One borough, one community - naming places.
'One borough, one community' is a tagline used by the council in The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, where I live. Ever since the former boroughs of Barking and Dagenham were merged in 1965 to form The LB of Barking, there has been at worst rivalry and resentment, and at best the persistent belief that the two former boroughs continue to exist, or that there are two parts of the Borough. I heard the latter claim repeated just a few weeks ago. [Aside - many people think the boundary between the two former boroughs is where the boundary between the IG and RM postcodes runs (whilst in the Borough). They are wrong.] In 1980 Dagenham got its own way and "and Dagenham" was added to the name of the Borough. It makes for a very cumbersome place name and re-inforces the idea that it is two places abutted. People say 'I don't live in Barking and Dagenham, I live in Barking' (or Dagenham, I suppose). It is very difficult if not impossible and undesi