 

And St Helens beat Wigan, both Lancashire clubs. And a friend of my sons scored the winning try!  It’s a win win win !!! (I’m a Leyther exiled to Wigan, so not that fussed). 

I was born and lived  in the West Riding but for seven years walked into Lancashire to attend school. Added to which at least three generations of my forbears were born in Hindley.

So I have some sympathy with your plight.