On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 16:07:40 +0100 Janet Peacock via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: Hello Janet, I knew it would happen (it always does)... >My comment about the Post Office, Victor, reflects the fact that many >postcodes in the East Riding of Yorkshire begin 'YO'. This, >according to the Post Office puts them in North Yorkshire & I have had Complete and utter drivel. You're making the same error many people make; That Post Codes have some sort of significance beyond their intended purpose, which is to facilitate the routing of post. Codes serve no purpose to anybody except the Royal Mail(1). They do not have any political significance. The leading letters (in this case YO) serve to indicate the main sorting office through which post should be passed to reach its final destination. Post Codes have nothing to do with county, city or other boundaries. (1) Note: NOT the Post Office - they're separate businesses and have been for many years. Nowadays RM create post codes, not the Post Office. I will concede that the codes came into existence prior to the dismantling of the (then) Post Office into two businesses. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It's your life so go your own way Questions And Answers - Sham 69

Just one thing about the post office If you post a letter in Cottingham (East Yorkshire...there is one in Northamptonshire) it gets stamped with a Sheffield post mark! These days you have no idea where the letter came from. I spoke to my brother about this after he sent me a birthday card. I asked him why did he post it in Sheffield! He told me that if he posted a letter to someone living next door to him it will get a Sheffield post mark. That itself solved a mystery for me as for over a few years I had been received a Valentine card. As many of you may know sending such a card does not include the sender writing their name in it and the receiver had to guess who sent it. Well in my case looking at the postmark I had no knowledge of anyone living in that area. This happened for four years. I didn't get one this year so the sender must have thought I wasn't interested in her! To date I have no idea who sent it or who was 'desperate for me' (the words the sender wrote in the card). I still haven't a clue! Thanks to the post office I wonder who I have 'lost'! Victor On 02/04/2016 5:49 PM, Brad Rogers via wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 16:07:40 +0100 > Janet Peacock via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hello Janet, > > I knew it would happen (it always does)... > >> My comment about the Post Office, Victor, reflects the fact that many >> postcodes in the East Riding of Yorkshire begin 'YO'. This, >> according to the Post Office puts them in North Yorkshire & I have had > Complete and utter drivel. > > You're making the same error many people make; That Post Codes have > some sort of significance beyond their intended purpose, which is to > facilitate the routing of post. Codes serve no purpose to anybody > except the Royal Mail(1). They do not have any political significance. > The leading letters (in this case YO) serve to indicate the main sorting > office through which post should be passed to reach its final > destination. Post Codes have nothing to do with county, city or other > boundaries. > > (1) Note: NOT the Post Office - they're separate businesses and have > been for many years. Nowadays RM create post codes, not the Post Office. > I will concede that the codes came into existence prior to the > dismantling of the (then) Post Office into two businesses. >