In a message dated 04/03/2007 14:32:39 GMT Standard Time, crhayles@btinternet.com writes: Just as confusing for people not in the know - I live in St Leonards which is East Dorset but my Postal Address is Ringwood Hampshire as that is where the postal sorting office is Graham And its still just as confusing now Colin!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin M. Andrews" <colin@chubsandrews.freeserve.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names In the mid 1960's places in Surrey had Hampshire addresses. e.g. Frimley, Aldershot, Hants. This had a number of advantages in that insurance, car, house and contents were cheaper with a Hants address. For some years after the change to Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, many continued to use the Hants address for the obvious reasons. Regards Colin -----Original Message----- From: hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Read Sent: 02 March 2007 13:21 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] hampshire place names A lot of Hampshire places have a guildford postmark though. regards Jill