to think these people are ghastly snobs

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www.standard.co.uk/news/london/postcode-war-as-hounslow-residents-fight-for-richmond-address-9095158.html

"Kim Tasso, 53, said: “My daughter goes to a Richmond school, we pay council tax to Richmond council, the police consider us a Richmond address, yet when I put ‘Whitton’ as my address my post arrives two days late, with ‘Whitton’ crossed out by the Post Office and ‘Hounslow’ written in its place."

So why the fuck doesn't she put the correct address on already, so that her post arrives on time.

This is a house for sale on the road in question:

www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/31811240?search_identifier=4cfddd5a1feca73f2fd54ee1a16fb8bf

It certainly LOOKS like Hounslow, and apparently the nearest station is Hounslow, so it should be Hounslow.

So why do these ridiculous people think they live in Richmond? They chose to buy a house in Hounslow, and now they want to redefine it as Richmond?

Anyway, if you are looking for relatively affordable housing around that area, then I suggest you follow in these people's footsteps, and buy in TW3, because you will save a fortune. Just don't go trying to pull the drawbridge up after you've moved in, by redefining it as Richmond.

The snobbery here in Didsbury's ridiculous. People who live in Didsbury Village look down on people in West Didsbury (still Withington) and as for East Didsbury, forget it! I have friends who live in Burnage and Northenden who say they live in Didsbury too.

Having said that, I lived on the border of Hammersmith and Fulham when I lived in London and was young and stupid. My address was Hammersmith but I upgraded myself to Fulham.

I have this where i live.

We are classed as being in one county but have a postcode for another. The only thing that it affects is delivery prices, we get charged more because of our postcode.

There is a Poets Corner in Brixton a few roads named after english poets

i know a few who like to leave Brixton out of their address :)

its a conservation area lovely houses

Freudian - More fool them - Brixton house prices are rising faster than the speed of light!

The residents of Spinney Lane, in leafy harbourside Itchenor, West Sussex all have a Portsmouth postcode.

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as do those residing in the gated haven of Bosham Hoe.

Must be dreadful for them.

its a bit like admitting you were brought up in Southall, joke Greenford Borders or Norwood Green. not that I was or Sunbury when it is Feltham.

railway tracks sometimes define areas and how they are percived in my area. the North side is deemed posher than the south side and a major road runs through the midddle of the borough,

I have a friend in the Stockport area who gets very touchy about Cheshire/Greater Manchester.

She takes it REALLY BADLY when I snigger.....

And it prevails in the South West too; some of the dicks who insist that they live in Chilling Sodbury rather than Yate do my head in. I alternate between wanting to slap them and openly laugh in their faces.

Years ago, I rented a little place in what the estate agent had insisted was West Hampstead, but which was soon exposed as Kilburn.

This takes me back! When I had my DD we lived in Teddington so my antenatal group were split between people who went to Kingston hospital in the borough og Kingston upon Thames, and those that went to the West Middlesex which I think is the borough of Hounslow. Both hospitals good but different. There was one mum who was sure she made the best decisions and was very vocal in telling me why Kingston was NOT the best choice. Actually I chose it as it was closer to work and I was still working full time 7 days before I was due so could well have needed it!

Anyway, all babies arrived safe and sound. Lovely! Apart from the fact that when she went to register her babies birth she was HORRIFIED to discover that the London borough of birth went on the certificate and she was adamant that the word Hounslow on her DS's certificate would hold him back in the future and people would think they lived there! She apparently had a standup argument with the registrar in Richmond trying to persuade him not to include this fact. She even wrote to the hospital to say they should warn mothers that Hounslow would appear on the BC! Total loon!

There is nothing wrong with Hounslow as an address but I have to admit this did make me chuckle!

I had a look on the map and Whitton looks to me to be clearly in Hounslow. I think they should petition to have it change to hounslow, would have a better chance and then would also have access to council services etc. It seems very strange to be paying higher tax to Richmond.

I don't blame them for trying as it increase their house prices. But I do think a decision has to be made to clarify things and I think the obvious solution is one the residents won't like. But at least they will save money on council tax.

There was a dispute near me a few years ago when the council replaced a 'Surbiton' street sign with one saying 'Tolworth'. Nothing else changed - still Kingston Upon Thames borough street signs, same postcodes, same council tax, everything. Just the locality name changed.

Oh, the outrage. It went on for months. I think the council finally gave in, I assume for an easy life and because it didn't actually matter.

It's not always a snobbery issue. I live in Richmond borough, but far closer to Hounslow. I go to Isleworth children's centers and pay double what others pay, I can't get to the Richmond one in Ham, would be well over a hour walk. I'd love to move to Isleworth and pay less ct!

Oh and were I live was one of those ares that changed it did use to be in Hounslow borough but changed and I'm told prices skyrocketed. I pay over £1000 a month for my one bed, equivalent in Isleworth would save me £100 a month but there wasn't any when I last moved due to emergency.

West Didsbury is NOT seen as more desirable than East Didsbury (East Didsbury covers the actual village as well as real, proper east dids). West Dids is seen as more trendy and beardy, but more desirable in terms of house prices? No.

Sharaluck, the issue is they don't actually even live in Whitton.

They live just north of Whitton, in Hounslow, on a road running directly up to Hounslow train station.

Wikipedia claims that Whitton has a historical association with Twickenham, which might be correct, but the roads in question in the article have always been in Hounslow.

Is the map in your first link incorrect?

I've just spent a weird amount of time doing odd thing on google maps locking my screen rotation and flicking between pages.

It looks like a very small bit of that avenue is in Richmond, if it is then why shouldn't they say it is.

They could amuse themselves for days finding the point in the street where it changes and jumping from one to the other pretending they had a tardis.

I used to work with a woman who was the living incarnation of Hyacinth Bucket, and she lived in Hounslow but told everyone she lived in Twickenham.

Oh how we used to laugh.

(I know for a fact that she lived in Hounslow because I was in HR and had her address.)

Cailin

Have to say that this : I just think this is a really funny British trait isn't strictly true.

In 1985, Dublin 6 was divided, with some areas, such as Templeogue, Kimmage and Terenure becoming part of a new district in order to facilitate processing of mail by a new delivery office for those areas. Residents of some areas objected to the assignation of the next available number, "Dublin 26," for the new postal district, citing property devaluation: the higher numbered districts typically represented less affluent and less central areas. An Post ultimately relented, and the district became known as Dublin 6W

Ireland has it's snobs too (I can say that as someone from one of the very high numbered districts)

I once got a summer hob in Richmond. Turned out to be Hounslow but I was still impressed. There are some nice houses in Hounslow.

Job

This sort of thing amuses me too. I was once asked someone where she lived and she replied 'On the Fulham Chelsea borders'.

So, Fulham then.

Another person I knew through work also insists she lives in Wimbledon. No, it is Southfields dear.

I pay council tax to Wiltshire, my postal address is Dorset and I'm registered with a GP in Somerset. The joys of living on a boundary between three counties!