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Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson
Todmorden's alright Margaret. The cricket ground at Tod, Centre Vale next to the park, is one of the most attractive grounds I've been on. The only downside with Tod, is that it's dangerously near Yorkshire.
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Todmorden is in Yorkshire and has been since they moved the Yorkshire border to take in all of Todmorden in 1898 or 89.
The Walsden Water runs under the Town hall to join the Calder and they were the original border between the two Counties, the Town hall has statues above which depict the wool and cotton trades of both Counties.
I lived in a house in Walsden which straddled the Walden water but by then it was all Yorkshire.
Daft bit is the Todmorden post code which is OL for Oldham district.
I agree about the Cricket ground and Walsden also has a nice one, Todmorden is in the Lancashire league and Walsden in the Central Lancashire League. i was the scorer (in the box, not on the field) when they won the Wood cup with Everton Weekes as pro, they had him on loan from Bacup.
What all this has to do with Weatherspoons I don't know but I just fancied mentioning my home County after my few pints of Stella, not in the above establishment by the way, that pleasure still awaits, so I am told.