>if she was a little way further towards Liverpool she would get a free bus >pass (maybe she doesn't want one, but I am so pleased I have a >Merseyside >address! >Of course, lost of Southport people would prefer to be in Lancashire rather >than Merseyside, but not me! When my wife and I were deliberating where to retire to (the world being our oyster) after a 30-year sojourn in rural Herefordshire what finally swung it for us was the free travel which comes with living in Merseyside. Although we found Southport particularly attractive we eventually plumped for Wallasey because of its proximity to Liverpool, which we can access by bus, train or ferry depending on how the mood takes us. Within less than an hour we can be whisked to Chester, Southport, West Kirby, Ormskirk or St Helens without it costing us a penny. And we can still tell our snobby friends, in all honesty, that we live in Wirral! Gordon >I have a cousin who lives in either Great or Little Sutton, and she is >pleased with the fact that their post code is CH and not L, but if she was >a little way further towards Liverpool she would get a free bus pass (maybe >she doesn't want one, but I am so pleased I have a Merseyside address! >Of course, lost of Southport people would prefer to be in Lancashire >rather than Merseyside, but not me! >Marged