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Boring, yet annoying

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Garshin
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Boring, yet annoying

Post by Garshin »

Why is IG area called IG? New on here & not clever.
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Post by wandle »

Always puzzled me, too.

You'd have thought the Ilford Postcode Area would have been allocated a more logical IL or IF as it's postcode prefix.

Any long-time posties know the answer to this ?
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Post by DGP1 »

The whole of Northern Ireland is BT.............. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
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Post by fishtank »

The old postmark used to be Ilford & Barking
Boring question...boring answer. :neutral:
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Post by arnold cheshire »

DGP1 wrote:The whole of Northern Ireland is BT.............. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
makes sense its belfast office
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
DGP1 wrote:The whole of Northern Ireland is BT.............. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
makes sense its belfast office
NIMC isin't in Belfast, it's in Mallusk :chuckle
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Post by arnold cheshire »

DGP1 wrote:
bringon4dayweeks wrote:
DGP1 wrote:The whole of Northern Ireland is BT.............. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
makes sense its belfast office
NIMC isin't in Belfast, it's in Mallusk :chuckle
it should be MA then :crazy:
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Re: Boring, yet annoying

Post by fishtank »

It took me a while to figure out TD. :whistle
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Post by arnold cheshire »

fishtank wrote:It took me a while to figure out TD. :whistle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_postcode_area" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Post by arnold cheshire »

fishtank wrote:It took me a while to figure out TD. :whistle
galashiels ? ive never heard of it
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
fishtank wrote:It took me a while to figure out TD. :whistle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_postcode_area" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It was in the pre-wiki days,
Remember those days when we had to learn stuff from books and people.
They were tough times. :wink:
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Re: Boring, yet annoying

Post by DGP1 »

fishtank wrote:
bringon4dayweeks wrote:
fishtank wrote:It took me a while to figure out TD. :whistle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_postcode_area" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It was in the pre-wiki days,
Remember those days when we had to learn stuff from books and people.
They were tough times. :wink:
Aye, using slate and chalk and dodging dinosaurs :nervous
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio