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🧭 Why Middlesex Matters: A Chat With Russell Grant · The Sheppertonian (for Shepperton village)

• 0:55
  One
• 0:55
  thing
• 0:55
  that
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  is
• 0:56
  unchanging
• 0:57
  midst
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  all
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  of
• 0:58
  these
• 0:59
  changes
• 0:59
  is
• 1:00
  Middlesex.
• 1:01
  It
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  remains.
• 1:02
  It's
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  there.
• 1:04
  It's
• 1:04
  our
• 1:05
  identity,
• 1:05
  it's
• 1:06
  our
• 1:06
  history,
• 1:07
  it's
• 1:07
  our
• 1:07
  geography.
• 1:08
  It's
• 1:09
  part
• 1:09
  of
• 1:09
  our
• 1:09
  life.
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  And
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  I
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  urge
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  everybody
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  to
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  preserve
• 1:13
  this.
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  Look
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  after
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  this.
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  If
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  you're
• 1:15
  proud
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  of
• 1:16
  being
• 1:16
  English
• 1:17
  or
• 1:17
  British,
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  be
• 1:18
  equally
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  proud
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  of
• 1:19
  being
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  from
• 1:20
  Middlesex.
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  Hello
• 1:22
  and
• 1:22
  welcome
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  to
• 1:23
  the
• 1:23
  Sheppertonian.
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  I'm
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  Gareth
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  and
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  this
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  is
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  the
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  bringing
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  you
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  stories,
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  and
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  events
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  from
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  in
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  and
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  around
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  Shepparton
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  in
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  Middlesex.
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  That's
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  Middlesex
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  rather
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  than
• 1:33
  Surrey
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  and
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  I'll
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  let
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  today's
• 1:34
  guest
• 1:34
  explain
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  what
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  the
• 1:35
  difference
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  is.
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  But
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  before
• 1:36
  we
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  get
• 1:37
  into
• 1:37
  today's
• 1:38
  episode,
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  a
• 1:38
  huge
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  thank
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  you
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  to
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  the
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  supporting
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  The
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  episodes
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  in
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• 3:10
  on
• 3:10
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• 3:11
  Now
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  today's
• 3:12
  episode.
• 3:13
  Surrey's
• 3:13
  local
• 3:14
  government
• 3:14
  is
• 3:14
  going
• 3:15
  through
• 3:15
  its
• 3:15
  biggest
• 3:16
  upheaval
• 3:16
  in
• 3:16
  50
• 3:17
  years.
• 3:17
  Two
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  unitary
• 3:18
  authorities
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  are
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  replacing
• 3:19
  the
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  existing
• 3:20
  system
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  and
• 3:21
  while
• 3:21
  we've
• 3:21
  already
• 3:22
  covered
• 3:22
  what
• 3:22
  that
• 3:23
  means
• 3:23
  structurally
• 3:24
  in
• 3:24
  an
• 3:24
  earlier
• 3:24
  episode
• 3:25
  with
• 3:25
  two
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  local
• 3:26
  councillors.
• 3:27
  There's
• 3:27
  a
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  dimension
• 3:27
  to
• 3:28
  this
• 3:28
  story
• 3:28
  that
• 3:28
  goes
• 3:29
  much
• 3:29
  deeper
• 3:29
  than
• 3:30
  council
• 3:30
  boundaries
• 3:31
  and
• 3:31
  bin
• 3:31
  collections.
• 3:32
  It's
• 3:33
  a
• 3:33
  question
• 3:33
  of
• 3:34
  identity,
• 3:34
  of
• 3:35
  belonging,
• 3:35
  of
• 3:36
  what
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  happens
• 3:36
  to
• 3:36
  a
• 3:37
  place's
• 3:37
  sense
• 3:37
  of
• 3:37
  itself
• 3:38
  when
• 3:39
  the
• 3:39
  structures
• 3:39
  around
• 3:40
  it
• 3:40
  are
• 3:40
  redrawn.
• 3:41
  My
• 3:41
  guest
• 3:42
  today
• 3:42
  has
• 3:42
  been
• 3:42
  asking
• 3:43
  that
• 3:43
  question
• 3:43
  for
• 3:44
  most
• 3:44
  of
• 3:44
  his
• 3:44
  adult
• 3:44
  life.
• 3:45
  He's
• 3:45
  the
• 3:45
  founder
• 3:45
  of
• 3:46
  the
• 3:46
  Association
• 3:46
  of
• 3:46
  British
• 3:47
  Counties,
• 3:48
  author
• 3:48
  of
• 3:48
  The
• 3:49
  Real
• 3:49
  Counties
• 3:49
  of
• 3:49
  Britain,
• 3:50
  and
• 3:50
  the
• 3:51
  Lord
• 3:51
  of
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  Manor
• 3:51
  of
• 3:52
  Ashford
• 3:52
  in
• 3:52
  Middlesex.
• 3:53
  He's
• 3:54
  also
• 3:54
  a
• 3:54
  television
• 3:54
  personality.
• 3:55
  Oh,
• 3:56
  and
• 3:56
  he's
• 3:56
  one
• 3:56
  of
• 3:57
  the
• 3:57
  UK's
• 3:57
  best
• 3:57
  known
• 3:58
  astrologers.
• 3:59
  He
• 3:59
  also
• 3:59
  has
• 3:59
  a
• 3:59
  personal
• 4:00
  connection
• 4:00
  to
• 4:00
  Shepperton
• 4:01
  that
• 4:01
  goes
• 4:01
  back
• 4:02
  decades
• 4:02
  and
• 4:02
  a
• 4:03
  very
• 4:03
  specific
• 4:04
  stake
• 4:04
  in
• 4:04
  what
• 4:04
  happens
• 4:05
  next.
• 4:06
  I
• 4:06
  had
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  pleasure
• 4:06
  of
• 4:06
  spending
• 4:07
  time
• 4:07
  with
• 4:07
  a
• 4:08
  wonderful
• 4:08
  person
• 4:09
  that
• 4:09
  is
• 4:09
  Russell
• 4:10
  Grant.
• 4:10
  Thank
• 4:11
  you,
• 4:11
  Gareth,
• 4:12
  for
• 4:12
  bringing
• 4:13
  me
• 4:13
  onto
• 4:13
  the
• 4:13
  Sheppertonian,
• 4:14
  which
• 4:14
  I
• 4:15
  have
• 4:15
  been
• 4:16
  listening
• 4:16
  to
• 4:17
  for
• 4:17
  quite
• 4:17
  a
• 4:18
  while.
• 4:18
  I'm
• 4:19
  delighted
• 4:19
  to
• 4:19
  be
• 4:19
  on
• 4:20
  here
• 4:20
  and
• 4:20
  to
• 4:20
  explain
• 4:21
  a
• 4:21
  few
• 4:21
  things.
• 4:22
  Russell's
• 4:22
  roots
• 4:23
  in
• 4:23
  this
• 4:23
  part
• 4:23
  of
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  world
• 4:24
  go
• 4:24
  back
• 4:24
  a
• 4:24
  long
• 4:24
  way
• 4:25
  and
• 4:25
  they're
• 4:25
  anything
• 4:26
  but
• 4:26
  abstract.
• 4:26
  It
• 4:27
  goes
• 4:27
  back
• 4:27
  to
• 4:27
  the
• 4:27
  1950s,
• 4:29
  when
• 4:29
  my
• 4:29
  nan
• 4:30
  used
• 4:31
  to
• 4:31
  take
• 4:31
  us
• 4:32
  on
• 4:32
  on
• 4:32
  a
• 4:33
  bus
• 4:34
  from
• 4:34
  Uxbridge,
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  old
• 4:35
  224.
• 4:36
  I
• 4:36
  used
• 4:36
  to
• 4:36
  go
• 4:36
  down
• 4:37
  to
• 4:37
  Laleham
• 4:37
  Broadway
• 4:38
  and
• 4:38
  we
• 4:39
  used
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  get
• 4:39
  off
• 4:39
  at
• 4:39
  Staines
• 4:40
  and
• 4:40
  do
• 4:40
  our
• 4:41
  shopping
• 4:41
  there.
• 4:41
  I
• 4:42
  mean,
• 4:42
  Staines,
• 4:42
  a
• 4:43
  glorious
• 4:43
  market
• 4:44
  town.
• 4:44
  My
• 4:44
  it's
• 4:45
  changed
• 4:45
  now.
• 4:46
  And
• 4:47
  when
• 4:47
  I
• 4:47
  was
• 4:47
  living
• 4:48
  in
• 4:48
  Staines
• 4:49
  in
• 4:49
  the
• 4:49
  80s
• 4:49
  and
• 4:50
  90s,
• 4:51
  I
• 4:51
  lived
• 4:52
  there
• 4:52
  for
• 4:52
  25
• 4:53
  years.
• 4:53
  And
• 4:55
  I
• 4:56
  loved
• 4:56
  it.
• 4:56
  I
• 4:56
  love
• 4:57
  crossing
• 4:57
  the
• 4:57
  bridge.
• 4:59
  I
• 4:59
  used
• 4:59
  to
• 4:59
  love
• 5:00
  just
• 5:00
  walking
• 5:01
  to
• 5:01
  the
• 5:01
  Middlesex
• 5:02
  Chronicle
• 5:02
  office
• 5:03
  in
• 5:03
  Church
• 5:04
  Street.
• 5:05
  So
• 5:06
  many
• 5:06
  happy
• 5:06
  memories.
• 5:08
  And
• 5:08
  the
• 5:08
  reason
• 5:08
  I
• 5:09
  wanted
• 5:09
  to
• 5:09
  live
• 5:10
  there
• 5:10
  goes
• 5:10
  back
• 5:11
  to
• 5:11
  the
• 5:11
  50s.
• 5:12
  Cause
• 5:12
  I
• 5:12
  had
• 5:12
  such
• 5:12
  a
• 5:12
  wonderful,
• 5:13
  jolly
• 5:14
  time
• 5:14
  when
• 5:14
  Nan
• 5:15
  used
• 5:15
  to
• 5:16
  bring
• 5:16
  me
• 5:16
  on
• 5:16
  the
• 5:16
  bus
• 5:17
  and
• 5:18
  we
• 5:18
  used
• 5:18
  to
• 5:18
  get
• 5:18
  off
• 5:19
  at
• 5:19
  Staines
• 5:20
  and
• 5:21
  I
• 5:22
  thought,
• 5:22
  oh,
• 5:22
  goodness
• 5:23
  me,
• 5:23
  I
• 5:23
  want
• 5:23
  to
• 5:23
  live
• 5:23
  there.
• 5:24
  And
• 5:24
  that's
• 5:24
  why
• 5:25
  I
• 5:25
  did.
• 5:25
  In
• 5:25
  fact,
• 5:25
  I
• 5:25
  lived
• 5:26
  in
• 5:26
  Staines
• 5:28
  longer
• 5:28
  than
• 5:28
  any
• 5:29
  other
• 5:29
  part
• 5:30
  of
• 5:30
  the
• 5:30
  world
• 5:30
  I've
• 5:31
  ever
• 5:31
  lived.
• 5:31
  His
• 5:32
  connection
• 5:32
  to
• 5:32
  this
• 5:32
  part
• 5:33
  of
• 5:33
  Middlesex
• 5:33
  runs
• 5:34
  through
• 5:34
  his
• 5:34
  family
• 5:34
  too,
• 5:35
  all
• 5:35
  the
• 5:36
  way
• 5:36
  to
• 5:36
  Shepperton
• 5:37
  Studios.
• 5:38
  My
• 5:38
  uncle
• 5:38
  John
• 5:39
  started
• 5:40
  off
• 5:40
  his
• 5:40
  movie
• 5:41
  career
• 5:41
  in
• 5:41
  Shepperton
• 5:42
  Studios,
• 5:43
  and
• 5:44
  I
• 5:44
  think
• 5:45
  he
• 5:45
  was
• 5:45
  nothing
• 5:45
  more
• 5:46
  than
• 5:46
  a
• 5:46
  tea
• 5:46
  bo
• 5:47
  there,
• 5:47
  from
• 5:47
  what
• 5:47
  I
• 5:48
  gather.
• 5:48
  But
• 5:48
  he
• 5:49
  grew
• 5:49
  up
• 5:49
  through
• 5:49
  the
• 5:50
  ranks,
• 5:50
  assistant
• 5:50
  director,
• 5:53
  producer,
• 5:53
  all
• 5:54
  kinds
• 5:54
  of
• 5:54
  things.
• 5:55
  But
• 5:55
  he
• 5:55
  went
• 5:56
  on
• 5:56
  to
• 5:56
  win
• 5:56
  an
• 5:57
  Oscar
• 5:57
  for
• 5:58
  the
• 5:58
  Deer
• 5:58
  Hunter.
• 6:00
  And
• 6:00
  that
• 6:00
  all
• 6:00
  began
• 6:01
  at
• 6:01
  Shepperton
• 6:02
  Studios.
• 6:03
  And
• 6:04
  then
• 6:04
  when
• 6:04
  I
• 6:04
  bought
• 6:04
  my
• 6:05
  book
• 6:05
  out,
• 6:05
  The
• 6:05
  Real
• 6:05
  Counties
• 6:06
  of
• 6:06
  Britain,
• 6:07
  which
• 6:08
  became
• 6:08
  a
• 6:08
  bestseller.
• 6:09
  And
• 6:10
  I
• 6:10
  got
• 6:10
  a
• 6:10
  call
• 6:10
  from
• 6:11
  Channel
• 6:11
  5
• 6:11
  and
• 6:12
  Sky
• 6:12
  TV,
• 6:12
  a
• 6:13
  lady
• 6:13
  called
• 6:13
  Dawn
• 6:14
  Airy,
• 6:15
  who
• 6:15
  was
• 6:15
  very
• 6:16
  high
• 6:16
  up
• 6:17
  there,
• 6:18
  in
• 6:18
  fact,
• 6:18
  she
• 6:19
  was
• 6:20
  Head
• 6:20
  of
• 6:20
  Programmes,
• 6:21
  Commissioner,
• 6:22
  and
• 6:22
  she
• 6:23
  said,
• 6:23
  could
• 6:23
  you
• 6:23
  make
• 6:24
  me
• 6:24
  a
• 6:24
  TV
• 6:25
  series
• 6:25
  of
• 6:25
  your
• 6:26
  book,
• 6:26
  Real
• 6:26
  Counties
• 6:27
  of
• 6:27
  Britain?
• 6:28
  I
• 6:28
  said,
• 6:28
  I'd
• 6:29
  love
• 6:29
  to.
• 6:30
  And
• 6:30
  it
• 6:30
  was
• 6:31
  produced
• 6:31
  from
• 6:32
  Shepperton
• 6:32
  by
• 6:33
  Vicki
• 6:33
  Sharp.
• 6:34
  We
• 6:34
  had
• 6:34
  an
• 6:34
  office
• 6:35
  at
• 6:35
  Shepperton
• 6:36
  Studios,
• 6:37
  so
• 6:37
  all
• 6:37
  of
• 6:37
  those
• 6:38
  little
• 6:38
  programmes
• 6:39
  that
• 6:39
  went
• 6:39
  out
• 6:39
  and
• 6:40
  are
• 6:40
  still
• 6:40
  on
• 6:40
  YouTube,
• 6:41
  and
• 6:42
  some
• 6:42
  we've
• 6:42
  put
• 6:42
  on
• 6:43
  our
• 6:43
  Facebook
• 6:43
  group,
• 6:44
  our
• 6:44
  South
• 6:44
  Middlesex
• 6:45
  Facebook
• 6:46
  group.
• 6:46
  You
• 6:46
  can
• 6:47
  still
• 6:47
  see
• 6:47
  some
• 6:47
  of
• 6:48
  them.
• 6:48
  You
• 6:48
  see,
• 6:48
  for
• 6:48
  instance,
• 6:49
  dear
• 6:49
  Nick
• 6:50
  Pollard,
• 6:51
  a
• 6:52
  shining
• 6:52
  light
• 6:52
  in.
• 6:53
  In
• 6:53
  Shepperton,
• 6:54
  of
• 6:54
  course.
• 6:55
  I
• 6:55
  mean,
• 6:55
  looking
• 6:56
  so
• 6:56
  young.
• 6:56
  I
• 6:57
  don't
• 6:57
  really
• 6:57
  think
• 6:57
  he
• 6:58
  believed
• 6:58
  himself.
• 6:58
  I
• 6:59
  think
• 6:59
  he
• 6:59
  put
• 6:59
  on
• 7:00
  Facebook.
• 7:00
  I
• 7:00
  didn't
• 7:01
  realise
• 7:01
  I
• 7:01
  was
• 7:01
  so
• 7:02
  ginger
• 7:02
  or
• 7:03
  something
• 7:03
  like
• 7:04
  that.
• 7:04
  He'd
• 7:04
  written
• 7:05
  and.
• 7:06
  But
• 7:06
  we
• 7:06
  made
• 7:06
  those
• 7:07
  in
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  late
• 7:08
  1990s
• 7:09
  and
• 7:09
  early
• 7:10
  2000s.
• 7:11
  So
• 7:12
  all
• 7:12
  of
• 7:12
  that
• 7:12
  began
• 7:13
  at
• 7:13
  Shepperton.
• 7:14
  And
• 7:14
  I
• 7:15
  still
• 7:16
  maintain
• 7:16
  my
• 7:17
  links
• 7:17
  with
• 7:17
  the
• 7:17
  area.
• 7:18
  I
• 7:18
  love
• 7:18
  it.
• 7:19
  I
• 7:19
  want
• 7:19
  to
• 7:20
  move
• 7:20
  back.
• 7:21
  And
• 7:21
  my
• 7:22
  big,
• 7:22
  big
• 7:23
  promise
• 7:24
  to
• 7:25
  my
• 7:25
  many
• 7:25
  friends
• 7:26
  there
• 7:27
  is
• 7:27
  that
• 7:27
  if
• 7:27
  we
• 7:28
  do
• 7:28
  get
• 7:28
  to
• 7:28
  South
• 7:28
  Middlesex
• 7:29
  in
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  name,
• 7:29
  I'm
• 7:30
  coming
• 7:30
  back
• 7:30
  to
• 7:31
  live.
• 7:31
  Russell's
• 7:32
  personal
• 7:32
  connection
• 7:32
  to
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  area
• 7:33
  eventually
• 7:34
  became
• 7:34
  something
• 7:34
  bigger,
• 7:35
  in
• 7:35
  fact,
• 7:36
  a
• 7:36
  lifelong
• 7:36
  campaign.
• 7:37
  And
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  moment
• 7:38
  it
• 7:38
  all
• 7:38
  shifted
• 7:39
  began
• 7:39
  with
• 7:39
  a
• 7:40
  lunch
• 7:40
  invitation
• 7:41
  and
• 7:41
  a
• 7:41
  Prime
• 7:41
  Minister
• 7:42
  who
• 7:42
  said
• 7:42
  something
• 7:43
  he's
• 7:43
  never
• 7:43
  forgotten.
• 7:44
  I
• 7:44
  got
• 7:45
  into
• 7:45
  this
• 7:45
  whole
• 7:46
  campaign
• 7:47
  because
• 7:47
  of
• 7:48
  Mrs.
• 7:48
  Margaret
• 7:49
  Thatcher
• 7:49
  as
• 7:49
  Prime
• 7:50
  Minister,
• 7:51
  and
• 7:51
  I
• 7:52
  went
• 7:52
  in
• 7:53
  1987
• 7:54
  for
• 7:54
  a
• 7:55
  lunch
• 7:56
  because
• 7:56
  I
• 7:57
  was
• 7:57
  doing
• 7:57
  a
• 7:57
  lot
• 7:57
  of
• 7:58
  work
• 7:58
  in
• 7:58
  various
• 7:59
  areas,
• 7:59
  and
• 8:00
  I
• 8:00
  was
• 8:00
  invited
• 8:00
  by
• 8:01
  Sir
• 8:01
  Basil
• 8:01
  Feldman,
• 8:02
  who
• 8:02
  was
• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
  Conservative
• 8:03
  chairman,
• 8:04
  and
• 8:05
  he
• 8:05
  invited
• 8:05
  me
• 8:06
  along
• 8:06
  to
• 8:06
  meet
• 8:06
  her.
• 8:06
  And
• 8:07
  I
• 8:07
  never
• 8:07
  forget
• 8:08
  when
• 8:08
  she
• 8:08
  said,
• 8:08
  where
• 8:09
  do
• 8:09
  you
• 8:09
  come
• 8:09
  from?
• 8:09
  I
• 8:09
  said,
• 8:10
  well,
• 8:10
  I
• 8:10
  actually
• 8:11
  come
• 8:11
  from
• 8:12
  Uxbridge
• 8:13
  in
• 8:13
  Middlesex,
• 8:14
  but
• 8:14
  I'm
• 8:14
  living
• 8:14
  in
• 8:15
  Staines.
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  said,
• 8:16
  but
• 8:17
  you've
• 8:17
  taken
• 8:17
  away
• 8:17
  Middlesex.
• 8:18
  And
• 8:18
  she
• 8:19
  turned
• 8:19
  to
• 8:19
  me
• 8:19
  and
• 8:19
  I
• 8:19
  never
• 8:20
  forget.
• 8:20
  And
• 8:20
  she
• 8:20
  went,
• 8:21
  what
• 8:21
  on
• 8:21
  earth
• 8:21
  makes
• 8:22
  you
• 8:22
  think
• 8:23
  that
• 8:23
  the
• 8:24
  abolition
• 8:25
  of
• 8:25
  a
• 8:25
  county
• 8:26
  council
• 8:26
  is
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  abolition
• 8:28
  of
• 8:28
  a
• 8:28
  county?
• 8:29
  They're
• 8:29
  two
• 8:30
  completely
• 8:30
  separate
• 8:31
  things.
• 8:32
  She
• 8:32
  said,
• 8:33
  what
• 8:33
  Parliament
• 8:34
  didn't
• 8:34
  create,
• 8:34
  it
• 8:35
  cannot
• 8:35
  abolish.
• 8:35
  And
• 8:36
  we
• 8:36
  never
• 8:36
  created
• 8:37
  counties.
• 8:38
  You
• 8:38
  can
• 8:38
  go
• 8:38
  way,
• 8:39
  way
• 8:39
  back.
• 8:39
  She
• 8:40
  said
• 8:40
  to
• 8:40
  Alfred
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  Great.
• 8:41
  She
• 8:42
  knew.
• 8:43
  And
• 8:43
  from
• 8:44
  that
• 8:44
  moment
• 8:44
  on,
• 8:46
  I
• 8:46
  realized
• 8:47
  that
• 8:48
  I
• 8:48
  was
• 8:48
  no
• 8:49
  longer
• 8:50
  living
• 8:50
  in
• 8:51
  a
• 8:51
  Staines
• 8:52
  that
• 8:52
  had
• 8:53
  an
• 8:53
  abolished
• 8:53
  Middlesex
• 8:54
  attachment.
• 8:55
  It
• 8:55
  was
• 8:56
  still
• 8:56
  there.
• 8:57
  Staines,
• 8:57
  Middlesex
• 8:58
  was
• 8:59
  still
• 8:59
  there.
• 8:59
  That
• 9:00
  distinction
• 9:00
  between
• 9:01
  a
• 9:01
  county
• 9:01
  council
• 9:02
  and
• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  county
• 9:03
  itself
• 9:03
  is
• 9:03
  the
• 9:04
  foundation
• 9:04
  of
• 9:04
  everything
• 9:05
  Russell
• 9:05
  has
• 9:05
  spent
• 9:06
  decades
• 9:06
  arguing.
• 9:07
  And
• 9:07
  with
• 9:07
  Surrey's
• 9:08
  own
• 9:08
  councils
• 9:08
  about
• 9:09
  to
• 9:09
  be
• 9:09
  abolished,
• 9:10
  it's
• 9:10
  never
• 9:10
  been
• 9:10
  more
• 9:11
  relevant.
• 9:11
  People
• 9:11
  should
• 9:12
  understand
• 9:13
  that
• 9:13
  next
• 9:14
  year,
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  April
• 9:15
  next
• 9:16
  year,
• 9:16
  the
• 9:17
  borough
• 9:17
  of
• 9:17
  Spelthorne
• 9:18
  will
• 9:18
  be
• 9:18
  abolished
• 9:19
  and
• 9:20
  Surrey
• 9:20
  County
• 9:21
  Council
• 9:21
  will
• 9:22
  be
• 9:22
  abolished.
• 9:23
  That's
• 9:24
  important
• 9:24
  to
• 9:25
  understand
• 9:25
  because
• 9:26
  in
• 9:26
  1965,
• 9:28
  Middlesex
• 9:29
  County
• 9:29
  Council
• 9:30
  was
• 9:30
  abolished
• 9:31
  and
• 9:32
  people
• 9:32
  assumed
• 9:33
  that
• 9:33
  Middlesex
• 9:34
  no
• 9:34
  longer
• 9:35
  exists.
• 9:36
  But
• 9:36
  it
• 9:36
  was
• 9:36
  only
• 9:37
  Middlesex
• 9:38
  County
• 9:38
  Council
• 9:39
  that
• 9:39
  was
• 9:39
  abolished,
• 9:40
  not
• 9:40
  Middlesex.
• 9:41
  As
• 9:42
  next
• 9:42
  year,
• 9:43
  when
• 9:43
  Surrey
• 9:44
  County
• 9:44
  Council
• 9:45
  is
• 9:45
  abolished,
• 9:46
  as
• 9:46
  Middlesex
• 9:47
  was
• 9:47
  in
• 9:47
  65,
• 9:48
  does
• 9:49
  that
• 9:49
  mean
• 9:49
  there
• 9:49
  will
• 9:50
  be
• 9:50
  no
• 9:50
  Surrey?
• 9:51
  Of
• 9:51
  course
• 9:51
  it
• 9:52
  doesn't.
• 9:53
  So
• 9:53
  therefore,
• 9:53
  if
• 9:53
  you
• 9:54
  apply
• 9:54
  the
• 9:54
  same
• 9:55
  yardstick
• 9:56
  to
• 9:56
  Middlesex
• 9:57
  in
• 9:57
  65
• 9:58
  to
• 9:58
  Surrey
• 9:59
  in
• 9:59
  2027,
• 10:00
  it
• 10:01
  is
• 10:01
  only
• 10:01
  the
• 10:02
  county
• 10:02
  councils
• 10:03
  that
• 10:03
  will
• 10:03
  be
• 10:03
  abolished.
• 10:05
  As
• 10:05
  historic
• 10:06
  Middlesex
• 10:06
  continues
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  exist,
• 10:09
  so
• 10:09
  historic
• 10:09
  Surrey
• 10:10
  will
• 10:10
  continue
• 10:11
  to
• 10:11
  exist.
• 10:12
  And
• 10:12
  the
• 10:12
  difference
• 10:13
  is
• 10:13
  enormous.
• 10:14
  If
• 10:14
  you
• 10:15
  follow
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  boundary
• 10:16
  of
• 10:16
  the
• 10:16
  Thames
• 10:17
  or
• 10:17
  the
• 10:17
  River
• 10:17
  Thames,
• 10:18
  that
• 10:19
  is
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  boundary
• 10:20
  between
• 10:20
  Middlesex
• 10:21
  and
• 10:21
  Surrey
• 10:21
  and
• 10:22
  has
• 10:22
  been
• 10:22
  for
• 10:23
  over
• 10:23
  a
• 10:23
  thousand
• 10:24
  years,
• 10:25
  that
• 10:26
  has
• 10:26
  never
• 10:26
  changed.
• 10:27
  You
• 10:27
  can't
• 10:28
  change
• 10:28
  geography
• 10:29
  as
• 10:30
  equally,
• 10:30
  you
• 10:31
  can't
• 10:31
  change
• 10:32
  history.
• 10:33
  What
• 10:33
  many
• 10:33
  people
• 10:34
  don't
• 10:34
  understand
• 10:35
  is,
• 10:36
  is
• 10:36
  that
• 10:36
  Middlesex
• 10:37
  is
• 10:37
  older
• 10:38
  than
• 10:38
  England.
• 10:40
  England
• 10:40
  was
• 10:41
  created
• 10:43
  around
• 10:43
  100
• 10:44
  years
• 10:44
  after
• 10:45
  Middlesex
• 10:46
  was
• 10:46
  first
• 10:46
  documented.
• 10:47
  We
• 10:48
  know
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  Middlesex
• 10:49
  was
• 10:49
  first
• 10:49
  mentioned
• 10:50
  in
• 10:50
  documentation
• 10:51
  in
• 10:51
  704
• 10:52
  AD,
• 10:53
  but
• 10:54
  actually
• 10:54
  we
• 10:55
  also
• 10:55
  know
• 10:55
  that
• 10:56
  Middlesex
• 10:56
  was
• 10:56
  created
• 10:57
  100
• 10:57
  years
• 10:58
  before
• 10:58
  that,
• 10:58
  the
• 10:59
  land
• 10:59
  of
• 10:59
  the
• 10:59
  Middlesaxons
• 11:01
  and
• 11:01
  Surrey.
• 11:03
  And
• 11:03
  we
• 11:03
  know
• 11:03
  it
• 11:03
  means
• 11:04
  susrij,
• 11:05
  which
• 11:05
  means
• 11:06
  southern
• 11:06
  region.
• 11:08
  And
• 11:08
  it
• 11:08
  was
• 11:08
  either
• 11:08
  the
• 11:09
  southern
• 11:09
  region
• 11:10
  of
• 11:10
  Middlesex,
• 11:11
  which
• 11:12
  would
• 11:12
  make
• 11:12
  sense
• 11:13
  because
• 11:13
  they
• 11:13
  border
• 11:14
  each
• 11:15
  other,
• 11:15
  or
• 11:16
  the
• 11:16
  southern
• 11:16
  region
• 11:17
  of
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  kingdom
• 11:18
  of
• 11:18
  Essex,
• 11:19
  of
• 11:20
  which
• 11:20
  the
• 11:20
  Middle
• 11:21
  Saxons
• 11:21
  and
• 11:21
  East
• 11:22
  Saxons
• 11:22
  both
• 11:23
  formed
• 11:23
  a
• 11:23
  part
• 11:24
  of.
• 11:24
  And
• 11:25
  so
• 11:25
  therefore
• 11:26
  Surrey
• 11:27
  was
• 11:27
  a
• 11:28
  southern
• 11:28
  region
• 11:29
  of
• 11:29
  these
• 11:30
  Saxon
• 11:30
  areas.
• 11:31
  And
• 11:31
  that
• 11:31
  Surrey
• 11:32
  part
• 11:32
  of
• 11:33
  probably
• 11:33
  only
• 11:33
  went
• 11:34
  as
• 11:34
  far
• 11:34
  as
• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  North
• 11:35
  Downs,
• 11:36
  because
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  South
• 11:37
  Downs
• 11:37
  are
• 11:37
  in
• 11:37
  Sussex.
• 11:38
  And
• 11:39
  so
• 11:39
  that
• 11:39
  area
• 11:40
  between
• 11:41
  the
• 11:41
  South
• 11:42
  Downs
• 11:42
  and
• 11:42
  the
• 11:43
  North
• 11:43
  Downs
• 11:44
  is
• 11:45
  most
• 11:45
  probably
• 11:46
  part
• 11:46
  of
• 11:46
  the
• 11:46
  kingdom
• 11:47
  of
• 11:47
  Sussex,
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  South
• 11:48
  Saxons.
• 11:50
  So
• 11:51
  you
• 11:51
  can
• 11:52
  begin
• 11:52
  to
• 11:52
  see
• 11:52
  the
• 11:53
  complication.
• 11:54
  You
• 11:54
  can
• 11:55
  begin
• 11:55
  to
• 11:55
  see
• 11:56
  the
• 11:56
  history,
• 11:57
  magnificent
• 11:58
  history.
• 11:59
  And
• 11:59
  the
• 12:00
  reason
• 12:00
  why
• 12:01
  identity
• 12:02
  is
• 12:02
  so
• 12:02
  important
• 12:03
  on
• 12:04
  one
• 12:04
  level
• 12:04
  is
• 12:05
  because
• 12:05
  it
• 12:05
  is
• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  part
• 12:06
  of
• 12:06
  ourselves.
• 12:07
  It's
• 12:08
  a
• 12:08
  part
• 12:08
  of
• 12:08
  our
• 12:08
  heritage,
• 12:09
  it's
• 12:09
  a
• 12:10
  part
• 12:10
  of
• 12:10
  where
• 12:10
  we've
• 12:10
  come
• 12:11
  from.
• 12:12
  There
• 12:12
  is
• 12:12
  a
• 12:12
  huge
• 12:13
  rise
• 12:13
  in
• 12:13
  the
• 12:13
  moment
• 12:14
  in
• 12:14
  people's
• 12:15
  love
• 12:15
  of
• 12:15
  genealogy.
• 12:16
  We
• 12:17
  should
• 12:17
  remember
• 12:18
  that
• 12:18
  many
• 12:18
  clubs,
• 12:19
  groups
• 12:19
  and
• 12:20
  organisations,
• 12:21
  whether
• 12:21
  it's
• 12:21
  the
• 12:22
  Middlesex
• 12:23
  Federation
• 12:24
  of
• 12:24
  WIs,
• 12:26
  all
• 12:26
  of
• 12:26
  the
• 12:26
  Spelthorne,
• 12:27
  WIs
• 12:28
  belong
• 12:28
  to
• 12:28
  the
• 12:29
  Middlesex
• 12:29
  Federation.
• 12:31
  Whether
• 12:31
  it's
• 12:32
  the
• 12:32
  football
• 12:33
  clubs,
• 12:33
  Staines
• 12:34
  Lammas,
• 12:34
  Middlesex,
• 12:35
  Ashford
• 12:36
  Town,
• 12:36
  Middlesex,
• 12:37
  Spelthorne
• 12:38
  Sports,
• 12:39
  they're
• 12:39
  all
• 12:40
  parented
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  the
• 12:41
  Middlesex
• 12:42
  County
• 12:42
  Football
• 12:43
  Association.
• 12:44
  So
• 12:44
  therefore
• 12:45
  Middlesex
• 12:46
  is
• 12:46
  active,
• 12:47
  it
• 12:47
  is
• 12:47
  not
• 12:48
  dying.
• 12:49
  So
• 12:50
  I
• 12:50
  would
• 12:50
  like
• 12:51
  to
• 12:51
  to
• 12:51
  make
• 12:52
  a
• 12:52
  plea
• 12:52
  now
• 12:53
  to
• 12:53
  everybody
• 12:54
  who's
• 12:54
  listening,
• 12:55
  who
• 12:56
  may
• 12:56
  be
• 12:56
  suspicious
• 12:57
  or
• 12:58
  cautious
• 12:59
  or
• 13:01
  not
• 13:01
  even
• 13:01
  approving
• 13:02
  of
• 13:03
  having
• 13:03
  South
• 13:04
  Middlesex.
• 13:05
  In
• 13:05
  the
• 13:05
  name
• 13:06
  of
• 13:06
  the
• 13:06
  new
• 13:06
  council,
• 13:08
  I
• 13:08
  would
• 13:08
  urge
• 13:09
  you
• 13:09
  and
• 13:10
  plead
• 13:10
  with
• 13:11
  you,
• 13:11
  that
• 13:11
  for
• 13:12
  many
• 13:12
  of
• 13:12
  us,
• 13:13
  our
• 13:13
  history,
• 13:14
  where
• 13:15
  we
• 13:15
  come
• 13:15
  from,
• 13:17
  that
• 13:17
  part
• 13:17
  of
• 13:18
  Middlesex
• 13:19
  which
• 13:19
  you
• 13:19
  now
• 13:19
  occupy
• 13:20
  to
• 13:20
  the
• 13:21
  north
• 13:21
  of
• 13:21
  the
• 13:21
  Thames,
• 13:23
  was
• 13:23
  never
• 13:23
  changed,
• 13:24
  it
• 13:24
  never
• 13:25
  altered.
• 13:26
  So
• 13:26
  it's
• 13:26
  about
• 13:27
  separating
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  County
• 13:28
  Council
• 13:28
  from
• 13:29
  the
• 13:29
  geographical
• 13:30
  and
• 13:30
  historic
• 13:31
  county.
• 13:31
  The
• 13:32
  campaign
• 13:32
  has
• 13:32
  been
• 13:32
  building
• 13:33
  quietly
• 13:33
  for
• 13:34
  years,
• 13:34
  but
• 13:34
  in
• 13:34
  the
• 13:35
  past
• 13:35
  12
• 13:35
  months,
• 13:36
  something
• 13:36
  has
• 13:36
  shifted.
• 13:37
  It's
• 13:37
  moved
• 13:37
  from
• 13:37
  heritage
• 13:38
  advocacy
• 13:39
  to
• 13:39
  live
• 13:39
  politics.
• 13:40
  We're
• 13:41
  delighted
• 13:41
  that
• 13:41
  the
• 13:42
  Spelthorne
• 13:43
  MP,
• 13:43
  Lincoln
• 13:44
  Jopp,
• 13:44
  has
• 13:44
  been
• 13:45
  very
• 13:45
  vocal
• 13:46
  in
• 13:47
  supporting
• 13:47
  us,
• 13:47
  actually,
• 13:48
  in
• 13:48
  the
• 13:48
  House
• 13:48
  of
• 13:49
  Commons
• 13:49
  itself.
• 13:50
  And
• 13:52
  he
• 13:52
  has
• 13:52
  a
• 13:53
  meeting
• 13:53
  coming
• 13:54
  up
• 13:54
  with
• 13:54
  the
• 13:55
  Minister
• 13:56
  for
• 13:56
  Local
• 13:57
  Government.
• 13:58
  Now,
• 13:58
  I
• 13:58
  believe
• 13:58
  that's
• 13:59
  either
• 13:59
  going
• 13:59
  to
• 13:59
  be
• 14:00
  the
• 14:01
  Minister
• 14:01
  for
• 14:02
  Local
• 14:02
  Government,
• 14:03
  Communities,
• 14:03
  et
• 14:04
  cetera,
• 14:04
  which
• 14:04
  is
• 14:05
  Steve
• 14:05
  Reed,
• 14:06
  mp,
• 14:07
  or
• 14:07
  the
• 14:07
  Minister
• 14:09
  for
• 14:10
  Local
• 14:10
  Government
• 14:11
  only,
• 14:11
  and
• 14:11
  that's
• 14:12
  Alison
• 14:12
  McGovern
• 14:14
  and
• 14:14
  she's
• 14:14
  MP
• 14:14
  for
• 14:15
  Birkenhead.
• 14:16
  We
• 14:17
  hope
• 14:17
  that
• 14:17
  obviously,
• 14:19
  because
• 14:20
  the
• 14:20
  proposal
• 14:21
  has
• 14:21
  to
• 14:21
  be
• 14:22
  and
• 14:22
  is
• 14:22
  cross
• 14:23
  party
• 14:23
  and
• 14:23
  apolitical,
• 14:25
  we
• 14:25
  will
• 14:25
  work
• 14:26
  with
• 14:26
  anyone
• 14:27
  who
• 14:27
  can
• 14:27
  give
• 14:28
  us
• 14:29
  our
• 14:29
  identity
• 14:30
  back
• 14:30
  and
• 14:31
  keep
• 14:31
  it
• 14:32
  there
• 14:32
  for
• 14:32
  as
• 14:32
  long
• 14:33
  as
• 14:33
  this
• 14:33
  particular
• 14:34
  council
• 14:34
  will
• 14:35
  last.
• 14:36
  And
• 14:36
  we
• 14:36
  were
• 14:37
  delighted
• 14:37
  that
• 14:37
  Robert
• 14:38
  Evans,
• 14:38
  the
• 14:38
  Labour
• 14:39
  councillor
• 14:40
  from
• 14:41
  Stanwell,
• 14:42
  he
• 14:43
  put
• 14:43
  forward
• 14:43
  a
• 14:44
  motion
• 14:45
  not
• 14:45
  so
• 14:45
  long
• 14:46
  ago
• 14:46
  to
• 14:47
  Surrey
• 14:47
  County
• 14:47
  Council,
• 14:48
  but
• 14:48
  of
• 14:49
  course
• 14:49
  they're
• 14:49
  going
• 14:49
  to
• 14:49
  be
• 14:50
  abolished
• 14:50
  anyway,
• 14:51
  so
• 14:52
  to
• 14:52
  have
• 14:52
  all
• 14:53
  of
• 14:53
  that
• 14:53
  support.
• 14:55
  And
• 14:55
  I
• 14:55
  believe
• 14:56
  that
• 14:56
  the
• 14:56
  Spelthorn
• 14:57
  Liberal
• 14:58
  Democrats
• 14:58
  have
• 14:59
  it
• 14:59
  on
• 14:59
  their
• 14:59
  leaflets,
• 15:00
  which
• 15:01
  is
• 15:01
  very,
• 15:02
  very,
• 15:03
  very
• 15:03
  good.
• 15:04
  And
• 15:04
  if,
• 15:05
  in
• 15:05
  fact,
• 15:05
  if
• 15:05
  anybody
• 15:06
  out
• 15:06
  there
• 15:06
  listening
• 15:07
  to
• 15:07
  this
• 15:07
  has
• 15:07
  any
• 15:08
  leaflets
• 15:09
  that
• 15:09
  have
• 15:09
  actually
• 15:10
  got
• 15:11
  on
• 15:11
  the
• 15:11
  leaflet,
• 15:12
  we
• 15:13
  support
• 15:13
  the
• 15:13
  proposal
• 15:14
  for
• 15:14
  South
• 15:14
  Middlesex.
• 15:15
  We
• 15:15
  would
• 15:15
  love
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  hear
• 15:16
  from
• 15:16
  you
• 15:17
  on
• 15:17
  our
• 15:17
  Facebook
• 15:18
  group
• 15:18
  because
• 15:18
  we
• 15:19
  would
• 15:19
  love
• 15:19
  to
• 15:19
  put
• 15:19
  it
• 15:20
  up
• 15:20
  there.
• 15:20
  The
• 16:24
  momentum
• 16:25
  isn't
• 16:25
  just
• 16:25
  coming
• 16:25
  from
• 16:26
  party
• 16:26
  politics.
• 16:27
  Six
• 16:27
  residents
• 16:28
  from
• 16:28
  across
• 16:28
  the
• 16:28
  area
• 16:28
  took
• 16:29
  it
• 16:29
  upon
• 16:29
  themselves
• 16:29
  to
• 16:30
  go
• 16:30
  and
• 16:30
  make
• 16:30
  the
• 16:30
  case
• 16:31
  in
• 16:31
  person.
• 16:32
  They
• 16:32
  were
• 16:32
  from
• 16:33
  Staines,
• 16:34
  Stanwell,
• 16:35
  Ashford,
• 16:37
  Halliford,
• 16:39
  Sunbury
• 16:40
  and
• 16:40
  Shepperton.
• 16:42
  There
• 16:42
  was
• 16:42
  a
• 16:42
  meeting
• 16:43
  with
• 16:43
  Lincoln
• 16:43
  Jopp,
• 16:44
  which
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  residents
• 16:45
  themselves
• 16:46
  asked
• 16:46
  for.
• 16:47
  Nothing
• 16:47
  to
• 16:47
  do
• 16:47
  with
• 16:48
  me.
• 16:48
  They
• 16:49
  wanted
• 16:49
  to
• 16:49
  convince
• 16:50
  him
• 16:50
  that
• 16:50
  South
• 16:50
  Middlesex
• 16:51
  was
• 16:51
  the
• 16:51
  right
• 16:52
  name.
• 16:53
  And
• 16:53
  they
• 16:53
  rang
• 16:53
  me
• 16:54
  up
• 16:54
  and
• 16:54
  said,
• 16:54
  we
• 16:54
  can't
• 16:54
  find
• 16:55
  a
• 16:55
  venue,
• 16:55
  there's
• 16:56
  no
• 16:56
  venue
• 16:56
  to
• 16:56
  meet
• 16:57
  up
• 16:57
  with
• 16:57
  Lincoln
• 16:58
  Jopp.
• 16:59
  And
• 16:59
  I
• 16:59
  rang
• 16:59
  up
• 17:00
  Ashford
• 17:00
  Town
• 17:00
  Middlesex
• 17:01
  Football
• 17:02
  Club,
• 17:02
  and
• 17:03
  I
• 17:03
  said
• 17:03
  to
• 17:05
  a
• 17:05
  smashing
• 17:06
  guy
• 17:06
  there,
• 17:07
  known
• 17:07
  as
• 17:07
  Miyazi,
• 17:09
  and
• 17:10
  I
• 17:10
  said
• 17:10
  to
• 17:10
  him,
• 17:11
  have
• 17:11
  you
• 17:11
  got
• 17:11
  a
• 17:11
  room?
• 17:11
  He
• 17:12
  said,
• 17:12
  yes,
• 17:12
  of
• 17:12
  course
• 17:12
  we
• 17:13
  have.
• 17:13
  We've
• 17:13
  got
• 17:13
  a
• 17:13
  room
• 17:13
  with
• 17:13
  The
• 17:14
  Middlesex
• 17:14
  flag
• 17:14
  up.
• 17:15
  I
• 17:15
  said,
• 17:15
  perfect.
• 17:16
  So
• 17:16
  they
• 17:17
  all
• 17:17
  went
• 17:17
  there
• 17:19
  for
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  meeting
• 17:19
  and
• 17:20
  he
• 17:20
  came
• 17:21
  out
• 17:21
  of
• 17:21
  it.
• 17:22
  Well,
• 17:23
  I
• 17:23
  can't,
• 17:24
  you
• 17:24
  know,
• 17:24
  put
• 17:24
  words
• 17:25
  in
• 17:25
  his
• 17:25
  mouth,
• 17:25
  but
• 17:25
  let
• 17:25
  me
• 17:26
  put
• 17:26
  it
• 17:26
  like
• 17:26
  this.
• 17:26
  He
• 17:27
  came
• 17:27
  out
• 17:27
  so
• 17:27
  much
• 17:28
  of
• 17:28
  a
• 17:28
  changed
• 17:29
  man
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  he
• 17:29
  mentioned
• 17:30
  it
• 17:30
  in
• 17:30
  Parliament,
• 17:31
  which
• 17:31
  was
• 17:31
  fantastic.
• 17:32
  So
• 17:32
  that
• 17:32
  was
• 17:32
  down
• 17:33
  to
• 17:33
  the,
• 17:34
  the
• 17:34
  ladies
• 17:34
  and
• 17:35
  gentlemen
• 17:36
  of
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  various
• 17:37
  parishes
• 17:38
  of
• 17:38
  Spelthorne
• 17:39
  who
• 17:40
  arranged
• 17:40
  the
• 17:40
  meeting,
• 17:41
  went
• 17:41
  to
• 17:41
  the
• 17:42
  meeting.
• 17:43
  There
• 17:43
  is
• 17:44
  a
• 17:44
  lot
• 17:44
  of
• 17:44
  support
• 17:45
  out
• 17:45
  there
• 17:45
  and
• 17:45
  we
• 17:46
  know
• 17:46
  it.
• 17:46
  I
• 17:47
  mean,
• 17:47
  I
• 17:47
  had
• 17:47
  a
• 17:47
  thousand
• 17:48
  postcards
• 17:49
  published
• 17:50
  and
• 17:51
  printed
• 17:51
  and
• 17:52
  a
• 17:52
  very
• 17:52
  beautiful
• 17:53
  map
• 17:53
  of
• 17:54
  South
• 17:55
  Middlesex
• 17:56
  done
• 17:56
  by
• 17:58
  a
• 17:58
  best
• 17:58
  selling
• 17:58
  illustrator,
• 17:59
  an
• 17:59
  award
• 18:00
  winning
• 18:00
  illustrator
• 18:00
  called
• 18:01
  Aidan
• 18:01
  Megan.
• 18:02
  The
• 18:02
  South
• 18:02
  Middlesex
• 18:03
  campaign
• 18:04
  didn't
• 18:04
  come
• 18:04
  from
• 18:04
  nowhere.
• 18:05
  It's
• 18:05
  the
• 18:05
  latest
• 18:06
  chapter
• 18:06
  in
• 18:06
  a
• 18:06
  story
• 18:07
  Russell
• 18:07
  has
• 18:07
  been
• 18:08
  telling
• 18:08
  since
• 18:08
  1987.
• 18:10
  A
• 18:10
  story
• 18:10
  that
• 18:11
  began
• 18:11
  with
• 18:11
  fan
• 18:12
  mail
• 18:12
  addressed
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  a
• 18:13
  TV
• 18:13
  astrologer.
• 18:14
  The
• 18:14
  Association
• 18:15
  of
• 18:15
  British
• 18:15
  Counties
• 18:16
  was
• 18:16
  founded
• 18:18
  by
• 18:18
  me,
• 18:19
  but
• 18:19
  I
• 18:19
  have
• 18:20
  no
• 18:20
  longer
• 18:20
  anything
• 18:21
  to
• 18:21
  do
• 18:21
  with
• 18:21
  it
• 18:22
  other
• 18:22
  than
• 18:23
  I'm
• 18:23
  just
• 18:23
  a
• 18:24
  member.
• 18:25
  It's
• 18:25
  now
• 18:25
  run
• 18:26
  from
• 18:26
  Cardiff,
• 18:26
  actually,
• 18:28
  and
• 18:28
  the
• 18:28
  Associated
• 18:29
  British
• 18:29
  Counties
• 18:30
  were
• 18:30
  brought
• 18:30
  together
• 18:31
  by
• 18:31
  me
• 18:32
  as
• 18:33
  a
• 18:33
  member
• 18:34
  or
• 18:35
  one
• 18:36
  of
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  founders.
• 18:36
  It
• 18:37
  wasn't
• 18:37
  just
• 18:37
  me,
• 18:38
  the
• 18:38
  founders
• 18:39
  of
• 18:39
  the
• 18:40
  Friends
• 18:40
  of
• 18:40
  the
• 18:40
  county
• 18:40
  of
• 18:41
  Middlesex.
• 18:42
  There
• 18:42
  was
• 18:42
  a
• 18:42
  chap
• 18:43
  in
• 18:44
  Staines
• 18:45
  called
• 18:45
  John
• 18:46
  Gazda,
• 18:47
  Steve
• 18:47
  Fenn
• 18:48
  from
• 18:48
  Potter's
• 18:48
  Bar,
• 18:49
  now
• 18:50
  a
• 18:50
  Professor
• 18:51
  Cliff
• 18:52
  Batten
• 18:52
  who's
• 18:53
  still
• 18:53
  around.
• 18:54
  Lovely,
• 18:54
  lovely
• 18:54
  Cliff,
• 18:55
  who
• 18:56
  was
• 18:56
  from
• 18:56
  Ewesli.
• 18:57
  Anyway,
• 18:58
  we
• 18:58
  all
• 18:58
  got
• 18:58
  together
• 18:59
  and
• 18:59
  founded
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  Friends
• 19:00
  of
• 19:00
  the
• 19:00
  county
• 19:01
  of
• 19:01
  Middlesex
• 19:01
  as
• 19:02
  a
• 19:02
  result
• 19:02
  of
• 19:02
  the
• 19:02
  Margaret
• 19:03
  Thatcher
• 19:04
  chat.
• 19:05
  And
• 19:06
  the
• 19:06
  Middlesex
• 19:07
  County
• 19:07
  Advertiser
• 19:08
  and
• 19:08
  Gazette
• 19:08
  at
• 19:09
  Uxbridge
• 19:09
  ran
• 19:09
  a
• 19:10
  story
• 19:10
  and
• 19:11
  all
• 19:11
  these
• 19:11
  people
• 19:12
  wrote
• 19:13
  in
• 19:13
  and
• 19:14
  basically
• 19:14
  said,
• 19:15
  oh,
• 19:15
  we
• 19:15
  want
• 19:16
  to
• 19:16
  know
• 19:16
  more
• 19:16
  about
• 19:16
  this.
• 19:17
  Is
• 19:17
  there
• 19:17
  a
• 19:17
  group
• 19:17
  we
• 19:18
  can
• 19:18
  join?
• 19:18
  But
• 19:19
  there
• 19:19
  was
• 19:19
  no
• 19:19
  social
• 19:19
  media
• 19:20
  in
• 19:20
  1987,
• 19:21
  88.
• 19:23
  So
• 19:23
  we
• 19:23
  all
• 19:24
  got
• 19:24
  together
• 19:24
  and
• 19:24
  then
• 19:25
  I
• 19:25
  decided
• 19:26
  that
• 19:27
  as
• 19:27
  a
• 19:27
  result
• 19:27
  of
• 19:28
  that,
• 19:28
  wouldn't
• 19:28
  it
• 19:28
  be
• 19:29
  a
• 19:29
  good
• 19:29
  idea
• 19:29
  to
• 19:30
  reach
• 19:30
  out
• 19:30
  to
• 19:31
  the
• 19:31
  Yorkshire
• 19:32
  Riding
• 19:32
  Society
• 19:34
  and
• 19:35
  the
• 19:36
  Friends
• 19:36
  of
• 19:37
  Real
• 19:37
  Lancashire
• 19:39
  and
• 19:39
  all
• 19:39
  of
• 19:40
  these
• 19:40
  groups?
• 19:41
  In
• 19:41
  fact,
• 19:41
  I
• 19:42
  just
• 19:42
  suddenly.
• 19:43
  Well,
• 19:43
  in
• 19:43
  fact,
• 19:44
  I
• 19:44
  didn't
• 19:44
  even
• 19:44
  know
• 19:44
  they
• 19:45
  existed.
• 19:46
  There
• 19:46
  was
• 19:46
  a
• 19:47
  Huntingdonshire
• 19:48
  group,
• 19:49
  there
• 19:49
  were
• 19:50
  lots
• 19:50
  and
• 19:50
  lots
• 19:50
  of
• 19:51
  groups
• 19:51
  and
• 19:52
  they're
• 19:52
  still
• 19:52
  growing.
• 19:53
  And
• 19:54
  so
• 19:54
  I
• 19:55
  basically
• 19:55
  said
• 19:56
  to
• 19:56
  my
• 19:56
  friend
• 19:56
  Mike
• 19:57
  Bradford
• 19:58
  from
• 19:58
  the
• 19:58
  Yorkshire
• 19:59
  Riding
• 20:00
  Society,
• 20:01
  because
• 20:01
  we
• 20:01
  connected
• 20:02
  actually
• 20:03
  on
• 20:03
  breakfast
• 20:04
  telly,
• 20:04
  would
• 20:04
  you
• 20:04
  believe,
• 20:05
  when
• 20:06
  I
• 20:06
  was
• 20:06
  working
• 20:06
  on
• 20:06
  BBC
• 20:07
  Breakfast
• 20:08
  Time
• 20:09
  and
• 20:10
  he
• 20:10
  wrote
• 20:10
  me
• 20:11
  a
• 20:11
  letter,
• 20:13
  I
• 20:13
  used
• 20:13
  to
• 20:13
  get
• 20:13
  about
• 20:14
  a
• 20:14
  thousand
• 20:14
  letters
• 20:15
  a
• 20:15
  week,
• 20:15
  not
• 20:16
  just
• 20:16
  on
• 20:17
  Counties,
• 20:17
  trust
• 20:18
  me,
• 20:18
  it
• 20:18
  was
• 20:19
  more
• 20:19
  about
• 20:19
  how
• 20:19
  was
• 20:20
  it
• 20:20
  for
• 20:20
  Aries
• 20:21
  or
• 20:21
  is
• 20:22
  it
• 20:22
  a
• 20:22
  good
• 20:22
  year
• 20:22
  for
• 20:23
  Aquarius?
• 20:24
  But
• 20:24
  amidst
• 20:25
  them
• 20:25
  all
• 20:25
  there
• 20:25
  were
• 20:25
  all
• 20:26
  these
• 20:26
  people
• 20:26
  when
• 20:26
  I
• 20:27
  would
• 20:27
  go
• 20:27
  on
• 20:27
  and
• 20:27
  talk
• 20:28
  about
• 20:28
  the
• 20:29
  starlet
• 20:29
  of
• 20:29
  the
• 20:30
  day
• 20:30
  was
• 20:30
  from
• 20:30
  Grimsby
• 20:31
  in
• 20:31
  Lincolnshire,
• 20:33
  I
• 20:33
  would
• 20:33
  get
• 20:34
  maybe
• 20:35
  50,
• 20:35
  60,
• 20:36
  70
• 20:36
  letters
• 20:36
  from
• 20:37
  people
• 20:37
  in
• 20:37
  Grimsby
• 20:37
  saying,
• 20:38
  oh,
• 20:38
  you
• 20:38
  called
• 20:38
  us
• 20:38
  Lincolnshire.
• 20:39
  You
• 20:39
  didn't
• 20:39
  call
• 20:40
  us
• 20:40
  Humberside,
• 20:41
  we
• 20:41
  love
• 20:41
  you.
• 20:42
  And
• 20:43
  so
• 20:43
  that's
• 20:44
  how
• 20:44
  it
• 20:44
  began
• 20:45
  to
• 20:46
  happen
• 20:47
  that
• 20:48
  I
• 20:48
  suddenly
• 20:48
  realised
• 20:49
  there
• 20:49
  are
• 20:49
  all
• 20:49
  these
• 20:49
  groups
• 20:50
  out
• 20:50
  there
• 20:50
  and
• 20:50
  I
• 20:51
  didn't
• 20:51
  know.
• 20:51
  So
• 20:52
  I
• 20:52
  brought
• 20:52
  them
• 20:52
  all
• 20:53
  together.
• 20:53
  We
• 20:54
  had
• 20:54
  a
• 20:55
  get
• 20:55
  together
• 20:56
  and
• 20:57
  the
• 20:58
  association
• 20:58
  of
• 20:58
  British
• 20:59
  counties
• 20:59
  was
• 20:59
  formed
• 21:00
  by
• 21:00
  that.
• 21:01
  It's
• 21:01
  now
• 21:01
  Middlesex
• 21:02
  heritage.
• 21:02
  So
• 21:02
  we've
• 21:03
  been
• 21:03
  going
• 21:03
  for
• 21:03
  quite
• 21:03
  a
• 21:04
  long
• 21:04
  time.
• 21:04
  But
• 21:05
  now
• 21:06
  we
• 21:06
  are
• 21:07
  part
• 21:07
  of
• 21:07
  this
• 21:08
  bigger
• 21:09
  organisation,
• 21:09
  the
• 21:10
  association
• 21:10
  of
• 21:11
  British
• 21:11
  Counties,
• 21:12
  which
• 21:12
  brings
• 21:13
  together
• 21:14
  lots
• 21:14
  and
• 21:15
  lots
• 21:15
  and
• 21:15
  lots
• 21:16
  of
• 21:16
  counties
• 21:17
  all
• 21:17
  over
• 21:18
  Britain.
• 21:18
  So
• 21:18
  they
• 21:18
  all
• 21:18
  talk
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  each
• 21:19
  other.
• 21:20
  And
• 21:20
  as
• 21:20
  a
• 21:20
  result
• 21:21
  of
• 21:21
  that,
• 21:22
  in
• 21:23
  July
• 21:23
  every
• 21:24
  year,
• 21:26
  no
• 21:26
  matter
• 21:26
  which
• 21:27
  government
• 21:27
  is
• 21:28
  in
• 21:28
  power,
• 21:28
  we
• 21:28
  have
• 21:29
  the
• 21:29
  British
• 21:29
  county
• 21:30
  flag
• 21:30
  day.
• 21:31
  And
• 21:32
  on
• 21:32
  the
• 21:33
  green
• 21:34
  between
• 21:35
  the
• 21:35
  houses
• 21:36
  of
• 21:36
  parliament
• 21:37
  and
• 21:37
  the
• 21:37
  Middlesex
• 21:38
  Guildhall,
• 21:39
  they
• 21:39
  raised
• 21:40
  the
• 21:40
  county
• 21:40
  flags
• 21:41
  of
• 21:41
  every
• 21:42
  county
• 21:42
  in
• 21:43
  England
• 21:44
  up
• 21:44
  on
• 21:44
  the
• 21:44
  flagpole.
• 21:45
  But
• 21:45
  now,
• 21:46
  of
• 21:46
  course,
• 21:46
  it's
• 21:46
  spread
• 21:47
  out
• 21:47
  to
• 21:47
  Wales
• 21:47
  and
• 21:47
  Scotland
• 21:48
  too,
• 21:48
  so
• 21:48
  all
• 21:49
  the
• 21:49
  flags
• 21:49
  go
• 21:49
  up.
• 21:50
  So
• 21:50
  now
• 21:50
  we
• 21:50
  have
• 21:51
  Merioneth,
• 21:52
  we
• 21:52
  have
• 21:52
  King
• 21:53
  Cardinshire.
• 21:54
  All
• 21:55
  of
• 21:55
  these
• 21:55
  counties
• 21:56
  have
• 21:56
  been
• 21:56
  completely
• 21:57
  locked
• 21:58
  off
• 21:58
  at
• 21:58
  their
• 21:59
  stocking
• 21:59
  tops
• 22:00
  by
• 22:00
  local
• 22:01
  government
• 22:02
  change,
• 22:02
  but
• 22:03
  they
• 22:03
  never
• 22:03
  changed.
• 22:04
  So
• 22:04
  now
• 22:05
  we
• 22:05
  have
• 22:05
  the
• 22:05
  British
• 22:06
  county
• 22:07
  flags
• 22:07
  flying
• 22:08
  every
• 22:09
  July
• 22:11
  outside
• 22:12
  the
• 22:12
  Middlesex
• 22:13
  Guildhall,
• 22:13
  which
• 22:14
  you
• 22:14
  will
• 22:14
  know
• 22:14
  as
• 22:14
  the
• 22:14
  UK
• 22:15
  supreme
• 22:16
  court
• 22:17
  because
• 22:17
  that's
• 22:17
  what
• 22:18
  it
• 22:18
  became.
• 22:18
  But
• 22:19
  the
• 22:19
  Middlesex
• 22:20
  Guildhall
• 22:21
  was
• 22:21
  where
• 22:21
  Middlesex
• 22:22
  county
• 22:22
  council
• 22:22
  met.
• 22:24
  So
• 22:24
  that
• 22:24
  was
• 22:25
  our
• 22:25
  headquarters,
• 22:26
  Westminster.
• 22:26
  So
• 22:27
  Westminster
• 22:27
  was
• 22:28
  known
• 22:28
  as
• 22:28
  the
• 22:28
  administrative
• 22:29
  capital
• 22:29
  of
• 22:30
  Middlesex.
• 22:31
  And
• 22:31
  of
• 22:32
  course
• 22:32
  historically
• 22:33
  Westminster
• 22:34
  is
• 22:34
  still
• 22:34
  in
• 22:35
  Middlesex,
• 22:36
  north
• 22:36
  of
• 22:36
  the
• 22:37
  Thames.
• 22:37
  You
• 22:38
  know
• 22:38
  what?
• 22:38
  I
• 22:38
  didn't
• 22:39
  know
• 22:39
  that.
• 22:39
  For
• 22:40
  Russell,
• 22:40
  the
• 22:40
  campaign
• 22:41
  has
• 22:41
  never
• 22:41
  just
• 22:42
  been
• 22:42
  about
• 22:42
  names
• 22:42
  on
• 22:43
  signs
• 22:43
  or
• 22:43
  headings
• 22:44
  on
• 22:44
  letterheads.
• 22:45
  It's
• 22:45
  about
• 22:45
  what
• 22:45
  a
• 22:46
  community
• 22:46
  loses
• 22:47
  when
• 22:47
  it
• 22:47
  loses
• 22:47
  its
• 22:48
  sense
• 22:48
  of
• 22:48
  where
• 22:48
  it
• 22:49
  belongs.
• 22:50
  Staines,
• 22:50
  for
• 22:51
  instance,
• 22:52
  has
• 22:52
  altered
• 22:54
  terrifically.
• 22:55
  I
• 22:55
  think
• 22:56
  one
• 22:56
  of
• 22:56
  the
• 22:56
  things
• 22:57
  that
• 22:57
  we
• 22:57
  lost
• 22:58
  in
• 22:58
  Staines,
• 22:59
  I
• 22:59
  mean
• 22:59
  that
• 23:00
  wonderful
• 23:01
  town
• 23:01
  hall
• 23:01
  that
• 23:02
  we
• 23:02
  have
• 23:03
  was
• 23:04
  never
• 23:04
  really
• 23:04
  put
• 23:05
  to
• 23:05
  terrifically
• 23:06
  good
• 23:06
  use.
• 23:07
  It
• 23:08
  should
• 23:08
  have
• 23:08
  become
• 23:09
  a
• 23:09
  much
• 23:10
  more
• 23:10
  community
• 23:11
  based.
• 23:12
  But
• 23:12
  it's
• 23:12
  a
• 23:12
  lovely,
• 23:13
  wonderful
• 23:13
  old
• 23:14
  town
• 23:14
  hall.
• 23:15
  And
• 23:15
  I
• 23:15
  think
• 23:16
  once
• 23:16
  you
• 23:16
  start
• 23:17
  taking
• 23:17
  communities
• 23:18
  out
• 23:18
  and
• 23:19
  you
• 23:19
  have
• 23:19
  civic
• 23:20
  centres
• 23:21
  and
• 23:21
  all
• 23:21
  the
• 23:21
  rest,
• 23:22
  you
• 23:22
  begin
• 23:22
  to
• 23:23
  lose
• 23:23
  that
• 23:23
  bond
• 23:24
  that
• 23:24
  people
• 23:25
  have
• 23:25
  with
• 23:25
  their
• 23:26
  high
• 23:26
  street,
• 23:27
  with
• 23:27
  those
• 23:28
  areas
• 23:29
  of
• 23:29
  themselves
• 23:31
  that
• 23:31
  go
• 23:32
  back
• 23:32
  to
• 23:32
  that
• 23:33
  ancestry
• 23:34
  or
• 23:35
  me,
• 23:35
  my
• 23:36
  grandmother
• 23:36
  used
• 23:36
  to
• 23:36
  bring
• 23:36
  me
• 23:37
  to
• 23:37
  Staines.
• 23:39
  So
• 23:39
  they
• 23:39
  lose
• 23:39
  that
• 23:40
  contact
• 23:40
  within
• 23:41
  themselves
• 23:42
  of
• 23:42
  where
• 23:42
  they
• 23:42
  were
• 23:43
  born,
• 23:43
  where
• 23:43
  they
• 23:43
  were
• 23:44
  brought
• 23:44
  up
• 23:44
  and
• 23:45
  where
• 23:45
  they
• 23:45
  belong.
• 23:46
  And
• 23:46
  belonging
• 23:47
  is
• 23:47
  such
• 23:47
  an
• 23:48
  important
• 23:48
  part
• 23:49
  of
• 23:50
  anywhere,
• 23:51
  everything
• 23:52
  back
• 23:52
  to
• 23:53
  genealogy
• 23:55
  and
• 23:55
  ancestry
• 23:56
  of
• 23:56
  where
• 23:57
  we
• 23:57
  come
• 23:57
  from,
• 23:58
  where
• 23:58
  we
• 23:58
  belong,
• 23:59
  is
• 23:59
  very
• 23:59
  important.
• 24:00
  I
• 24:00
  mean,
• 24:01
  one
• 24:01
  of
• 24:01
  the
• 24:01
  things
• 24:01
  that
• 24:02
  Shepperton
• 24:02
  has,
• 24:03
  which
• 24:03
  I
• 24:03
  think
• 24:03
  is
• 24:04
  fantastic,
• 24:05
  and
• 24:06
  over
• 24:06
  the
• 24:06
  past
• 24:07
  couple
• 24:07
  of
• 24:07
  years,
• 24:08
  I've
• 24:08
  certainly
• 24:09
  responded
• 24:10
  to
• 24:10
  Dik
• 24:10
  Gregory
• 24:11
  with
• 24:11
  his.
• 24:12
  The
• 24:12
  Shepperton
• 24:13
  Village
• 24:13
  Fair
• 24:14
  and
• 24:14
  of
• 24:15
  course,
• 24:15
  Middlesex
• 24:16
  Heritage,
• 24:16
  of
• 24:17
  which
• 24:18
  the
• 24:19
  patron
• 24:19
  is
• 24:19
  Lord
• 24:20
  Randall
• 24:20
  of
• 24:20
  Uxbridge
• 24:22
  and
• 24:23
  I
• 24:23
  am
• 24:23
  president
• 24:24
  of
• 24:24
  it
• 24:24
  now.
• 24:25
  But
• 24:25
  Middlesex
• 24:26
  Heritage
• 24:27
  would
• 24:27
  always
• 24:28
  either
• 24:28
  be
• 24:29
  a
• 24:30
  silver
• 24:30
  sponsor
• 24:31
  or
• 24:31
  a
• 24:31
  bronze
• 24:32
  sponsor,
• 24:33
  because
• 24:33
  we
• 24:34
  knew
• 24:34
  that
• 24:35
  Shepperton
• 24:35
  Village
• 24:36
  Fair
• 24:36
  was
• 24:37
  part
• 24:37
  of
• 24:37
  the
• 24:38
  whole
• 24:39
  ethos
• 24:40
  of
• 24:41
  Middlesex
• 24:41
  Heritage,
• 24:42
  community.
• 24:43
  All
• 24:44
  of
• 24:44
  these
• 24:44
  places
• 24:45
  that
• 24:46
  belong
• 24:46
  together
• 24:47
  in
• 24:48
  one
• 24:48
  place,
• 24:48
  and
• 24:49
  that
• 24:49
  place
• 24:49
  is
• 24:50
  Middlesex
• 24:51
  equally.
• 24:51
  I
• 24:52
  was
• 24:52
  talking
• 24:52
  to
• 24:52
  somebody
• 24:53
  yesterday
• 24:54
  to
• 24:54
  see
• 24:54
  how
• 24:55
  I
• 24:55
  can
• 24:55
  help
• 24:56
  St
• 24:56
  Nicholas
• 24:56
  Church,
• 24:57
  this
• 24:58
  very
• 24:58
  beautiful
• 24:59
  church
• 24:59
  that
• 25:00
  even
• 25:00
  Nicholas
• 25:01
  Pevsner,
• 25:01
  the
• 25:02
  great
• 25:03
  man
• 25:04
  when
• 25:04
  it
• 25:04
  comes
• 25:04
  to
• 25:05
  architecture,
• 25:06
  writing
• 25:06
  his
• 25:06
  brilliant,
• 25:07
  beautiful
• 25:08
  books
• 25:09
  on
• 25:09
  the
• 25:09
  architecture
• 25:10
  of
• 25:10
  Britain,
• 25:11
  and
• 25:11
  it's
• 25:12
  in
• 25:12
  the
• 25:12
  Middlesex
• 25:13
  volume.
• 25:13
  St.
• 25:13
  Nicholas's
• 25:14
  Church
• 25:15
  is
• 25:16
  a
• 25:16
  very
• 25:16
  important
• 25:18
  building
• 25:19
  within
• 25:19
  Middlesex.
• 25:20
  And
• 25:20
  we
• 25:21
  still
• 25:21
  have
• 25:21
  the
• 25:21
  Archdiocese
• 25:22
  of
• 25:22
  Middlesex.
• 25:23
  You
• 25:23
  see,
• 25:24
  there's
• 25:24
  the
• 25:25
  Archdeaconry.
• 25:26
  I
• 25:26
  should
• 25:26
  say
• 25:27
  my
• 25:28
  ecclesiastical
• 25:29
  knowledge
• 25:29
  is
• 25:30
  not
• 25:30
  as
• 25:30
  good
• 25:30
  as
• 25:30
  my
• 25:31
  astrological
• 25:31
  or
• 25:32
  geographical
• 25:33
  knowledge,
• 25:33
  but
• 25:34
  we
• 25:34
  still
• 25:34
  have
• 25:35
  this,
• 25:35
  the
• 25:35
  Archdeaconry
• 25:36
  of
• 25:37
  Middlesex,
• 25:38
  which
• 25:38
  St
• 25:38
  Nicholas
• 25:39
  belongs
• 25:39
  to.
• 25:40
  But
• 25:40
  when
• 25:40
  we
• 25:41
  start
• 25:41
  getting
• 25:41
  ridiculous
• 25:42
  situations
• 25:43
  that
• 25:43
  they've
• 25:44
  got
• 25:44
  to
• 25:44
  pay
• 25:44
  a
• 25:44
  huge
• 25:45
  VAT
• 25:46
  bill,
• 25:47
  what
• 25:47
  they
• 25:47
  don't
• 25:48
  realise
• 25:48
  government
• 25:50
  and
• 25:50
  politicians
• 25:51
  that
• 25:51
  enact
• 25:52
  these
• 25:52
  things,
• 25:53
  is
• 25:53
  by
• 25:54
  wanting
• 25:55
  £20,000
• 25:57
  VAT
• 25:58
  from
• 25:58
  St
• 25:58
  Nicholas's
• 25:59
  Church,
• 26:00
  they're
• 26:00
  ripping
• 26:01
  the
• 26:01
  heart
• 26:02
  out
• 26:02
  of
• 26:02
  a
• 26:02
  community,
• 26:04
  because
• 26:04
  that
• 26:05
  money
• 26:05
  should
• 26:05
  be
• 26:06
  going
• 26:06
  back,
• 26:06
  not
• 26:07
  just
• 26:07
  into
• 26:08
  St.
• 26:08
  Nicholas's
• 26:09
  Church,
• 26:09
  but
• 26:09
  to
• 26:10
  other
• 26:10
  buildings
• 26:11
  or
• 26:11
  places
• 26:12
  that
• 26:13
  are
• 26:13
  important
• 26:13
  to
• 26:14
  that
• 26:14
  community.
• 26:15
  And
• 26:15
  so
• 26:16
  therefore,
• 26:16
  £20,000
• 26:17
  is
• 26:17
  outrageous
• 26:19
  because
• 26:20
  what
• 26:20
  it
• 26:20
  ultimately
• 26:21
  does,
• 26:22
  it
• 26:22
  takes
• 26:22
  it
• 26:22
  away
• 26:23
  from
• 26:23
  where
• 26:23
  it
• 26:24
  belongs.
• 26:24
  And
• 26:25
  that
• 26:25
  is
• 26:25
  the
• 26:25
  community
• 26:26
  and
• 26:26
  village
• 26:26
  of
• 26:27
  Shepperton
• 26:27
  and
• 26:28
  a
• 26:28
  beautiful
• 26:29
  building
• 26:29
  that
• 26:30
  knows
• 26:30
  more
• 26:30
  about
• 26:31
  Middlesex's
• 26:32
  history
• 26:32
  than
• 26:33
  I
• 26:33
  ever
• 26:34
  will.
• 26:35
  You've
• 26:36
  got
• 26:36
  glorious
• 26:37
  things
• 26:37
  happening
• 26:37
  in
• 26:37
  lower
• 26:38
  Sunbury.
• 26:38
  The
• 26:39
  beautiful
• 26:39
  walled
• 26:40
  garden,
• 26:40
  the
• 26:41
  tapestry.
• 26:42
  These
• 26:43
  are
• 26:43
  all
• 26:44
  so
• 26:45
  important
• 26:46
  to
• 26:46
  us,
• 26:48
  not
• 26:48
  just
• 26:48
  as
• 26:49
  a
• 26:49
  county
• 26:50
  community,
• 26:51
  but
• 26:51
  very
• 26:51
  much
• 26:52
  so
• 26:52
  as
• 26:52
  a
• 26:52
  village
• 26:53
  community,
• 26:54
  which
• 26:55
  we
• 26:55
  belong
• 26:56
  to.
• 26:56
  So
• 26:57
  at
• 26:57
  the
• 26:57
  end
• 26:57
  of
• 26:57
  the
• 26:57
  day,
• 26:57
  I
• 26:58
  guess
• 26:58
  it's
• 26:58
  about
• 26:58
  giving
• 26:59
  these
• 26:59
  places,
• 27:00
  these
• 27:00
  buildings,
• 27:01
  these
• 27:01
  county
• 27:01
  lines,
• 27:02
  the
• 27:02
  respect
• 27:02
  they
• 27:03
  deserve.
• 27:04
  Respect
• 27:04
  is,
• 27:05
  you
• 27:05
  know,
• 27:06
  you've
• 27:06
  hit
• 27:07
  it
• 27:07
  on
• 27:07
  the
• 27:07
  head.
• 27:08
  It's
• 27:08
  all
• 27:08
  about
• 27:09
  respecting
• 27:10
  our
• 27:11
  history,
• 27:12
  where
• 27:12
  we've
• 27:12
  come
• 27:13
  from
• 27:13
  and
• 27:13
  where
• 27:14
  we're
• 27:14
  going.
• 27:15
  And
• 27:15
  if
• 27:15
  we
• 27:15
  don't
• 27:16
  get
• 27:16
  that
• 27:16
  sorted
• 27:17
  out
• 27:17
  now,
• 27:17
  we
• 27:17
  will
• 27:18
  all
• 27:18
  become
• 27:18
  amoebas
• 27:19
  blobs.
• 27:20
  All
• 27:20
  the
• 27:21
  councils
• 27:21
  will
• 27:21
  be
• 27:22
  the
• 27:22
  same,
• 27:22
  all
• 27:22
  the
• 27:23
  high
• 27:23
  streets
• 27:23
  will
• 27:23
  be
• 27:24
  the
• 27:24
  same,
• 27:24
  all
• 27:24
  the
• 27:24
  village
• 27:25
  centers
• 27:25
  will
• 27:25
  be
• 27:26
  the
• 27:26
  same
• 27:27
  and
• 27:27
  all
• 27:27
  the
• 27:27
  politicians
• 27:28
  will
• 27:28
  be
• 27:29
  the
• 27:29
  same.
• 27:29
  And
• 27:30
  that's
• 27:30
  what
• 27:30
  we
• 27:31
  need
• 27:31
  to
• 27:31
  sort
• 27:32
  out
• 27:32
  now,
• 27:32
  before
• 27:33
  everything
• 27:33
  becomes
• 27:34
  the
• 27:35
  same.
• 27:35
  That
• 27:36
  was
• 27:36
  Russell
• 27:36
  Grant,
• 27:37
  author,
• 27:37
  broadcaster,
• 27:38
  Lord
• 27:39
  of
• 27:39
  the
• 27:39
  Manor
• 27:39
  of
• 27:39
  Ashford
• 27:40
  in
• 27:40
  Middlesex
• 27:40
  and
• 27:41
  the
• 27:41
  man
• 27:41
  behind
• 27:41
  the
• 27:42
  South
• 27:42
  Middlesex
• 27:42
  campaign
• 27:43
  if
• 27:44
  today's
• 27:44
  episode
• 27:44
  has
• 27:45
  made
• 27:45
  you
• 27:45
  think
• 27:45
  differently
• 27:46
  about
• 27:46
  where
• 27:46
  you
• 27:46
  live
• 27:46
  or
• 27:47
  where
• 27:47
  you're
• 27:47
  from,
• 27:48
  I'd
• 27:48
  say
• 27:48
  that's
• 27:49
  rather
• 27:49
  the
• 27:49
  point.
• 27:50
  The
• 27:50
  election
• 27:50
  for
• 27:51
  West
• 27:51
  Surrey
• 27:51
  Unitary
• 27:52
  Authority
• 27:52
  is
• 27:53
  on
• 27:53
  the
• 27:53
  7th
• 27:53
  of
• 27:53
  May,
• 27:54
  and
• 27:54
  whatever
• 27:54
  name
• 27:55
  that
• 27:55
  council
• 27:55
  eventually
• 27:56
  carries,
• 27:56
  the
• 27:57
  argument
• 27:57
  Russell
• 27:58
  has
• 27:58
  been
• 27:58
  making
• 27:58
  for
• 27:58
  nearly
• 27:59
  40
• 27:59
  years
• 27:59
  remains
• 28:00
  the
• 28:00
  same.
• 28:00
  The
• 28:01
  county
• 28:01
  Council
• 28:02
  can
• 28:02
  be
• 28:02
  abolished,
• 28:03
  the
• 28:03
  county
• 28:04
  cannot.
• 28:05
  You
• 28:05
  can
• 28:05
  find
• 28:05
  the
• 28:06
  South
• 28:06
  Middlesex
• 28:06
  campaign
• 28:07
  on
• 28:07
  Facebook
• 28:07
  and
• 28:07
  Instagram.
• 28:08
  The
• 28:08
  links
• 28:08
  are
• 28:08
  in
• 28:08
  the
• 28:09
  show
• 28:09
  notes.
• 28:10
  If
• 28:10
  you've
• 28:10
  got
• 28:10
  a
• 28:10
  leaflet
• 28:10
  for
• 28:11
  your
• 28:11
  business
• 28:11
  with
• 28:11
  South
• 28:11
  Middlesex
• 28:12
  on
• 28:12
  it,
• 28:12
  Russell
• 28:13
  would
• 28:13
  genuinely
• 28:13
  love
• 28:14
  to
• 28:14
  hear
• 28:14
  from
• 28:14
  you.
• 28:15
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• 28:25
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• 28:26
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• 28:26
  again
• 28:26
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• 28:27
  our
• 28:27
  business
• 28:27
  club
• 28:27
  partners,
• 28:28
  the
• 28:28
  Ferry
• 28:28
  Coffee
• 28:28
  Shop,
• 28:29
  Meon
• 28:29
  Media
• 28:29
  and
• 28:30
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• 28:30
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• 28:30
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• 28:30
  and
• 28:31
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• 28:31
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• 28:31
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• 28:32
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• 28:32
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• 28:33
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• 28:34
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• 28:34
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• 28:34
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• 28:35
  been
• 28:35
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• 28:35
  Sheppertonian.
• 28:36
  Until
• 28:36
  next
• 28:36
  time.
• 28:37
  I'll
• 28:37
  see
• 28:37
  you
• 28:37
  around.