11-03-2024, 12:21 PM
(11-03-2024, 04:29 AM)Manclad83 Wrote: The TV regions in the U.K. have always been rather large. County and authority boundaries are rather arbitrary to look at it like that. Many folk in Sheffield won’t be too interested in what’s happening in Leeds, even though they are still in Yorkshire. But, I know that folk in Chesterfield and Worksop have more of an affiliation with Sheffield than they do Derby and Nottingham.
Bakewell is borderline but then it depends where in the Peak District/Dales you are as to whether you have more of an affiliation with Manchester, Sheffield or Derby.
Agree 100%. I'm from the south of Yorkshire and am not interested in what's going on in Leeds (except the weather). The South Yorks/North Mids 'pseudo-region' has come about because of the range of the Crosspool transmitter and the Sheffield/Chesterfield/Worksop triangle is the core of that.
Bakewell is borderline but there are Sheffield and Derby newspapers for sale there so its a case of 'take your pick