the problem with this, or rather the problem it highlights, is the omission of the midlands in this north/south divide. Watford Gap is pretty much in the Midlands itself isn't it? interesting to note in the diagram on that page, the inset shows East/West midland regions.
ive chatted with a chap from Leicester and from Macclesfield about this. they both had an interesting common observation - Whippets. they are common in the north, not in the midlands or south. the chap from Macclesfield had lived in a town further south said it was a "border town" as there was...