Hi Marged, I could tell you all about it but, it's a very contentious issue and draws violent religious argument from even the quietest persons. Leave it at this, Battle of the Boyne, King William of Orange, The Bloody red hand of Ulster, one of the four kingdoms, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught, and lots of very irate Irishmen and women. From Bryan, The Wild Celt, Dum Spiro - Spero. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Exchange rates > | The exchange rate is the same everywhere in the United Kingdom, which does not > include Ireland, but does include Northern Ireland, for strange political > reasons which I cannot fathom. > > Scotland prints its own money and still has paper One Pound Notes. The coins > are the same as England & Wales. Isle of Man has its own coins, and they won't > take them on the mainland. > > The Channel Islands may be different- they certainly have their own money and I > am not sure about the exchange rate. > > Marged > > > | I have so much trouble with the exchange rate. First it was > | pounds and then I found I definitly had Irish relatives and > | now there is the exchange rate there. I believe that Wales > | and England are the same; am I right in this ? How about > | Scotland ? > | > | > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family history of the region. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 16/11/00