During my college years I once had a summer job consisting of six
weeks picking strawberries and raspberries on a farm near Ardleigh.
Since then, Essex has meant for me primarily the area north of the
theoretical Witham-Clacton line.
A few months ago I’ve seen at least two BBC programmes ‘about Essex’ and was astonished to see that for their authors, the county seemed to hardly extend far enough from the immediate London vicinity to reach said hypothetical line.
In fact, I still find it hard to digest the fact that the county town is Chelmsford (which I’ve never been to), rather than Colchester.
(originally published on WordPress)
A few months ago I’ve seen at least two BBC programmes ‘about Essex’ and was astonished to see that for their authors, the county seemed to hardly extend far enough from the immediate London vicinity to reach said hypothetical line.
In fact, I still find it hard to digest the fact that the county town is Chelmsford (which I’ve never been to), rather than Colchester.
(originally published on WordPress)
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