Re: The wearing o' the orange

Paul Dormer wrote:
> In article <frsb86$hs2$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Keith F.
> Lynch) wrote:
> 
>> Supposedly Russia is still technically at war with Germany from 
>> WWII.
> 
> There's an urban legend about the town of Berwick upon Tweed.  The
> usual version is that the declaration of war that started the Crimean
> War mentioned Berwick, the peace treaty didn't, so Berwick is still at
> war with Russia.  (I once heard a version involving WWI and Berwick
> still being at war with Germany, but I think this was part of an April
> Fool spoof.)
> 
> The Tweed is the border between England and Scotland, and Berwick has
> changed sides many times (but not for some centuries).  It's currently
> part of England, although its football team play in the Scottish league.
> Therefore, it often got mentioned separately in Acts of Parliament.
> 
> Googled on Berwick and war and got this explanation:
> 
> http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART38768.html

They formally declared "peace" a while back.


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Jette Goldie
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